Phroq + Kiki C. Esseiva
(duo, laptop et équipements analogiques - CH)
Active since 1994 in sound and live performance, Phroq explores the tension between programmable material
and the potential for its failure, he is primarily interested in the idea of recording what is not supposed to be :
gear failures, the death of a PA systems, electro-static background noises and how a failure can become
something more than just annoying.
Francisco Meirino's music is a complex and constantly changing electronic soundscape that ranges from dynamic electro-acoustic to sheer noise blasts and is fascinating by its physical intensity and detail precision. He works mainly with the computer, contact microphones and various acoustic devices.
« In the end, it's all about encouraging the listener to get involved. In making your own choice about how you listen to a record. To listen in ways that make you question the act of making or listening to sound itself. »
With more than 100 live performances in various venues and festivals in Europe, Japan and North America, Phroq tries to raise the stress level of the audience by using sound phenomena.
kiko c. esseiva is a young composer with swiss and spanish roots who lives in lausanne, switzerland. he creates electroacoustic sound pieces that are, not unlike those of the french master of the genre, luc ferrari, warm, non-academic and colourful, spreading a humanity and richness that is far away from the sterility of a lot of todays electronic compositions. he creates very diversified atmospheres which combine acoustic instruments, noise, human voices, field recordings and static sheets of sound with a stunning freshness and musicality that also brings to mind the very narrative nature of some older nurse with wound works.