Driftmachine / Sabato 26 Gennaio / First Floor Club

Descrizione

DRIFTMACHNE

Modular synth duo Driftmachine started as workshop where Andreas Gerth and Florian Zimmer, producers of an extensive back-catalog
of records and projects, focused on synth exploration and searched
for a new approach for groove and bass-driven music. The project steadily evolved and the duo ended up releasing several albums on the acclaimed Mexico-based experimental imprint Umor Rex. They perform live regularly, working with 2 modular systems functioning in sync. Driftmachine’s sound is obsessive, symmetrical and multilayered; a deep and elegant language based on the shaky, unpredictable foundations of modular synthesis.
Their recent live performances are complemented with visuals, modular approach still maintained. Third modular system played live as an independent instrument by Mika Shkurat, a visual artist from Kiev. Co-existing in the same space, sharing and extending Driftmachine’s aesthetics, video system creates rough and impressive visual guidance to duo’s sound. Video synthesis, sampled video fragments, feedback loops created with a monitor and multiple video-cameras are all employed to spit out vibrant and uncompromising visual substance.”
Currently Driftmachine offers two different types of live set: the classic line-up of Gerth and Zimmer with two modular sound systems working in sync, and a line-up that includes Shkurat, adding improvised visuals produced autonomously with a video synth. The range of venues is always varied, from DIY style basements to art-installations and cutting edge electronic festivals.

BIO

Andreas Gerth is one half of Driftmachine and a former visual artist who left this previous occupation, looking to sculpt new sounds.
He was a member of the Tied and Tickled Trio, and previously he explored electronic dub with the Notwist Brothers, fusing jazz with diverse influences during the late 1990s. Other projects by Gerth include Loopspool, some commissions by the Bavarian Radio, and several sound montages for the Department Of Media And Radio Play. Recently he has collaborated with Shackleton and worked on various sound installations. The other half of Driftmachine is Florian Zimmer.
A former member of Lali Puna, he played a significant role defining the direction of modern electronica as iso68 during the first decade of
the new century. He also has been active with Saroos, a trio located squarely at the point where dub, electronica, and Krautrock intersect. He has also collaborated with artists like Odd Nosdam and The Notwist. Driftmachine’s third member during live acts is the video artist Misha Shkurat: a member of Nisantashi Primary School who explores classical video feedback techniques using an analogue LZX-based video-synth combined with a screen and live camera footage.

PRESS
Driftmachine don’t play modular synths so much as perform exorcisms on them. FACT uk
Their new vinyl LP Colliding Contours sees Driftmachine drawing their musical geometries from dub, jazz and industrial techno lines.
The Wire uk
It’s principally driven by a ruthless adherence to precision that occasionally pulls it into the orbit of industrial music, but there are also more refined patterns interlaced into its hardened shell. Everything builds and falls with a spotless grace, highlighting the grasp Driftmachine has on dynamics. Pitchfork usa
In both tone and realisation, Colliding Contours offers a warm welcome from a very cold future [...] In both tone and realisation, Colliding Contours offers a warm welcome from a very cold future. The Quietus uk
Und ihr erstes Album Nocturnes (Umor Rex) schlägt einen weiten Bogen – von facettenreicher elektroakustischer Percussion über pulsierende Siebziger-Elektronik
bis hin zum Dub als Klammer und Inspiration. All das packen sie in stringente Kompositionen mit
einer beeindruckenden, fast schon überwältigenden Klangästhetik. Dies sind Studioaufnahmen, aber sie wirken fast so, als wäre man bei ihrer Entstehung live dabei gewesen – an welch fantastischen Orten auch immer. Groove de
Präzise geplante und ausgeführte Stücke, die die beiden Architekten mit der genau richtigen Menge Kalkül in die Räume unseres Lebens hineinbauen. Kalt, aber nicht abschreckend, Sound Design, das sich aber immer der Komposition unterordnet und somit nicht zum Selbstzweck verkommt. Mit anderen Worten: eine Reise in die Zukunft. Das Filter de

Here, the machines set their bright stars on course through a parade of trills, throbs and dubwise basslines, and it’s as good a track as any to use as an exemplar of Driftmachine’s signature textures, as well as demonstrating their sense of both gravity and motion. Freq uk
I vart och ett av dessa rum åter nns rostiga rester av dub, industri, krautrock och diverse andra obskyra elektroniska genrer. Men det är mindre viktigt. Det som verkligen hörs är det som inte låter. Den arkitektoniska kvaliteten. Tystnaden och tomrummet mellan ljuden. Rummet och akustiken. Gaffa Mag se
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