Lucie Vítková / Sand Circles

Lucie Vítková | ルーシー・ヴィトコバ

Lucie Vítková is a composer, improviser and performer (accordion, hichiriki, synthesizer, voice and tap dance) from the Czech Republic. During her studies of composition at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (CZ), she has been a visiting scholar at Royal Conservatory in The Hague (NL), California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (USA), Universität der Künste in Berlin (D), Columbia University in New York (USA) and lately at the New York University. Her compositions focus on sonification (compositions based on abstract models derived from physical objects), while in her improvisation practice she explores characteristics of discrete spaces through the interaction between sound and movement. In her recent work, she is interested in the social-political aspects of music in relation to everyday life and in reusing trash to build sonic costumes and sonic choreographies. She has been nominated on 2017 Herb Alpert Awards in Arts in category of Music, was commissioned by the Roulette Intermedium in 2017 and has become a Roulette resident artist in 2018. She has put together two ensembles – NYC Constellation Ensemble (focused on music behavior) and OPERA Ensemble (for singing instrumentalists). During the 2017 Mentor/Protégé Residency in Tokyo (JP), she studied hichiriki with Hitomi Nakamura and has been a member of the Columbia University Gagaku Ensemble. She has also taught tap dance at the Theater Faculty of Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (CZ). As an accordion player, she collaborated with New York based TAK Ensemble, S.E.M. ensemble, String Noise, Du.0, Argento Ensemble, CU Raaga, Ghost Ensemble and Wet Ink.

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小松千倫 | Kazumichi Komatsu

1992年生まれ。音楽家、美術家。16歳よりコンピューターを使った作曲をはじめる。これまでに「flau」「Angoisse」「Manila Institute」「Rest Now!」等様々な国のレーベルより３枚のアルバム、複数のEPをリリース。The Japan Times, TinyMixTapes, The Fader, Mixmag, FACT等の海外メディアでレビューが掲載される。ティム・ヘッカー、ジュリア・ホルター、マーク・フェル、アルカ等のアーティストの来日公演をサポート。また、小瀬村晶、くるり、泉まくら、Qrion等のリミックスワーク、中村弘二(ex.スーパーカー)のプロデュースワーク等を手がける。近年は局所的な環境や情報を何度も反復することで準サスティナブルな状態へと変化させるようなアンビエントミュージックの実験を行なっている。

Kazumichi Komatsu (b. 1992, Japan), who goes by the stage name Madegg, is moving freely between contemporary ambient music, chillwave, house and noise. He has released 3 albums and multiple EPs from flau , Angoisse, Manila Institute, Rest Now! etc. He supported the show of Ryoji Ikeda, Clark, Mount Kimbie, Tim Hecker, The Field, Arca, Matthewdavid, Mark Fell (SND) in Japan. On the other hand, Verify the possibility of poetry (meme) in contemporary media environment and modern society after the cloud-network, through making installation works based on making sound design, composing, graphic design, photography and poetry.

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