30 September 2024 20:00 Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich

Buy my snake oil (vol.6) / Amarus presents:

Melody Chua (CH)
Techno Para Dos (MX)
Luis Sanz (CH)
Catatonic Leisure alone (Anton Ponomarev) (CH)

Melody Chua: sensor-augmented flute (Zurich)

Melody Chua (she/they) is an international, transdisciplinary artist focused on conscious listening, expansive empathy, and aligning with inner truths. Initially trained as a flutist, Melo explores improvisation with electronics, creating interactive installations and performances. She developed the sensor-augmented flute (Chaosflöte) and the improvisation machine (AIYA) to challenge perceptions of identity and human-machine interaction. Melo's work spans 360° videos, Ambisonics/3D audio, motion capture, live-coding, and sensor-augmented instruments. She is a doctoral candidate at the Kunstuniversität Graz and Zürich University of the Arts, with a research focus on visual frameworks for improvisation machines. Co-founder of Null-state and STUDIO ZYKLOS, Melo is also active in teaching and research at Zürich University of the Arts and the elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization. Her work has been recognized by prestigious festivals and conferences worldwide.

https://www.chua.ch

Techno Para Dos: electronics (Mexico City)

Raúl Villamil is the creator behind the project Techno para dos. He has performed internationally and across Mexico, showcasing his music in numerous cultural spaces and galleries. Raúl has composed music for choreographic pieces like "Dorje" with Nohbords and "Paisages" for the Karen Huber Gallery. He is actively engaged in sound experimentation projects, including collaborations with The Bionic Harpist. Additionally, Raúl curates the radio program Pulso on Fade Radio, Athens, and has co-founded the Mexican experimental music label VAA. He has twice received the EMS (Elektronmusikstudion) sound art residency in Stockholm, Sweden.

Luis Sanz: computer music, hybrid synthesizer (Zurich)

Luis Sanz is a multidisciplinary artist working with synthetic sounds, computer graphics, and physical audiovisual experiences. His installations explore the relationships between bodies and spaces, creating immersive environments that merge video, spatial sound, light, and field recordings. As a musician, Sanz utilizes programming languages to develop rhythmic techniques and algorithmic processes in both digital and analogue formats. His sonic works blend noise, rhythms, and processed field recordings. He co-founded Fakedac~, an algorithmic art platform in England, and Amarus, an experimental music network in Switzerland.

http://luissanz.ch

Catatonic Leisure alone: electronics (Zurich)

Anton Ponomarev (saxophone, elctronics) works mostly, but not only, in the field of experimental and extreme music genres: punk-jazz, free improvisation, jazz-core, noise, power electronics, drone, etc.

His core bands are: P/O Massacre, Catatonic Leisure (alone / duo), Teufelskeller, Dodsdromen, Radiant Haze, Augenblick, Sanscreed kanon, Speedball trio, Brom. He also performs with Pussy Riot (Riot Days show) and he is collaborating with musicians from all over the world (Merzbow, Alex Buess, Guillaume Cazalet, Violeta Garcia, Tim Dahl, Marc Urselli, Lasse Marhaug, Ryosuke Kiyasu, Toshinori Kondo, Balazs Pandi, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Peter Ole Jorgensen, Sainkho Namtchylak, and many others).

"Catatonic Leisure alone" - power electronics/noise solo project of Anton Ponomarev.

An invitation to witness the convergence of chaos and intricate engineering, where the unpredictable dance of frequencies collides with deliberate sonic architecture. Imagine being swept away by the erratic beats of a rebellious heartbeat, only to be expertly reconstructed into a symphony of organized pandemonium. Step into the realm where sound is not just heard but felt, where chaos is not feared but embraced!

https://ponomarev.bandcamp.com