Open Signals #4 - Open Signals cordially invites you to an evening of innovative electronic music featuring live performances and online streams. On October 12 2024 at 8 p.m., four performances will take place in a diverse spectrum of experimental sounds, from ambient to danceable beats. The journey begins with a stream from Actitect live from Amsterdam, followed by performances by Mylène Kroon and
Moogulator on site in Cologne, and continues into the night with a set by Sander Klepper, live from the Netherlands.
Five artists will be on stage in Cologne, while two others will perform live from their home studios, with their sets streamed directly to the venue. With the interplay between physical and digital performance, you can interact live and via Twitch chat with the artists and the audience in real time.
Lineup:
Actitect (NL) is a musician and designer who combines performance and technology in his music. He is a member of the music group Subwalkers, which combines electronic
music with acoustic drums, and head of the international music collective Golden Shrimp Guild (GSG.Live).
Mylène Kroon (DE) “Music that can be classified somewhere between Björk and Kraftwerk” - Rh. Post, January 25, 2024 With her setup of analog semi-modular synthesizers and electroacoustic elements, Mylène Kroon plays and sings her own compositions: Electronic Philosophic Music.
After completing her studies, the trained opera singer initially devoted herself to jazz, before moving on to vocal-electronic music. She has mastered the ability to wrap profound lyrics in exciting harmonies and analog beats.
Her lyrics always deal with the boundaries between humanity and digitality.
This summer, she played at the Bochum Music Summer and the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, among other venues.
https://www.mylenekroon.com/.
Moogulator (DE) It is challenging to categorize Moogulator's genre. At concerts, he assesses the atmosphere in the room and is not compelled to adhere to a fixed program in any particular style.
Nevertheless, the music consistently exhibits traces of an idiosyncratic structure and sound. These are always generated in the moment and are not played from an audio file on a computer.
Handcrafted work is performed among flashing, bizarre electronic instruments. Craftsmanship is performed between flashing, bizarre electronic instruments. Colorful machines gather around the Britzelpop musician, who sometimes sits on the floor and sometimes stands, and their function and effect can often be observed at eye level.
What comes next is different. Can you dance to art? Can you listen to the sound in clubs and just listen? Let's see what he does this time and how it feels? We'll be eagerly awaiting it :)
Moogulator is not only known as an “electronic Britzelpop performer” for his improvised live sets. He is also the founder of the web community sequencer.de and the online and print magazine SynMag - Das Synthesizer-Magazin.
ISEEMONSTERZ (DE) are Anselm Bauer, Moritz Grund, and Guillermo Heinze. They do without laptops and rely on modular synthesizers. They create their beats and sounds in real time. Without a safety net or backup plan. A journey through techno, ambient, and noise, raw and unfiltered.
https://soundcloud.com/iseemonsterz
Sander Klepper (NL) creates and streams improvised synthesizer sets that combine experimental soundscapes, flute melodies, and danceable beats. Sander has released several EPs and albums and streams regularly on Twitch.
https://www.twitch.tv/sanderklepper
Back202 (Baumusik) Always on the hunt for unique records to play, with the dancefloor in mind and a comfortable attitude towards the »4 to the floor«, Back202 has a heart for rough and energetic sound explosions.
Ignaz According to legend, “IGNAZ” was purchased by a wealthy, elderly recluse in a quirky antique shop, where she discovered him gathering dust under a pile of gymmats. Soon, he found himself in her mansion, entertaining her by playing her old, scratched vinyl records on a gramophone while she read Voltaire. He made his escape when a clumsy niece accidentally dropped a beautiful tea set during a visit, distracting the mistress long enough for him to leap out the window into the well-kept garden.
A challenging journey followed, ultimately leading him to a “LOCH” in the ground. To make ends meet, he earned a living as a street DJ. With the tips collected in a donation box, he could aff ord a USB stick and became a popular figure at many parties.