Projects at Elektronmusikstudion 2018
Ryberg’s work embodies her rich production history. Her 2016 debut AFTRYK, released on Contort Records, for which she processed her own field recordings made inside a mountain on Svalbard, is a meticulous exploration of textures and timbres that has an undeniable live quality. With a broad background in performance and production, her works encompasses multichannel installations, live concerts, performance art, video games, and much more. For video games, Ryberg has created music and sound design for two acclaimed indie productions: the multiple award-winning ‘INSIDE’, which she worked on with Martin Stig Andersen; and, as part of SGR^CAV, a collaboration with Cristian Vogel, for twin-stick shooter game ‘THOTH’.
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point has made it possible for SØS Gunver Ryberg to work at EMS.
Photo by Emil Hornstrup Jakobsen
Aarni's sounds are based on dense timbres and static harmony, and the soundscapes yield rhythmic repetition and create worlds to get lost in: like reality condensed into magic or a hidden valley between new age and noise.
Aarni's discography spans over 20 tapes, vinyls and CDs released on four continents, and he has performed in Japan, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Russia and Finland.
olliaarni.com
olliaarni.bandcamp.com
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point
has made it possible for Olli to work at EMS.
Photo by Mia Tarkela
She has a background from the Norwegian Academy of Music, The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Sonic College (DK) and the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
His work includes fixed media compositions, sound installations, performance pieces, music for modern dance and theatre and pieces for instruments and electronics.
He is currently based in Copenhagen.
https://soundcloud.com/sebastianedin
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point has made it possible for Sebastian to work at EMS.
Photo by Anna Katrin Ø. Egilstrøð
We welcome Félix Mirabel as an Intern at EMS for the summer months. He is a first year student at the National School of the Arts and Techniques of Theater (ENSATT), a Drama school with a dedicated Sound department, delivering professional training and creative research at a Master's level.
With a solid base in classical French theatre, and with a background in sound design/sound engineering Félix is looking to broaden his horizons and building on his knowledge
at EMS.
Sang-jin Lee is a Korean musician, electronic music producer and sound designer.
Since 2007, he has been working on various electronic music projects, and is currently experimenting with creating a new composition method by sampling irregular daily sounds. He continues experiments to incorporate electronic music into Korean traditional and classical music.
He has been working as a Music Producer and sound engineer on many Korean albums, exhibitions and Independent movies.
In 2012 he started various collaborative works based on traditional music using Korean traditional musical instruments like Gayageum and Geomungo. Another performance, started in 2016, is a reinterpretation of a Korean traditional play called 'Nolympic'. It participated in the 2016 Seoul Namsan Hanok Village Project and 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
He has released a number of albums including ‘UNIQUE-SHADOW’ (Fermata(2009) / 2ND(2012), ‘Numeric SeeHearter’(2015) and ‘Across the Universe’(2016).
Sang-Jin Lee's residency is kindly made possible by the Arts Council Korea, ARKO.
He was born in Seoul, Republic of Korea, studied composition and electro-acoustic music at Chugye University for the Arts (BA), Music Technology at Korea National University of Arts (Artist Diploma). His electro-acoustic works were performed at the Nong Project, Seoul International Computer Music Festival and recently he was commissioned a Quartet (Daegeum, Ajaeng, Violin and Piano) piece by contemporary music ensemble ‘Geori'.
Yoo’s work focused on live electronic music with instruments and dance performances. He composed and played trumpet and live electronics at many international and external improvisation festivals with improvisation dance group <Just Body>, and as a composer, he worked with Sang-cheul Choe (ONA, Choe contemporary dance company), Yann lheureux (companie Yannlheureux.Etre en scene), etc. Through collaborations with numerous choreographers he continues the experimental work between electro-acoustic music and performance.
Taesun Yoo's residency is kindly made possible by the
Arts Council Korea.
Ryberg’s work embodies her rich production history. Her 2016 debut AFTRYK, released on Contort Records, for which she processed her own field recordings made inside a mountain on Svalbard, is a meticulous exploration of textures and timbres that has an undeniable live quality. With a broad background in performance and production, her works encompasses multichannel installations, live concerts, performance art, video games, and much more. For video games, Ryberg has created music and sound design for two acclaimed indie productions: the multiple award-winning ‘INSIDE’, which she worked on with Martin Stig Andersen; and, as part of SGR^CAV, a collaboration with Cristian Vogel, for twin-stick shooter game ‘THOTH’.
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point has made it possible for SØS Gunver Ryberg to work at EMS.
Photo by Emil Hornstrup Jakobsen
Aarni's sounds are based on dense timbres and static harmony, and the soundscapes yield rhythmic repetition and create worlds to get lost in: like reality condensed into magic or a hidden valley between new age and noise.
Aarni's discography spans over 20 tapes, vinyls and CDs released on four continents, and he has performed in Japan, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Russia and Finland.
olliaarni.com
olliaarni.bandcamp.com
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point
has made it possible for Olli to work at EMS.
Photo by Mia Tarkela
Ragnhild May's (DK) works are centered around the relationship between body and instrument. Musical instruments can be seen as extensions of the body, and her works explores their structures, systems and cultural connotations as well as acoustic qualities.
Ragnhild May has been artist in residency at International Studio and Curatorial Program, she has studied at visual arts at The Jutland Art Academy (DK) and Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT) and composition at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts Bard College. 
Photo credit: Phoebe D'heurle
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point
has made it possible for Ragnhild to work at EMS.
Marja Ahti (f. Johansson) is a Swedish-Finnish musician and composer based in Turku, Finland. Her main creative output is the solo moniker Tsembla.
Using electronics, modified samples of acoustic instrument,
non-instruments and environmental sounds, she makes music that rides on waves of warped melodies, abstract voices and mutating textures – rough edged compositions, rich in detail,
that come together into instrumental miniatures. She also composes music for dance performances and film.
An AIR-programme grant from Nordic Culture Point
has made it possible for Marja to work at EMS.
Photo by Barbora Linka
Francesco Perissi is a sound designer, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer. He learnt the secrets and potential of musical instruments and audio software working for years at a specialized shop. After numerous concerts as a guitarist and 3 albums recording with post-metal band "Qube", Francesco Perissi chose to get inside the digital audio world.
He graduated in electronic music at the Conservatory L. Cherubini in Florence, where he wrote compositions performed by the New Music Ensemble of New York and used for soundtracks and performances by local artists. During his studies he started collaborating with Research Center Tempo Reale in Florence and worked as an audio engineer for numerous festivals and concerts of electronic and contemporary music. He is currently studying Sound Design Master Program in Conservatory G.B Martini in Bologna.
In 2014 he started his solo project "XO" where the electric guitar creates ambient textures that come together in rhythmic and filtering of electronic nature, and in 2016 the project “X6”, where the guitar is spatialized in 6.1 loudspeakers thanks to exaphonic pick-up. Francesco Perissi currently focuses its research on the possibilities of technological development and expressive of musical instruments and is active as a composer and teacher of audio software.
Francesco Perissi has been working and recording at EMS in 2018, while being an ERASMUS student at the Swedish Royal College of Musik (KMH ) in the Electroacoustic Music Composition and Music Media and Technology department.
Photo by: Mario Carovani
Info and contacts:
https://www.facebook.com/francescoperissiXO/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-perissi-214aa24a