Kino ŠiŠka and Kataman are announcing an Australian-Icelandic sonic eruption! Ben Frost is coming back to Kino Šiška sliding on the glacial surface of his latest extraordinary creation A U R O R A and with a monumental new solo set. An introduction to the multidimensional sonic evening will be made by Slovenian duo Ontervjabbit.
Kino ŠiŠka and Kataman are announcing an Australian-Icelandic sonic eruption! Ben Frost is coming back to Kino Šiška sliding on the glacial surface of his latest extraordinary creation A U R O R A and with a monumental new solo set. An introduction to the multidimensional sonic evening will be made by Slovenian duo Ontervjabbit.
Born in 1980 in Melbourne, Australia, Ben Frost relocated to Reykjavík Iceland in 2005 and working together with close friends Valgeir Sigurðsson and Nico Muhly, formed the Bedroom Community record label/collective.
His albums, including Steel Wound (2003), Theory of Machines (2007) and BY THE THROAT (2009) and A U R O R A (2014) fuse intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shape-shifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing metal. In 2010 he was chosen by Brian Eno as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protegé program for a year of collaboration, one of the outcomes of which was Sólaris; a re-scoring of the Tarkovsky classic for Poland’s Sinfonietta Cracovia. Eno and Frost continue to work together.
Frost regularly works with other musicians and artists; in the production of studio albums such as Tim Hecker’s Ravedeath 1972 and Virgins, SWANS The Seer, Colin Stetson’s New History Warfare series, and on various Bedroom Community releases. On the stage Frost has produced scores for Choreographers including Wayne McGregor/Random Dance, Akram Khan, and german Director Falk Richter. In film, he composed the score for the Palme d ́Or nominated Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh, Djúpið by Icelandic Director Baltasar Kormákur (with Daníel Bjarnason, for which the pair won the Icelandic film award for best score in 2013) and the 2015 television series Fortitude.
And in the visual arts, where, with artist Richard Mosse, Frost travelled deep beyond the frontlines of war-torn Eastern Congo to produce The Enclave; a multi-channel video and sound installation that premiered at the Venice Biennale in 2013. 2013 marked the première of Frost’s first Opera, based on Iain Bank´s infamous 1984 novel The Wasp Factory. The project also marked his debut as a Director.
These various collaborations and alliances underline Frost’s continuing fascination with finding ways of juxtaposing music, rhythm, technology, the body, performance, text, art -beauty and violence- combining and coalescing the roles and procedures of various artistic disciplines in one place.
BEN FROST – Official Website
BEN FROST Facebook
Ben Frost A U R O R A live + Ontervjabbit – Facebook Event
Ontervjabbit is a Hrastnik-based noise/drone/synth project run by Neven M. Agalma (Dodecahedragraph, Cadlag, etc.) and Domen Učakar (Icarus Down, Lifecutter). Their creativity in music dates back to secondary school; playing in local hardcore/punk/death metal bands and later exploring and researching electronic sounds, which brought them to their joint project that caused quite a stir in catacombs of the Slovenian underground.
Their focus is on explorations of live sound using analogue machines/effects as well as DIY instruments combined with software-digital processing. Comprising ambiental-futurist gradations as well as drone-based and sequenced synth elements supported by bass-oriented repetitions of self-captured sound, their creative process remains based on intense noise layering as the conditio sine qua non. Regularly appearing in Slovenian live venues and media, they are also supported actively by the French audiences, i.e. the online radio team that broadcasts and reviews musicians currently working in drone/ambient/experimental electronica/industrial/noise territories (Indie Rock Mag, Des cendres à la cave, Have Faith and Sound).
Ontervjabbit has been up and running intensely since the beginning of 2002, appearing regularly both in club venues and nosie festivals at home and abroad. Their debut, 414, was released in 2013 on Kamizdat (Luka Prinčič, Ljubljana). They have also been preparing digital releases, participating in various French/Irish compilations, etc. Their collaborations include the Ontervjabbit vs Pharmafabrik (album Derivat, 2012), a joint project with Simon Šerc (Pharmafabrik Recordings, Ajdovščina).
So far they have performed with: Oneohtrix Point Never, Zbigniew Karkowski, Hoehenkontrolle, Manuel Knapp, Fukte, Jiku55…, etc.
Ontervjabbit SOUNDCLOUD
Ontervjabbit: 414
Ontervjabbit VIDEOS
