the teacher of Philosophy & Religion. the Sound designer for tv/radio and nature conservation projects. the MPhil student of Philosophy, Existentialism and Arabic Metaphysics.
vizier of damascus hails from a myriad of locations: todate he registers his council tax in three worldwide cities: London, Damascus and the age old fantastical silk road city of Samarkand.
it is said that much of what is heard by way of his sound originate from field recordings and a broken library of reel to reel magnetic tape.
also of keynote are telling signatures, which after careful acoustic examination, present themselves as nothing other than the artist delivering lectures. one presumes that this relates directly to the role of teacher - perhaps even relevant as live classroom recordings.
acknowledging the artist's current efforts as also a sound designer for educational acoustic learning resources, it must be added that his acoustic design role also extends to museums, art installations, television advertisements and educational resource agencies.
there is also an uncanny presence of what can only be described as the sound of the machine on the outside. rumour has it that this initially arose out of the artist acquiring a rudimentary government computer from pakistan that was used to generate acoustics tests for nuclear test emissions.
rumour also has it that with the assistance of his father the artist reconfigured a selection of 1970's video tape recorders so that their magnetic transmissions could be recorded the aid of an oscilloscope - generally responding to the unwitting frequencies generated by the components rather than the supposed default emission.
compositions are programmed in Algol(an algorithm based programming language).
the artist has also recently returned to playing arabic string instruments and the percussive based tombak. __
note: below are photographs i have taken from various trips relating to my family lands. i try to return as frequent as possible. Arabia, Central Asia; Uzbekistan/Tajikistan and the foothold of the Himalayas.
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gunnersbury lunar studies
my latest 12" vinyl is out now. Digital release to be expected in september. To get a promo please send me a short message here on myspace.
ARTIST: NICO GRUBERT
A SIDE: RISING
AA SIDE: DOM PERIGNON // SNOW WHITE
LABEL: O.TON RECORDS (France)
CAT NO: OTN01
Another wicked sublabel from toonzshop records this time in a perfect minimal techno way! Welcome to O.TON for is fist ep we ask to Nico Grubert from switzerland to give us his vision of sound in 3 tracks.
A side is a furious one full of trippy wave perfect for you peaktime set!
On the AA side you'll find the track which is extact the name of this ep: «Dom Perignon ep» - classic smart and deep tech house.
The second one is more catchy and fluffy dancefloor as well as a little morning on the beach! This one gonna be a summer bomb.
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The paw of the bear is clearly visible for the high altitude mist of the mountain's table. All seen from the Grenados window. Marvellous composition P.N.C.
