Laptop, Electronics, Records and sometimes visuals.
Influences
Rossolo
Mbuti Pygmies Of The Ituri Rainforest, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Tuxedomoon, Glen Branca, The Fall, Velvet Underground, Wire, Flying Lizards, The Residents, Klaus Schulze, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Minimal Compact, Benjamin Lew, Aksak Maboul, Japan, Bill Laswell, Material, Anton Fier, Golden Palominos, Scorn, Laurie Anderson, Harold Budd, Philip Glass, Cage, Bach, Satie, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, Xenakis, Boulez, Nono, Stockhausen, Morton Feldman, Arvo Pärt, John Carpenter, Bernard Herrmann, William S. Borroughs, Brion Gysin, Henry Cow, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Massacre, Naked City, Elliot Sharp, Alan Vega, Jim Jarmush, Tom Waits, Lounge Lizards, Talking Heads, Negativland, Muslimgauze, Musci & Venosta, Pascal Comelade, Telectu, Pop Dell' Arte, Mler If Dada, Rafael Toral, Ocaso Épico, Osso Exótico, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Merzbow, Whitehouse, Wolf Eyes, Christian Marclay, CAN, Faust, Nan June Paik, Bauhaus, Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Coil, SPK, Test Dept., Zero Kama, Diamanda Galas, Current 93, Death in June, Meredith Monk, Ellen Allien, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Creatures, The Glove, Sisters of Mercy, P.I.L., Virgin Prunes, Magazine, Pig Bag, Durutti Column, Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, 23 Skidoo, Clock DVA, Section 25, Associates, Human League, Anne Clark, D.A.F, Devo, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Blancmange, Fad Gadget, Gary Numan, Tubeway Army, Devo, Neon Judgement, Nitzer Ebb, Cocteau Twins, Wolfgang Press, Felt, Dif Juz, Gerard Potuznik, Patrick Pulsinger, Nova Huta, Neoangin, Safety Scissors, Dat Politics, Kid 606, Felix Kubin, Electronicat, Wipeout, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, u-Ziq, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Cylob, LFO, Clark, Edmx, B12, Two Lone Swordsmen, Atom Heart, Señor Coconut, Lassigue Benthaus, Pete Namlook, To Roco Rot, Bernd Friedmen, Pole, Kreidler, Scanner, Mouse on Mars, Pansonic, Oval, Philip Jeck, Kim Cascone, Alva Noto, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Frank Bretschneider, Lithops, CoH, Ikeda, Terre Thaemlitz, Jan Jenilek, Thomas Brinkmann, Monolake, Errorsmith, Plastikman, Carl Craig, UR, Model 500, Juan Atkins, Josh Wink, Unit Moebius, Jamal Moss, Theo Parrish, Jerry The Cat, Lump, Zentex, Portable, Bodycode, Process, Oliver Hacke, Nôze, Cosmic Sandwich, Triple R, Ricardo Villalobos, Donnacha Costello, From Karaoke to Stardom...
Intermedia artist & promoter.
Independent music producer and sound designer for video, installation, performance, multimedia shows and corporate films.
Live & DJ in several venues, festivals and clubs in Portugal and some others in Spain, Northern Ireland, Germany, France, Republic of Irland and England...
Founder of variz.org with Miguel Sá. We are also Producers (Live) and Tra$h Converters (DJ).
VARIZ.ORG is a Portuguese Promoter and Record Label based on both poles of the Lisbon-Porto axis since 2001, operating in the grey area between abstraction and the dancefloor. Its aim is to bring the newest generation of Portuguese media-art projects and producers into acknowledgement by a wider audience.
Promoter of many concerts by some international artists in Portugal, including: Above Smoke, Akufen, Andrew Poppy + Bernardo Devlin, Bruno Pronsato, Cluster, Curd Duca, Cylob, discopunk, Fennesz, Frank Bretschneider, Ikue Mori, Jakob Kirkegaard, Jerry the Cat, Kim Cascone, Lump, Neoangin, Nova Huta, Oriol Rossell, Portable aka Bodycode, Safety Scissors, Sebastian Meissner (Bizz Circuits and Random_Inc), Sutekh, The Activator (UR). Co-produced the multidisciplinary project SuperStereo Demonstration, which occurred in 2002 at ZDB Gallery and in 2005 at Linhares of Beira medieval castle. Also curated the music program of two editions of the Número-Projecta festival and the first edition of VilaTone - Vilamoura Mixed Media and Music Festival MMVIII.
The label’s roster (6 releases) includes: Tam, @C, Migso, Lolly and Brains, Nova Huta, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzp!, Manuel Mota, Discmen, João Castro Pinto, Producers, Stapletape,…; and it has welcome contributions from the following visual artists: Alexandre Estrela, Lia, Miguel Soares, Dora Sousa Santos, Luís Alegre, Miguel Sá and Rev Design.
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TRA$H CONVERTERS DJ Set
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Sonic Scope @ Bomba Suicida 2007
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Live works 2008
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with: André Gonçalves, Carlos Pereira, Carlos Santos, Fernando Fadigas, Francisco Janes, João Castro Pinto, John Klima, Miguel Sá, Nuno Bernardino, Nuno Moita, Nuno Morão, Pedro Boavida, Pedro Lopes, Rui Costa, Ru*mor*, The Beautiful Schizophonic, Vítor Joaquim e Yari.
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Live with sandra zuzarte (video) @ Tinynoise Festival
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Music Composer, Sound Designer for Multimedia shows by "Pogo Teatro".
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Alan Abrahams (aka Bodycode) is a restless spirit. His tracks have
itchy feet and busy brains, chugging along at a brisk clip while
cramming in enough rhythmic detail that make one’s head spin. Alan grew
up in post-Apartheid South Africa, where polyrhythmic percussion first
entered his bloodstream; he then lived in Portugal for years, sweating
it out in Lisbon’s club scene while absorbing the sounds of electronic
dance music and releasing tracks via numerous aliases. Three years
after releasing 2006’s The Conservation of Electric Charge on Spectral
Sound, the man known as Bodycode moved from Lisbon to Berlin. Now,
Teutonic house music’s taut, jacking rhythms form the core of Immune,
Alan’s new full-length as Bodycode.
A rubrica mensal "A Quinta Dimensão" no MusicBox é programada pela
promotora/editora variz.org e tem como residente a dupla TRA$H
CONVERTERS (Miguel Sá + Fad!gaz).
Alan Abrahams (aka Bodycode) is a restless spirit. His tracks have
itchy feet and busy brains, chugging along at a brisk clip while
cramming in enough rhythmic detail that make one’s head spin. Alan grew
up in post-Apartheid South Africa, where polyrhythmic percussion first
entered his bloodstream; he then lived in Portugal for years, sweating
it out in Lisbon’s club scene while absorbing the sounds of electronic
dance music and releasing tracks via numerous aliases. Three years
after releasing 2006’s The Conservation of Electric Charge on Spectral
Sound, the man known as Bodycode moved from Lisbon to Berlin. Now,
Teutonic house music’s taut, jacking rhythms form the core of Immune,
Alan’s new full-length as Bodycode.
A rubrica mensal "A Quinta Dimensão" no MusicBox é programada pela
promotora/editora variz.org e tem como residente a dupla TRA$H
CONVERTERS (Miguel Sá + Fad!gaz).
Para celebrar 10 anos da nossa existência, agendámos para os meses de Setembro, Outubro e Novembro uma mini tour que nos irá levar a vários pontos do país e também para fora dele, por entre Barcelona e Córdoba (Argentina).
Procurámos escolher locais que marcaram e continuam a marcar o nosso percurso, na sua grande maioria em Lisboa, sem esquecer as duas cidades onde tudo começou: Cartaxo e Tomar.
FLASH BASH - DUBSTEP INTERPRESS E OS 4 ELEMENTOS DO HIP HOP
As produtoras CHANGE e TASS BASS voltam a juntar forças para criar o fim de semana FRESH BASH no Espaco INTERPRESS no Bairro Alto. Dias 3 e 4 de julho Esta acção conta com o apoio do site H2T, da Earth Records, da Station e Montana cans.
ABOVE SMOKE [concerto] Deep Explorer Music, Madrid (02h30) TRA$H CONVERTERS [DJ set] variz.org (01h30 > 06h)
Javier Álvarez a.k.a. ABOVE SMOKE is a producer from Madrid, owner and sound engineer of the underground label Deep Explorer Music (mastering, mixing and additional production). He's also an usual collaborator of labels like Bucketround, Signs of Authority, Minuendo Records, Sybaris, among others. During his first steps as a producer (in 2000) Javier was involved in the instrumental hip hop scene, surrounded by Jazz and Soul elements. Later he began to explore other styles such as Minimal, House, Electro and broken beats. An example of this new turn, is his first EP Hysteria (Deep Explorer 004) released on May 2005. Since then his hard work as been reflected on his numerous record releases. On top of this he's been performing live with laptop. A rubrica mensal "A Quinta Dimensão" é programada pela promotora/editora variz.org e tem como residente a dupla TRA$H CONVERTERS (Miguel Sá + Fad!gaz).
A FREIMA SAI À RUA! S. JOÃO POPULAR SOUNDSYSTEM TER 23JUN @ PORTO ROSA CAFÉ
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Pois é, este ano é que vão ser elas... mesmo ali na marginal em frente à Alfândega está o Porto Rosa Café, um agradável e relaxado local cuja esplanada vai servir de palco para a actuação dos mais desavergonhados renegados da FREIMA num dos maiores arraiais do ano!
Para mostrar com quantas brasas se assa uma sardinha, estão já confirmadas as presenças de Señor Pelota, Freimatic, King-Fu, Kalman, Ludovic, Just Honey e Homeselektor.z, esperando-se a participação da grande maioria do contingente da FREIMA acompanhada por amigos e parentes: vai ser uma farturinha, vai...
A pândega começa por volta das 8 da noite, com churrascada e sonoridades mais descontraídas, que pela noite dentro se irão transformando em electrónica de dança, até Deus sabe quando. Vais perder tamanho deboche?!
Este evento conta com o já veterano apoio do programa Omega3 da Rádio Universitária do Minho. Design gráfico: AC 3MONITOR.
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