Octex's (Jernej Marusic) musical path started in late 90s, when he fell in love with the sound of old analog synthesizers and started conducting Organic Crackle and Tone EXperiments (Octex).
His debut album Idei Lahetesna (Tehnika records, 2002) received high praises from both critics and the public and got proclaimed as one of the best post Basic Channel dub-techno releases. But always looking forward his next album Variations (rx:tx, 2005) took his experimentation even further and deeper, which confused some of his fans a little, but gained him new ones, and got him some really good reviews in the press.
In the mean time he has lent his remixing skills to the likes of Laibach, Ultra-Red, Marko Furstenberg, Spyweirdos...
2008 will see the release of his new EP and ambient album Dead Center of Nowhere, originally recorded as a sequel to Idei Lahesna, but till now never released. It will finally see the day of light as a shared release between proclaimed Thinner net label and rx:tx.
In 2003 he has received Slovenian Boomerang Award for best new comer of the year, and in both 2002 and 2003 he was selected as one of the 10 finalist for Radio France International Electronic Music Award.
His live sets have taken him all over Europe to events such as: Club Transmediale (Berlin), Sprawl (London), Dispatch (Belgrade), Exit (Novi Sad), Cynet Art (Desden), Meet Me, Progress festival...
In 2008 he will be presenting his new audio/visual performance. Having already done video for his tracks (which also ended being played on Viva, Onyx TV...) he had developed a system that allowes him to automatically sync visuals to his improvised live performances.
Octex was also one of the artists involved in multimedia performance Signal-Sever! of Projekt Atol, In 2004 this project was presented on Futuresonic festival / Manchester, Vienna's Karlsplatz. ISEA festival / Helsinki, La Batie / Geneve, Nuit Blanche / Pariz, Progress EX.04 festival / Ljubljana
www.octex.si
Hi Octex! New set recorded for Geometrika FM radio.
I hope you enjoy it !
Geos I (June '08) [Geometrika FM]
Dj Lab - Walk Through (Echospace Redub) Rod Modell - Avionics Antonelli Electric - Passage To Nagoya Anders Ilar - Hillside Leonid - Mora Rod Modell - Psychic Attack Brendon Moeller - Dreadmill Sven Weisemann - Deep Direction Tob Jona - Barque Art Bleek - Pacific Coast Highway UB313 - Trak 6 (Echospace Dub Mix) Havantepe - Air Brendon Moeller - Rodeo-Dub Oracy - Hold Me Oracy - Mind Dance
It's so hard to get back to normal! I had to go back to work on wednesday, and just couldn't force myself to work, still very lazy :) This weekend should be quiet for me after a month of parties so hopefully i'll be fine. Good luck to you!!! Hope we'll meet again one day :)
IDEM (electro-dub-rock / France), new show on tour through Eastern Europe in june :
THE SUB ELECTRIC MUSIC TOUR [France/Bosnia/Croatia/Slovenia/Hungary]
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13-06 : Maribor (Slovenia) Satchmo Klub 14-06 : Ljubljana (Slovenia) Gala Hala 15-06 : Zagreb (Croatia) Kset 17-06 : Dubrovnik (Croatia) Klub Orlando 18-06 : Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Klub 19-06 : Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Okc Abrasevic 20-06 : Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Neofest Festival 21-06 : Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Kino Bosna 22-06 : Budapest (Hungary) Godor Klub Additionnal gig !! 26-06 : Larz (Germany) Fusion Festival
New release out in october 2008 : Jarring Effects Label / Discograph
Hello!! Thank you for the add, welcome TAFELMUSIK, would like that our listeners listen to your meetings, you us might send a link with some your session? A greeting from Coruña - Spain
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