Based in Belgium, Formatt was founded early 2001, after several years of experimenting and exploring sound and music in various contexts, as the solo-project of Peter Smeekens. Focusing on the creative enforcement of audio, the main goal is to investigate and modulate blends of analog sounds, environmental recordings and digital signals and patterns. Especially intrigued by opposed characteristics of several sources and the actual physical qualities of sound, Smeekens tends to create, rather then tracks, virtual spaces in which sonic identities can find their ways amongst each other, silence and volume become almost tangible and statics emphasize movement. Tied by style nor genre, but with an healthy interest in many aspects of experimental expression, motifs range from musique concrète and manipulated found sounds to improvisation, loopbased programming, soft noisy blankets, minimal environments of ambient tones and vast, whirling drones. Next to arranging tracks on physical or virtual releases, in a tradition of not trying to take the most obvious paths all the time, Formatt's output is often presented in the most varied of settings, as there are installations, collaborations with other artists and artforms such as architects, writers and poets, graphic designers, photographers and videasts, as well as performances in venues ranging from art-spaces to squatted industrial sites. Past projects included, amongst others, research in the fields of sonic and environmental transparency vs density, glitches and artificial mistakes vs personal warmth and domestic intimacy and a suggestive setting based on the rebirth of the human mind during less comfortable periods. Individual varieties of sensory perception and conceptual contradictions are often found leitmotivs in his work.
I am now
recording for a new set of releases called the "Persona Series". These
cassettes will be commissioned works (not by content, but by payment)
for individuals. If John Smith in London, England wants his own Zebulon
Kosted album, I will make a 45 minute album (one side of a 90 minute
tape), 2 hand drawn mini posters, I will name the album after him
(Zebulon Kosted - John Smith), and the fan will retain all rights to
the recording (for use of any future release, sampling, or broadcasting
rights). One copy of the album will remain in my personal collection,
and one will be sent to the customer, so that the only copy that will
be in circulation will be John Smiths copy! Each album is available for
the ridiculously low price of $10 (not including shipping), and will be
shipped in its completed form no later than 6 weeks from the date of
purchase!!!
Hello! Here I show you my new instrument ready to the electronic and experimental live music performance. It's a little bit odd... Maybe you..d like to enjoy this live-set. Come and feel it on this video.
Hola! Aquí os presento mi nuevo instrumento preparado para la interpretación de música experimental y electrónica en directo. Es un poco curioso... A lo mejor os gustaría disfrutar de este live-set. Venid y escuchadlo en este vídeo.
I am recording again. Currently working on a multi-part epos called ‘Hymne’. Very meditative drone, based on Indian ragas. You can sample the first two parts on the myspace: simply click below image.
Furthermore, on March 15, Norss will be performing live together with the almighty Kristus Kut at the Betontegel Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. Expect an hour of unreligious improvised drone/trance/noise!
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Profiter de nos tarifs spéciaux de la nouvelle année!
Forfait démo « in-the-box » : enregistrement et mixage d’une formation standard (3 à 5 musiciens) 75 €/titre pour l’enregistrement (jusqu’à 4 h/titre) 175 € pour mixer et masteriser jusqu’à 3 titres Exemple : une démo 3 titres vous revient à 400 € et inclus jusqu’à 12 h d’enregistrement, plus le mixage et le mastering.
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