Ilia Belorukov, Czitrom Ádám
Ilia Belorukov is a musician from St. Petersburg, Russia, based in Novi Sad, Serbia since 2022. He works in improvised, noise and electroacoustic music. Ilia practices an experimental approach to sound extraction using saxophone, modular synthesizer and other instruments. His works have been released on labels such as Clean Feed, SOFA, Moving Furniture, Astral Spirits, Notice Recordings, Raw Tonk, Cronica, Mikroton and many others. He founded the Intonema label and was one of the curators of Spina!Rec label. He has organized concerts in Russia, co-curated several festivals and continues to arrange events in Serbia. Recent activities included writings for Jazzist website and as musicworm on Telegram channel as well as working as mixing and mastering engineer for own projects and different musicians and labels.
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In solo sets with electronics he's been using a modular synthesizer since 2017 as a main sound source. A major interest in synthesizer patches is often the opportunity to simultaneously control and play the sound, but at the same time to be surprised, leaving room for risk, experimenting with the help of feedback and internal routings. Sometimes adding field recordings and samples to the main sound source, Ilia explores new contexts in the concert space. Besides artificial spaces, he’s interested in paying attention to room acoustics. It gives a reason for reflection before and after the concert, and during music making this happens more likely on a subconscious level.
Guitarist, composer and improviser Ádám Czitrom is a versatile and sought-after voice in creative music circles, having performed and toured with a wide range of Budapest-based bands, artists, theater companies and contemporary dance collectives. With an eclectic output ranging from avant-jazz to noise rock, free improvisation and electronic music, he is constantly seeking diversity and experimentation, while maintaining a personal and idiosyncratic approach to his playing and writing
He is a member of the alternative rock group Jazzékiel, the improvisational doom-noise collective Csicskakoporsó, and the devotional avant-jazz ensemble Qiyan. His catalog also includes collaborations with folk-rock group Mordái, duo projects with drummer Áron Porteleki, guitarist Ádám Mészáros, art-folk singer Musica Moralia, electronic musicians Bálint Bolcsó and Márton Csernovszky (aka ooo). As a composer, he has been actively writing and producing film scores (e.g. Cicaverzum, 2023) and original music for theater and contemporary dance productions.