Kolloid and the Electro Sonic Dreams

Founded by Polish-born percussionist Mikołaj Rytowski and Swiss media designer Robin Michel, the Basel-based duo will enrich the programme with an audiovisual concert experience. The concert brings together three artistic disciplines: percussion improvisation and the massive sound of live electronics form the basis of a live video presentation. The three media are closely intertwined, their relationship characterised by constant interaction and role reversal. Sounds, noise patterns and highly rhythmic motifs are transformed live by video software into psychedelic visuals to which the musicians respond, providing another source of inspiration for the software. The roughly 45-minute performance transports the audience into an imaginary world of sound and images created by the close collaboration of two musicians.

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Mikołaj Rytowski is a creative instrumentalist and performer whose formal training is based on percussion. His work, however, departs from the traditional understanding of percussion, engaging with instruments in an innovative way, organically building his instrumental practice around his ideas.

Robin Michel is interested in the development of computer programs and interfaces for music, as well as improvisational and generative music. Michel is a member of various orchestral formations and music projects, and also works as a freelancer on music scoring for short films, sound mixing, and technical development and sound design for various art projects and exhibitions.