What is there left to dance for in this era of devastation? How do we show solidarity in the time of dehumanisation and disinformation? What makes art political? Is it activism or propaganda? Could sound be a weapon, or just another product to sell? Is this music safe? What remains of the once dangerous countercultural force turned entertainment industry spectacle? Just listen.
Struma+Iodine x EXILES invites you to a radical listening experience with…
SAINT ABDULLAH & EOMAC
Saint Abdullah & Eomac is a long distance, ongoing collaboration between Mohammad and Mehdi, New York-basedYork based Iranian-Canadian brothers who make up Saint Abdullah and Eomac, aka lan McDonnell, a producer based in Wicklow, Ireland. Saint Abdullah's practice is rooted in sonic storytelling, and media, blending geo-politics, religion, and social behavior. Eomac's sound draws from obscure samples and raw synthesis in an ongoing exploration of intense, visceral music for body and soul. Initially starting work together in 2019, they were mutual fans of each other's music and found that their own productions, Saint Abdullah using outboard analogue gear and Eomac in the box, complemented each other with a sense of rawness and heavy use of samples and extreme contrasts.
ROJIN SHARAFI
Rojin Sharafi is a Vienna-based, Tehran-born soundartist, performer and composer of acoustic and electronic music, which freely crosses the borders between genres. She creates entirely unique musical textures through the use of analogue, acoustic and augmented instruments, as well as digital tools of her own devising. She is currently pursuing her masters in composition and sound engineering at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts. Her debut album “Urns Waiting to be Fed,” with Zabte Zote, has been lauded as “one of [2019’s] most ecstatic and fiercely original hours of music.” A second album, “Zangaar,” was released in 2020. Sharafi has worked with countless collaborators and been part of numerous co-productions in film and dance. Her work has been presented at festivals and venues the world over from Sheffield to Riga and Budapest to New York and Washington DC. She is a SHAPE 2020 artist and recipient of the 2018 Austrian female Composers prize.
TELEϟPORT x ABDX
Péter Márton, aka TELEϟPORT, is renowned for his DIY modular soundscapes and thunderous techno improvisations. Having shared the stage with Pan Sonic, he is also a co-founder of the Davoria sound system and holds workshops at the University of Pécs' Electronic Music and Media Arts department. Known as Prell, the electroacoustic drone artist is constantly working on an unfinished piece for mechanical piano. For this special event, he joins forces with Mexican visual warlock Rodrigo Guzman to open an AI-enhanced hardtechno vortex.