As a multi disciplinary artist and a 95% blind individual, Oğuz Büyükberber aims to raise awareness to the wide spectrum of disabilities and their affect in people’s perception of reality. In March 2024 Oğuz Büyükberber was invited to participate in Erica Synths residency program. In the aftermath of the residency, he performed a live set with a Selmer Privilege clarinet, Erica Synths Syntrx II, Erica Synths Custom Eurorack performance system and Ableton Push standalone. Video art used in this performance is part of a multi media composition titled “Distal” by Oğuz Büyükberber, commissioned by YMusic and Spreehalle 2021.
Insider performs at the Erica Synths Garage with Erica Synths Pērkons HD-01, Bassline DB-01, Zen Delay as well as Roland SH-101, Solid State Logic SiX SuperAnalogue and Ableton
''The live performance, though different from my usual style, turned out to be an exhilarating experience perfectly tailored for the stage event. The atmosphere was electric, and the new headquarters provided a unique backdrop that added an extra layer to the performance. Exploring a different musical direction for this event will allow new listeners to connect with me in a fresh and exciting way.'' - Insider
Mario (LV) and contemporary dancer Karita Paul (EE) performing a live improvisation at the Sketching and Music Festival "SAMAņA" in August 2023, at the RSU Anatomy Museum in Riga, Latvia. The performance explores the juxtaposition of day and night and the continuous progression of human existence.
France Jobin is a sound and installation artist, composer and curator residing in Montreal, Canada. Her audio art can be qualified as “sound-sculpture”, revealing a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analog and digital intersect. Her installations express a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements inspired by the architecture of physical spaces. Her works can be “experienced” in a variety of unconventional spaces and new technology festivals across the globe. Since 2009, her focus has been related to Quantum mechanics with many of her projects being inspired by theories related to topics such as vacuum decay, string theory and more recently, what she feels to be the most perplexing phenomenon in the world of the quantum , entanglement.
Jobin’s work continues to evolve as technologies enable her to create new environments and in the fall of 2023 she was the first artist to have a 5 day long residency at Erica Synths headquarters in Riga, Latvia. Eliza Aboltina met Jobin in Berlin right after her residency to learn about her experience and work process that resulted in an unlikely artefact - a drone music composition performed only with a drum machine, the Pērkons HD-01 .
As a multi disciplinary artist and a 95% blind individual, Oğuz Büyükberber aims to create safe space to explore personal trauma in an expressive way, while raising awareness to the wide spectrum of disabilities and their affect in people’s perception of reality, and therefor how much they influence communication. Reflecting on his own distorted and very limited sight, Büyükberber layers gestures, textures and ideas over one another in this ever evolving eclectic story, full of juxtaposed references. Eliza Aboltina and Girts Ozolins meet with Oğuz just hours before his show PROCESSING in Berlin's Spreehalle to speak about the evolution of his creative path, accessibility of tools to express himself as a visually impaired artist and how he made it in an industry that isn't always easy to navigate without the weight of disability.
BLUSH_RESPONSE is the vehicle for Cuban/American musician Joey Blush's research into the sonic dimension. With a unique approach in sonic experimentation and a penchant for defying conventions, he seeks to both influence and harness the unpredictability of complex electronic instrumentation, with an effort to create a direct expression of his emotions. This sonic ritualism is exemplified in his prolific reporting of fractalized audio sculpture.
Eliza Aboltina interviews BLUSH_RESPONSE to explore his past-presence-future in music, the role of interplay between technology and artistry, and his process behind the upcoming full length album DIMENSIONAL RESEARCH, to be released this summer on Erica Synths and Kontaktor Festival record label KONTAKTOR RECORDS. The label is a further extension of showcasing boundary-pushing artists who fearlessly challenge the status quo of contemporary electronic music.
Erica Synths launches artist feature series 5 questions with... Self-explanatory - we speak to breakthrough artists, pioneering musicians, creatives from different backgrounds and places and ask them 5 questions (that might or might not trigger a necessity for a few more and open up in-depth conversations).
Audible patch examples & explanatory patch notes for the Erica Synths SYNTRX II, created by Andris Indāns - also known as Gas Of Latvia.
Come back for a fresh dose of inspiration - patch notes will be updated on regular basis.
Erica Synths launches artist feature series 5 questions with... Self-explanatory - we speak to breakthrough artists, pioneering musicians, creatives from different backgrounds and places and ask them 5 questions (that might or might not trigger a necessity for a few more and open up in-depth conversations).
With holidays around the corner, get inspired with Erica Synths Gift Guide. 8 ideas for perfect holiday gifts from the Erica Synths crew!
Erica Synths launches artist feature series 5 questions with... Self-explanatory - we speak to breakthrough artists, pioneering musicians, creatives from different backgrounds and places and ask them 5 questions (that might or might not trigger a necessity for a few more and open up in-depth conversations).
This music is intentional.
Girts Ozolins speaks with Kris Vanderheyden - the man behind aliases like Insider, Atomic Fusion, Techno Jesus & Hank Style among others. With more than 20 million record sales & a career spanning over 3 decades, Vanderheyden is considered to be one of the leading pioneers of the Belgian electronic dance music scene.
Electronic music production competition for independent, underground and adventurous electronic music producers based in Latvia.
Insider performs live for Erica Synths Garage Special.
Premiere 11th of June 2021 6PM CET
Erica Synths' Eliza Aboltina spoke with Kristaps Puķītis - the founder of Dirty Deal Audio, Gustavs Lociks and Platon Buravicky to learn more about the past, present & future of spatial sound.
Audible patch examples & explanatory patch notes for the Erica Synths Black System III, created by Andris Indāns - also known as Gas Of Latvia.
Come back for a fresh dose of inspiration - patch notes will be updated on regular basis.
Anna Jordan - better known as The Allegorist is a musical storyteller creating auditive visions. Known best for her full length album Hybrid Dimension I 2021 promises to be a year full of vivid releases and a new era in the artist's catalogue.
Erica Synths' Eliza Aboltina talked to The Allegorist about overcoming the fear of creating, ideas that have to live in the shadows and her roots in Eastern Europe. The Allegorist transparently shares her journey towards Berlin, music production and finding one's purpose through art.
Feature photo: Anna Jordan Project
Audible patch examples & explanatory patch notes for the Erica Synths SYNTRX, created by Andris Indāns -also known as Gas Of Latvia.
Come back for a fresh dose of inspiration - patch notes will be updated twice a month!
ConCord – sinfonietta for 16 well-tempered oscillators was composed and performed by composer Platon Buravicky during his residency in Erica Synths Studio n November 2020.
The first artist residency at Erica Synths studio with multichannel meta-artist kiwanoid.
Erica Synths launches a residency studio at the headquarters in Riga, Latvia.
JakoJako is a Berlin-based musician who primarily performs live and extensively uses modular synthesis in her music.
Feature photo from Telekom Electronic Beats
Wall of Fame contest & giveaway has come to its end! We are grateful to everyone who participated and contributed to improve the further development of the new Erica Synths Garage platform.
Erica Synths Garage returns in the club for a two day get-together to showcase diverse live electronic music
Andreas Tilliander - the Swedish producer whose extensive and diverse catalogue of music includes his work under monikers like TM404, Mokira, Rechord and Lowfour can easily be considered one of the contemporary maestros of analog gear.
Feature photo by SOTARN
Your chance to win Pico System III, Erica Synths merchandise & vinyl records!
Enigmatic yet bold, astonishing yet persistent - one of the foremost techno live acts of the recent years in an arguably the most in-depth interview out there.
Feature photo by Mino Kodama.
Erica Synths' Ģirts Ozoliņš visited Martin Gore in his Los Angeles' studio in January 2020 to talk about early influences, production & song writing process, life changing documentaries & what Martin finds to be the biggest threat for the future of the music.
Photos: Travis Shinn
‘All Flesh is Grass’ is a collaborative project by: Una Hamilton Helle, Eltons Kūns, Uma Breakdown, and curator Erik Martinson. Sound of the project is created by Erica Synths
From principles of Musical Phenomenology, to Improvisation, to other relevant practical aspects for ALL musicians - a lecture & workshop by Pedro Eustache.
As Erica Synths have just released the vacuum tube based eurorack system Fusion System II we collaborated with MIXHELL's Iggor Cavalera to showcase the sounds and capabilities of the latest incarnation of Erica Synths signature audible realms of unprecedented pressure.
Erica Synths' Eliza Aboltina virtually sat down with the two producers to talk lockdown creativity, synths, prejudice in the electronic music scene among other things.
Erica Synths team visits Jean-Michel Jarre in his studio in Paris to talk about inspiration, creativity, synths and future of the electronic music and to play a live modular jam.
Future Follows Us was premiered in the concert hall Hanzas Perons on fourth of February 2020. Commissioned by Artes Liberales, composed by Platon Buravicky it was performed by Pedro Eustache, Sinfonietta Riga & Normunds Šnē. The project was initiated and produced by Erica Synths.