SARRAM WITH CRUCKLE & THOUGHT UNIVERSE

S A R R A M is the instrumental avantgarde solo project of the Sardinian based Valerio Marras, active since 2017. A crushing but yet graceful composition where heavy ambient, electrodoom, dronejazz and minimal post-rock blend to invite the listener to an intense sound journey. S A R R A M is actually on tour to promote his fifth record “Pàthei Màthos”, a deep sound journey sorrounded by ethereal voices (by Lili Refrain & Dalila Kayros), floating cellos (Tobias Vethake), pulsing soundwaves, crushing and doom-ish layers: an authentic mix of experiences and feelings. Valerio Marras has released albums for Subsound Records (It), Midira Records (D), Talk About records (Sardinia) playing intensely all over Europe including appearances at LEM in Spain, Dunk!Festival in Belgium, Moving Noises and Schwarzer Herbst in Germany, Who Needs Lyrics in Slovakia, KME, Signal fest, Paolo Fresu’s Insulae Lab, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Sassari etc, collaborations with MAN museum and Ciusa Musem in Nuoro, Museo Nivola in Orani, MUA in Sinnai, Luca T. Mai (ZU), Lili Refrain, Thisquietarmy, Dalila Kayros, Tobias Vethake, Animamundi, opening concerts for – among the others – Killing Joke, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Russian Circles, Alessandro Cortini (NIN) and many others.“Pàthei Màthos” won the discographic prize “Mario Cervo” 2024. Expect a performance poised between heavy ambient, dronejazz, electrodoom, spoken words, tape loop and postrock.   THOUGHT UNIVERSE  is the brain child of Dr. Mark Iain Pilkington; composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His practice encapsulates both sound and image to extend spatial imaginings between real and virtual space. The coupling of sound and image are applied to electroacoustic composition, installation, and screen-based works. Forging immaterial and creative labor through a network of interwoven and augmented territories, his work increasingly queries the way operations carry great critical and creative potential. Seeking new modes of critical engagement that incorporate multiple narratives through non-digital and digital aesthetic informs the direction of his pedagogy. His theoretical research focuses on the relationship between artistic genres and their respective aesthetic theories with reference to electroacoustic music, sound synthesis, visual music, coding, philosophy, and film. His practice especially focuses on audio-visual composition using real and virtual entities to explore time and space. His work has been performed, exhibited and screened at conferences and festivals globally. ICMC, ARS Electronica, ZKM | Karlsruhe, MANTIS festival and the Open Circuit Festival. Interdisciplinary work is carried out collaboratively with artists and composers.    CRUCKLE are a Rochdale raised heavy techno+cute noise duo. Highly experimental , analog & improvised.