nadine heckner of rosi announces: a long cherished dream comes true. sven piayda will perform a dj set at my place. he had to wait a long time for an appointment, but now i am even more happy that I can present you his glitch hop hdj set. save this date, even if it is still a long time from now.
record of tides is the electronica project of media artist sven piayda. ambient, idm, post hip-hop and post rock are woven into an independent and sophisticated sound, and the sounds are accompanied live by specially produced visuals. record of tides celebrates electronic music beyond techno and soundscape. the unique sound oscillates between composition and deconstruction, from nostalgia to futurism, and explores the possibilities of the genre. piayda looks back on releases and gigs over the last two decades and remains independent and groundbreaking with its varied sound.
for 2023, piayda has come up with something special in addition to audiovisual live sets: for the glitch hop hdj sets, he plays glitch hop, post hip-hop, electronica, idm, vaporwave, downbeat, wonky, remixes, mash-ups, rare & unreleased. in the consistently conceptual sets, the closely related genres of hip-hop and electronica are woven into one another despite their differing popularity.
sven piayda has been working on the concept for months now. check out the posters for record of tides hdj sets, they are announcing the upcoming hdj sets now and will become collectibles later.
glitch hop hdj sets microsite
all info in the live section
last sunday, january 22, the forum kunst und architektur at kopstadtplatz essen opened its first group show this year. ‘zeitenwende’ deals with the tension between status quo and change. the show also features sven piayda´s 2022 video piece ‘the impossibility to take pictures of the present’, and endless variation of compressed and expanded webcam images turned into an endless modulation of an abstract landscape.
the show features works by the following artists: marie sophie biehl, ebbe burg, karin dammers, rené dietle, gabriele fengels, regina friedrich-körner, anja husmann, ulrike janßen, suria kassimi, thiemo kloss, jannine koch, simi larisch, patía zingji lau, eva m. mathes, arezoo molaei, sven piayda, christian pilz, gabi rottes, stephan paul schneider, annette schnitzler, reni scholz, nana seeber, wolfgang stöcker, gan-erdene tsend, anna van eck, andré chi sing yuen and thomas zika.
have a look at pictures from the opening in the exhibitions section.
the exhibition will also feature author´s readings on january 28, 3 pm and workshops for kids on january 25 and february 1 from 4 to 6 pm. (registration is requested). the show will close on february 12.
all info at the bottom of this post.
update 2023-01-30: as you know, the exhibition is escorted by a small catalogue which is available at forum kunst und architektur for free. now the catalogue is also available online, please click here to launch the pdf version in a new window.
by popular demand, there will be a discussion of works on the subject of the ‘zeitenwende’ (turn of the times). take the opportunity for an artistic exchange and get into conversation with the artists present and with each other.
so we are happy to pass on the announcement of the upcoming artist talk to take place on saturday, february 4 at 3 pm. the line-up of confirmed participating artists lists gabriele fengels, ulrike heger, anja husmann, suria kassimi, thiemo kloss, sven piayda, stephan paul schneider, annette schnitzler and nana seeber.
update 2023-02-02: we are sad to announce that sven piayda will not be able to join the artist talk on saturday, february 4, 2023. the artist talk will take place as scheduled, piayda will not participate due personal issues. we apologise and hope for positive news to come up.
as phil barnett and sven piayda have announced to work on a new collaborative project again, zany music has announced to reissue the AESTATE ‘greatest hits’ (2015) album as well as remix compilations ‘patch’ (2010) and ‘prov aiida ep’ (2011). (the remix albums feature four common tracks by barnet and piayda). the reissues will be available via zany music and downloadable for free via zany load, they will not be distributed via bandcamp for different reasons. zany music will do a makeover on the meta data written into the files and will offer them in reliable zip format. the reissues will contain the original mp3 files in original release quality. additionally, the /CAMP exclusive live recording ‘performance’ will receive the dame makeover to offered on the /CAMP. back in 2021 zany music reissued the three AESTATE albums containing bonus tracks and live excerpts. the remix and ‘greatest hits’ reissues will be available on march 24, 2023.
aestate-online.com
zanymusic.recordoftides.com
without any announcement in advance and definitely surprising record of tides released the new track ‘random darknet shopper’ on january 1st via zany music and distributed via bandcamp. it is supposed to be available for free for a limited time only.piayda has already debuted the track live during the gig at consol gelsenkirchen in 2021.
‘random darknet shopper’ is taken from the long-awaited album ‘post internet’ which was already finished in 2020 and originally supposed to be released by kreislauf.organistation which unfortunately missed to finish the process.
now the album will finally be released on february 24, 2023. it does not belong to the ‘purchases’ series, the ‘post internet’ album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to ‘black album’ (2020) while it uses the idm context for mixing up seventies rock with conceptional and arty electronica. the title is a quotation from a work by swiss artist collective !mediengruppe bitnik.
during 2014 and 2016 the group programmed a bot to randomly purchase items from the darknet.
the track comes with a music video directed by matthias danberg available via youtube. it features a first person perspective museum walkthrough exploring different sculptures by matthias danberg using computer game aesthetics. danberg originally produced an environment for a game engine which was actually explorable via internet browser. while the necessary software is no longer functioning, only the recorded walkthrough remains.
as the video illustrates a track called ‘random darknet shopper’, piayda came up with the idea to add night vision to the video.
danberg and piayda have already collaborated for the record of tides´ music videos ‘vogh beats2’ and ‘horns of paradise’.
their third video is supposed to be the closure of the video series.
the cover artwork for the digital single is also based upon a still from the video.
‘random darknet shopper’ on bandcamp
www.matthias-danberg.com
jan-dirk platek x record of tides released their follow-up to the remarkable mini ep ‘expotential/frequentism’ on january 13, 2023. the new ep is called 'boxes’, featuring three new collaborative tracks. the release is available via bandcamp and streaming, the streaming version features an alternate mash-up cover which is now used for all collaborative works.
jan-dirkplatek.bandcamp.com
2022 has been a productive year with numerous releases and drafts for upcoming projects. as zany music has focussed on putting out releases on vinyl or digitally only, we like to offer a special give away: zany music raffles the primal scapes physical bundle, get ‘entertain’ and the new album ‘macrocosm’ on compact disc. simply email to contact[at]svenpiayda.com heading ’primal scapes’ and you will have the chance to win the albums. all entries are collected and the winner will be announced on friday, februray 17, 2023. good luck!
zanymusic.recordoftides.com
primal-scapes.de
the studio is recently working on a large portfolio update for 2023. also long-term projects like the ‘little dancer of fourteen years (posing/refusing)’ video piece and further drafted works are supposed to be finished and offered for exhibition.
the studio focuses on ZEITENWENDE at forum kunst und architektur in essen showing the new video piece ’the impossibility to take pictures of the present’. the studio has not scheduled any shows beyond but has announced to finally finish long term productions.
studio.svenpiayda.com
sven piayda | the impossibility to take pictures of the present
Z E I T E N W E N D E
forum kunst und architektur, essen
2023-01-22 – 2023-02-12
opening 2023-01-22, 3 pm
artist talk 2023-02-04, 3 pm
forumkunstarchitektur.de
forum kunst und architektur
kopstadtplatz 12
45127 essen
sven piayda | aftermath
KURZstummfilmfestival
zeche carl, essen / youtube, worldwide
2020-09-26, 3pm at zeche carl
2020-09-25 on youtube
kurz-stumm-filmfestival.de
'aftermath' on youtube
youtube.com
facebook.de/kurzstummfilmfestival
facebook event
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