Jules Reidy • X. LEE
3D Audio Concert of the swim series / December 14, 2024
Jules Reidy
Jules Reidy composes music for prepared and acoustic instruments (mostly guitars). Their work can be described as a series of non-traditional song forms that combine unstable harmonic territories, rhythmic elasticity, and abstract narratives with stretched and episodic structures. The aesthetic fluctuates between electronic drones and found sounds, sometimes reminiscent of Hope Sandoval or late albums by Talk Talk. Their recent albums include “World in World” (Black Truffle, 2022) and “Trances” (Shelter Press, 2023). Some of their most notable performances in recent years include the Tectonics Festival (Athens, Greece), the Send/Receive Festival (Winnipeg, Canada), the End of the Road Festival (UK), the Jazz em Agosto Festival (Lisbon, Portugal), and the CTM Festival (Berlin).
X. LEE
X. LEE is a DJ/producer, experimental sound artist, and composer with roots in scratch turntablism, jungle, techno, noise, and electroacoustic contemporary composition. His work draws from his experiences in electronic underground subcultures. By combining interactive technologies and multimedia elements, he seeks to explore design in both physical and auditory spaces. His works have received multiple awards and have been premiered by institutions such as National Sawdust, JACK Quartet, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, and La Biennale di Venezia. He has been featured in several well-known radio shows, including the live show “TAFELMUSIK” on NTS, Rai 3 Radio, and BBC Radio.
swim 2024
With the series swim (spatial works and immersive music), ZiMMT invites you in 2024 to throw musical habits overboard. Nine concerts and three sound installations, bridging multiple genres, pose new questions. A broad spectrum of musical expressions from various genres is integrated into immersive, spatial experiences.
Fifteen very different local and international artists are part of swim. Their works range from intricately composed electroacoustic pieces to experimental approaches rooted in the aesthetics of club music. swim merges diverse sound worlds and lets radical approaches to music production and performance challenge conventional ideas. What is a live performance? Which technical means are used, and how do they expand musical expression? What happens to the role of the audience when it immerses itself in virtual sound worlds during an immersive performance?
Even ideas of what an instrument is are deconstructed, and familiar instruments are used in unusual ways.
During three-day microresidencies, musicians can develop their works on site using 3D audio technology and try out new approaches. All concerts will be live-streamed in high-quality binaural audio — for a spatial experience both on site and everywhere else.
