Christian Vogel vs Philipp Geist
Christian Vogel
Passionate for electronic music since he started university, where he studied Stockhausen and Brian Eno, he is now one of the most esteemed experimental techno producer, remixer and dj. Both in his live performances and records, he combines elements of flux and sound collage in a style of music normally concerned with strict repetition. He has been the first UK producer to play in Tresor club and release on Tresor label. He then appeared on the cutting edge label Mille Plateaux, and finally on Novamute. He also founded two personal labels: Mosquito and Quinine.
www.no-future.com/vogel_microsite
Philipp Geist
Berlin-based multimedia artist Philipp Geist is a rising star in the young art scene. He's a painter, a photographer and a videomaker, but also, and maybe moreover, a videoartist and a cutting edge club vj, esteemed for his installations as much as for his live performances. His video works have been exhibited at important international art institutions including the Central House of Artists (CHA) in Moscow, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London, the National Gallery in Warsaw (Zacheta), at the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, and at the Winterzauber 2005 in Zurich.
Together with the symphony orchestra OBC Barcelona and the Finnish sound ensemble Pan Sonic, Philipp Geist appeared as a video artist at the opening of the Sonar Festival in Barcelona in 2004. Then, he was represented at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome, at Clubtransmediale in Berlin and at the Mutek Festival in Montreal... to name just a few.
www.p-geist.de
