Xavier Van Wersch Live @ Club Transmediale 2008
Xavier van Wersch (b.1976) short-circuits predictable machine responses to create physical, organic electronic music. The complex feedback networks he (re)constructs from defunct equipment are used to create compositions, performances and installations that explore human/machine relationships with control/chaos.
Originally from The Netherlands, Van Wersch was raised with classical piano and violin training which set the foundations for his experiments with composition and electronic music as a young teenager. At first spurning the conservative music academy for the freedom of visual arts, Van Wersch was eventually drawn back to study Sonology at The Hague's Royal Conservatory after discovering abstract electronic music. Van Wersch's final exam composition for the Conservatory, Odysseia, was included on the 2001 compilation His Master's Noise - The Institute Of Sonology, released on Dutch experimental label BVHaast Records. The compilation gathered pieces from artists who had worked or studied at the Institute for Sonology, including Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varese and Gyorgy Ligeti.
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