Quan (Quanalog system) |
Quan ------------------- Quan is a electronic music producer and sound engineer/instrument designer. His work has been contribute for the Hanoi music scene for the last 6 years. His output spans myriad styles, from deep minimal techno, through to uplifting experimental soundscapes. Quan has a unique ability to manipulate his hardware and software spontaneously, creating an improvised sound world that is original and different every time. Bio: Starting as a guitarist played for various band from progressive rock to jazz/funky music, in 2013, he started to experiment his music with more improvise sound and idea, then changed to electronic music to play with electronics hardware like drum machine, synthesizer, computer software like ableton etc…He has played many live electronics performance from experimental sound art to live techno music. Quan mostly play improvise and his music is never be the same, he try to brings the imagination of the world inside his mind to people through musical idea and from lot of different sound material. Quan produce electronic music include contemporary sound art, techno music, sound design for film, radio content and organize and teaching electronic music workshop. |
Quan have been performed his live techno set at venues in Hanoi like Hanoi Rock City, Cama ATK, Madake… In 2016, He became resident dj of the Hanoian underground club Savage, and performed live electronic in various clubs, venues and festivals all around Asia (Vietnam, China, Hongkong, Korea, Equation festival, Quest festival.) with internationally renowned artists such as Tin Man, Egyptian Lover, Oskar Offermann, Alex From Tokyo, Tobias, FKJ, Roman Flugel, Ata…He has performed also for the two first editions of Boiler Room in Vietnam.
Conscious about the great potential of the electronic music, I have been organizing weekly events and workshops to introduce electronic music to younger Vietnamese artistsand audience. |
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Quan also join in Dom Dom experimental music group in 2013, started by experimental music artist Tran Kim Ngoc, played experimental improvise with lot of different musicians with different background from jazz, classical music to traditional. He has performs at “Hanoi New Music Meeting” an international experimental contemporary music festival in late 2013 and then “Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival” in 2014. He also perform in Hanoi ° Berlin Experimental Music Encounter with Tran Kim Ngoc, Andrea Neumann and Burkhard Beins in a group of 10 artist from Hanoi - Berlin at Goethe Institude and the 2nd concert in Hoi An in October 2016.
By being one of the early member of Dom Dom, the experimental music group of Hanoi, and working on various experimental projects from Goethe institute and L’space (German and French cultural institutes), he participated actively to the development of the experimental music scene in Hanoi and Vietnam. |
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Always searching for new sounds and finding new technics to create his own soundscape, Quan has been doing DIY music machines for 4 years now and recently finished designing his own modular system to add up to his very own touch to his music.
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