Martijn Comes

VENUE: OT301

on Friday 18 April 2014

at: 22:30-23:15

M. Comes is a Dutch musician/composer who is specialized in new media, sound design and electro-acoustic composition.
He graduated at the academy for Digital Communications in 2004 with a thesis on live stage performance with the aid of digital media and studied Composition for Film at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (2010). He wrote diverse works based on research in popular music, contemporary music and classical music combining elements of various aesthetic, composition techniques and sound design in four releases: "Dominion" (2008), "Lostitude" (2008), "Den Haag" (2009), "Those who know do not speak | Those who speak do not know" (2012), "Galactic Cinema" (2013) and his current work "Infinite Spaces and Beyond (2014)". Part of this work was edited and remastered for Thomas Mohr his "Resonance" film, released in 2010, which was curated by the Netherlands Institute for Media Art (NiMK) and part of the Best Of selection of that years Ars Electronica festival. He is also the curating producer and host of two national radioshows in the Netherlands, "Kraak Helder" and "Inventions for Radio", both featured on the Concertzender. Both programs focus on promoting innovative electroacoustics and broadcast-art.
He is a member of the artist collective Panospria and shared the stage and collaborated with artists as Twine, Philippe Petit, Ike Yard, Freida Abtan and Scant Intone.

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