Tangible Music Club#7: Passepartout Duo+Ctrl Freq
11. Juni 2025, 19.00 Uhr Stadtwerkstatt Saal
Das Tangible Music Lab lädt zum Konzert
Kacper Ziemianin a.k.a. ‘Ctrl Freq’ has a background in classical music and a lot of adventures in modern sound and music. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sonic Arts from Middlsex University, London and Master’s degree in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the Netherlands. Sound designer, circuit bender, vagabond, improviser, producer, audio-hacker, instrument designer, nomad, radio presenter, workshop leader, squatter, soon-to-be a published writer. His audio works have been shown and played in many places around and outside of Europe. Currently based in The Hague, NL working as a freelance instrument designer and performer as well as teacher of DIY electronics. His latest endeavor, the ‘LightSeq’ has received funding from Stimuleringsfonds NL and won an award at an international electronic music festival ‘Radical dB’ in Zaragoza, Spain.
https://linktr.ee/ctrl__freq
Passepartout Duo’s work investigates the ways in which we listen to and connect with sound. By exploring the unrealized potential of machines and non-univocal ways of relating to them, the group continually develops a specialized and evolving ecosystem of handmade musical instruments. These instruments range from analog electronic circuits and conventional percussion to room-sized textile installations and found objects. Interaction with these instruments—and with each other through them—is a key element of their live performances.
Seeking alternative ways to sustain an independent musical career and build an international network of artists and musicians, the group has been on a nearly continuous world tour since they began collaborating in 2015. Their experiences traveling have profoundly influenced their unconventional creative process. Acoustic vibrations, analog and digital sound synthesis, sound spatialization, folk instruments, and traditional techniques are all topics of interest that inform the electro-acoustic textures and complex rhythms of their discographic releases, such as Radio Yugawara (2024), Daylighting (2021), and Vis-à-Vis (2020). Their research into language and musical gestures is documented in the EP Epigrams (2021) and their most recent LP, Argot (2025).
One of their inventions, the Chromaplane, is an electromagnetic synthesizer that was launched as a product in collaboration with the Berlin-based synthesizer manufacturer KOMA Elektronik in 2024. The Chromaplane was awarded First Prize at the 2025 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (US). Passepartout Duo is composed of pianist Nicoletta Favari (IT) and percussionist Christopher Salvito (US/IT).
https://passepartoutduo.com/
