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Ben Frost


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ambient, drone, experimental, noise, electronic

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Ben Frost

Diskografie

Steel Wound

Steel Wound

neuvedeno, 2007
Theory of Machines

Theory of Machines

neuvedeno, 2006

Biografie

There are two artists who go by the name, “Ben Frost”:

1) Ben Frost (born 1980 in Melbourne, Australia, now based in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a musician, composer and producer, whose early work included the independently released ambient electronic EP Music for Sad Children (2000) and for his band School of Emotional Engineering. However Frost is probably most widely recognized for his experimental music drawing widely on influences of minimalism, post-punk, black metal and noise best demonstrated on the 2007 release Theory Of Machines.

Frost's compositional catalog includes Music for Sad Children (2001, independently produced and released), the ambient guitar exploration Steel Wound (2003, and reissued in 2007, Room40), described by Pitchfork Media as "an exemplary ambient experience", and the widely critically acclaimed LP Theory Of Machines on the Icelandic record label Bedroom Community, an album which earned Frost huge critical acclaim and it could be said, cemented his place as an artist on the global stage.

Ben Frost has performed and collaborated with acclaimed artists such as Amiina, Ghostdigital - a project of ex-The Sugarcubes' Einar Örn Benediktsson, American composer Nico Muhly and Björk. He is the closest collaborator of Icelandic producer/engineer/composer Valgeir Sigurðsson in Greenhouse Studios Reykjavik Iceland, often contributing programming work to Sigurðsson's productions. It is within Greenhouse that the majority of Frost's work is produced, often in collaboration of Sigurðsson.

Frost is a member of Cicada, a contemporary arts collective that produces large scale audio visual installations and performances that focus on the intersection between biology and technology- a relationship perhaps best demonstrated in the Audio/Video installation piece MOB, an exploration of the human crowd, that utilized schooling fish and processed choral recordings. Frost is also a widely respected composer for both film and Contemporary Dance, having collaborated extensively with companies such as the Australian Based Chunky Move, the Icelandic Dance Company, and acclaimed Icelandic dancer/coreographer Erna Ómarsdottír. Frost earned a Helpmann Academy award nomination for the Chunky Move production Mortal Engine.

Frost is commonly mistaken for fellow Australian visual artist Ben Frost, as both are of similar age and have collaborated on projects together.

After a single original visit in 2002 culminating in collaborations with Valgeir Sigurðsson and a remix commission from Björk, In early 2005 Frost relocated to and has since become a permanent resident of Reykjavík, Iceland. Since 2005 he has collaborated with various local artists and musicians including The Icelandic Dance Company, Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, and film director Marteinn St Þórsson, meanwhile using Iceland as a base from which to work, travel and perform throughout the North American and European continents. A strong opponent of the industrialization of Iceland and vocal critic on various local issues such as the non-development of public transportation, Frost has occasionally written for the Reykjavík newspaper Grapevine, and lent his catalog to environmental movements such as Náttúra.

As a performer Frost has performed extensively throughout Europe, the US and Australia. His live performances are guitar oriented, utilizing real-time signal processing and several high powered guitar and bass amplifiers such as the Ampeg SVT and often contain moments of extreme volume with a particular emphasis on the sub-bass aspects of his work. In a live setting this makes for extremely physical performances that can verge on infrasonic.

Frost regularly performed live between 2002-2005 as School of Emotional Engineering - a live band formed to perform work from the Ben Frost album of the same name. S.E:E was composed of four to five performers, focusing less on the computer oriented compositions of his current work and more on a sound influenced by post-rock.

Between 2003-2004 Frost performed regularly as a member of the now defunct Sydney-based band The Husbands alongside fellow experimental artists Oren Ambarchi and Scott Horscroft. The Husbands was a 9-12 piece band comprised mostly of guitarists, largely inspired by the work of Glenn Branca and Rhys Chatham. The Husbands few, but notorious live performances culminated in a live collaboration with ex-Can vocalist Damo Suzuki. The Husbands, along with Horscroft's acclaimed 2003 LP 8 Guitars provided the main influence for Frost's 2007 piece Music For 6 Guitars which has been performed at a handful of mostly European festivals.

http://www.ethermachines.com

2) Record producer Ben Frost creates music that spans a huge range of genres from acoustic, live performances to industrial, neo-tech psychadelia. Citing Radiohead amongst his greater influences. Having pioneered a new style of fresh and varied alt rock that depends on heavily processed sounds, he is now working on a more poppy, alternative Rock band with catchy melodies and complex guitar licks. Having drawn interest from EMI, toured the UK and drawn interest from record labels. He is now putting together his own 'crew' of musicians, producers, managers and media men, who go by the name of his new band, 'Hot Flux'.

http://www.hotflux.co.uk

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