CM VON HAUSSWOLFF & JOACHIM NORDWALL

[World premiere]

Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Joachim Nordwall are two prominent figures of the Swedish experimental art scene.

Longtime companions and collaborators of Mika Vainio, they premiere in Serralves an audiovisual performance dedicated to Vainio.

CM Von Hausswolff is a visual artist and curator, considered one of the referential figures in the field of performance audio and radical music. Developing his research on the physicality of sound, he makes use of video, tape recorders, radar and sonar exploring electricity, frequencies, architectural spaces and paranormal electrical interferences. Always interested in the phenomenon of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena, voices from other dimensions intercepted as audio frequencies recorded to tape) von Hausswolff works to bring hidden elements to light. A past collaborator with The Hafler Trio, he is a veteran of the electronic music scene for more than twenty years and has collaborated with, among others, Erik Pauser, Leif Elggren, John Duncan and Mika Vainio.

CM von Hausswolff wrote an essay for “Time Examined”, a book focusing on Vainio’s installation work. Together with Stephen O’Malley he edited the recordings of Vainio’s last live performance.

Joachim Nordwall was a member of the avant punk rock trio Kid Commando and is the founder of the well-known ritual rock band Skull Defekts.
His early interest in psychic tension created by sound is now as ever present in his music, as heard in his “Soul Music” series where he explores circular rhythms, analogue synth loops and mind expanding experiments.
Nordwall also runs iDEAL Recordings since 1998 and he is a busy organizer of festivals and concert nights in Sweden and abroad collaborating with artists like Aaron Dilloway, Mats Gustafsson, Leif Elggren, Gabi Losoncy, Mark Wastell, Christine Abdelour and Mika Vainio.
The collaborations between Nordwall and Vainio are well exemplified by the double LP “Monstrance” which sees them reshaping guitars, drums and incendiary electronics into a visceral re-rendering of Metal.