CLIKNO

Since 2005 Dr.Nojoke has been working on technoid sound-sculptures based on his archive of self-made noise-recordings he collected over the years. He defines a deep, funky, minimal, quirky, clicky micro-cut-up-music, he calls Clikno.
Always with an experimental approach in production Dr.Nojoke relinquishes the conventional rave-signals and typical techno sounds (as the TB303 or 808/909 drum machines). He prefers to play with his own sounds. The de-composition of usual harmony- and melody-schemes is also important for him; He dislikes typical or popular sounds and hooklines. Although his sounds come to 95% from the acoustic, real world, he forms highly technological Clikno-music, which may not carry emotions in itself, but triggers and unleashes them.

Amidst all this well-considered concept is of course the element of fun and serendipity. The live show may feature instruments such as radio, crushed plastic bottles and souvenirs as Dr.Nojoke celebrates the joy of finding special sounds in everyday objects not usually appreciated for their musicality. This is part of the magic and fun of his performances. Dr.Nojoke is serious about what he does, but doesn´t take hisself too seriously.

                                                                    At Acicastello, Sicily


TRIoon

TRIoon is a collaborational project beween Dr. Nojoke & J-Lab & Servando Barreiro [DE/UK/ES].
We came together to perform on the Club transmediale 09 on the 27th Janurary 2009 for the first time.
So TRIoon is a live oriented project with the aim to bring together the highly individual skills of these three experienced individuals in a unique live jam session.
Barreiro is well-known in the hacker scene. He builds so called Minitronics, small electronic devices he uses to control visuals or music. In the performance at CTM09 he used especially his self-build Techno-Tambourine to control mainly his visuals, but also some drone-sounds.  J-Lab and Dr.Nojoke, both known for a distinctive sound in Techno/House and their great live performances, we play bass and guitar besides our typical set-up. With a dynamic range we explore the field between diverse dance styles, ambient and experimental music and field recordings.
The rehearsals and the performance went so well, that we decided to go on and call our project TRIoon.
pics on flickr.com and photophunk.com
video on vimeo.com

                                                                  photo: Toby


HORROR VACUI

Since 2008 I work on an audiovisual dance performance together with the fine artist /dancer Carolin Gödecke, a professional in classic indian dance, vitaminK+ of the Tritamin Visual Collective and me off course.
Under the title HORROR VACUI we explore the ambinvalence emptiness/nothingness roughly speaking.
The premiere will be on August, the 22nd, 8pm at Speicher, Husum, Germany.
click here for some rehearsal pics

                                                                                      

SINTESI

Recently Dr.Nojoke hooked up with the visual/multimedia artist VJMcfly from Verona, Italy.
Under the name Sintesi they work on an interactive and experimental audio-visual performance based on minimal graphics and abstract musical elements. more infos and a short demo soon in 2008.
You can find lots of videos about VJMcfly's current project CROIX on Youtube and as well on his Myspace profile

DJing

Dr.Nojoke understands himself more as a presenter and selector of music than as a DJ. He blends and contrasts Dub, 80s Indie Dance, Industrial and Punk with Techno, IDM, Clicks & Cuts, Ambient, Minimal Music and Electronica and any kind of groovy, textural, noisy and experimental music  to cerate a moody melange for dancers and couch potatoes.

Dr.Nojoke at 33.99 Records / Transmediale 2006

33.99 RECORDS is a temporary, instant and one-of-a-kind record label dedicated to the art of vinyl-cutting. During 11 days alongside Club Transmediale, nine 7" records will be cut each day with different artists from the program and visitors to the studio. Each of these 99 records will contain a unique performance, improvisation or moment in time recorded directly to vinyl with a hand-printed cover, and no further copies of these records will be made. The records can be purchased at the Dense shop at Maria am Ostbahnhof during the Club Transmediale nights.

A website documenting the project is finally online and features a list of participants, photo-documentation and MP3s of recorded sound pieces, ready for listening and download. Participating artist included Goodiepal, 2-5 BZ, A Guy Called Gerald, Column One, Francisco Lopez, Patrick Catani, Jason Forrest and many more.
http://www.umatic.nl/3399

I recorded two singles: the numbers #57 and #58.
All of the 99 singles are transparent vinyl with transparent label and sleeve.
Available at the Dense record-shop in Berlin.


47Kubik

The artists gallery Kunstkabine in the Rigaer Strasse in Berlin invited Dr.Nojoke on the 24.th and 25.th of Septembre 2004 to create a sound-installation in their acoustically very special rooms. The result was the sound-game 47Kubik between gallery-space and visitors, which was recorded live, played back in realtime and arranged and processed by Dr.Nojoke during the 4-hour performance. The 47Kubik composition was available as CD-Rom on the same evening.  >> Kunstkabine

Last big work was the score for the film-productionDie Ausgangssituation (Retsina-Film) finished n August 2005. Together with the piano player Madalina Pasol they recorded some parts from Beethoven´s piano-sonatas Pathetique, Appassionata, Arietta and Waldsteinsonata. Based on the motifs the group creates minimal pieces added with sax, organ and effects, that support the dark pictures and slow, absurd atmosphere of the movie.  see also the production list under 'about'.

Was macht eigentlich elektroblitz mitte?

In February 2004 elektroblitz mitte performed on 3 following days the concert-performance Was macht eigentlich elektroblitz mitte? inside the Galerie Fruehsorge. Musical pieces of elektroblitz mitte to diverse theatre-productions of the Dramatisches Theater were reinterpreted live in a collage and in a lounge ambience of theatre-requisites combined with pictures and film-sequences of the plays. - A co-production between elektroblitz mitte (music), Dramatisches Theater (film/stills/requisites) and the Galerie Fruehsorge.
6.th to 8.th February 2004.


TRANSMISSIONS

For the Christmas Art Lounge of the agency Bluetenpracht Dr.Nojoke presented two evenings in Decembre 2003 inside their location in the Pfefferberg, Berlin. Central part was the Transmission performance with Moon Suk (Toom, Shadowplay, Chant), Massaka (Edding-Painting) and dis_sign (Visuals). The aim of the performance was the 'transmission' of abstract, digital music and live-cut-ups of radiowaves into movement - thus manifesting in thick Edding-drawings on a hanging, semi-transparent screen in interaction with the shadows of the performer.
In the middle of a former factory-room a big screen was hanging from the ceiling, lightened from both sides alternately. In front of the screen the painter was acting, behind the performer. The visitor could move through the room so that depending on the position he could get different impressions of the performance. the process was lively.

Mythen Draußen

In August 2000 Dr.Nojoke made a sampling live-performance on the 'Die lange Nacht der Museen' in Berlin in front of the Pergamon-Museum as part of the theatre-installation Mythen Draußen from the Dramatischen Theater.