IV9: Ulla, Sunik Kim & Dominic Coles
thursday 8 june 2023
IV9: Ulla, Sunik Kim
Dominic Coles
Presented by Les ateliers claus & IV-INVITRO
In vitro #9
Ulla
Ulla (Ulla Straus) is an artist by ways from Kansas and California, but currently based in Philadelphia. She has released music on an array of labels such as Quiet Time, Experiences Ltd, and West Mineral. Her latest releases include the beautiful ‘Limitless Frame’ (2021) on Motion Ward, which feels like ambient concrète with pianos and woodwinds drifting through the nighttime fog. In 2022, she released the critically acclaimed ‘Foam’ on Boomkat Editions. This record represents a breakthrough. The album draws mostly from a palette of piano, guitar, and chopped vocal samples. It’s glitchy, but also human. You can picture your hands on the piano keys, if it were a memory or a dream.
Ulla received praise for her unique sound from Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, Washington Post, and Bandcamp. She has also collaborated with a number of other artists including Perila, Pontiac Streator, Exael, and Ben Bondy.
https://ullastraus.bandcamp.com/album/foam-2
https://motionward.bandcamp.com/album/ulla-limitless-frame
https://ullastraus.bandcamp.com/.../tumbling-towards-a-wall
Sunik Kim
Sunik Kim is a musician, writer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles. Their last album, Raid on the White Tiger Regiment, was released in 2022 on Notice Recordings and features Kim manipulating free orchestral soundfonts at hyper-speed tempos. They are also a regular contributor to experimental music publication Tone Glow, and have had writing featured in Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, Soap Ear and so on.
https://noticerecordings.bandcamp.com/.../raid-on-the...
https://sunikkim.bandcamp.com/album/zero-chime
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/.../sunik-kim-the-bent-bow.../
Dominic Coles
Dominic Coles is a composer & improviser based in Queens, NYC. His work investigates the interactions of place, personhood, and power as they are articulated in sound, attempting to complicate and intervene in these categories through specific acts of technologically mediated listening.