a drunk man’s next step
Two duos, three musicians, a common passion for cybernetics and improvisation as ways of interacting with sound. Anton Lambert, Adriaan de Roover and Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris meet on stage for two sets, where haunting field recordings, intricate feedback loops, and deconstructed textures form an acoustic experience that unfolds in real time.
In the first set, Anton Lambert and Adriaan de Roover while embracing chance and feedback, will explore a common language, for the first time as a duo. Drawing from their personal sonic archive, Adriaan & Anton will integrate acoustic and electronic sources into amorphous, indefinably textured shapes, ranging from pure field recordings to heavily granulated and uncanny sonic textures.
In the second set, Anton Lambert collaborates with Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris. Anton and Thanos first crossed paths in Athens in the fall of 2023, through their shared passion for experimental and innovative sound. With Anton’s practice in live electronics and Thanos’ expertise of feedback-augmented instruments, particularly the halldorophone, they started improvising together. This creative synergy sparked a series of recordings, weaving diverse sonic worlds into feedback loops and giving birth to an album set to release in spring 2025 on the Italian label Kohlhaas.
● Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris is an Athens-based artist, educator and researcher. His practice focuses on different creative uses of feedback systems, resulting in music compositions, audiovisual installations, interactive and participatory work and durational performances. Before returning to Greece in 2018, he studied and worked in the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. He is currently working as Assistant Professor on Music Creativity with Interactive Media, Department of Music, at the University of Athens.
● Adriaan de Roover is a Brussels-based musician who has been forging a singular path in electronic music. In 2024, Adriaan released his second solo album, Other Rooms, through Pieter Dudal’s acclaimed Dauw imprint. Stepping back from rhythm-oriented motifs, this latest work is a concise but varied collection of weightless melodies and expertly sculpted, computerized soundscapes.
● Anton Lambert is a Brussels-based sound artist and improviser. His work focuses on improvisation through the use of live electronics and how an acoustic instrument can sculpt the electronic sounds, based on chance and generative algorithms. Anton is active in various music ensembles as a double bass player and works on interdisciplinary projects as a sound artist; by contributing to theater or dance performances and multi-media artworks.