Adam de la Cour (* 1979):

"Sometimes I compose music, perform, and make films.
I usually take an experimental and irreverent approach to my work, it often contains elements of surrealism and the absurd. At various points it has found a floor to crash on at reputable establishments such as Adult Swim and the BBC.
I co-founded the artist cooperative and net-label squib-box with Neil Luck and Federico Reuben, as well as the video production 'studio' Killer Ponzi with Daniel Matz.

MUSIC
I write music that sometimes resembles genres such as experimental, free improvisation, contemporary classical, comedy, metal and other ‘popular’ styles. It's taken the form of concert music, studio recordings, radio plays, film music, and installations. Some of my music and performances have been broadcast on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 3, NTS Radio, Resonance FM, Danmarks Radio, ABC Classic FM (Australia) and Kazakhstan TV. I've also had the honour of writing BBC Radio 3's first ever Christmas panto, "Oh, Bobby!".
As a performer (mainly guitar and vocals) I’ve premiered works by composers such as Neil Luck, Michael Finnissy, Chris Newman, Matthew Shlomowitz, Alwynne Pritchard, Claudia Molitor and Trond Reinholdsten. I’ve performed Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (vocalist) with Ensemble Reconsil at The Arnold Schoenberg Centre in Vienna; we then toured it in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
‘Bands’ I’ve performed with include ARCO, Schopenhauer, Ensemble +-, Zipperface, The London Sinfonietta, Arn & Hammer, The Two Bennys and Judesque.

FILM
I mainly make short film and video work, most of it borders on the surreal and is darkly comedic. It’s been screened at festivals & art galleries, featured on physical media (Troma), streamed online, and performed in concert settings.
The short In-House is featured in ADULT SWIM SMALLS: VOLUME 5 - Year In Review.

SELECTED FESTIVALS & VENUES I've done things at (MUSIC AND FILM)
Latitude (BBC Introducing), London Contemporary Music Festival, London Short Film Festival, Frieze London, Melbourne Festival, MATA (New York), Supernormal, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Spitalfields, ISCM World Music Days (Transit, Belgium), Klang (Denmark), Bergen International Festival (Norway), Go Short Festival (Netherlands), CoMA, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Regent Street cinema, ICA, Queen Elizabeth Hall, National Portrait Gallery, Cafe Oto, LSO St. Luke’s, Wilton’s Music Hall, The Kitchen (New York), Concertgebouw Bruges, Vortex, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, The Centre for Recent Drawing and Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

COLLABORATION
I've created work with the British artist Bruce McLean (the film Drumstick) and the composer Michael Finnissy (the two-part piano & film work Hammerklavier), the latter of which I studied composition with, I have longstanding, creative liaisons with the composers Neil Luck (Ursonate, Arn & Hammer, ARCO, squib-box etc.) and Federico Reuben (Schopenhauer, squib-box). Please check out their stuff."

"...a bizarre and often hilarious fusion of music...with the aesthetics of cult, psychotronic cinema." - Robert Barry (The Wire Magazine).

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