Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist born in 1975 in
Denmark
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. In early 2006 he graduated at the Academy of Arts and the Media in Cologne, Germany. Jacob is exploring sound in art with a scientific approach.
Jacob Kirkegaard's sound works focus on investigations into the potential musicality in hidden sound layers in the environment. In this context he has been capturing and exploring sounds from, for example,
volcanic
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earth
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,
ice
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atmospheric phenomena, nuclear power plants and deserted places.
[Place and Sound]
, ABC (Australia)
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, 26 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2014 His piece "Labyrinthitis" was created from sounds recorded inside his inner ear.
Recording tools used include accelometers,
hydrophones
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and home-built
electromagnetic
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receivers.
Discography
* (1989) ''Escape from the Outside'' (Self titled cassette release)
* (1990) ''A New Youth'' (Self titled cassette release)
* (1998) ''Luftantenner'' - in the band
Æter (Helicopter Records)
* (2002) ''Soaked'' - with
Philip Jeck Touch
In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It ...
* (2003) ''01.02'' (Bottrop-boy)
* (2005) ''Eldfjall''
Touch
In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It ...
* (2006) ''4 Rooms''
Touch
In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It ...
* (2008) ''Labyrinthitis''
Touch
In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It ...
* (2008) ''Forget to Breathe'' - with
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...
* (2011) Aion (Fonik Works)
* (2012) Imperia (with Tobias Kirstein) Posh Isolation
* (2012) Svævninger - with
Else Marie Pade
Else Marie Pade (2 December 1924 – 18 January 2016) was a Danish composer of electronic music. She was educated as a pianist at the ''Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium'' ( Royal Danish Academy of Music) in Copenhagen. She studied compositio ...
(Important Records)
* (2013) Conversion (Touch)
* (2014) 40 Days of Silence (VON Archives)
* (2015) Arc (Holotype Editions)
* (2015) 5 Pieces (Posh Isolation)
* (2016) Sabulation (mAtter)
* (2017) Descending - with
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (Important Records)
* (2019) Phonurgia Metallis (Important Records)
* (2019) Black Metal Square (Important Records)
* (2019) Opus Mors (Topos)
References
External links
Fonik.dk- Official website: bio, reviews, interviews, works.
1975 births
Living people
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