C-drik Fermont
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C-drík is a vegan
artist, academically trained musician, dj, singer, composer and drummer. He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne
(Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium
).
, Zairian
and Belgian
descent, born in Congo
(former Zaire) C-drík grew up in Belgium and also lived in the Netherlands
. He is an eternal voyager and performed in numerous countries across North America, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia.
He started his first project in 1989 and juggles in between many projects and electronic genres.
He is also a label manager and gig organizer who produces his own projects and experimental artists who predominantly originate from Asia and Africa on the labels Syrphe and Textolux .
, Mark Spybey, Mathis Mootz, David Thrussel
, Planet Aldol, Sato Yukie, Nakamura Yuji, Yan Jun, Wu Quan, Itta, Daytripper, Mimetic, Ha Jane, Lee Han Joo, One Man Nation, Cliquetpar, B6, 718, Contagious Orgasm, Naofumi Ishimaru, Goh Lee Kwang, Lau Mun Leng, Li Chin Sung, Xavier Depienne, Le diktat, Error, Gisèle Pape, Gregory Durez, Tri Minh, Hùng Nguyễn Mạnh, Nguyễn Van Cuong, The Seventeen Migs of Spring, Olivier Moreau
, John Sellekaers
, Hervé Thomas, Gabriel Séverin, Marc Medea, Pei, Stereo warfare, Aluviana, Xabec.
(he has also learnt declamation, theater and improvisions), he composes soundtracks for theater, exhibitions, sound installations, fashion shows and short movies (Blanc murmure, 3point5, RTBF
, Télésambre, Babel Q Compagnie, Charleroi Danse / Frédéric Flamand, Giovani Guzzo, Les théâtres du mercredi in Belgium, Wim Reiff Gallery, B52, Kunsttour, in the Netherlands, Ðào Anh Khánh Studio in Vietnam, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in China).
He composed and performed live two musical scores for the Sergei Eisenstein
's mute films The strike
in Riga
, Latvia (at the festival Baltā Nakts) in 2006 and The Battlefield Potemkin
in Dresden
, Germany together with Xabec in 2009.
.
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of eliminating the use of animal products. Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of animals and the use of animal products for any purpose, while dietary vegans or strict vegetarians eliminate them from their diet only...
artist, academically trained musician, dj, singer, composer and drummer. He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne
Annette Vande Gorne
Annette Vande Gorne is a Belgian electroacoustic music composer currently living in Ohain, Belgium.-Biography:Annette Vande Gorne was born in Charleroi, Belgium. She initially studied music at the conservatories of Mons and Brussels, and privately with Jean Absil...
(Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
).
Biography
Of GreekGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Zairian
Zaire
The Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the , itself an adaptation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers".-Self-proclaimed Father of the Nation:In...
and Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
descent, born in Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
(former Zaire) C-drík grew up in Belgium and also lived in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He is an eternal voyager and performed in numerous countries across North America, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia.
He started his first project in 1989 and juggles in between many projects and electronic genres.
He is also a label manager and gig organizer who produces his own projects and experimental artists who predominantly originate from Asia and Africa on the labels Syrphe and Textolux .
Collaborations
C-drík collaborated or still works together with the following artists [live and or studio] : Mick HarrisMick Harris
Mick Harris commonly known and credited both as Mick Harris or occasionally M.J. Harris, is an English musician....
, Mark Spybey, Mathis Mootz, David Thrussel
Snog
Snog is a band formed by Australian musician David Thrussell, along with fellow art school friends, Tim McGrath and Julia Bourke, in 1989. The band's music is a fusion of many different styles, including industrial, techno, ambient, experimental, funk and even some of the social commentary of...
, Planet Aldol, Sato Yukie, Nakamura Yuji, Yan Jun, Wu Quan, Itta, Daytripper, Mimetic, Ha Jane, Lee Han Joo, One Man Nation, Cliquetpar, B6, 718, Contagious Orgasm, Naofumi Ishimaru, Goh Lee Kwang, Lau Mun Leng, Li Chin Sung, Xavier Depienne, Le diktat, Error, Gisèle Pape, Gregory Durez, Tri Minh, Hùng Nguyễn Mạnh, Nguyễn Van Cuong, The Seventeen Migs of Spring, Olivier Moreau
Imminent (band)
Imminent is a Belgian musical project formerly, and still commonly known as Imminent Starvation. It is a staple act of Germany’s industrial and power noise record label, Ant-Zen. -Members / History:...
, John Sellekaers
John Sellekaers
John Sellekaers is a Canadian-born musician and audio mastering engineer. Born in 1973 in Montreal he later moved to Brussels . John has released over 40 records under various aliases on famous labels such as Ant-Zen, Hymen Records, Nova Zembla and Disques Hushush...
, Hervé Thomas, Gabriel Séverin, Marc Medea, Pei, Stereo warfare, Aluviana, Xabec.
Visual arts
Connected to visual artsVisual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
(he has also learnt declamation, theater and improvisions), he composes soundtracks for theater, exhibitions, sound installations, fashion shows and short movies (Blanc murmure, 3point5, RTBF
RTBF
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...
, Télésambre, Babel Q Compagnie, Charleroi Danse / Frédéric Flamand, Giovani Guzzo, Les théâtres du mercredi in Belgium, Wim Reiff Gallery, B52, Kunsttour, in the Netherlands, Ðào Anh Khánh Studio in Vietnam, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in China).
He composed and performed live two musical scores for the Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"...
's mute films The strike
Strike (film)
Strike is a 1925 silent film made in the Soviet Union by Sergei Eisenstein. It was Eisenstein's first full-length feature film, and he would go on to make The Battleship Potemkin later that year. It was acted by the Proletcult Theatre, and composed of six parts...
in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia (at the festival Baltā Nakts) in 2006 and The Battlefield Potemkin
The Battleship Potemkin
The Battleship Potemkin , sometimes rendered as The Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm...
in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, Germany together with Xabec in 2009.
Awards
In 2006 he won the best soundtrack prize at the film festival Côté court in Montreuil, France. The movie was directed by Gisèle Pape and edited on DVD by Ad NoiseamAd Noiseam
Ad Noiseam is an electronic music independent record label that has recently published mostly dubstep. based in Berlin, Germany. Ad Noiseam was founded in April of 2001 by Nicolas Chevreux, who also has done some of the design work for the label's releases....
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Trivia
Between the years 2000 and 2002 C-drík used variations of his moniker for various compilation, increased by one letter of the alphabet for each new compilation. Aliases such as D-Drik, F-Drik, H-drík, J-drík, Kirdec, O-drik, Q-drík, R-Drik, V-drík, Y-drík are therefore variations of C-drík main alias.Discography
- AxiomeAxiomeAxiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...
, Črno klank - Théorie et progression, 1991, Tape - Črno klank, M.E.3, Globuleux - Cloportes, 1992, Tape
- M.E.3 - Sombre novembre, 1992, Tape
- M.E.3 - Wat is vrijheid ? / Dada is(s)t Gott, 1993, Tape
- Črno klank - Actividad sonora 1994, Tape (split tape with M. Nomized)
- Deleted/C-drík - Hopeless dreams, 1994, Tape
- Deleted/C-drík - Hopeless dreams, 1998, Tape (split tape with Al & Del)
- AmbreAmbre (band)Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting on occasion.-History:...
- Enclave,, 1998, CD - AxiomeAxiomeAxiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...
- Rictus, 1999, CD - AmbreAmbre (band)Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting on occasion.-History:...
& Mark Spybey - Sfumato, 2000, CD - Moonsanto - Dogme, 2000, CD
- Ammo - The age of terminal irony, 2000 CD
- Ammo - The age of terminal irony, 2000, CD
- Ammo - The age of terminal irony, 2000, 12"
- Dead Hollywood Stars - Gone west, 2000, CD
- Dead Hollywood Stars - Wagon of miracles, 2000, 12"
- Mick HarrisMick HarrisMick Harris commonly known and credited both as Mick Harris or occasionally M.J. Harris, is an English musician....
& AmbreAmbre (band)Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting on occasion.-History:...
- Dys, 2001 CD - Ammo - Kaleinoiscope, 2001, CD
- Ammo - Beautiful People, 2001, 7"
- XHM² - This anxious space, 2001, CD
- Moonsanto - Fraud, Hell, Dope, 2001, CD
- Moonsanto - Pesticide for ever kit, 2001, CD + C10
- AxiomeAxiomeAxiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...
- Ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo, 2002, CD - C-drík - Dissolution, 2002' CD
- Ammo - Perturbacée / Terra Amata, 2002, 12" (split with Szkieve)
- Logatomistes - Ke-re-kö-kö-kokex, 2002, CD
- The Forsaken Odes Conglomarate - Tonal Tutorial, 2002, CD
- Martiens Go Home - Une occasion de chute, 2002, CD
- Dead Hollywood Stars - Junctions, 2002, CD
- Dead Hollywood Stars - Junctions / Gone West, 2002, CD
- AxiomeAxiomeAxiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...
- Va-t-il faire beau ?, 2002, 12" - AmbreAmbre (band)Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting on occasion.-History:...
- Nebka / Térébrant, 2003, 7" - AmbreAmbre (band)Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting on occasion.-History:...
- Le mensonge, 2003, CD - Tetra Plok - Future marker, 2003, 7"
- Kirdec - Stadskantoor zero, 2003, 12"
- Črno Klank - État des lieux, 2003, CD
- AxiomeAxiomeAxiome is a Belgian musical project combining elements of rhythm, industrial, breakcore and noise. It has been releasing music on Germany’s Ant-Zen record label since 1999.-Members / History:...
- Il pleut des cordes, 2005, 12" - Kirdec - Death to the macho, 2006, 12"
- Črno klank - Chéngyì, 2006, mp3
- Tetra plok - Fear of a blind date, 2007, 10"
- Kirdec - Killed by a coconut, 2007, CD
- Elekore - Voluntary human extinction, 2007, CD
- C-drík / Aluviana - Moje čelo, 2008, CD
- The klank of črno migs - Disturbing perceptions, 2008, CD
- Contagious Orgasm & C-drík - Journeys into time and space, 2008, CD
- Kirdec - Das Gemeinsame Schicksal, 2008, mini CD