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Hi I'm gherat. I make music with machines.

Owner at http://www.sonartraffic.nl.

Allert Aalders studied sound synthesis with Ernst Bonis at the Utrecht School of Arts in the early 90’s. He was a founding member of techno act Human Beings in the mid 90’s.  
In the 2000’s he started as sound engineer at Utrecht’s Tivoli venue, toured as front of house mixer with acts like Epica, Nobody Beats the Drum and especially Berlin’s techno-punk god T.Raumschmiere.
In 2012 he founded Sonar Traffic with Ben Spaander (Cosmic Force). With over 50 mostly vintage synths this is the ultimate synth geek playground, located in Kytopia in the old Tivoli venue in Utrecht. 
With Sonar Traffic, Allert organises the bi-monthly event “Modulation” at Kytopia: 3 modular performances on Sunday night. 

Allert does mostly improvised performances on his modular. He always tries to give sounds an organic quality.

Allert has performed at Noodlebar Rotterdam, Wired Electronics Brussels, Modulab Eindhoven, Superbooth Berlin 2016, 2017 and 2018, Pitch festival Amsterdam, Ginko Modular Fest, Common Ground Berlin, Amsterdam Dance Event Soundlab 2016, Voltage Control Amsterdam (Paradiso) and Uncloud festival Utrecht 2016, 2017, 2018

As a young girl, Miss Nixon got to learn how to play the violin. Unfortunately the instrument didn't produce the sounds she heard on the radio. The ingredients for the music that sounded so different and interesting were drum computers and synthesizers.

Years after that she became part of the musical collective Atari Kids, armed with a sampler. Now that was more like it! In the following years she would bring music in a much broader spectrum together with Chris Kokos, as DJ duo KosNix.

Years later in 2015 she scaled the stage again as the duo Sjakkatam with Jacqueline Fuijkschot, bringing minimal synth pop with compelling vocals. This led Miss Nixon to build her own modular synthesizer. With a soldering iron in hand she created a machine that forms the backbone. In 2017 they even got a 7" released on Tear Apart Tapes!

For her solo-noodle project she brings forth a much darker, yet still dance-able sound. Get your feet on the dancing floor and your eyes pointing down, you might just find a nickel...

For any information or if you want to book us, please feel free to drop us a line
info@kos-nix.com

not affiliated with the island

releases on Chuwanaga Records, Salted Music, Noisy Meditation, Moulton Music, Dance Regular, Pont Neuf Records, Nervous Records.
info: corsicaonemusic@gmail.com

Deep electronic music from the heart since 2010. Curated by @godfathersage

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