Vals No.1

Hierba electromagnética [Electromagnetic Weed] was produced in collaboration with colleague artist Erik Tlaseca for the performance with the same title presented at Matamoros404 in the city of Oaxaca on December 2021. It is the soundtrack for a film made by Erik, that depicts the natural landscape in the outskirts of the community named San Pedro Jocotipac in Oaxaca. The location were Erik's "second skin" was woven by a crew of handicraftsmen. In this performance where sound, light, image and body movement collapse and affect each other, the costume becomes a central motif that also functions as a musical device.

Hierba electromagnética

Robotina´s Heartbeat

Idílico, paisaje bucólico

Entrando en el bosque de la conciencia

Está oscureciendo allí afuera

Solaz en los brazos de...

Caminando por un paisaje de sansevieria / Producción de planta industrial

Te ves mal

Ariadna Ortega + Enrique Arriaga

EA&AR

The Phonosynthesis Cycle @Pepiniera // Sonic Narratives Timisoara

Soundraw impro @Cobertizo Residency

Limbo Inaudible

Personas Desconocidas - The Circular Motion Of The Mystery That Bounds Us Together

The Ether of Transmision (sour patch)

Ghost Demonstration(soundtrack/no voice)

Sonopedia no. 1 is the result of a series of children´s workshops which took place during 2016, at elementary schools around Mexico City´s periphery. The piece comprises an hour long composition with sound experiments and a wallpaper with patterns from drawings, selected from the archive of these collective learning experiences.

Sonopedia no. 1 (excerpt) @SVA NY

This track was produced in collaboration with Naomi Rincon-Gallardo (lyrics & concept) and Esteban King (composition & instrumentation), and is part of the play Ghost Times by Gin Müller. This song invokes Prehispanic Goddeses in a Sci-fi/Opera style.

Cuatlicuir Burana

Live A/V performance for the sessions Mensajes Sonoros at the Center of Digital Culture in Mexico City. This piece divided in 3 moments, is part of the suites Sonopedia no.2, which reviews and quotes critical essays on sound studies. Speaking into the Air blends drones, electronic live improvisation, and a reflection on the telephonic uncanny. The performance was made in collaboration with VJ Jan on the visuals.

Speaking Into The Air

In collaboration with Ivan Martinez and Jannete Mark.  This recital was the second presentation, in the format of a sound performance, of the “Fanstama” printed publication. The event was part of the public program for Index Art Book Fair, which took place at Kurimanzutto Gallery in Mexico City, on February 2020. This performance piece plays with several field recordings, and devices that attempt to capture electromagnetic fields and radio frequencies as a mean to establish contact with the otherworldly. A baritone male voice reads a text by writer Paul Elliman -translated in Spanish- which describes how spirits manifest into radiophonic devices. Later, a female voice whispers and rants nonsense phrases in Russian. A tape loop, a low frequency oscillator and a multi-band resonator compose the atmosphere for this evocation of phantasmagoric appearances.

Phantasmagoric Recital no.2

On February 2020, right before this crazy outbreak, the stars aligned in such a way that this gathering was made possible. Dalia Donadio /voice & Tobias Meier /sax-electronics (Zurich, CH), Jannete Mark /voice (Moscow, RU), Leo Marz /synth (Mty, MX), Esteban King /synth (CDMX), Iván Martinez /reading (CDMX) and Enrique Arriaga /noise-mix (CDMX); came together for the first time for an hour long session of live improvisation in Loquilandia Radio Show, at Radionopal.com. This subtle yet intense exchange of voices and sounds, is the manifestation of a joyful blend of personalities, knowledges, and introspections.

Together But Not Mixed

Polyrhythmic exercise with a Sputnik Modular full system. Inspired by Charles Cohen's mastery on the Buchla Music Easel. As an image, it comes to mind a short equestrian dance on four tracks.

In memoriam C.C. exploration 01

Mój

Loquilandia especial #1 "violencia amor resistencia futuro en el devenir subjetivar escapar mujer"

Loquilandia especial #3 "BALMORI´S ASCÓPOLIS"

Loquilandia especial #4 "Tzitzimimes poltergeist: hazañas de oscuridad"

Loquilandia especial #5 "NEW NORMAL TIMES"

Loquilandia especial #6 "The rhetoric of the mask"

Enrique Arriaga es un artista sonoro que explora la música electrónica experimental para el desarrollo de sistemas personales de trabajo que parten su interés por los procesos colaborativos y multidisciplinarios, la improvisación con hardware, los patrones de repetición/disrupción y la alteración de los estados de percepción. Considera a la escucha como un medio para alcanzar una mayor conciencia de la existencia.

Su trabajo se ha expuesto en diversos museos, foros y festivales en México, Europa y Estados Unidos. Se ha presentado en Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich; Spazio Aereo, Venecia; Errand Sound, Berlín; Centre for New Music, San Francisco; entre otros. Ha incursionado en la curaduría y la gestión cultural, la educación artística, la radio, la composición y el diseño sonoro.

Enrique Arriaga

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