Jens Nordmann and Ian Warner began collaborating as the Truant Monks in 2006, in the spirit of Erik Satie’s “musique d’ameublement”.

Their first performances, held in the context of art installations, were enacted as benign occupations of the gallery space. Sometimes performing from within the installation, their physical presence sought to extend the given setting into the sonic sphere.

More recently, their performative research stems from two preoccupations: firstly, a semantic approach to field-recordings, in which the manipulation of concrete “sound-objects” addresses the uncanniness of sounds divorced from their physical point-of-reference; and secondly, attempts to debunk the assumed authenticity of folkloristic instruments, embodied best by their construction and virtuoso playing of prepared gardening implements. Live sampling, and brute-force electronics impose a rude cohesion onto proceedings.  

Both strategies are focused on dismantlement rather than composition and strive for an almost nature-identical level of ambivalence.

Check out "One For The Clouds"  on CidRim's mix for Ninja Tune Solid Steel - check it here:
http://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-7-9

Aja Ireland is an award-winning sound and performance artist making deconstructed club and industrial techno whose live shows are described in The WIRE Magazine as “Shifting from ethereal diffusions to potent explosions." 

The album SLUG was released on Opal Tapes in October 2021. The video GRIME created by IMPATV and AJA, featured on Creative Review's 'Best Music Videos of 2021’ who described the track as: “brutal, visceral and unrelentingly noisy”.

Aja's debut album released in 2018 on Opal Tapes was greeted with critical acclaim and the artist was featured in VICE, The Quietus, Elephant Magazine, Red Bull Music and The Dazed Magazine. IN 2018, Aja won the PRS Oram Award for innovative music production. 

Aja scored the spatial sound design for Joey Holder’s art installations Ophiux, Adcredo The Deep Belief Network (toured at Matt's Gallery and 6th Athens Bienalle), Semelparous which was shown in The British Art Show and and Cryptic at Two Queens Gallery.

HEAR (Lebanese/Canadian Artist - Sary Sehnaoui, based in Berlin)  is an unpredictable electronic music artist – DJ, producer, composer, label-owner (Naissance Musik). With more than 2 decades of experience as a DJ in many venues worldwide. From eclectic inspirations, they create a modern type of music and mood that surprises and captivates any crowd. HEAR discover new ways in music everyday, triggering emotions through imagination. The music is cinematic, in the way that it tells stories to party, to dream and dance to.
The first time HEAR was DJing at a family reunion, both his grandmothers – who hated each other – stood up from their wheel chairs and lost it on the dancefloor! Well, it's not exactly true -- they don't hate each other! The whole thing with HEAR is that the music is made of unpredictable narratives.
Releasing solo or collaborative records with Move D, San Proper, Hakim Murphy as Dream Scoring, Wareika, Henrik Raabe as QuarterTones, Alexandre Solopov

HEAR's music can be described as cinematic, groovy yet dirty enough to make you shake your Groin.

A true digger & selector with more than 20 years of Experience - Tales From the Underground


Movement is HEAR's motto. The movement of sound. The notes of HEAR's music are moving, they travel through time and space. HEAR was born in Lebanon, studied in Canada, lives in Berlin and speaks French. They followed classes in movie production, sound design and modern dancing. Sary Aka Hear shot movies – several remarkable short films – before becoming a DJ and an electronic music composer.

At the same time, Hear was sneaking into clubs at a young age, quickly messing with turntables & cdjs, launching  parties (Made in Montreal), becomes resident DJ (at the Basement in Beirut, then at the Salon Daomé in Montreal), play music in festivals (such as Mutek or Piknik Electronic & Igloofest), and eventually composing 's with full passion for music, Solo or with German Artist Move D, San Proper, Wareika, Hakim Murphy as Dream Scoring, Henrik Raabe as Quarter Tones amongst many other awesome Artists.. HEAR created the Label Naissance Musik and releases several collaborations currently distributed by Yoyaku. 

This passion is expressed in places and situations that tell of the person’s curiosity: a circular apartment providing almost professional acoustics; marathons of sound where music is played non-stop over several days; music played by minus 30 degrees Celsius or on rooftops or boats in New York; recording sessions in a former Stasi building or in clubs in Berlin or in San Francisco.

HEAR adapts to music as much as music adapts to them. Expressing music through all sorts of machines & records, old or new. As a true digger, HEAR can wait many years to get a limited edition, ready to be patient for music, so much as to sleep in the recording studio. Dialogue is endless  – a sound and visual dialogue, for notes are, they move and fly, and eventually, they are shared with everyone.

Small stories built up the big one. In both cases, Hear, is always on the move, driven by life – a nice recipe for creation. Already 22 years as a DJ, Releasing worldwide an Album and many EPs on vinyl.

In 2023 alongside Henrik Raabe, Quarter Tones is born after 3 years of finding innovative ways to create music together.

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