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Cosmin TRG - KLANGBOX III - 19 Taciturn Upon Return

Oedipus - A Lament

D&H003 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1

Abis

Today, hyperconected communities, AI-driven processes, quantum computer clusters and socio-cultural progress share their time and space with ghosts of the past, geopolitical spasms and gestures of profound violence. In a time when we seek new definitions, what constitutes a territory? What does a map show/ explain? What are we and what are the boundaries of who we want to be?

Romanian-born, Berlin-based Cosmin Nicolae and Simina Oprescu ask questions of a diasporic tone, in a sonorous quest to map out issues and entertain reflection. Australian-born, Berlin-based artist Michael Tan tackles norms using generative, traditional and emerging technologies providing the visual component of the Map x Territory experience. 

Simina Oprescu is a composer and multidisciplinary artist from Bucharest, Romania. She graduated the Dynamic Image and Photography Department at the Bucharest National University of Arts and studied at the department of acousmatic composition at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Belgium) for one year. She is currently residing in Berlin, continuing her studies at the UdK’s M.A - Sound Studies and Sonic Arts. 
siminaoprescu.net

Cosmin Nicolae is an anti-disciplinary artist working with image, sound, text to produce works of intimate reflection at the intersection of autoethnography, psychogeography and possible futures. Composes for film, dance, theater, installations. Projects with Teatro Antico di Siracusa, Staatsballet Berlin, Gap x Balenciaga.
cosminnicolae.com

Michael Tan (Germany/Australia) works with digital media using generative, traditional and emerging technologies. Past exhibitions include Gropius Bau Berlin, MAC Montréal, Berlin Atonal.
michaeltan.name

Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM), as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR recovery programme.

Map X Territory - Cosmin Nicolae x Simina Oprescu LIVE - Arkaoda October 16 2022

Ecstatic Data

Viscid Harps

Embassy of Kiniapitpunor

Furnace Fertility Rites

Pungulum

Harp Versus Harpoon

Enemy Rumour

Taciturn Upon Return

Accumulated

The Interrogation of Ricochet Gordon

Originally posted by Secret Thirteen.
http://secretthirteen.org/cosmin-trg-mix-podcast/
Photography by Cosmin Nicolae.

01. Howlround – Cantonese Subs / Fog At 5am [The Fog Signals, 2012]
02. Ursula Bogner – Uranotypie (1978) [Faitiche, 2011]
03. Delia Derbyshire / Barry Bermange – Running [Psychic Sounds, 2014]
04. Mica Levi – Death [Milan, 2014]
05. Marcel Duchamp – Air De Paris [Philips, 1986]
06. Eric Holm – Stave [Subtext, 2014]
07. Thomas Köner ‎- Novaya Zemlya [Denovali Records, 2012]
08. Deaf Center – Low Field [Miasmah, 2006]
09. Joe Jones – Solar Music Hot House [Slowscan, 1994]
10. Greg Haines – The Tired Diary [Miasmah, 2006]
11. AER – Take Off Your Clothes [Sub Rosa, 1998]
12. Valanx – Encrypt/Decrypt [diametric., 2012]
13. Mitchell Akiyama – Strategies For Combatting Invisibility [Sub Rosa, 2005]
14. Demdike Stare – Hashshashin Chant [Modern Love, 2011]
15. Anthony Pateras – Burton [Editions Mego, 2012]
16. Toshirō Mayuzumi – Prelude For String Quartet (1961) [Deutsche Grammophon, 1968]
17. Oren Ambarchi – Murmur [Touch, 1999]
18. Delia Derbyshire / Barry Bermange – Falling [Psychic Sounds, 2014]
19. Unknown Artist – Distors Util 003
20. Roly Porter – Gravity [Subtext, 2013]
21. Lilith / Scott Gibbons – Stone.Crystal [Sub Rosa, 1994]
22. Ryoji Ikeda – Test Pattern [Raster-Noton, 2008]
23. Klangkrieg – Korpus 1 [N D, 1996]
24. Porter Ricks – Port Of Nuba [Chain Reaction, 1996]
25. Five Times Of Dust – Missile Logic T [Minimal Wave, 2013]
26. Pansonic – Toisaalta [Blast First, 2000] + Fragment 28.10
27. Autechre – VLetrmx21 [Warp Records, 1995]

Secret Thirteen Mixtape November 2014

FIZIC03 B2 Cosmin TRG - Motoric

Lapti - Enter/ Lulaby
Zentrum Für Elektronische Musik - Digital and Subharmonic Workshop
OL - Terrible Night
Actress - Ivy May Gilpin
Jus’ Ed - Jus Ed’s Aerial
Knowone - 007
STL - Nite Train
Aaron Dilloway - Psychic Driving Tapes Excerpt 3
Simon Fisher Turner - Shishapangma
Ondo Fudd - Blue Dot
Tolouse Low Trax - Rushing into Water
Lawrence - Pond
SW - B2 Reminder Part 3 
Jus Ed - Thrilla
Tim Wright - Can't Stop (Schatrax Mix)
A Made Up Sound, Svn & Dynamo Dreesen - Untitled
Horacio - Durango
Mono Junk - Channel B
Jacek Sienkiewicz ‎– Drifting (Villalobos Mix)
Beatrice Dillon - Face A
Body Boys - First Time
Sanasol - Five AM
Arthur Boto Conley’s Music Workshop
 

Cosmin TRG X Call Super - NTS 21.01.2016

SPORTIV001 B. Cosmin TRG - Kapotasana

Relax your eyelids 
Focus on the darkness 
This is your time to relax 
You dont need to think about anything 
Except being right here, right in this moment 
With me. Dont think about tomorrow, or yesterday,
Just be here 
In your body. 

Sportiv is a dexterous white label operation that brings you heavy-weight rhythmic performances from the world of techno athletics.

http://www.deejay.de/Cosmin_Trg_In_Your_Body_Kapotasana_SPORTIV001_Vinyl__247509
https://www.beatport.com/release/sportiv-001/1880970

In Your Body

Separat / Izolat

Izolat

Broken Heart (Martyns DCM Remix)

Broken Heart (Martyn's DCM Remix)

Put You Down

Broken Heart

A. Sportiv003 Cosmin TRG - Afterburn (clip)

DKM, GIORGIO SANCRISTOFORO - MUNKLE
KAITARO - POINT
UNKNOWN - PROBOSCIDE 03
COUNRAD - AFORISMA (KREON DMP REMIX)
SASAKI HIROAKI - KALI
DEWALTA - GRAVITATION
LIRO & EBRO HAHN - OUTRO
ATOLL - A04A
LOWRIS - BESTYOLLE (EDWARD REMIX)
E - TRONKI - CHIEN ASSIS
DESTRICT - VELLUTO
OUVERT 001 - UNKNOWN A2
DIMITRI MONEV - GROUNDED (DELTANO REMIX)

CosminTRG x Com Sin on NTS Radio  July 27 2017

A. Sportiv003 Cosmin TRG - Afterburn

Cosmin TRG
Closing set recorded at RBMA x Control Bucharest 
August 11, 2017

It's always a great pleasure to return to Bucharest. It's also a privilege to share the stage with my long-time friend Borusiade and the force of nature that is Veronica Vasicka. I love playing closing sets, especially when the room is still brimming with energy and love for all kinds of sounds and rhythms. This is one of my favourite to date. Thanks for listening.

RBMA X Control Bucharest August 2017

Broadcast on a crisp Sunday night from the heart of Brooklyn, with a surreal view of the Manhattan skyline. Music from Mica Levi, Caterina Barbieri, Martina Lussi, Tropic of Cancer, Philus, STL, Marco Cabral and more on The Lot Radio.

http://www.thelotradio.com
http://www.instagram.com/cosmintrg

Cosmin TRG @ The Lot Radio 01 21 2018

Com Sin
Recorded live at Dommune in Tokyo for the Sound of Vast label showcase, 15.03.2018. 

Tracks from DeWalta, Frazer Campbell, Roger Ressen, Julie Marghilano, Opal Sunn, Monsieur Blue, Yard One, Satoshi Tomiie, Crihan, Barac, Com Sin.

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Com Sin Live at Dommune 15.03.2018

Live performance recorded at the Dreamtime stage, Freerotation Festival 2018.

The set includes parts of my Semnal album on Opal Tapes, as well as new material and improvised electronics and electro-acoustics.

Cosmin Nicolae - Live at Freerotation 2018

Sportiv 001

Brixtonstrasse

Gloria

This is a recording of my experimental live set at the first edition of Automata Festival in Bucharest, November 2018. It contains parts of my "Semnal" album for Opal Tapes, as well as extended improvised sections and new material. Visuals by Dreamrec, especially commissioned for this event.
Many thanks to the expert sound team and the dedicated staff of Club Control and Automata https://automatafestival.com/

Live At Automata 2018

1. Cosmin TRG - Untitled
2. Com Sin - Ustensile
3. Tam Nisam - Other Voices Other Shrooms
4. In2Deep - A
5. Com Sin - Persona
6. K - Unto / Edward - Groaning Ghost
7. Terrence Dixon - Vertical Hold
8. Com Sin - Vedenie
9. Ada Kaleh - Valea Ancestrala
10. Tam Nisam - Periplu Euxin
11. Com Sin - Fiere
12. Dawn Razor - Fracture
13. Com Sin - Miere
14. Tam Nisam - Sourde

Cosmin TRG for Otik's Rinse France Residency 30.07.19

Zentrum Ziggurat

Cosmin TRG - XLR8R Podcast, April 2013

01 Unknown "Untitled"
02 Moire "Lose It (Actress Remix)" (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune)
03 IAMTHATIAM "Vibrations & Harmonies 11" (Music from Mathematics)
04 Auto Repeat "Def Jam" (SSR)
05 Acid Jesus "Uraniumsmuggle" (Klang Electronik)
06 Cosmin TRG "Semipresent" (50Weapons)
07 Beroshima "Bushido" (Muller)
08 Interflow "Mains ON" (KYR)
09 Unknown "Untitled"
10 Subtractive Synthesis "Police" (Synewave)
11 Vereker "Rosite" (L.I.E.S.)
12 Girls of the Internet "Untitled"
13 Jeff Mills "The Hand Is Faster Than the Eye"
14 Cosmin TRG "Desire Is Sovereign" (50Weapons)
15 Simon Haydo "Track 06" (DEM)
16 Norman Nodge "NN 8.0" (Marcel Dettmann)
17 Rrose "23 Lashes" (EAUX)

Cosmin TRG - XLR8R Podcast

As a producer, DJ & label owner Cosmin Nicolae’s dedication to developing a rich and wholly personal artistic landscape provides the driving force behind one of dance music’s most unique & industrious individuals.

Opening the door on Hessle Audio over a decade ago - an outlet that has gone on to become a defining voice within electronic music in the 21st Century, Nicolae’s list of affiliations reads like a who’s who of top tier contemporary dance music record labels. Appearances on Amsterdam’s Rush Hour and Gerd Janson’s Running Back, as well as a brace of singles alongside LP’s Gordian and Simulat on the now defunct 50 Weapons - not to mention work for Semantica and Bleep, have cemented Cosmin TRG deep in the psyche of the ever shifting amoeba that is the dance music zeitgeist.

In many ways, what lies at the heart of Nicolae’s work - beyond the extraordinary pairing of high end sound design and club functionality, is an innate ability to bind his discography - to create a streamlined sonic vision without compromise, one that moves with purpose and vigour outwards to explore in depth structures that exist on the very periphery of House & Techno, Ambient & experimental electronics - but maintain a unique and recognisable finish. Few artists could boast a discography that marries 2016’s ubiquitous In Your Body, an anthemic spoken- word-meets-Tool-Techno leviathan released via Nicolae’s own club-focused Sportiv outlet, with Semnal - a gloriously executed LP of shifting, otherworldly Experimental music delivered under the artist’s given name via the Opal Tapes label.

Cult concept missive Hope This Finds You Well, Nicolae’s 2019 reflection on corporate culture furthers this same dichotomy - a stunning wide-angle Ambient LP on Fizic - the label operated by the artist as a home to more conceptual iterations, that followed hot on the footsteps of a remix for Bpitch founder Ellen Alien & the fourth instalment on Sportiv - both offerings heady club constructions in their own right.

On the road, both DJ sets and live performances mirror this healthy sentiment - with Nicolae as comfortable on main stages showcasing his take on hyper-modern propulsive Techno, as he is presenting the low slung avant-garde preoccupations of his more leftfield alias’. There’s the constant feeling that both these practices feed back into one another, and that from each respective vantage point, Cosmin TRG is able to make the kind of dynamic & intuitive artistic decisions that few can - keeping his work fresh & current without concession - ceding to his own desire to further his vision as a creator of sonic abstraction without losing sight of the dance floor.

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