filigree is a piece that explores the margins of sound, attempting to show musical gestures under varying degrees of magnification and compression. Sonic materials are at turns hyper-compacted and expanded to a grandiose volatility as the piece searches for a vantage point of relative stability. filigree was written for International Contemporary Ensemble.

International Contemporary Ensemble

Isabel Lepanto Gleicher - piccolo
Ryan Muncy - soprano saxophone
Clara Warnaar - percussion
Julia Den Boer - piano
Josh Modney - violin
Nicholas DeMaison - conductor

Premiered May 15, 2022
Martinos Auditorium - Brown University - Providence, RI

filigree (2021-22)

Doxa

Zeus and Metis

Hello Sisters and Brothers. Here you can find my latest Creatures of Light show from https://soundcloud.com/lyl_radio. Enjoy!

Creatures of Light vol 14

Creatures of Light vol.14 with Zorz at Lyl Radio (17.11.2022)

My debut Essential Mix from September 2022, which was also nominated to EM of the year. This mix is without jingles, enjoy. :)

1800HaightStreet - Habit Fofrming (VRIL Remix)
Kanding Ray - Downshifters
Voicedrone - OGF
 Daniel Avery  - Higher (Vocal Version w/ Sherelle)
Anastasia Kristensen - I’d Love To Do It (unreleased)
CTRLS - Unreleased
Krokakai - Afterburn
Warnung -  Forward
Tecture - Lord Of Mech (Original Mix)
VSSR - Elixir
Sisi - Bagel Music A_GIM & Sept - Tribal Vector
 VSK & Michal Jablonski - Sarlacc
Hertz & Johan Bacto - Untitled
Ket Robinson - He Was Just A Lame Old Man (unreleased)
Jon Hester - Ritual
Tongji - Hanuman (Dub Mix)
Altek DB - Fuck The Covid
Rene Wise - Don’t Care
Fossil Archive - Bridgetown
INGI - Neita (Rhyval Remix) 
Unknown Archetype - Tripp (Original Mix)
David Scope - Rude Steppa
Inherent Stasis - Quiet Lucidity 
Stenny - Wipe Out
Frances James & DJ Face - Girls Play Too
DiSKOP - Crasher
Dub Phizix - Slush Puppeh
Rayme - Ghost of The Jungle
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (Etapp Kyle edit)
Daniel Avery - Unfolder
Plantastik - Wak One
Regina Leather - Comunicazione Due
Pessimist - MDZhB
The Prodigy - Firestarter (edit) 
Stenny - Kembow
Clotur - Narrative Changing
Dubspeeka - Halloran
Trybet (Mike Parker & Aric Rist) - Rotation Curve
CJ Bolland - Camargue (Galaxy Mix)
David Castellani - Requiem (Etapp Kyle Remix)
Equus - Worker
Skee Mask - A14 vs CB
Ben Klock - Fadi Mohem
Rask - Artsyficial Intelligence (Lacchesi Remix)
Kosei Fukuda - Pairon

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix 03.09.2022

Southern Italian producer & dj Silvia Kastel transmits an array of fringe electronics & contemporary club sounds every month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/silvia-kastel/episodes/silvia-kastel-10th-july-2023

Silvia Kastel w/ Carl Stone 100723

Dark and dazzling techno rhythms. 

Tracklisting and download: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_VenusExMachina

XLR8R Podcast

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XLR8R Podcast 809: Venus Ex Machina

Venus Ex Machina signals the end of summer with a heartfelt plunge through experimental electronics.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/09/25/fact-mix-venus-ex-machina/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 927: Venus Ex Machina (Sept '23)

Essential Oils―are wrung―
The Attar from the Rose
Be not expressed by Suns―alone―
It is the gift of Screws―
The General Rose―decay―
But this―in Lady’s Drawer
Make Summer―When the Lady lie
In Ceaseless Rosemary―
Emily Dickinson

Venus Ex Machina is alias of Nontokozo F. Sihwa. She has contributed sounds and music to a range of projects spanning releases on labels such as AD93  NON Worldwide and Optimo Music. Additionally, her installation work has been showcased at Hyperdub’s seminal ‘Ø’ series and at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London. In 2021, she won the PRS Foundation Oram Award for innovation in music and sound technologies. Trained as a mathematician, she brings both a boundless curiosity and exacting precision to her work. She developed a “Pirate AI Opera” for CTM Festival in Berlin, and led a workshop on radio transmitter building at Moogfest in North Carolina. Venus Ex Machina draws on her interest in futurism, posthumanism, and the phenomenology of radio-related communication, all of which inspire her otherworldly and distinctive music. 

She has performed at numerous festivals and events across Europe including Berlin Atonal, LEV Festival (Madrid), Minimal Music Festival (Amsterdam), CTM Festival (Berlin), Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and Les Nuits Botanique (Brussels). She has lectured and given workshops at various institutions including Berklee College of Music, Slade School of Fine Art, Somerset House Studios, Tate Britain, The V&A Museum and for  Creative Europe's SHAPE Platform. Clients for sync projects and commissioned work include notable brands such as Burberry, Star Alliance and the Royal Docks. She was featured in ‘Sonic Futures’ - a documentary by FACT Magazine and the British Council, and is currently pursuing a PhD at Brown University, in addition to an ongoing variety of commissions and collaborative experiments. Upcoming projects include seasonal residencies at MONOM and Callie's in Berlin, development of a score for playwright Florence Keith-Roach, and a commission by American artist Victoria Rogers, focusing on music for dreaming. 

A third album is in progress, and will feature collaborators such as Valentina Magaletti on drums, Amy Langley on cello and Florence Rutherford-Jones on violin, among others. 

Follow Venus Ex Machina on
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NR Sound Mix 037 Venus Ex Machina

A very underrated Arca track. I decided to make a little darker version of it for the girls. Thank you for listening! 💕

Puta - Arca (JOHAN Remix)

Striptease - FKA Twigs (JOHAN Remix)

'Doxa' out on @ad93rec

Available at https://venusexmachina.bandcamp.com/

Contact: contact@venusexmachina.com
Enquiries: j@pluralartistmanagement.com