FRANCISCO MEIRINO

http://www.phroq.com/

Francisco Meirino (Swiss): Computers/Magnetic Fields Detectors/Contact Microphones/Acoustic Devices

Active since 1994 (as phroq until 2009) in sound and live performance, Francisco Meirino explores the tension between programmable material and the potential for its failure. He is primarily interested in the idea of recording what is not supposed to be: gear failures, the death of a PA systems, electro-static background noises and how a failure can become something more than just annoying.

Francisco Meirino's music is a complex and constantly changing electronic soundscape that ranges from dynamic electro-acoustic material to sheer noise blasts – and it can fascinating through its physical intensity and detailed precision. Meirino works mainly with the computer, magnetic fields detectors, contact microphones and various acoustic devices.