Thanasis Kaproulias
Thanasis Kaproulias is an audio artist who creates noise music under the name of Novi_sad.
Life and work
Thanasis Kaproulias was born in Greece in 1980. He graduated from the Economic University of Piraues and lives and works in Athens, Greece.
Thanasis Kaproulias (as "Novi_sad") has worked and collaborated with: Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent), Francisco López, Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic), B. J. Nilsen, Daniel Menche, Zbigniew Karkowski, Richard Chartier, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Jacob Kirkegaard, Beckie Foon and Scott Konzelmann.
Influenced by the pioneers of audio assault, he began generating sounds in 2005. In his works, amplified environmental recordings, drone manipulations, structured ambient soundscapes, microtones vs overtones, all come together in a hyperstructure of iconoclastic form.
Novi_sad’s artistic output displays a high level of technical ability, as well as a sensitivity to the nuances of location. Every sound that occurs is treated with a sculptural integrity and his sonic power operates on a level in which the audience participates as transcendental listeners.
His approach is similar to the 'cinema pour l'oreille' (cinema for the ear) and in turn would like to ‘donner à voir’ (lead to seeing) by means of sound. Being immersed in his sonic environment offers an absolutely visceral and cerebral experience at once.
Novi_sad explores sound as sensation pulling apart its physical properties to reveal its relationship with human perception. Some of his projects are primarily focused in architectural acoustics and the relationship between architecture and sound, when other projects are based on various methods of audio analysis in extremely unusual recordings and the use of quantitative and numerical data from different sources.
Thanasis Kaproulias is published by Touch Music.
Novi_sad’s albums are available from Sedimental [U.S], Touch [U.K] and Staalplaat [NL]. He has performed his work live in cinemas, industrial spaces, theatres, churches, museums, galleries, squats, in festivals like Mutek [Montreal, Canada], Ultrahung [Budapest, Hungary], Observatori [Valencia, Spain], Gaudeamus Musis Week [Amsterdam, The Netherlands], Field recordings festival [Berlin, Germany], Suoni per il popolo [Montreal, Canada], Full-Pull, [Malmö, Sweden], and in such spaces as VPRO National Radio [Amsterdam, The Netherlands], Diapason Gallery [New York, U.S.A], Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts [Copenhagen, Denmark], Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ [Amsterdam, The Netherlands], Fylkingen [Stockholm, Sweden], The Chapel [Seattle, U.S.A].
Selected festivals and performances
- 2006
- 20/03 Polytechnic University, Thessaloniki, GR
- 2007
- 25/02 Trianon Filmcenter, Athens, GR
- 25/03 Ultrahung Festival, Budapest, HU
- 20/05 Videodance Festival, Athens, GR
- 15/08 Field recordings Festival, Berlin, DE
- 20/08 Zaa, Berlin, DE
- 30/11 Lab, Copenhagen, DN
- 01/12 Theater Terrier, Malmö, SE
- 04/12 Plex Music Theater, Copenhagen, DN
- 2008
- 20/02 VPRO National Radio, Amsterdam, NL
- 15/03 Silence, aircraft noises and harmonies in pain, Zeppelin, Barcelona, ES
- 16/05 Hz vs Church at Electromedia Works festival, Athens, GR
- 20/05 Danish Institute, Athens, GR
- 22/06 Observatori Festival, Valencia, ES
- 05/09 Full-Pull Festival, Malmö, SE
- 18/09 Mir Festival, Athens, GR
- 2009
- 23/02 Rex/B92, Belgrade, RS
- 26/02 Kuda/CK13, Novi Sad, RS
- 10/03 Silence, aircraft noises and harmonies in pain, SoundLAB, Cologne, DE
- 21/03 St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens, GR
- 28/05 Mutek Festival, Montreal, CA
- 10/06 Suoni per il popolo Festival, Montreal, CA
- 12/06 Non event, Boston, U.S.A
- 16/06 Diapason Gallery, New York, U.S.A
- 21/06 Pyramid Atlantic Center, Washington, U.S.A
- 23/06 Empty Bottle, Chicago, U.S.A
- 25/06 The Chapel, Seattle, U.S.A
- 27/06 The Lab, San Francisco, U.S.A
- 29/06 Someday Lounge, Portland, U.S.A
- 05/07 The Pines, Montreal, CA
- 08/09 Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam, NL
- 09/09 Steim, Amsterdam, NL
- 2010
- 19/02 Hertz Festival, Athens, GR[1]
- 22/04 Tronic Disease, Madrid, ES
- 24/04 Sirens, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
- 26/04 Raum 18, Berlin, DE
- 27/04 Fylkingen, Stockholm, SE
- 28/04 Cave 12, Geneva, CH
- 14/07 Olympia International Festival, Ancient Olympia, GR
- 23/07 Interferenze Festival, Bisaccia, IT
- 02/09 Fad Festival w / The Erasers, Belo Horizonte, BR
- 03/09 Fad Festival w / The Erasers, Belo Horizonte, BR
- 2011
- 29/01 Sirens, Hertz Festival, Athens, GR
- 18/02 Media Ruimte, Brussels, BE
- 21/03 Neuroplanets , Rojo Nova, Rio de Janeiro, BR
- 26/03 A/V collaborative performance, Rojo Nova, Rio de Janeiro, BR
- 30/03 Sirens, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH
- 31/03 Skuc Gallery, Irzu, Ljubljana, SI
- 02/04 Sirens, Rex/B92, Belgrade, RS
- 15/04 Sirens, Störung Festival, Barcelona, ES
- 2012
- 10/04 MUTEK, Guadalajara, MX[2]
- Residencies
- 11/07 Mamori art Lab, Amazon, BR
- 09/08 Center for Composers, Gotland, SE
- 03/11 Rojo Nova, Rio de Janeiro, BR
- Projects
- 03/07 ‘Silence, aircraft noises and harmonies in pain’
- 11/07 ‘Amazon vs Electricity’
- 04/08 ‘Hz vs Church’
- 02/09 ‘Sirens’
- Sound design
- 01/10 ‘Red Book’ video, WWF Greece
- 04/10 Short movie ‘Casus Belli’, Greece
- Participation at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, Italy
- Releases
- 01/07 Everything looks better beside water, Format : mp3 / Label : Desetxea ( ES )
- 03/07 Misguided heart pulses, a hammer, she and the clock, Format : cd / Label : S/R limited edition
- 03/08 Dramazon, Format : mp3 / Label : Touch ( U.K )
- 11/08 Jailbirds, Format : cd / Label : Sedimental ( U.S )
- 11/09 Mort Aux Vaches, Format : cd / Label : Staalplaat ( NL )
- 01/11 Inhumane Humans, Format : cd / Label : Sub Rosa ( BE )
- Publications
- 01/09 ‘Hz vs Church’ at Fylkingen’s Hz Journal, SE
- 12/09 ‘On Violence’ at Konteiner/Eleytherotypia, GR
References
- "Hertz Festival: Novi_sad". Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- "Los beats y performance del Festival Internacional de Creatividad Digital y Música Electrónica MUTEK.MX sonarán una vez más en el Estado en su edición 2012". Periodico.am. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
