Thanasis Kaproulias is an audio artist who creates noise music

Noise music

Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

 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

Deathprod

Deathprod is a musical pseudonym used by Norwegian artist Helge Sten for his ambient-influenced music.-Biography:Sten began creating music under this name starting in 1991, culminating with a box set of most of his recorded work being released in 2004...

, Supersilent), Francisco López

Francisco López (musician)

Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...

, Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic

Pan sonic

Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...

), B. J. Nilsen

B. J. Nilsen

Benny Jonas Nilsen , alias BJ Nilsen, BJNilsen, and Hazard, is a Swedish sound artist who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.-Overview:Nilsen began working with experimental music and sound at an early stage...

, Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche is a musician from Portland, Oregon. He has released music on labels such as Soleilmoon, Trente Oiseaux, Or Records, Alien8, Antifrost, Tesco Organisation, Blossoming Noise, f e r n s recordings Beta-lactam Ring Records, and Editions Mego...

, Zbigniew Karkowski

Zbigniew Karkowski

Zbigniew Karkowski was born in 1958 in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Musicology, and computer music at the Chalmers University of Technology...

, Richard Chartier

Richard Chartier

Richard Chartier is a sound/installation artist and graphic designer. Chartier is works in reductionist microsound electronic music, a form of extreme minimalism in which the music is sometimes very quiet, sometimes very sparse, often both.-About:Since 1998, Chartier has created recordings for...

, Carl Michael von Hausswolff

Carl Michael von Hausswolff

Carl Michael von Hausswolff is a composer, visual artist and curator based in Stockholm, Sweden. His main tools are recording devices used in an ongoing investigation of electricity, frequency, architectural space and paranormal electronic interference...

, Jacob Kirkegaard

Jacob Kirkegaard

Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist born in 1975 in Denmark, living in Berlin, Germany. In early 2006 he graduated at the Academy of Arts and the Media in Cologne, Germany. Jacob is exploring sound in art with a scientific approach...

, Beckie Foon and Scott Konzelmann.

Influenced by the pioneers of audio assault, he began generating sounds in 2005. Amplified environmental recordings, drone

Drone (music)

In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect.-A musical effect:A drone...

 manipulations, structured ambient soundscapes, microtones vs overtone

Overtone

An overtone is any frequency higher than the fundamental frequency of a sound. The fundamental and the overtones together are called partials. Harmonics are partials whose frequencies are whole number multiples of the fundamental These overlapping terms are variously used when discussing the...

s, all come together in a hyper structure 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

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 and sound

Sound

Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...

, when other projects are based on various methods of audio analysis in extremely unique recordings and the use of quantitative and numerical data from different sources.

Thanasis Kaproulias is published by Touch Music

Touch Music

Touch is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. It is the main arm of the London-based multimedia publishing company Touch, established in 1982...

.

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
• 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
• 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

External links

• http://www.novi-sad.net
• http://novi-sad.net/projects/silence-aircraft-noises-and-harmonies-in-pain/
• http://novi-sad.net/projects/amazon-vs-electricity/
• http://novi-sad.net/projects/hz-vs-church/
• http://www.vpro.nl/programma/dwars/artikelen/39391690/