

Mart Soo(1964)
kitarrist,pedagoog,helilooja.
Koostööd :Improvisatsiooniline muusika,jazz,minimalism,maailmamuusika.
Tunnetusüksus,Weekend Guitar Trio,Samm Bennett,Lisa Karrer & David Simons,Vladimir Tarasov Baltic Art Orchestra,Ensemble Uncontrolled (Takashi Kazamaki,Kalle Laar,Christoph Gallio,Eduard Akulin),Petras Višniauskas,Juozas Milašius,Jacques Di Donato,Xavier Charles,Isabelle Duthoit, Taavi Kerikmäe, Martine Altenburger,Chris Cutler,Jean- Marc Montera,Paul Lovens,Uchihashi Kazuhisa,Markus Reuter,Vox Clamantis,Estonian Guitar Octet, Eugene Chadbourne,ASK: ,Quartet for the End of Time,Jan Bang,Fred Frith,Toyax Wilcox ,East West Rhythm band.
Mart on esinenud festivalidel Euroopas,USAs ja Jaapanis.
Osalenud enam kui 20 CD salvestamisel.
Loonud muusikat filmidele,kuuldemängudele ja teatrietendustele.


foto Michael Berlanc
Since 1992, eRikm has extended the field of artistic experimentation on the international scene.From his early experience as a guitarist through to his later visual work, he is a maverick genre-bender who breaks down anyone's attempts to conveniently classify him.
Quickly recognised as a virtuoso turntablist and sound artist (1996), eRikm has made a longlife habit of crossing all territories and « world-systems » deemed "independent", "institutional".
He deals with sounds like living organisms, constantly in flux, always open to the risk of accident or delight/unisson. As he plays with all these contradictions in his improvisations, his performance reaches new heights of intensity, trading off both understanding and sensation, seriousness and farce, anticipation and instinct.
His work references both the intimate and political, both popular and high culture, but without demonstration. Rather he creates a short-circuit connection between points with his live generated (and degenerated) material – from noise to reference – presenting multiple ways to capture each moment of the present in clear focus.
Throughout his career, collaborations have naturally occurred with his audiences and contemporaries, most notably : Luc Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Akosh S., Mathilde Monnier, Bernard Stiegler, FM Einheit… The kind of coincidences which have confirmed his instinctive search for transmutation, and to play on several levels.
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