As part of the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: contact, a programme proposed by Olafur Eliasson

For the past decade his main collaborators have been the Icelandic band Múm and the Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen.Originally as drummer, now as an explorer of flea-market percussions, beat apparatuses, melody making toys, clonky machines and tuneful data processors, Kosminen has discovered new and strange dimensions of rhythm and sound. In collaboration with Olafur Eliasson, he realized a specific sound composition for Inside the horizon for the Grotto.

Perceived as a "soundscape", this composition is diffused through twenty speakers along the installation. Designed from recordings made in the artist's studio, the sound work oscillates between raw material, concrete and electronic music sound sometimes leaving visitors uncertain as to the real nature of what they hear. While the visitors move between the columns, space and sound meet through movement. Additional sound elements by Kosminen and Eliasson are audible at particular spots within the exhibition.

This year Bye received several prizes including two nominations and winner of Guldbagge for the music to the Film, Faro, plus the Nordic film music price; Harpa. Matti Bye has also collaborated and written filmscores for Jan Troell, Maria Larsson’s everlasting moments, where he also received a Guldbagge for 2009.

He also recently made music for “Pictures from a Playground,” a documentary about Ingmar Berman, and for the comedy "One hundred man that climbed out a window and disappeared" (Centenarian). He is a regular solo performer and composer and also performs and composes with his ensemble for silent film festivals and screenings around the world. Bye significantly contributes to the exploration of the alchemy between sounds and images. www.mattibye.com

In 1967 she was Pierre Henry's assistant and took part especially in the creation of his Apocalypse de Jean. Her first compositions already differed from the principles of musique concrète: instead of clashing with sound objects, this music involved superimposing held notes (bourdons or drones) that unfold, working first with audio feedback, then synthesisers. The ARP 2500 model was her main tool in more than thirty years of solo work, during which she patiently composed long minimalist works: Geelriandre (1972), Psi 847 (1972), Adnos (1974). In 1974, she converted to Tibetan Buddhism and subscribed to the teachings of the master Pawo Rinpoche. After a break, she returned to her musical compositions with works such as Adnos II (1979), Trilogie de la Mort (1985-1988) - a triptych marked by the death of her son Yves Arman– Jetsun Mila, and L'Île Re-sonante (2001), her latest work on tape. Since 2004, the date of her composition Elemental II for electric bass (with Kasper Toeplitz), Éliane Radigue has devoted herself exclusively to instrumental work, which is an extension of her electronic work without any aesthetic break. For the composer, who has always worked alone, the close collaboration with performers during the composition process was a revelation. In June 2011 in London, Sound and Music paid tribute to all her works (source: Festival d'Automne à Paris, 2013).

He has received several prizes and distinctions in the academic field as well as numerous public, radio or electronic music studios commissions, such as Ircam, GRM , GMEM, CRFMW and EMS. He also works with experimental or unclassifiable musicians such as Zbigniew Karkowski, Tetsuo Furudate, Dror Feiler, Art Zoyd, Éliane Radigue, Phill Niblock, Francisco Lopez, Z’ev and Ulrich Krieger, as well as artists in other disciplines, such as dance and video. The dance/music collaboration with Myriam Gourfink has lasted for more than fifteen years and includes more than twenty-five joint works, the most recent being Souterrain (2014), Abois (2013), Déperdition (2013), Aranéide (2013) and the next work Almasty (February 2015).

His discography includes more than fifty titles.  All these recordings are distributed by Metamkine.com


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