Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist born in 1975 in

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. 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. Jacob Kirkegaard's sound works focus on investigations into the potential musicality in hidden sound layers in the environment. In this context he has been capturing and exploring sounds from, for example,

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phenomena, nuclear power plants and deserted places.Place and Sound
,

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, 26 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2014 His piece "Labyrinthitis" was created from sounds recorded inside his inner ear. Recording tools used include accelometers,

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and home-built

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receivers.

Discography

* (1989) ''Escape from the Outside'' (Self titled cassette release) * (1990) ''A New Youth'' (Self titled cassette release) * (1998) ''Luftantenner'' - in the band Æter (Helicopter Records) * (2002) ''Soaked'' - with

Philip Jeck Philip Jeck (15 November 1952 – 25 March 2022) was an English composer and multimedia artist. His compositions were noted for utilising antique turntables and vinyl records, along with looping devices and both analogue and digital effects. I ...

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* (2003) ''01.02'' (Bottrop-boy) * (2005) ''Eldfjall''

* (2006) ''4 Rooms''

* (2008) ''Labyrinthitis''

* (2008) ''Forget to Breathe'' - with

Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...

* (2011) Aion (Fonik Works) * (2012) Imperia (with Tobias Kirstein) Posh Isolation * (2012) Svævninger - with

Else Marie Pade Else Marie Pade (2 December 1924 – 18 January 2016) was a Danish composer of electronic music. She was educated as a pianist at the ''Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium'' ( Royal Danish Academy of Music) in Copenhagen. She studied compositio ...

(Important Records) * (2013) Conversion (Touch) * (2014) 40 Days of Silence (VON Archives) * (2015) Arc (Holotype Editions) * (2015) 5 Pieces (Posh Isolation) * (2016) Sabulation (mAtter) * (2017) Descending - with Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (Important Records) * (2019) Phonurgia Metallis (Important Records) * (2019) Black Metal Square (Important Records) * (2019) Opus Mors (Topos)

References

External links

Fonik.dk
- Official website: bio, reviews, interviews, works. 1975 births Living people {{Denmark-musician-stub