Ákos Garai

Follow link below you can read an interview with me for Tokafi Magazine. I thank to Lara and Tobias for their interest and for this great opportunity!

Tokafi Interview

Today from 19:00 to 21:30 there will be a quadro sound installation at Metro Stop in Valencia with composition from artists Jay-Dea López, Ákos Garai, Philip Sulidae, Aaron Ximm, Jean Montag, Alozeau, Francisco López, Pablo Reche, Cornucopia, Ruben García, Son Clair and Phonic Psychommimesis. It is my pleasure to be a part of the event with “Subway Budapest” piece.

You can find here an account of experiences by Edu Comelles, the curator:

Sound Room for a Subterranean Listening

Almost 10 years after the composition, and 7 years after the first edition “Til Ødslig Horisont” will be re-released by trente oiseaux in 2012. I am very grateful to Bernhard Günter and his label for interest and support. It feel good to know that the album will be available as a digital release again, and re-enters into the circulation.

I am glad to take part in a new project curated by David Vélez of Impulsive Habitat. It is a “mix-it-yourself” team with members Juan José Calarco, Hiroki Sasajima, Christopher McFall, Simon Whetham and myself. Our goal is to re-create a process that based on “Compo Sites” recordings by Slavek Kwi aka Artificial Memory Trace, and also on single pieces composed by each of us. We are working in an order and in context established by the previous structure of pieces so to give to the final piece new narrative structure and flow.

Edu Comelles at Audiotalaia kindly invited me to contribute to “Subway Sound Composition” international project. Did not hesitate for long, packed up my gear and descended into a strange underground world. The submitted works will be played back on a quadrophonic sound system as a part of a hearing session on Central Subway Station in Valencia, Spain. In the meantime, I am pleased to share my composition completed with artwork and some thoughts about the piece. “Subway Budapest” is free to download from this link but is also available as a 3″ CD-R with printed cover and an enclosed subway ticket!

Otto, the postman just gave me my new release “White Hole States” on WHITE_LINE EDITIONS. I am very grateful for Baz Nichols for this fantastic opportunity and for his great work on this release. The CD can be ordered from WHITE_LINE by annual subscription only.