FOURTH PORTAL
GATEWAY TO THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
About the Event
Introduction
Join Felix X Tigersonic for a relaxed interactive session where you'll explore the world of tiny synths. This hands-on session invites music enthusiasts of all levels to experiment and collaborate in a silent, headphone-based setting. Featuring Felix's magic suitcase collection of instruments, including Pocket Operators, Monotrons, and Atari punk consoles.
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TIGERSONIC
My name is Felix X Tigersonic
Space Bass – Sound Artist
music, videos , art objects, performances and residencies.
I also record and produce other artists.
I make something everyday, music or video.
Sometimes I post it on Instagram or Bandcamp, but often its just for me
I have been told there is a “dubby vibe” to my work.
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Tigersonic (aka Felix Macintosh) has been described as “dub minimalist”, with 2 albums where dub-influenced future bass meets ultra-short tracks (under 2 minutes). Short is BEAUTIFUL! She makes beats on her phone on the way to the studio then adds bass, mixing tunes quick and dirty – when the idea is done, so is the track.
Her day job is working as a protools engineer at her underground Isington studio, where she makes everything perfect in the digital domain for other musicians. But with her own music, she wants to embrace all the dirt, grit and mistakes in her work (because “humans are analogue”).
influences include King Tubby, Adrian Sherwood, Denis Bovell, Eno, Asian Dub Foundation and Space Jesus, and current releases include Blipcuts (on the Linear Obsessional label) and TIGER GRRR (on Artmix, her own label only available via Bandcampl).
Linear Obsessional called Blipcuts “groove based abstractica for the restless and the curious” and compares her style to early ACR, On-U Sound and PIL, with a post-punk energy and willingness to experiment.” Honest Music For Dishonest Times describes her sound as “engaging, super-varied, dub-influenced electronica” that “bridges the divide between bass music and experimental”.
Felix’s previous work has been in the underground breakbeat scene (Xfile and Aref Durvesh / early Visionary Underground) and her remix creds incl. General Levy / Genetic Drugz / Asian Dub Foundation / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (for Navras Records) Trisomie 21. She also co/wrote and played bass on “Pandora” a track on cult underground film Nil by Mouth.
She currently meets and collaborates with artists on Londons experimental music scene, and has taken part in composer Sharon Gals mass feedback performance, become part of Linear Obsessional’s drone orchestra, attended Graham Dunning’s sound art workshops, and performed a short tour of silent gigs in art galleries with Vaat du Fuq.
These collaborations have been a real ear-opener and led to Felix performing and recording solo for the first time, using her go-to Hohner headless bass augmented with effects that include a Korg Monotron Delay.
She has been increasingly interested in investigating bass and beats in a more abstract way. Her current mission is exploring the question, “How low can you go and how fast can you get there?”, and TIGER GRRR is the second edition of these explorations.
Event Information
This event is free.
No experience needed. Open to all ages.
Felix will be travelling around the town and appearing in different locations. No set times or destinations - you may need to go a search for her! :)
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