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Andrey Kiritchenko

Cross-genre electronic and acoustic music

About Me


Andrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of projects like Critikal, Sidhartha, NEX, founder of Nexsound records, curator of Detali Zvuku festival, musician who has largely contributed into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as one of the premiere experimental artist from Eastern Europe.
Started his musical career in 1995 as singer, song-writer and guitar player. Being involved mostly in experimental electronic and electroacoustic music for the last few years, Andrey is now gaining recognition among the musicians and followers of this style all over the world. His activities range from glitch with blurred beats to electroacoustic experiments, from improv to musique concrete, from drones to microsound.
So far he collaborated with Francisco Lopez, Kim Cascone, Jonas Lindgren, Jeff Surak, Kotra, Saralunden, Courtis, Mantichora, the Moglass etc., remixed by Andreas Tilliander/Mokira, Frank Bretschneider, Mikael Stavostrand, Frans de Waard/GOEM, Brian Lavelle, Scanner, Marcus Maeder and 833-45, under all aliases released around 40 albums on labels such as Staalplaat, SPEkk, Ad Noiseam, Nexsound, Zeromoon, Bip-Hop, etc.; in 2006 nominated by Qwartz Electronic Music Awards in categories Discovery and Most Promising Artist, awarded in category Discovery.
Selected Discography:
Critikal - Graphorrhea / CD / Nexsound/Kvitnu/Zeromoon
Andrey Kiritchenko - Mort Aux Vaches / Staalplaat
Andrey Kiritchenko / Francisco Lopez – Mavje / Nexsound
Andrey Kiritchenko - True Delusion / SPEKK
Andrey Kiritchenko - Scatter Stars / -N
Courtis/Kiritchenko/Moglass - st / Carbon/Little Mafia/1000+1 Tilt, CD
Critikal – State / Nexsound
Andrey Kiritchenko - Interplays, in-between / Ad Noiseam
Andrey Kiritchenko - Kniga skazok / Ad Noiseam
Andrey Kiritchenko - Bees & honey / Zeromoon
Kim Cascone/Andrey Kiritchenko/Andreas Berthling/Kotra - Fourfold symmetry / Nexsound
Andrey Kiritchenko - 00.00 (a suite of the midnight) / Autoplate
NEX - Viz Milieu / DTA rec.
Andrey Kiritchenko - Sidhartha / Retinascan

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/28/2007
Band Website: nexsound.org/akir
Band Members: Andriy Kyrychenko on:
NI Reaktor, Novation X-Station, Behringer BCR2000, Behringer UB1204FX, Tapco MIX60, Behringer Reverb pedal, Rhode NT4, Samson, Focusrite Saffire, M-Audio Audiophile, Acoustic guitar, Piano, Toys, Bandura, Autoharp, Tibetian Bowls, Hi-hat, Percussion, Mouth-harmonica, Didjeridoo, Contact microphone on Body and Surfaces, Pearl snare drum, Field recordings
Sounds Like: Andrey is a cross-genre experimental sound artist combined acoustic and digital aesthetics, tiny melodies and noise.
Record Label: Nexsound, Staalplaat, Ad Noiseam, Zeromoon
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EM-Visia 2008 / Gogol fest / Kyiv / Ukraine

Comrades! For those who are in Kyiv next weekend: Saturday May 10th: Cinema Club, Entusiastiv,1 Andrey Kirichenko (Live)Dunaewsky 69 (Live) Alexey Petrov (Live) Nikolaenko (Live) BIP SOUP live(Enable...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Sun, 04 May 2008 02:29:00 PST

a little piece of new music

I posted a new track from the upcoming album which will be released sometime soon hopefully. Check it out. Hope you like it.
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:18:00 PST

Check out these videos: Time travel of a snail, Scatter Stars, Agravic Illusion...

Timetravel of a snail by Roman Sartison More Info...Speading Comets + Scatter Starsby Roman Sartison More Info...Agravic Illusionby PDTA VJ Team More Info...Andrey ...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST

New CD release on Nexsound: Critikal - Graphorrhea

CritikalGraphorrhea/CD ns60 Critikal is an international dynamic project comprised of four artists. Each new work is constructed by one member using sound material and structural concepts from the ot...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:22:00 PST

Kvitnu fest - Nov 9 2007

KVITNU FESTukrainian experimental music and media art9.11.2007, club CINEMA, Kyiv Ukraineparticipants: ZAVOLOKA + KATYA CHILLYKOTRA DUNAEWSKY69 PETROVANDREY KIRITCHENKO ALLA ZAGAYKEVYCHZSUFINFRA RED A...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:22:00 PST

New collaboration release with Saralunden

SARALUNDEN & ANDREY KIRITCHENKOThere Was No EndNEXSOUND nsp02 CDep In May 2006 the Swedish Institute invited 4 Nexsound artists to collaborate with 4 Swedish musicians in frame of cultural exchang...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:42:00 PST

New release - Mort Aux Vaches - on Staalplaat

A new release in Mort Aux Vaches series on Staalplaat record label is finally out. The release was recorded in May 2006 live on VPRO radio / The Netherlands in Dwars program run by Berry Kam...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Wed, 16 May 2007 11:43:00 PST

Andrey Kiritchenko for the 52th Venice Biennial

Andrey Kiritchenko makes a soundtrack for a sculture (art object) by US based artist Dzine for the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice which will open to the public on June 7-10.  Th...
Posted by Andrey Kiritchenko on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:30:00 PST