BIOGRAPHY
Electronicat is the alter ego of prolific French musician and performer Fred Bigot, whose work is characterized by its constant switch between experimental noise and pop music.
A former art student and student of musicology at the Sorbonne in Paris and score-writing under instruction from Pascal Dussapin, Bigot has consistently worked on numerous music projects since the late 1980’s. His experiences have led him to experiment with guitar, his main instrument, in conjunction with electronics and computers.
His early collaborations include work with Kasper T.Toeplitz on the project “Sleaze Artâ€, work with various dance choreographers (e.g. Mark Tomkins and Sylvain Prunenec), Theater directors (Celia Houdart) and artists (e.g. Nicolas Moulin). A techno project “Gonzo†in 1995 finally bears seed to his boredom with ‘clean’ music production and launches him on a mission to create a hybrid of electric guitar and new textures made available by electronic instruments.
From 1997 until 2000 he collaborates with visual artist Cecile Babiole creating an audio/visual show, playing at festivals such as Phonotaktik or FCNM, after what he decides to perform solo. He combines samples of his own voice and guitars, analogue synths and drum machines, loops and all kind of ideas coming from his performances and concerts and creates a pounding, fuzzy, wah-wah distorted psychedelic electro sound that has become his trademark.
In this context he decided to work together with other internationally renowned electronic music producers, such as Gerhard Potuznik and Patrick Pulsinger and employ the vocal skills of other musicians such as Khan, Catriona Shaw and J.G Thirwell (Foetus). Alongside this, he maintained activity in the experimental music circuit.
He has released on a plethora of labels from Disko B to current hot London newcomer 'UpperCuts', has remixed numerous underground (e.g. Schlammpeitziger) and mainstream (e.g. Depeche Mode) musicians. In turn he has also been remixed by artists such as Zbigniew Karkowski, Kid 606 and other respected musicians on the electronic music circuit.
He has performed alongside such cult-acts as Adult. and Stereolab and been joined on stage by revered musicians such as Felix Kubin, Magas, Khan, Max Turner and Timo Kaukolampi to name but a few. His shows “of insane proportion†have gained adulatory praise from audiences and critics alike in the most diverse locations, from Guangzhou to Bucharest to New York and back to Berlin where he currently lives and works.
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