Variatonen
A wall of aural dreams with hints of noise and degradation of sound. A melancholic but hopeful evocation.
Performance
Repetitions, reverberations, repercussions
Echoes: repetitions, reverberations, repercussions. To mirror back, to return, to resound.
Featuring Trobol Kontrol (Jon Romero), Joee Mejias, and Variatonen. Poster design by Chloe O.
A wall of aural dreams with hints of noise and degradation of sound. A melancholic but hopeful evocation.
Trobol Kontrol is the project of Jon Romero, who relies on practicing unplanned, producing accidental music. Frequently reinforced by circuit-bent transistor radios, an Audio Producer Console, zero-input method, and various devices and gadgets, he delivers speculative beats, glitch, and noise that compromise the upside of rhythm and melody — trying to knock down a form that is abnorm.
Joee Mejias is a Manila-based musician, video artist, and projection designer. Her avant-pop electronica work draws on laptop, kalimba, lyre, bells, shakers, and melodica, layering looping riffs and complex contrapuntal arrangements. She has been making electronic music in Manila since 2005, among the first generation of Filipina electronic musicians alongside Ria Munoz and Teresa Barrozo, and has worked as a projection designer since 2009 across corporate events, fashion shows, theater productions, VJ gigs, and audio-visual performances. Her debut album launched with a multisensory audio-visual performance at Power Mac Center Spotlight (Fringe Manila) in 2017.
