eRikm

ever since he started back in 1987, erikm has instinctively followed a relatively unusual, even risky, career path.

stemming from his interest in visual arts and his first musical experience as a rock guitarist, he has for some years now become steadily more and more renowned for his virtuoso turntabling and his use of electronic instruments and tools in an integrated scenic set-up erikm has followed up musical collaborations with voice crack, christian marclay, luc ferrari, among others.

he is certainly one of the better equipped artists of the new generation to actually demonstrate a relationship between rock music (in its widest sense) and contemporary music ; hiding behind neither cultural camouflage nor an easy pandering to his audience.

The originality of his style stems from the duality between his experimentations in sound material, its envelope and its tessiture, and his work and taste for the anecdote, the reference.

his interest in other forms of artistic expression being the terrain on which he builds the images conveyed by his music. This huge reservoir he has filled for himself has captivated all the artists he has worked with.

erikm's recording career and musical encounters rapidly affiliated him into the chaotic dynamics of the improvised music scene, helped by his very visual style of listening. But today he has begun to leave behind his status of noise-dj and vinyl sculptor, turning towards more solitary work, integrating into his music new technologies and applying lessons learnt from his multifarious musical experiences.

his primary aim is no longer simply to quote his system of references but to create for himself a bank of singular material to compose without referring to other works. erikm is now approaching a subtle abstraction, a new electronic position: like a pause in the contemporary sonic agitation, in opposition to this, a desire to weave a musical oeuvre whose intricacies are easy to follow, easing the listener into the vistas of his composition, without exaggerated technical or intellectual posturings.