MODULAR SYNTHESIZER WORKSHOP WITH ZANDER RAYMOND AND KIKÙ HIBINO

August 20, 2022 4:30 - 6:00 PM

This 90 minute workshop will introduce participants to current synthesis concepts and techniques that are essential in producing modern ambient music. We will especially focus on utilizing eurorack modular synthesizers, and will demonstrate to illustrate the various approaches. No previous knowledge or experience is required. The workshop includes live performances by Zander Raymond and Kikù Hibino.

Zander Raymond is an interdisciplinary artist and musician working in Chicago, IL. In his visual work, he improvises with found materials, tools, and images to make drawings, prints, and sculptures that question the idea of productivity in a studio environment and serve as an autobiographical record of experience. His music is similarly rooted in improvisation, utilizing modular synthesizers and open-source sound computers to sample, warp, and build sonic images that embrace non-linear approaches to composition. Since 2018, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as performances across Chicago.

Japanese-born sound artist Kikù Hibino produces electronic music that focuses on unusual rhythmic structure and melodies that are inspired by optical illusion and moiré patterns.

From chamber music for media productions to digital micro sound for art installations, he has collaborated internationally with a wide variety of artists and scholars, including Yuge Zhou, Mitsu Salmon, Kawaguchi Takao (Dumb Type), Theaster Gates, Mike Weis (Zelienople) and Norma Field.

His work has been shown at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago Cultural Center, Three Walls, Compound Yellow, Elastic Arts, Hairpin Arts Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, among others. He’s a 2017 Individual Artist Grant recipient from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2021 Outer Ear Artist in Residency at Experimental Sound Studio, and 2021 nominee for Best Asian Entertainer at Chicago Music Awards. In 2021, he launched an artist platform and a record label SN with Gregory Bae. Kikù lives and works in Chicago.