Martijn Comes (1979) is a Dutch composer who is specialised in new media, sound design and electro-acoustic composition. He graduated at the academy for Digital Communications in 2004 with a thesis on live stage performance with the aid of digital media and studied Composition for Film at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (2010). He wrote diverse works based on research in popular music, contemporary music and classical music combining elements of various acoustic+digital aesthetic, composition techniques and sound design in six releases with ‘Infinite Spaces and Beyond’ (2014), ‘Wolf’ (2015), ‘Tradition Noise (2015)’ and ‘Radio Oblivion (2016)’ being his most recent albums, which all were critically acclaimed. Next to performing in his own country he performed all over Europe: Athens, Madrid, Valencia, London, Paris and Ghent, to name a few cities.

 

His work has been broadcasted world wide on local as well as national stations like Radio 3 Spain, Polish and Norwegian National Radio, and RTÉ Ireland. He worked with filmmaker Thomas Mohr his ‘Resonance’ & ‘Learning curve’ films, which both were curated by the LIMA Media Art Platform (former NiMK). ‘Resonance’ was part of the Best Of selection of the Ars Electronica festival in 2010.

 

He has written critiques for broadcasting network the VPRO (Vrije Geluiden) and he is an avid curator and host of two national radioshows in the Netherlands, ‘Kraak Helder’ and ‘Inventions for Radio’, both featured on the Concertzender. Both programs focus on promoting innovative electro-acoustics and broadcast-art. Collaborations include the New BBC Radiophonic workshop.

 

He received commissions by: IO SOUND (ca), Bedouin Records (uae), Bastikaya Tapes (uae), Audiotalaia (es), Record Label Record Label (gr), Oak Editions (it), Time Symmetric (us), WORM Rotterdam, Moving Furniture Records and Smikkelbaard (nl).

 

Martijn shared the stage and collaborated with artists as Kim Cascone, Twine, Mitchell Akiyama, Rosa Menkman, Marijn Korff de Gidts, Christian Pabst, poet Martin Reints, actrice Annette Kouwenhoven, Philippe Petit, Giulio Aldinucci, Lucrecia Dalt, Freida Abtan and Scant Intone.

 

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