Stephan Ink (Be)

Stephan Ink (Be)
1 November 2019 City Sonic

Tales of…

Tales of fluvial highways. Reports of damage to barges and inland waterways, statistics on inland waterway transport, sounds of landing sites for cargo of a barge that is recorded under a covered dock on Monsin Island (Liège).

Tales of literacy. Extracts from administrative manuals and instructions on the administrative language, as it should be practiced by the administration. Voice of a magistrate is taking up the scope of these instructions…

Co-creation Ordinaire: Stephan Ink (Fr) + Eric Therer (Be).
Production: Eastern Belgium at night.

Biography

Stephan Ink is a French sound artist, musician, producer and sound engineer living in Belgium. Since the early 90’s he has written, composed and produced experimental music albums, alone or in duet, and collaborated with English artists. At the same time, as a sound engineer, he has worked with artists of various horizons, such as Youssou N’Dour, Keith Rowe, Damo Suzuki, Aki Onda, Radu Malfatti, Emmanuelle Parrenin, Laetitia Sadier… He is currently a member of the sound poetry duet Ordinaire, as well as the trio of improvised experimental music Soigne Ta Droite. He also collaborates with the English group Evi Vine, the electro-acoustic improvised music collective Entrelaction Matériophonie and the Norwegian singer Kari Kleiv. His work is now moving towards a more peaceful experimental music. Through the use of field recordings, electronics, sound textures and silence, Stephan creates soundscapes where the organic and the machine merge.