Daniel Majer, [e:ga’l] (Bastian Buddenbrock & Fabian Neubauer), Ayane Sato

Daniel Majer is a sound artist & musician from Vancouver, Canada. Born to first generation immigrant parents—a Vietnamese artisan and Slovak visual artist—he grew up in Vancouver where he studied composition and participated in the city’s unfolding experimental music scene for more than a decade.

Majer creates and collaborates in sound collage, film scores, sound design, multi-media installation and live musical performances. His practice draws from philosophy, film, metaphysics, themes on time, culture, archives, memory and more. He’s given performances across Canada and internationally in Europe, Japan and Central America. He has released albums on labels such as the Canadian/Mexican based Isla & Jan Jelinek’s Berlin-based Faitiche. In 2019, he performed at Montreal’s international digital arts festival Mutek. His latest album “Time for No Memory” was released on October 4th, 2024 with the Berlin based label Vaagner.

[e:ga’l] Linktree

egal German term that expresses indifference or a lack of concern towards something. Signifies a state of being unconcerned or impartial about a particular matter, implying a sense of indifference or nonchalance. [e:ga'] is a duo blending elements of noise, language, theater, and performance art. The collaboration between Bastian Buddenbrock and Fabian Neubauer showcases a unique fusion of their respective backgrounds in performance art and experimental music. Buddenbrock, drawing from his experience in performance art, particularly with a focus on language and repetition, has been collaborating with musicians and soundartists for several years to expand the auditory dimension of his work. In the performance, his voice and sounds - generated with objects and his own body - are captured by multiple microphones and then modulated by both himself and Neubauer using various techniques. Neubauer, originally rooted in free jazz and improvised music, explores a diverse range of instruments, including piano, drums, guitar, as well as various forms of electronic sound production, such as effects processing and feedback-based analog sound generation. Utilizing feedback generated from a mixer, multiple microphones, effects units, and radios, Neubauer adds layers of complexity to the sound. Additionally, he incorporates non-electronic elements into the performance, seamlessly integrating it into the overall expressive tapestry of language, sound, movement and silence. Through improvisation and experimentation, Buddenbrock and Neubauer invite the audience into a sphere where boundaries blur and conventional norms are challenged. ‘egal’ transcends categorization, offering an immersive experience that is both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant.

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佐藤綾音
サックス、クラリネット、リード奏者 / 作、編曲
北海道札幌市出身
成城大学芸術学科卒業

中学校でサックス、大学でクラリネットを学ぶ。
それと並行して、ジャズサックスを秋山卓氏に師事。

山下洋輔、金井英人、沖至、澤田一範、多田誠司、谷口英治、高橋徹、
松本治、梅津和時、戸川純、森山直太朗、近田春夫、高木完、
綾小路翔、各氏等、アーティストと共演。

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