A conversation about the Belgian Modular Synthesisers scene

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music for hiccups invites ERD

**Nicola Lancerotti** (doublebass player, bassist, electronic musician and modular synthesists) invites you for an evening around modular synthesisers, bringing on stage for a live session “music for hiccups” the duo he co-leads with **Chiara Bacci**, and **ERD**, the moniker under which performs **François Gaspard**, founder of Shakmat Modular and co-founder of WAMM, the first Belgian modular synthesisers gathering.

The evening will unfold as follows:

• a brief introduction on modular synthesisers (8PM-8:15PM)
• a live set by music for hiccups (ca. 45 minutes, 8:15-9:00PM)
• a panel discussion with François Gaspard about synthesisers, Shakmat, WAMM and “modular music” (9:00-10:00PM)
• a live set by ERD (ca. 45 minutes, 10:00-10:45PM)
• closing

music for hiccups

music for hiccups is a duo composed of Brussels-based musicians Chiara Bacci and Nicola Lancerotti.
The improvised music they create centres around a continuous dialogue between modified voice and modular synthesisers. In their performances, the roles they playare intenionally left undefined: sometimes the voice can become an abstract disturbing sound, while modular synths can create melodic textures and often they are intertwined in a manner that blurs the lines between them.
www.musicforhiccups.com

ERD

Erd is the solo project of François Gaspard, pro-active musician from the Brussels’ independent electronic scene and busy mind at the modular synthesiser company Shakmat. Combining a deep interest in sound design and rhythm, Erd explores the edges between bass music, half-time, techno, and experimental electronics.
His live performances and releases on Initiate Records reveal a personal and evolving approach to electronic music, where sharp rhythmic structures collide with deep, evolving textures.