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Upcoming release of “ATHAN🜔R” | Rhys Chatham & Nico Guerrero duet album

Upcoming release of “ATHAN🜔R” | Rhys Chatham & Nico Guerrero duet album

Happy Solar Revolution to my dear friend Rhys Chatham  ! Today is a perfect planetary conjunction to announce the upcoming release of our duet album “ATHAN🜔R” this fall on EROTOTOX DECODINGS, the fantastic label of Chandra Shukla. Lawrence English made the mastering at Negative Space … Read more

⟁ New Update ⟁ Appel Ă  Guitaristes pour l’Ensemble de Rhys Chatham

⟁ New Update ⟁ Appel Ă  Guitaristes pour l’Ensemble de Rhys Chatham

⟁ New Update ⟁ LES INSCRIPTIONS SONT CLOSES !!   —–   OyĂ© camarades! On recherche des guitaristes et des bassistes ! Pour un Ă©vĂ©nement privĂ© Ă  Paris le 29 mai 2024, Rhys Chatham recherche 56 guitaristes et 4 bassistes exactement, pour jouer une version … Read more

BROKEN IMPRO | LE CHAIR DE POULE, PARIS | FEB. 07 2024

BROKEN IMPRO | LE CHAIR DE POULE, PARIS | FEB. 07 2024

Plaisir monstre demain au đŸ„ BROKEN IMPRO 38 avec : Sonia Terhzaz, Nico Guerrero, Sylvie Leys, Damien Thonnard, Vincent Loiret, Thalie AmossĂ©, Sandra Giura Longo, Christine Chardonnier, Juliet Quinn, Tristan MacĂ©  DĂ©but Ă  19h! Merci au Chair De Poule, Sonia Terhzaz et RoroVomir Perrot đŸ–€đŸ–€ … Read more

“Agame” release 2023 | Limited edition cassette on Space Odyssey

“Agame” release 2023 | Limited edition cassette on Space Odyssey

Recorded in September 2022 during a streaming Live Session at Space Odyssey Reykjavik, an Experimental Music space, label, record shop and house of wonders led by Pan Thorarensen (from Stereo Hypnosis). This ultra-limited edition cassette unfolds a 30-minute drone of chaotic swirling harmonics slowly merging … Read more

Nico Guerrero Live Stream | Space Odyssey | sept. 15 2022 | Reykjavik

Nico Guerrero Live Stream | Space Odyssey | sept. 15 2022 | Reykjavik

Check the ambient live streaming session on september 15 to join Nico Guerrero as he experiences a new over(t)(d)rone ritual at Space Odyssey, Reykjavik, Iceland.   Located in 101 Reykjavik, Space Odyssey is : Adventurous music, selected record shop, experimental music space, presenting by Extreme … Read more

Nico Guerrero opening for Lee Ranaldo | Maroquinerie, Paris | June 21 2022

Nico Guerrero opening for Lee Ranaldo | Maroquinerie, Paris | June 21 2022

Une soirĂ©e intime avec Lee Ranaldo et sa guitare acoustique, mettant en vedette la musique de son rĂ©cent album, la suite instrumentale Ă©crite pendant la pandĂ©mie “In Virus Times” ainsi que des chansons rĂ©centes.   Nico Guerrero ouvrira cette noce des harmoniques en invoquant les … Read more

Broken Impro | Le Chair de Poule, Paris | June 15 2022

Broken Impro | Le Chair de Poule, Paris | June 15 2022

Broken Impro, Sessions de musiques improvisĂ©es, un Ă  deux mercredi par mois, de 19h Ă  21h au Chair de Poule, rue Saint Maur Ă  PARIS.   Broken Impro 10 | Mercredi 15 juin 2022 avec: David Fenech, Nico Guerrero, Tarquin Manek, Tristan MacĂ©, Fred Marty, … Read more

Horus Rising | Vidéo Live @ Instants Chavirés | 8.3.2022

Horus Rising | Vidéo Live @ Instants Chavirés | 8.3.2022

Recorded live @ Les Instants ChavirĂ©s, March 8 2022 Nico Guerrero – electric prepared guitar Arthur Aether – sampler tuned in Ί Sound engineer: Ben Composed by Nico Guerrero     Studio version on Silent Records: https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/streams-of-oblivionDissonant   -> www.instantschavires.com

#Quasi 2022.3 | concert @ Les instants Chavirés | Montreuil, March 8 2022

#Quasi 2022.3 | concert @ Les instants Chavirés | Montreuil, March 8 2022

#Quasi 2022.3 / Nico Guerrero @ Les instants ChavirĂ©s / March 8 2022 #Quasi 2022.3 – entrĂ©e libreNICO GUERREROEX_PILE MUR DU FOND « Dissonant. Discordant. InquiĂ©tant. Des drones soniques et des guitares torsadĂ©es recouvrent un paysage onirique, s’élevant en spirale les unes autour des autres … Read more

Out on Bancamp now “NOT IN MY FUTURE: A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge”

Out on Bancamp now “NOT IN MY FUTURE: A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge”

Honored to have humbly contributed to this amazing Genesis P-Orridge tribute comp, available now on Bandcamp (and later on 2LP or CD). There are some amazing musicians involved in this magical invocation so be sure to give it a listen! Infinite gratitude to Chandra Shukla … Read more

Video | the RHYS CHATHAM’s GUITAR ORCHESTRA @ BBMIX festival Paris | 27 Nov. 2021

Video | the RHYS CHATHAM’s GUITAR ORCHESTRA @ BBMIX festival Paris | 27 Nov. 2021

There were celestial frequencies and angelic harmonics all around during this magical version of the Rhys Chatham‘s Guitar Trio at the Festival BBmix last Saturday, where we celebrated a pagan marriage of sounds led by the magician himself in intense joyous communion. Thank you to … Read more

RHYS CHATHAM GUITAR ENSEMBLE @ BBMIX festival Paris | 27 Nov. 2021

RHYS CHATHAM GUITAR ENSEMBLE @ BBMIX festival Paris | 27 Nov. 2021

Nico will join the Rhys Chatham’s electric guitar ensemble on November 27 2021 for the Parisian BBmix festival at CarrĂ© Belle-feuille. The guitar orchestra will consist of: Rhys Chatham, guitar Valentina Magaletti, drums Myriam Stamoulis, bass Jean-François Pauvros, guitar Nico Guerrero, guitar Tatiana Paris, guitar … Read more

Nico Guerrero “Streams of Oblivion” album featured on Trash Flow Radio | Oct. 16 2021

Nico Guerrero “Streams of Oblivion” album featured on Trash Flow Radio | Oct. 16 2021

On Sat Oct 16 on Trash Flow Radio, to celebrate the season, DJ Jugular Jones played spooky punk, post-punk, psyche-folk, and underground experimental tracks about TV (very scary), snakes, serpents, astrology, hauntings, and ghosts.   Including: spooky tracks from Fontaines D.C., Soursob, Amyl and The … Read more

Nico Guerrero concert at Extreme Chill Festival | HĂșrra – Reykjavik | Oct. 9 2021

Nico Guerrero concert at Extreme Chill Festival | HĂșrra – Reykjavik | Oct. 9 2021

Extreme Chill Festival 2021 | Reykjavik | HĂșrra venue, Oct. 9 – 20:00 | The 11th anniversary of the Icelandic experimental music festival Extreme Chill will be held October 7th – October 10th in ReykjavĂ­k. This year, the Extreme Chill festival will be taking place … Read more

STREAMS OF OBLOVION : reviewed + featured on the REYKJAVIK GRAPEVINE playlist!

STREAMS OF OBLOVION : reviewed + featured on the REYKJAVIK GRAPEVINE playlist!

Nico Guerrero – Streams of Oblivion Dissonant. Discordant. Disturbing. Sonic drones and twisted guitars smother an anxiety dreamscape, spiralling upwards around each other into a space which is simultaneously expansive and suffocating. Nico says that he can only create in ReykjavĂ­k, and cites “Icelandic telluric … Read more

New Album out now: Nico Guerrero “STREAMS OF OBLIVION” | Silent Records

New Album out now: Nico Guerrero “STREAMS OF OBLIVION” | Silent Records

Nico Guerrero “STREAMS OF OBLIVION” | Silent Records | release June 25 2021 “Metaphysical drones for metaphysical people. A collection of evasive shadowy textures, deeply meditative but with an edge, less flower more thorn… Composer Nico Guerrero uses his guitar as a divining rod to … Read more

New release 2021 annonced: Nico Guerrero “Streams of Oblivion” Album

New release 2021 annonced: Nico Guerrero “Streams of Oblivion” Album

Nico Guerrero “Streams of Oblivion” | Silent Records | release June 25 2021 New album composed with dark drones material and depthcharges of guitar overtones, recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland (winter 2021) and mixed/mastered in Paris (March 2021). After the track “Horus Rising” for the Dark … Read more

Record compilation + book project “NOT IN MY FUTURE: A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge”

Record compilation + book project “NOT IN MY FUTURE: A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge”

“We are elated and find it fitting to announce this farewell tribute to Gen that is in the works consisting of :   Susan Atkins Hannah Haddix Theresa Rodrigues Xambuca (Chandra Shukla) Lux Vibratus (Chrome, Nektar, Xambuca) Edley O’Dowd (ex-PTV(3)) Matthew Samways Manos Michaelides (Egodeath) … Read more

Nico Guerrero + Rhys Chatham | concert video at 0fr. | Paris, Nov. 20 2015

Nico Guerrero + Rhys Chatham | concert video at 0fr. | Paris, Nov. 20 2015

Already 5 years to the day that Nico Guerrero and Rhys Chatham had given this concert-workshop at the 0fr. bookstore in Paris … “It was exactly one week after the Bataclan massacre and Paris was paralyzed by fear and sadness. Despite everything, we decided to … Read more

DARK INDICATOR II – a collection of guitar & string drones

DARK INDICATOR II – a collection of guitar & string drones

Second collection of dark, distorted guitar and other string drones for those into doom, power ambient and drone metal with an experimental edge.   “I was listening to this album again this morning to make sure the tracks all sounded OK and was struck by … Read more

Wladd Muta & Nico Guerrero | Performance @ Galerie L’Antichambre | Sept. 11 2020

Wladd Muta & Nico Guerrero | Performance @ Galerie L’Antichambre | Sept. 11 2020

10 000 VIBRATING OFFERINGS TO THE GREAT HIVE IN THE SKY : For the first time since the start of their Black Bee project in 2014, Wladd Muta and Nico Guerrero will present a part of this musical work on September 11, during the Wladd … Read more

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by Dimi Brands | DARK ENTRIES

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by Dimi Brands | DARK ENTRIES

Nico Guerrero Live At The Nordic House – The Nordic Intimate Sessions (Le chant des EgrĂ©gores) Avant-Garde – Dark Ambient – Drone – Ritual  07/06/2020, Dimi Brands   Bij al wie de Franse artiest Nico(las) Guerrero niet kent zou bij het beluisteren van Live At … Read more

#Quasi 2020.1 | Performance @ Les Instants Chavirés | Jan. 28 2020

#Quasi 2020.1 | Performance @ Les Instants Chavirés | Jan. 28 2020

QUASI (AKA Q since 2009) is a convivial and monthly moment within the programming of Instants ChavirĂ©s, always focused on the local experimental scene, new encounters and formations, electrical attempts, noise, improv, free, in progress, electronic … Almost anything can happen .. or not… Tonight, … Read more

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by Yannick Blay | NEWNOISE

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by Yannick Blay | NEWNOISE

NEW NOISE (dec. 2019) / Review by: Yannick Blay Experimental Ambient Nico Guerrero, formerly Parisian and now living in Iceland, is a guitarist-composer first known for his shoegaze project Vortex. He also played a lot with the famous Rhys Chatham, in studio, but also on … Read more

Nico Guerrero | Showcase @ Walrus Café | Paris, Nov. 14 2019

Nico Guerrero | Showcase @ Walrus Café | Paris, Nov. 14 2019

Nico Guerrero will be in showcase at Walrus CafĂ© (Paris) on Thursday November 14th for the release of his new album “Live at the Nordic House – The Nordic Intimate Sessions”, recorded at Airwaves Iceland 2018 festival (Reykjavik). Accompanied by Arthur Geffroy on electric guitar, … Read more

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by MÄX LACHAUD | OBSKÜRE

Review “Live at the Nordic House” by MÄX LACHAUD | OBSKÜRE

Review by: MĂ€x Lachaud (nov. 2 2019) “Still too little known, Nico Guerrero made an impression with the Vortex project founded with Sonia Cohen-Skalli in the early 1990s. Their first album, EksaĂŻphnĂšs (Les Disques Du Soleil Et De l’Acier, 2000), laid down already the foundations … Read more

New album out today: Nico Guerrero Live at the Nordic House Reykjavik

New album out today: Nico Guerrero Live at the Nordic House Reykjavik

Recorded in November 2018 during the AIRWAVES Reykjavik Festival, a highlight of the Icelandic music scene, this album captures the furious whirlwinds of fire that Nico invokes on stage with his sole electric guitar and alchemical filters, transforming celestial chords into abstract organ clusters for … Read more

1st track from the forthcoming album “Nico Guerrero, Live at the Nordic House”, Release sept.01.2019

1st track from the forthcoming album “Nico Guerrero, Live at the Nordic House”, Release sept.01.2019

  1st track from the forthcoming album “Nico Guerrero, Live at the Nordic House”, Release sept.01.2019 PRE-ORDER the CD album here: https://nicoguerrero.bandcamp.com/releases   This limited edition [CD Digipack 6 panels] is first avalaible in Iceland in july 2019. The CD order and Digital version will … Read more

Nico Guerrero @ Iceland Airwaves Festival | the Nordic House | Nov.09.2018

Nico Guerrero @ Iceland Airwaves Festival | the Nordic House | Nov.09.2018

Airwaves off venue- Nordic Intimacy – vol. 2 09.11.2018 / 12:00 -19:00   Two days of intimate Nordic melancholy at the Nordic House An aural feast of solitary musicians clinging to their instruments and pouring their hearts out. Up close unplugged and personal sessions Vol. … Read more

Nico Guerrero @ Mengi, Reykjavik | July 28 2018

Nico Guerrero @ Mengi, Reykjavik | July 28 2018

Let’s dive together into an infinite whirlwind of sonic spleen. MENGI: Doors at 20:30 – Starts at 21:00 – Tickets: 2.000 kr.   About the artist: Founder of the French band “Vortex” (Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier) with Sonia Cohen-Skalli in the early … Read more

100 Guitars | the Rhys Chatham Ensemble @ Le Havre, June 23. 2018

100 Guitars | the Rhys Chatham Ensemble @ Le Havre, June 23. 2018

FLAMME D’ALBAN HEFIN – for 100 electric guitars RHYS CHATHAM From 11 p.m. to midnight As part of his creation for Un ÉtĂ© au Havre 2018, the composer surrounds himself with a team made up of Jean-François Pauvros and Nico Guerrero, section heads, as well … Read more

Improvisation Session | Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero | Reykjavik, Apr. 6 2018

Improvisation Session | Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero | Reykjavik, Apr. 6 2018

Founder of Lowercase Nights and co founder of Lady Boy Records, Nicolas Kunysz is a Belgian musician & designer living in Reykjavik since 2009. He has become a force in the Icelandic music scene. Known for his immersive soundscapes, his music takes place in the … Read more

New video “EN TO PAN” | from Haiku Irregolari in Forma di Musica – Aimaproject

New video “EN TO PAN” | from Haiku Irregolari in Forma di Musica – Aimaproject

>> VIDEO: EN TO PAN (Music for 5 Electric Guitars)     Composed, recorded and produced by Nico Guerrero for the Aimaproject CD “HAIKU IRREGOLARI IN FORMA DI MUSICA” (AgorĂ  & CO. 2017) Mastering : Marco Milanesio, OFF Studio (Torino)   ~~~   Purchase:   … Read more

“EN TO PAN” new instrumental piece for Aimaproject, Haiku Irregolari in Forma di Musica CD/Book

“EN TO PAN” new instrumental piece for Aimaproject, Haiku Irregolari in Forma di Musica CD/Book

Haiku Irregolari in Forma di Musica / Aimaproject   VARIOUS ARTISTS   Show Me Your Wounds Production “Haiku irregolari in forma di musica” contains 11 songs made by various artists, with the vocals of AimA and based on her poems collected in the homonym book. … Read more

VORTEX paid A Tribute To Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in a benefit compilation (UPR 082)

VORTEX paid A Tribute To Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in a benefit compilation (UPR 082)

Vortex covers the Psychic TV “We Kiss” song in a benefit compilation for Genesis P-Orridge / released on February 06, 2018 on Unknown Pleasures Records.   Musical pioneer, cultural engineer, wrecker of civilization, anti-Pope of the Temple ov Psychic Youth and also merry prankster – … Read more

Acoustic Camera invites Nico Guerrero for their Sound Annexation Project

Acoustic Camera invites Nico Guerrero for their Sound Annexation Project

Sound Annexation project ACOUSTIC CAMERAS Art Project ACOUSTIC CAMERAS invites composers and sound artists to annex the real-time flow of webcams located in various places around the world. The flow of webcams is intercepted but not modified. The artist is invited to deliver a sound … Read more

Concert @ Mengi, Reykjavik | Iceland

Concert @ Mengi, Reykjavik | Iceland

Next stop: Reykjavik, Saturday, January 14 2017 Nico will play for the second time at MENGI, an experimental place at the heart of the beautiful Reykjavik. You can expect newly hatched compositions for solo prepared guitar and some overtones experimentations… if today’s light snow doesn’t … Read more

Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero @ Stofan, Reykjavik Oct. 25 2016

Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero @ Stofan, Reykjavik Oct. 25 2016

Founder of Lowercase Nights and co founder of Lady Boy Records, Nicolas Kunysz is a Belgian musician & designer living in Reykjavik since 2009. He has become a force in the Icelandic music scene. Known for his immersive soundscapes, his music takes place in the … Read more

Lowercase Night #48 @ PrikiĂ° | Reykjavik, Oct. 9 2016

Lowercase Night #48 @ PrikiĂ° | Reykjavik, Oct. 9 2016

In October 9 2016, Nico performed for the Lowercase Nights #48 at PrikiĂ°, Reykjavik (IS). While lowercase started as a soundscape night, it has since morphed into a full sensory experience where a musician, group or ensemble pick a film and improvise a soundtrack live. … Read more

Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero @ Stofan | Reykjavik July 16 2016

Nicolas Kunysz & Nico Guerrero @ Stofan | Reykjavik July 16 2016

Founder of Lowercase Nights and co founder of Lady Boy Records, Nicolas Kunysz is a Belgian musician & designer living in Reykjavik since 2009. He has become a force in the Icelandic music scene. Known for his immersive soundscapes, his music takes place in the … Read more

Vortex @ DĂ©tail | Paris Feb.13 2016

Vortex @ DĂ©tail | Paris Feb.13 2016

“Active since the end of the 80s in France, Vortex is part of a strange musical avant-garde, one that remains partially hidden from the general public. Founders of the duo, Nico Guerrero (guitars and vocals) and Sonia C.S. (bass and vocals) invoke through uneasy songs … Read more

Nico Guerrero @ DĂ©tail | Paris Jan. 23 2016

Nico Guerrero @ DĂ©tail | Paris Jan. 23 2016

Founder of the group Vortex in the early 90s (EksaĂŻphnĂšs/Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier), Nico Guerrero is an experimental guitarist working on the electro-acoustic possibilities generated by the electric guitar. Filtered through a chain of effects and reverb, the massive, chiming, overtone-rich sounds … Read more

Rhys Chatham & Nico Guerrero Duo | 0fr. Galerie | Nov. 20 2015

Rhys Chatham & Nico Guerrero Duo | 0fr. Galerie | Nov. 20 2015

Composer, guitarist and trumpeter, Rhys Chatham is a key figure in the New York music and no wave scene, having combined minimalist tones with the energy of punk rock. He is known in particular for his “guitar orchestras”, where he conducts dozens or even hundreds … Read more

Rhys Chatham & Nico guerrero duo | DĂ©tail | Paris, July 2 2015

Rhys Chatham & Nico guerrero duo | DĂ©tail | Paris, July 2 2015

Rhys Chatham & Nico Guerrero en duo Ă  DĂ©tail!   Fondateur du groupe Vortex (Fr) au dĂ©but des annĂ©es 90, Nico Guerrero est un guitariste expĂ©rimental travaillant sur les possibilitĂ©s Ă©lectro-acoustiques gĂ©nĂ©rĂ©es par la guitare Ă©lectrique. FiltrĂ©s Ă  travers une chaĂźne d’effets et de rĂ©verbĂ©ration, … Read more