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• Zviij — (born Franck Smith) is a French sound artist, noise designer and multi-instrumentalist (1), active as a soloist, currently based in Brussels (Belgium). → Booking : zviij AT zviij.com _____________________ NEWS! → Audio release: Zviij Fetish (UP-COMING RELEASE 2013) Zviij's 6th full length album is more a principle and a routing process than a fixed composition. Elaborated on sound-trajectories and timbric patterns, "Fetish" was conceived for electric strings + electronics and was realized with a 10-string Grand® Chapman Stick + various hybrid analog/digital sound processors (including harmonizers, delays and distortion boxes) See note. "Fetish" displays a series of peculiar recordings between early electronics, alternative chamber music and technical sound design (...) [ Note : setup details ] _____________________ → February 2013 Audio release: Zviij Empty chamber (EP/Live) [Album/Digital] Live recordings mixing instrumental chamber music, alternative electronics & digital beat-making. Featuring electro-acoustic sampling, analog bass synth sequencing and subtle bitcrushing. Directly recorded in 2-stereo tracks and softly remastered before production. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Recorded & produced by Zviij © 2013. * Available only in digital format. * See details [...] Cover by Less-Is-More Design © 2013 Recorded in 2013 Price: 6 € (Download only) _____________________ → December 2012 Audio release: Zviij Dust games and plastic doll [Album/Digital] Hybrid electronic works between experimental digital beat-making, electro-acoustic sampling, analog synth sequencing and discrete bitcrushing. Also featuring some of the latest soundtracks (stereo remixed and edited) from Zviij's "Elektron Tapes" video series. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Recorded & produced by Zviij © 2012. * Available only in digital format. * See details [...] Cover by Elvire Bastendorff © 2012 Recorded in 2012 Price: 6 € (Download only) _____________________ → 11/2012 The Elektron Tapes (#9) by Zviij → [video] → 11/2012 The Elektron Tapes (#8) by Zviij → [video] → 10/2012 Glitch Breaks & Drum-Screens by Zviij → [video] _____________________ * Slideshow : Zviij (Franck Smith) at home with his Elektron based setup & his Chapman Stick #5881 36"-scale Ten String Grand® in graphite © 2011-2012. _____________________ → May 2012 Audio release: Zviij Quadrifolium [Album/Digital] Alternative & ambient works around timbric studies featuring real-time manipulations of hybrid digital electronics, analog synths and electromechanical piano. A quiet and downtempo experience blending delicate repetitive music and colourful glitches. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Recorded & produced by Zviij © 2012. * Available only in digital format. * See details [...] Cover by Elvire Bastendorff © 2012 Recorded in 2012 Price: 6 € (Download only) _____________________ → April 2012 Audio release: Zviij Sub-system design [Album/CD] "Noisy beats & dark electronics" specially elaborated by sound artist Zviij for Japanese label Full Volume Agency. The disc contains 39 tracks between weird beats and electronic soundscapes displayed like an electronic instrumental punk-puzzle. With a raw and direct sound, this is a full-length album of peculiar alternative beat-making and obscure electronics. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Recorded & produced by Zviij © 2012. Executive production: Full Volume Agency ℗ 2012. * This commissionned work is Zviij's 1st publication on CD. * See details [...] Cover by Elvire Bastendorff © 2012 Recorded in 2012, time 60:05, ref. FVA-6 Price: 12,50 € (Free postage) _____________________ → 01/2012 Zviij w/ Moog Slim Phatty + Elektron Octatrack (feat. Oto Biscuit) → [video] → 11/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#7) by Zviij → [video] → 11/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#6) by Zviij → [video] → 11/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#5) by Zviij → [video] → 10/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#4) by Zviij → [video] _____________________ → 10/2011 Audio release: Zviij Naked Flowers [Album/Digital] A collection of 32 short, condensed and concise tracks lasting from 20 seconds to 2 minutes. A full album of alternative/metal electronics, between John Zorn's Naked City & Mike Patton's Fantômas. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Produced by Zviij © 2011. * See details [...] Cover by Elvire Bastendorff © 2011 Recorded in 2011 Price: 6 € (Download only) _____________________ → 10/2011 Audio release: Zviij High heels failure [5 'single' tracks] Fragmentary electronic studies inspired by Aphex Twin & Venetian Snares productions. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). Produced by Zviij © 2011. * See details [...] Artworks by Elvire Bastendorff © 2011 _____________________ → 09/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#3) by Zviij → [video] → 09/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#2) by Zviij → [video] → 09/2011 The Elektron Tapes (#1) by Zviij → [video] → 09/2011 Pro X Fade Cross-Fader + Elektron Machines by Zviij → [video] → 08/2011 Two Elektron Machines by Zviij (Feat. Oto Biscuit + Three Korg Pads) → [video] → 07/2011 Monomachine vs Octatrack by Zviij → [video] _____________________ → 06/2011 New recording: Naked Flowers (release date: October 2011) A radical work somewhere between John Zorn's Naked City works (specifically the recording "Torture Garden") and Mike Patton's Fantômas project (the eponymous 1st album). "Naked Flowers" is a collection of 32 short, condensed and concise tracks — lasting from 20 seconds to 2 minutes. Composed & performed by Zviij (electronic manoeuvrings). *No external sound sources used. Recorded June 2011 in Brussels. Produced by Zviij © 2011 _____________________ → 05/2011 Drumsynth playing by Zviij → [video] → 05/2011 Zviij live @ Bed & Breakfast (Brussels) → [video] → 03/2011 Zviij plays... → [video] → 02/2011 |01| by Zviij → [video] → 02/2011 |00| by Zviij → [video] _____________________ AVAILABLE NOW ON BANDCAMP