Global InformationNickolas Mohanna information
Nickolas Mohanna | |
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 performing in Berlin, Germany | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New York, United States |
| Genres | Experimental Avant-Garde Sound art Free Improvisation Video art Sound installation Drone |
| Instrument(s) | Computer, Guitar, etc. |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Karlrecords, Longform Editions/Preservation, Aagoo Records, Run/Off |
| Website | nickolasmohanna |
Nickolas Mohanna is an American artist and composer based in New York.[1] His interdisciplinary practice utilizes a variety of media to explore and blur the borders between music, sound art, video and drawing.[2] Within his compositions there is a "tendency of sculpting and orchestrating a minimal array of sounds into sonically rich and spacious atmospheres."[3] Most of the sounds are sourced from local environments.[4][5] While certain tracks "bury melodies in multiple layers of distortion to reveal their latent chromatic richness through gradually mutating textural contrast."[6] And the "consistent tone makes it all flow together like raindrops forming a lake."[7] In a Village Voice interview, he remarks that his aim is to create an "immersive stereo space where the sound would be reduced to its rawest form."[8] In addition to these works, he has also published a number of artists' books which have served as visual accompaniments, conceptual ideas, or graphic scores to his sonic practice on the imprint Run/Off; which he founded in 2014.[9][10] Mohanna attended San Francisco State University and went to the University of California, Davis for an MFA in Art Studio.[11][12] While there he took courses with Bob Ostertag,[13] Annabeth Rosen, Douglas Kahn, and Wayne Thiebaud.
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- ^ "Biography". The Ice Plant.
- ^ Fischer, Tobias. "Battling for supremacy". Tokafi.
- ^ Catchpole, James (22 April 2016). "Mantis/Muovia". Fluid Radio.
- ^ "Phase Line". Decoder Magazine.
- ^ Cain, Nick, The WIRE, Issue 400, June 2017
- ^ Masters, Mark, Bandcamp Daily
- ^ Weingarten, Chistopher (16 December 2011). "Interview". Village Voice.
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- ^ "Printed Matter".
- ^ Jones, Dave (23 May 2008). "A show called Six". UC Davis. University News.
- ^ Filipinas, Rachel (5 June 2008). "Six". California Aggie.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Reflectors". AllMusic.