Carlos Giffoni
Brooklyn-based Carlos Giffoni is a Venezuelan noise and sound artist. Often cited as a central point in the experimental music scene in America, Giffoni is known for both his own music and his work as a curator and label owner. Giffoni is the curator of the renowned No Fun Fest in New York City and also founder of the label No Fun Productions. He has released a large body of music, much of it made in collaboration with other artists including Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline, Alan Licht, Jorge Castro, Smegma, Ryfylke, Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, Marcia Bassett, Aaron Dilloway, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Hive Mind, The Rita, Lasse Marhaug and others. Giffoni’s music involves various types of synthesis, extreme modular manipulation, rewired instruments, improvisation and live re-sampling. His latest solo album "Severence" was released on Hospital Productions last year. The album took the melding analog drone colliding tonality of his past expressions and introduced minimalist sequencer details to create a pure electronic landscape cultivated and informed by influences from both experimental and 20th century synthesizer music. At Unsound Festival 2010 in Krakow, Carlos not only performed but also curated a No Fun-related event. He returns to Unsound for a special solo set in New York, as well as to co-curate the "Oceans of Noise" night.
