figital

figital is an ongoing art project fusing new and classic sounds and methods which aims to ask: “is this music?” Influenced by Kandinsky, Stockhausen, Satie, Eno, Namlook and other artists who push the boundaries of their disciplines, figital strives to break the traditional assumption that a song is comprised of chords, harmonies, melodies, and lyrics with a clearcut narrative. First conceived in 1997, The earliest figital sessions were live improvisations and ‘moment in time’ recordings. One of these songs, “Slipping out of your mind (and into something more comfortable)” appeared on the compilation INSTALLATION:02 included with the American magazine MASSTRANSFER in 1998. At times improvisation has been born from necessity. An early live show in Sydney, Australia (Dec 1998) became a pioneering laptop-only show when a faulty international transformer resulted