February 2012
Upcoming shows in Montreal
Feb. 25, 2012: Nuit Blanche (Montreal High Lights Festival) – Galerie Monastiraki – 5478 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
Duo set with Scant Intone (Constantine Katsiris)
March 3, 2012: l’Envers – 185 Van Horne
Ensemble: Raa Al-Khabyyr (sax), Nicolas Dion (electronics), Anne-Françoise Jacques (electronics, field recordings), Nimalan Yoganathan (synth, field recordings)
January 2012
Mamori Sound Project (Amazonas, Brazil)
I participated in a group artist residency led by Francisco Lopez in the Brazilian Amazon this past October. We spent two weeks gathering field recordings of the rainforest and hydrophone recordings of dolphins. We were based out of the small community of Mamori Lake.
I’ll be uploading some recordings and compositions related to this project very soon.
June 2011
Upcoming shows in Vancouver
Signal & Noise Festival: June 23, 2011
VIVO Media Arts Centre (1965 Main Street, Vancouver)
Four-channel live performance incorporating raw and processed field recordings from Nunavik and improvised electronics / found objects
Audio Hallucinations concert series: June 24, 2011 @ Nyala (4148 Main Street Vancouver) More info TBA
Live experimental dub performance
Not Sent Letters & Guests series: June 25, 2011 @ Dockside Studio (119 Main Street, Vancouver) More info here
Electronic textures and rhythms will harmonize with field recordings gathered throughout Southeast Asia. Nimalan will immerse the audience within sonic snapshots of Hindu and Buddhist temple ceremonies, bustling cities, and dense rainforests
New album “Sangam” out now
Download purchase available here
Concert at OBORO: December 2, 2010
Soundscapes of Inukjuak
Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 6:30 pm
(concert will start on time)
10 $
Guest artist: Léon Lo (violin and electronics)
For his performance entitled Soundscapes of Inukjuak, Nimalan Yoganathan will surround the audience with six speakers, immersing them within sonic portraits of this Northern community.
He will complement his field recordings with live electronics and rhythms to accentuate the inherent musicality of Inukjuak’s environments hidden from the naked ear. Nimalan’s objective is to allow man-made synthesized sounds to harmonize with and mimic the natural sounds of Inukjuak and its traditions, similar to how Inuit throat singing employs the human body in imitating natural soundscapes.
Nimalan Yoganathan is the first artist to be funded by Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec’s recently established Nunavik Fund for the Arts and Literature program (in collaboration with Avataq Cultural Institute). As a result, during July and August 2009 he participated in an artist residency in Inukjuak, Nunavik where he was studying and recording the sonic environment to gain insight into the richness of Inuit culture and everyday life.
More info here.
Discussing Inukjuak Sound Map on CBC Radio
Interview from November 16, 2010 on CBC Radio‘s Boreal Hebdo: Listen here
Seeing With Sound
Recent interview with Carleton University’s Capital News Online: Listen here
Nunatsiaq News interview
Recent artice about Inukjuak Sound Map in Nunatsiaq Online News: Read here
Lilira: Soundscapes of Inukjuak
Radio documentary featured in CBC Radio-Canada International‘s Eye on the Arctic project:
Currently on exhibit until Oct. 7…
Automatons & Secret Rhythms: Solenoid Orchestra
The public is invited to experience the interactive installation Automatons & Secret Rhythms, by Nimalan Yoganathan, Max Stein and Julian Stein, a dynamic audio environment where sounds and found objects collected throughout the city come together to form a percussive automaton orchestra.
The artist collective scoured the city in order to uncover rhythmic couplings and sound sequences, bringing out Montreal’s hidden musicality. This acoustic content, fashioned into original pieces, will trigger electromagnetic solenoids capable of reproducing and orchestrating recorded sounds and ambiences. Often perceived as sound pollution, urban noises reveal their “secret rhythms”.
Recipients of the 2009 Caisse populaire Desjardins of Mont-Royal Young New Media Artists Award, Nimalan Yoganathan, Max Stein and Julian Stein made good use of OBORO’s specialized audio space resources to carry out their project.
OBORO: 4001, rue Berri, local 301, Montréal (Québec) Canada H2L 4H2
