Artist description Gintas K is a Lithuanian sound-artist who is exploring digital minimal sounds, sine waves, microwaves and acoustic vibration; participating in exhibitions, making music for films. He are known for his sound actions, theatrical performances and conceptual art in the manner of Fluxus. Gintas K was core member of the first Lithuanian industrial electronic music band Modus http://www.pit.ktu.lt/alt/modus/

Music Style electronic experimental sine waves microwaves digital minimal

Group Members gintas k

Instruments pc

Albums second album //// on retinascan(2003 germany) . first album o)o(o on Balck Orchid (2003 slovakia)

Press Reviews VITAL WEEKLY ============ number 361 http://vital.staalplaat.com/ GINTAS K - O)O(O (CDR by Black Orchid Productions) From Gintas K a CDR was released in Slovakia - hey, why not? - and 'O)O(O' is his first solo release. Gintas is actively involved in the Lithuanian music scene since 1994 in various bands, under which is the industrial band Modus. Other then his piece on 'Garso Zona' I have not heard anything else by Gintas (or his group work), but this goes into different areas. The opening piece 'Not Quite But Right' is some twenty seven minutes, built around a pulse in the best Pan Sonic tradition, but with an elegant sine-wave drone hum in the background. The track changes into more low end bass before the rhythm is turned up again. It sounds like a live recording. Maybe it would have been an idea to cut this track into various parts. The other tracks on this lenghty release are much shorter (except for the twenty two minute 'Long One' - a good title is always easy to find), and those proof to be more coherent by themselves. Here too, the strong Pan Sonic influence is apparent, with it's pulsating pieces and hum drones in the back. As said, I prefer the shorter pieces over the longer ones (plus it would make it altogether in a more coherent release), but it's a promising debut. (FdW) Review in Noisegate Magazine www.noisegate.org.uk Format CDR Exploring digital sine waves, microwaves and acoustic vibration. There is a glitch aesthetic to the work, mixed with hard sine tone electronics, pulsing, resonant strains, hums intermodulate. Plips, on, off, space invaders, disjointed, bleeping and throbs. There are seventeen tracks on the CD ranging from clean pure, austere, to rhythmical, melodic, and ethnic. Artist: Gintas K Review: Misc. Song Reviews By: Wednesday Elektra Date: October 24th, 2002 http://www.angelfire.com/music4/space_junkies/vol6 Gintas K's music reminds me of going to see a live show and catching a tune-up and sound check session. Imagine if you will, the sounds of crackling speakers that last a good two minutes in length then imagine what it would sound like if you had a handful of instrumentalists tuning their instruments all at the same time. If you can imagine all of that, then you have a ball park of an idea of what some of Gintas K's tracks sound like (especially "Paksejimas"). If you like minimalist atmospheric sounds, with occasional samples and lots of repetitive noises then this is definitely the artist for you!! Personally, I'd like Gintas K's music much more if it had a more in-depth involved less hollow sound (though there's definitely nothing wrong with the tunes the way they are now!) and more harsh digi sounds that started to come out in the song "Tratatata." I can't wait to see what Gintas K will do on upcoming releases, it should be interesting nonetheless. "Gintas never felt in a race with the western electronic standard, he never suffered from what he calls "a complex of the former eastern block". However, his music makes a very different approach than most of the electronic new school buddies today, which are aestheticalizing their sound to death, turning their music into designed monochrome sonic tapestries for backgrounding exhibitions. On his already second release, Gintas K is again resisting this kind of tasty reception. (First one appears on Black Orchid records by the way...) Gone through an industrial socialisation, he up to today sticked to the physicality of sound. No abstraction is carrying the content. The sonic experience of his tracks is denying every way of functionalization. His sines and noises never try to represent something else than what they are, and these tones are massive, manifestating their presence on themselves. Move around when you listen to the music. Get in contact. Become sound. But beware: This is not nice, this is ...real". taken from http://www.retinascan.de/compactdiscs/fcd24.htm

Location Marijampole, Lithuania - Lithuania

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