Ars Electronica Garden Utrecht

Journey of Taro

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Journey of Taro, a journey into sound

Journey of Taro is started by Samuel "Taro" Adrien L'Honoré Naber. His fascination with different cultures got taught at young age trough his family. 
His family travelled to Indonesia since three generation and this love for the country and culture got embedded in his musical research. In 2008 till 2009 he spent 1 full year making field recordings in different parts of Indonesia. With these recordings he crafted his first Indonesian themed music, with this music he got accepted to the Bachelors "Composition Electronic Music" at HKU. The love for music technology, travelling and culture got so strong that he focussed on making this the priority in his projects.

In 2012 he met with Iwan Gunawan who is the conductor of Kyai Fatahilla from Bandung Indonesia. Together with his ensemble we recorded the complete gamelan ensemble of Ensemble Gending from Utrecht in an anechoic room at HKU Music Technology Hilversum. In 2013 he collaborated with Alex Dijk a former HKU classmate, Iwan and LeineRoebana from Amsterdam to realise a digital instrument based on Javanese gamelan. This instrument is called the "DigiGam".

His music accentuates travelling to other places combined with surrealistic other worldly electronics. Seeking balance in the "modern" technology / electronic with "tradition" analog / acoustic elements. A mix of electronic music with Javanese gamelan, Field recordings from Indonesia and Sound design guide you through unexplored sounds and atmospheres.



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Ars Electronica Garden Utrecht
10.09 - 12.09.2020

Ars Electronica is a cultural, educational and scientific institute that deals with media art. It was founded in 1979 and that year was also the first edition of the annual Ars Electronica Festival. The festival has been a frontrunner for 40 years when it comes to presenting work at the intersection of art, technology and society.

This year the festival will take place online with 120 participants around the world who all locally and online organise a program part for the festival. These program parts are called “gardens”. The Ars Electronica Garden Utrecht is hosted by HKU and is a showcase of upcoming talents from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. This showcase is called “new connections”. All works presented take on the notion of a world in transition and the need for humans to change their attitude towards this world. This can be for example towards humanity technology, tradition, nature and/or spirituality. Visiting the showcase you are invited to explore ways in making new connections with everything around you. For Ars Electronica 2020 the Ars Electronica Garden Utrecht was curated and produced by HKU Expertise Center for Creative Technology.

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