Play 2

Play Series showcases regional and international talents through the use of electronic instruments, pushing the boundaries of creativity by offering experimental listening and delicate live performances. Explore the artist directory on this page to discover performances and immerse yourself in the diverse and innovative world of electronic arts and music.

Cyrill Reaidy ^LB/AE

Cyrill Reaidy will be making his live music performance debut, marking a significant milestone in his musical journey. His performance will be entirely hardware-based, using multiple instruments and machines that he will play live. The direction for this particular project at MUTEK AE will be moody, dubby, slow, and heavy, characterized by distorted textures, broken beats, and atmospheric soundscapes. His musical style can be described as a fusion of eclectic influences. His craft often explores the interplay between light and shadow, blending moments of beauty and serenity with elements of tension and dissonance.

Tarik Omar x Sukatoyo ^KSA/AE+PH/AE

A collaborative soundscape by Tarik Omar and Sukatoyo, merging ambient music with elements of spoken word and field recordings. This composition is an auditory exploration into the essence of texture and memory, inspired by the duo's travels and the diverse landscapes of the UAE. The visuals accompanying the music feature video capture these journeys, highlighting the natural and urban beauty of the region. Through this artistic endeavor, listeners and viewers alike are invited on a reflective voyage that delves into the nuanced interplay between sound and sight, offering a meditative experience that transcends conventional music and visual art boundaries.

Performance Laboratory Performances

A space for the unexpected, Performance Lab is an open environment for making new, collaborative works and experiments from artists with a range of skills, from music and audiovisual technology skills to instrumental performance, voice, visual arts, movement, and visual art. The outcome of the lab’s open playground for collaboration is this live performance as part of the MICRO MUTEK.AE Edition 3 program.

P KIRN ^US/DE

A holograph of the sky, P KIRN’s performance at MUTEK.AE is an abstract audiovisual improvisation, clouds and vapors are at once scores for sound, in synesthetic vibrations of sound, in search of a spirit of the sky outside its warrior persona. This solo AV work is part of a series of studies suggested by the artist making an appearance in a dream by tarxun (ترخون).

9T Antiope ^IR/FR

Placebo is the third and final part of the trilogy from Paris-based Iranian Duo 9T Antiope. Commissioned by and produced inside Ina GRM in Paris, Placebo was initially created as a quadraphonic piece prepared for the Acousmonium, and it is meant to be taken in two doses: Danse Macabre (Dose I) and Memento Mori (Dose II). The piece explores the abyss of the mass craving for an ultimate cure for all suffering, the perils of the pursuit of happiness through mere optimism, deception, false promises, sugar pills, and eventually the allurement of death itself; Placebo is a Memento Mori.