Arika have been creating events since 2001. The Archive is space to share the documentation of our work, over 600 events from the past 20 years. Browse the archive by event, artists and collections, explore using theme pairs, or use the index for a comprehensive overview.
“I am truly without faith. In a media marketplace that demands soulness, I can only offer soulnessless.”
Radu plays a trombone, Klaus creates pure sine waves: they sound on their own, or sometimes together and often with considerable space and silence.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
African American history, avant-garde jazz riffs and activism intertwine in experimental verse of extraordinary and affecting beauty that has to be heard.
A Performance exploring the nature of acousmatic listening; sound removed from visual context and understood for it’s own properties.
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
Quartet improvisation by Klaus Filip – laptop, Radu Malfatti – trombone, Sean Meehan – snare & cymbals, Taku Unami – rice and dish.
An event exploring anarchic and communal situations of musical creation with MV, EE and The Cherry Blossoms.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Merzbow takes the junk of sound and transforms it into blistering noise assaults with an incredible spectrum and impact.
