Freida Abtan

Freida Abtan is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and composer living in London. Falling somewhere between musique concrete and more modern noise and experimental audio, her work has been compared to bands such as Coil and Zoviet France thanks to her use of spectral manipulation and collage.

Freida primarily works with samples of both musical and non-musical objects that she records herself and then manipulates, often beyond recognition. She uses structures reminiscent of popular music and more abstract compositional variants to sequence these sounds into melodic songs before incorporating her own treated voice.

As well as having created visual shows for and performed with cult group Nurse with Wound, Freida has presented her own sound and visual work at festivals across North America and Europe. The performance will be followed by a film specially selected by Freida herself. Presented in association with Radio Black Forest.