Gintas K

ARTIST: Gintas K

COUNTRY: Lithuania

GENRE: Electronica / Experimental

DESCRIPTION: Minimal digital sounds, sinewaves, microwaves, acoustic vibrations

MORE ABOUT: Gintas K (Gintas Kraptavicius) has been participating in the Lithuanian experimental music scene since 1994. Gintas K was a core member of the first Lithuanian industrial electronic music band ‘Modus’. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as an editor on the radio station ‘Kapsai’ for an alternative radio show titled ‘The Ways and Mistaken Pathways’. He became known for his sound actions, theatrical performances and conceptual art in the manner of Fluxus. Since 1999 Gintas K has been working as a sound artist exploring minimal digital sounds, sine waves, noise, glitches, microwaves and acoustic vibration, making music for films, sound installations. Gintas K sound works were presented in various festivals, exhibitions and released by various record labels.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:

- “Lovely Banalities” (CD, Crónica 040~2009, Portugal, 2009)
- “Frozen Time” (FLAC, m/OAR moar.p33, USA, 2009)
- “13 TRACKS” (CD digipack, Percepts percepts03, USA, 2007)
- “Elementary Particles” (3″ mini album, Retinascan RE340, Germany, 2007)
- “Lengvai / 60 x one minute audio colours of 2kHz sound” (2CD, Cronica 024~2006, Portugal, 2006)
- “Jamaika” (mp3, Picomedia pmact 8, France, 2006)
- “Taip Taip” (3′, Zeromoon zero019-R, USA, 2004)
- “titled#” (Retina Scan #41, Germany, 2004)
- “////” (Retina Scan #23, Germany, 2003)
- “o)o(o” (Black Orchid #35, Slovakia, 2003)
- “Without Out [live @ garso zona 2003]“  (mp3, Surfaces Netlabel srfc002, 2003)

SELECTED VIDEOS:

SELECTED PRESS REVIEWS AND QUOTES:

“Lithuanian Gintas Kraptavicius’ titled9dub seems one of those pure sinewave experiences that for all its apparent abstraction hits like a 100%alcohol Vodka-chaser” (Keith Gallasch, Real Time Magazine)

“Lithuanian Gintas K’s performance was obviously on the same sonic wavelength as the candle on my table – its flame performed a mesmerising dance in response to the pulses and modulations of sound and air (and no, I wasn’t on drugs at the time)” (Helen Varley Jamieson, furtherfield.org)

“You can only imagine how tidy this guy’s bathroom looks” (The Wire)

“A suite of 14 pieces which we are invited to visit and revisit like pictures on the wall, as they continue to reveal hidden depths to otherwise unremarkable moments or fleeting impressions” (Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector)

“White noise, tonal inflections, “glitches”, floating pulses, and noisy drifts, giving rise to imaginative narratives, pervaded by a familiar estrangement, effective – ultimately – in immersing us even deeper, in subtly adventurous listening.” (Aurelio Cianciotta, Neural)

“An appealing collection of minimal electronica” (Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector)

“A rather refined album” (Frans de Ward, Vital Weekly)

“A rather entertaining, unstuffy piece of microsound” (Boomkat)

“A gateway to the next level of out-there music.” (Kristofer Upjohn, raves.com)

“These tiny interiorities are elaborate and curious enough to be worth attending to” (David Stubbs, The Wire)

“A gentle journey through minimal sines, glitches and feedback, in an album that is wistful & playfully contemplative” (Roger Mills, Furthernoise)

“Rather than merely barricading himself behind walls of atmospherics, Kraptavicius uses his tools to explore sound in ways that are both unpredictable and inviting. (…)The music achieves a pleasant balance between rhythm and abstraction that revitalizes the ear and maintains interest the whole time.” (Matthew Amundsen, Brainwashed)

“Gintas K actually manages to create some nice music. (…)His sine wave music has balls. Deep rumbling, cut to fit beats that are hardly danceable, but which are surely groovy. (…)This is actually another fine release by this Lithuanian composer.” (Frans de Ward, Vital Weekly)

“Weird…really, really weird. (…)We absolutely love it” (babysue.com)

“This is music for all kinds that have left the realm of your standard fare electronica for something far leftfield and different” (J-Sin, Smother Magazine)

“Krapatvicius makes a conscious choice to avoid almost any resemblance to conventional music” (Matthew Johnson, ReGen Magazine)

“Cold, clinical and transfixing in its sparse, endless motion, these works slowly suss out infinitesimal combinations, seeking their optimal modulation and technical sophistication” (e/i magazine)

“Interesting, but very conceptual” (Phosphor)

“Kraptavicius shows a remarkable facility for arranging the largest number of changes over the shortest periods of time” (The Wire)

“A stroke of genius far above the multitudes of superficial electronic acts within the cologne school of minimal techno and thereby probably the best electronic whatever release up to now” (monochrom.at)

“Hopefully GINTAS K will continue to release more superb atmospheric soundwave music in the future, especially if they’re of this quality of dynamics and beautiful drones. It was a much enjoyed live album release! Rating: 10/10″ (Wednesday Elektra, Space Junkies Magazine)

“These were a nice set of layered tracks that were well enjoyed. Hopefully, more Gintas K tracks are in the works!” (Wednesday Elektra, Space Junkies Magazine)

“His minimalistic surreal aural landscapes feast on timbre development and manipulation of standard dynamic ranges” (D. Panfill, Space Junkies Magazine)

SELECTED PERFORMANCES:

- Ground Zero meno ir elektroninės muzikos festivalis, Vilnius, Lithuania (2009)
- O-TEST electronic music event, Vilnius, Lithuania (2009)
- IN TOUCH electronic music festival, Minsk, Belarus (2009)
- Garso Zona 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania (2008)
- VY gyvai 7, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (2008)
- Electronic Literature in Europe, Bergen, Norway 2008)
- THE WHITE NIGHT Contemporary Art Forum, Riga, Latvia, (2008)
- OPEN AIR “HOUSE MUSIC PARK” Miesto dienos 2008, Marijampole, Lithuania (2008)
- VY gyvai 4, Milkbar, Vilnius, Lithuania (2007)
- ATLANTIC WAVES festival, ICA, London, UK, 2007)
- Tarp: Vasaros 5 festivalis, Vilnius, Lithuania (2007)
- Neapibrėžto meno festivalis, Alytus, Lithuania (2007)
- A Hard Day‘s Night, Džem‘Pub, Kaunas, Lithuania (2007)
- iFEM07 festival, Ivalo, Finland (2007)
- Le Placard Festival: Plac.Art.X, Regensburg, Germany (2007)
- Centras6 festival, Lithuania (2006)
- Mystères de l’Est III, Instants Chavires, Paris, France (2006)
- Musee de l’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (2006)
- Enter4 festival, Lithuania (2006)
- Garso Zona/Balticico festival, Lithuania (2006)
- GARSŲ GALERIJA #1, Klaipėdos Kultūrų Komunikacijų Centras, Lithuania (2005)
- Error Vault club, Vilnius, Lithuania (2005)
- microStraava festival, Riga, Latvia (2005)
- TRONDHEIM MATCHMAKING festival, Norway (2004)
- Centras multimedia festival, Lithuania (2003,  2004)
- RAM6, Vilnius, Lithuania (2004)
- MENUO JUODARAGIS festival, Lithuania (2004)
- ISEA2004 festival, Tallinn, Estonia (2004)
- RAM5, Riga, Latvia (2004)
- Impro sessions: uncontrolled normality, club Intro, Vilnius, Lithuania (2004)
- Jauna Muzika festival, Lithuania (2004)
- garso zona festival, Lithuania (2003, 2004)
- Electrodays event, CAC, Lithuania (2004)
- MUU gallery, Helsinki, Finland (2003)
- e-Xpancija eksperimentines muzikos renginiu ciklas, Kaunas, Lithuania (2003)
- Paralelines progresijos 3: ir t.t., Vilnius Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (2003)
- Antano Moncio dienos, Palanga, Lithuania (2003)
- White Noise electronic music festival, Birstonas, Lithuania (2002)
- Baltas Triuksmas club Virpesys, Vilnius, Lithuania (2002)
- Tango Nr9 žurnalo pristatymas, Kaunas, Lithuania (2002)
- Didelis Pasaulis Avantgard music festival, Kaunas, Lithuania (1999, 2000, 2001)
- Vilnius Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (1999)

FOR FURTHER INFO/BOOKINGS: email us