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Artist

Formen

34 releases  ·  13 collaborators  ·  3 labels

Date active
2021 – 2026
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Very High, very strong ties with the core cluster
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Bio

Formen (German for "forms" or "to form") is a musician and sound designer based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. His music lies somewhere between ambient, experimental-techno and clicks’n’cuts. He is considered a reclusive sound artist who avoids social media.

However, it is known that his style is characterized by unorthodox and experimental production techniques. He is renowned for producing exclusively with hardware, mixing and performing his tracks live at the mixing console. Most of his compositions are, therefore, live performances designed as one-take recordings without overdubs. He is also recognized as a proponent of analog dub mixing. Recurring elements in his music include the use of analog glitch sounds, interacting effect chains and semi-randomized compositional techniques.

His interest in vintage production methods has led him to explore vinyl cutting and analog mastering. It is believed that he anonymously distributes different versions of his tracks as one-offs in local record stores. He also manufactures small batches of vinyl lathe cuts (“duplates”) upon request.

Formen works closely with the artistic platform Empty Space, for whom he regularly handles mastering, lathe cutting and graphic work. Since early 2023, he has been collaborating with Harald Schall on a live project called Schall/Formen. It is assumed that Formen uses various pseudonyms through which he explores different production techniques.

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Schall/Formen 2

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