The forest is full of electronic noises.

SYNKEN is an experimental music-film by the Berlin video artist collective Transforma and the electronic music composer Chris Douglas aka O.S.T.

It is an evolving, resonating journey through splintering landscapes and mysterious characters. Abstractions and forms are reverberated in fragile soundscapes of chaotic planes and unsettling arrhythmic patterns.

Is it a film or an improvised VJ cut-up? Is it visualized music feeding back into images, or images generating music? This is not the point: synchronized sinking as SYNKEN is a collective creative experience by Transforma (video) and O.S.T. (music). It pushes the limits and restrictions of genres and steps across new ground in digital art.

Biographies of the artists

American electronic music maverick Chris Douglas, aka O.S.T., has been releasing and performing since 1992 as “O.S.T.”, “Rook Vallade”, and “Dalglish” among other aliases.

After numerous releases, Douglas remains beyond the established parameters of electronic music. His work is a malevolent mutation of techno’s digital textures and amorphous melodies which are outside any idea of standard genre specifications. In 2003, O.S.T. was invited to play at the Autechre- curated All Tomorrows Parties and has been forced to live in Berlin ever since.

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Berlin video artist collective TRANSFORMA (Luke Bennett, Baris Hasselbach, Simon Krahl) combines the momentum of VJ improvisation with the power of highly composed imagery and narrative.

TRANSFORMA started producing experimental video art in 2001 and has been taking their imageworld and production processes to higher levels of absurdity ever since. They have worked on promos, concert videos and live cinema approaches, in collaboration with Apparat and Funkstörung (among others), and has VJed in clubs in Berlin and around Europe.

Tracklist

8 Bonus Tracks by O.S.T. as Mp3 to drag & drop to your hard drive.

51 Minutes Video / Additional Bonus Material / PAL / 4:3 / Audio 5.1 Surround & Stereo / MP3 drag & drop / Epilepsy Warning / Region Free

Co-production

With the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund – VAF.

Trailer 1

Trailer 2

Making of