SMAŽÁK

Wilf Amis (they/them), gobi_10k (Alec Gordon), Martin Hurych.

Presents: SMAŽÁK

Blends experimental sound where noise becomes language, like sonic elements transform when processed. Using algorithms, field recordings, and custom synthesizers, these three musicians create performances that crack through boundaries between technology and emotion. Each concert offers a temporary experience—as satisfying as discovering something unexpectedly rich beneath a carefully crafted surface.

Wilf Amis (they/them) is a Hague-based London-born musician, writer, and designer of synthesizers, music
software and games, working with a thematic throughline of cybernetics and interrelatedness. In their live sets
solarpunk pop songs are woven together between improvisations of microtonal synth nerdery, textural
plunderphonics, and blown out kicks. They are the organiser of the Pirates In Isolation plunderphonics
compilations, and the Cars Go Moo nights at Slagroom Den Haag.

https://youtu.be/SuWH5A4J-Rw?si=P7WHs0ndoS4goyZb
https://wilfamis.bandcamp.com/
https://wilfamis.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wilfamis/

gobi_10k (Alec Gordon) emerges from the collision of Scotland’s rural landscapes and post-industrial
soundscapes, shaping a practice spanning performance, sound installation, and instrument design. Using

Max/MSP, generative deep learning, and DIY electronics, they explore spectrum saturation through web-
scraped datasets and adversarial networks. After forming the harsh noise ensemble ssdhd in Glasgow’sunderground scene, they relocated to study at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, where they now live and work. Their process involves algorithmic harvesting of digital artifacts, transforming them through recursiveneural processing into evolving sonic vocabularies that challenge traditional notions of temporality. Their performances—intense and unrepeatable—merge noise aesthetics with real-time machine learning,
manipulating processed feedback and data-driven synthesis into dense, textural soundscapes.
Recent and upcoming appearances include Bludný kámen’s Sonic Lab in Opava, Studio LOOS’s
intersect.SERIES, and Central Station Ljubljana with noise artist Kikiriki. Their work has been featured on
Concertzender’s Electronic Frequencies and in XOR Space’s Loophole VR Exhibition at Timcheh Festival
2023, in collaboration with Veronika Batzdorfer. Notable performances include DobiaLab (Italy) with
Aleksander Koruga, Cashmere Radio Berlin with Max Frimout, and 8sixA Amsterdam with Farzané Nouri. A
regular at Bučení Festival, they performed at the 2022 edition alongside Rashad Becker. Their work spans
Czechia, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Latvia, and Scotland, pushing sonic boundaries through
collaborations with artists like Aleksander Koruga and Frantisek Hruška. Using live-trained neural networks,
custom software, and improvisational electronics, gobi_10k redefines computational sound in contemporary
performance.

https://algodo.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/gobi10k
https://www.instagram.com/gobi__10k/
http://gobi10k.nl/

Martin Hurych is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sound art, performance, architecture, and
curatorial projects. Based in The Hague (NL) and Lubná (CZ), he works with field recordings, documentary
audio, generative coding, and custom-built synthesizers to create live performances, installations, and sonic
explorations.
He has performed at notable festivals and venues across Europe, including the Next Festival (Bratislava, SK),
PAF Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art (Olomouc, CZ), and Rewire Festival (The Hague, NL).
As a co-founder and curator of the Přespolní association, he has been involved in organizing cultural
programs in Lubná (CZ) since 2017. Přespolní provides a platform for exhibitions, residencies, and organizes
the annual Bučení festival, a festival of experimental electronic music and audio-visual art.

https://martinhurych.cz/
https://www.instagram.com/martinhurych/
https://soundcloud.com/martinhurych
https://martinhurych.bandcamp.com/music
https://takeaway.place/