One Man Nation
Upcoming Performances
[ 24/08 ] / [ ISEA 2010 (Conference and Performance) ] / [ Dortmund, DE ]
[ 29/09 ] / [ Klub Moozak/FLUC ] [ Vienna, AT ]
[ ??/10 ] / [ Stadtwerkstatt ] / [ Linz, AT ]
[ 06/10 ] / [ Sonntags Abstrakt /Postgarage ] / [ Graz, AT ]
[ 07/10 ] / [ Goldsmiths ] / [ London, UK ]
[ 09/10 ] / [ In-Sonora/La Tabacalera ] / [ Madrid, ES ]
[ 12/10 ] / [ Quai Branly ] / [ Paris, FR ]
[ 13/10 ] / [ Les Instants Chavires ] / [ Paris, FR ]
[ 16/10 ] / [ Skala ] / [ Leipzig, DE ]
[ 21/10 ] / [ L'mono ] / [ Bilbao, Basque ]
[ 23/10 ] / [ Artium ] / [ Vitoria, Basque ]
[ 11/11 ] / [ Zoo/L'usine ] / [ Geneva, CH ]
About
Marc Chia aka One Man Nation (b.1982, Singapore) is a musician with a background in media and sound art. Graduating in 2009 with a masters in Media Design from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands, he investigates social and psychological situations related to tradition and its progression, the future through the eyes of history, and spirituality in technology through the medium of sound and performance. He currently splits his time between Europe and Indonesia where he is researching and developing The Future Sounds Of Folk in collaboration with Steim as well as co-directing The UnifiedField collective and art space with Marta Moreno Munoz.
The next One Man Nation release is scheduled for September this year, will be vinyl only and released on Austrian experimental music label Moozak.
Marc Chia has collaborated in his existence with Pierre Bastien, C-drik Fermont, Kato Hideki, Damo Suzuki, Hilary Jeffrey, Zai Kuning, Mindfuckingboy, Olaff Kehler, Richard Scott, Katie Duck, Alfredo Genovesi, Soopa Collective, and has performed internationally at festivals such as Mapping (Geneva), Piksel (Bergen), MEM (Bilbao), STEIM Jamboree (Amsterdam), Makeart (Poitiers), Fete 0.1 (Orléans) and SummerLAB (Gijon).
Album Reviews
Vital Weekly 586:
Last album reviewed here comes from “One Man Nation” being the solo-project of Marcos Destructos. As was the case with the aforementioned Syrphe-release by Elekore, this debut-album by One Man Nation beautifully titled “Rained And It Rained, Bullets It Rained”, the expression is dominated by acoustic expressions… …One Man Nation’s take its starting point in melancholic post-rock first of all built on acoustic guitar passages but with an experimental electronic edge. Last track on the album, the title track ” Rained And It Rained, Bullets It Rained”, separates from the previous tracks on the album with the inclusion of vocals and with a touch of funky trip hop/drum’n'bass reminiscent of early UK-projects such as Endemic Void and Jacob’s Optical Stairway. Especially the closing moments of the album are extremely beautiful with some excellent use of electric piano putting an end to this quite emotional album. Three successful albums released on Syrphe Records. Especially the solo-albums of Kirdec and One Man Nation are excellent sound experiences and thus highly recommended! (NM)
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