One Man Nation
Upcoming Performances
[ 21/01 ] / [ Common Room ] / [ Bandung, ID ]
[ 21/02 ] / [To-Be-Announced] / [ Yogyakarta, ID ]
[ ??/03 ] / [ SOL ] / [ Bangkok, TH ]
[ 29/09 ] / [ Klub Moozak/FLUC ] [ Vienna, AT ]
[ ??/10 ] / [ Stadtwerkstatt ] / [ Linz, AT ]
[ 06/10 ] / [ Sonntags Abstrakt /Postgarage ] / [ Graz, AT ]
Biography
One Man Nation’s work was best described by Portuguese avant-garde collective Soopa as a “performance that transmitted a deep narrative feeling of geopolitical disenchantment, ingrained into dark textures.” This disenchantment exists on more levels than purely narrative, it is exorcised by the use of every part of his body as a whole, that presence with the inclusion of the sounds produced by the intended or accidental gestures and physical actions – everything is technology making anything and everything potentially an instrument, a source of sound, a critique – the avoidance of a priori drawn ways, ontologically reinventing the possibilities of life, and as a living performer/artist, exploring all the possibilities in the here, in the now.
Meandering seamlessly through all pigeon-holed genres and trends creating eclectic sounds that stretches boundaries unsurpassed. A renegade producer of electronic music originally from the city-state of Singapore, and has released 3 studio releases to date under the moniker One Man Nation, filled with tunes that “tantalizes one’s ears with a patchwork of everyday samples, delicately drizzled over droning sounds”. On stage, he brings forth his own brand of music and performance art as the various disciplines amalgamate smoothly into the musical flow of improvises beats and samples in an improvised creation of a soundtrack so desolate.
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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