Jedan Nula

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About: Jedan Nula – Serbo-Croatian for “one-zero” – is the Zurich- and Berlin-based duo of Marcus Maeder and Bernd Schurer. It combines electronic music with field recordings to create processed, expanded sound worlds. “Critical Ambient”, as the two describe their practice, does not merely create atmosphere but plays with sonic meaning and makes audible the friction between synthetic sounds and real recordings. Field recordings are not mere textures here, but documents of outer and inner states – of the relationship between observer and environment. Natural sounds are cut up, looped or digitally distorted, evoking themes such as urbanisation, climate change or surveillance. Unlike conventional ambient music, “Critical Ambient” may unsettle and fragment, demanding active listening: What is still “real”? How does technology shape our perception? What relationships might exist between the artificial and the natural?