Dronica #60 - Dronica Meets Jose Macabra

Nicola Serra, founder of East London's experimental music festival Dronica, presents new and archival material.

In this episode, Dronica meets Jose Macabra for our monthly guest mix.

Jose Macabra is an inimitable artist, sound designer, improvised noise creator, producer and a beguiling solo live act.

His work performed in art establishment venues including The Barbican, Tate Modern , BFI and The Photographer’s Gallery among others. Works involving Jose’s sound design have toured major festivals in Madrid, Berlin, Athens, Brussels, Milan, Barcelona and other cultural centres.

Collaboration is at the heart of Jose’s work, be it in a straight-forward club setting or a soundtrack commission for theatre, a body-piercing performance or high art concept work.

Jose has worked with Ernesto Tomasini, Ron Athey, HR. Giger, Sally Mann, Empress Stah, Lydia Lunch, FFIN DANCE Company, UCL, Unite The Union, Katerina Valstur and many more.

Jose presents a two hour granular hybrid mix, blending music from almost hundreds different artists, as well as his music, into a cathartic journey.

"The ability to conjure such a richly populated, complex, and above all dark, sonic world is jaw dropping, masterful, sublime, wondrous." David M. Paganin

Artwork by pseudomagica.