REMO/LUCE
REMO/LUCE presents a new form of vocal-magnetic music: a live electro-acoustic performance and vinyl album in which voice, tape loops, and analogue recording processes become the primary instruments. Created by Mathijn den Duijf, Daniel Cross, and vocalist Maryana Golovchenko, the project explores the meeting point of human presence and magnetic sound.
At the heart of REMO/LUCE is the voice. Fragments of song, breath, speech, and vocal harmonies are captured on looping lengths of magnetic tape, where they are layered, transformed, reversed, and reshaped in real time. Working entirely with analogue equipment, the trio builds evolving sonic landscapes from tape loops, reel-to-reel machines, percussion, and vintage recording technology.
The live performance unfolds within an immersive quadraphonic setup. Four vintage loudspeakers surround the audience, while at the centre a tape laboratory of reel-to-reel machines, delays, percussion instruments, and mixing desks generates sound before the listeners' eyes and ears. The audience is free to move through the space, experiencing shifting perspectives within a constantly evolving sound environment.
Using tape loops ranging from two to six metres, the performers record and manipulate sounds live, constructing rhythmic patterns, harmonic textures, and choirs of layered voices from a single vocal source. Vintage drum machines, tape delays, spring reverbs, and analogue effects continuously reshape the material, allowing the music to move fluidly between ambient soundscape, ritualistic listening experience, and unexpected moments of rhythmic propulsion.
For REMO/LUCE, magnetic tape is not merely a recording medium but an instrument in itself. Its instability, pitch fluctuations, hiss, distortions, and mechanical imperfections, creates a warmth and unpredictability that gives the music its distinctive character. Every performance is unique, shaped by the physical behaviour of the tape and the performers' interventions in real time.
Daniel Cross – percussion, tape loops
Mathijn den Duijf – tape effects, sound design
Maryana Golovchenko – voice, tape loops, no-input mixer
REMO/LUCE presents a new form of vocal-magnetic music: a live electro-acoustic performance and vinyl album in which voice, tape loops, and analogue recording processes become the primary instruments. Created by Mathijn den Duijf, Daniel Cross, and vocalist Maryana Golovchenko, the project explores the meeting point of human presence and magnetic sound.
At the heart of REMO/LUCE is the voice. Fragments of song, breath, speech, and vocal harmonies are captured on looping lengths of magnetic tape, where they are layered, transformed, reversed, and reshaped in real time. Working entirely with analogue equipment, the trio builds evolving sonic landscapes from tape loops, reel-to-reel machines, percussion, and vintage recording technology.
The live performance unfolds within an immersive quadraphonic setup. Four vintage loudspeakers surround the audience, while at the centre a tape laboratory of reel-to-reel machines, delays, percussion instruments, and mixing desks generates sound before the listeners' eyes and ears. The audience is free to move through the space, experiencing shifting perspectives within a constantly evolving sound environment.
Using tape loops ranging from two to six metres, the performers record and manipulate sounds live, constructing rhythmic patterns, harmonic textures, and choirs of layered voices from a single vocal source. Vintage drum machines, tape delays, spring reverbs, and analogue effects continuously reshape the material, allowing the music to move fluidly between ambient soundscape, ritualistic listening experience, and unexpected moments of rhythmic propulsion.
For REMO/LUCE, magnetic tape is not merely a recording medium but an instrument in itself. Its instability, pitch fluctuations, hiss, distortions, and mechanical imperfections, creates a warmth and unpredictability that gives the music its distinctive character. Every performance is unique, shaped by the physical behaviour of the tape and the performers' interventions in real time.
Daniel Cross – percussion, tape loops
Mathijn den Duijf – tape effects, sound design
Maryana Golovchenko – voice, tape loops, no-input mixer