INTONAL 2025: Acousmatic Concerts at IAC

The collaboration between INTONAL and IAC is renewed this year, once again hosting IAC’s Acousmonium in the Red Room. First set up fifteen years ago, this unique sound system, now comprising more than 40 speakers, has been continuously refined and improved year after year thanks to the artists who have used it, experimented with it, and proposed innovations to expand its possibilities. 

Among them, Sophie Delafontaine stands out in particular. A former student of the legendary composer and Acousmonium performer Annette Vande Gorne, Delafontaine returns to our festival after four years to present two new compositions. This edition will also feature a special focus on Trevor Wishart, a pioneer in the use of granular synthesis and the manipulation of the human voice in acousmatic music. Wishart is also a coder who has developed his own software tools, such as Sound Loom, making them available for digital music production. 

Another key focus is the use of the Acousmonium for music coming from the non-classical tradition, featuring works by artists such as Ryoji Ikeda and Pan Sonic. The latter have also influenced the world of classical music; for example, the Italian composer Fausto Romitelli (1963–2004) sampled sounds and, according to his notes, was inspired by sounds he found in the recordings of Pan Sonic.

Participants: 

Sophie Delafontaine / Jakob Riis / Fabio Monni / Alessandro Perini / Kent Olofsson feat. Robert Ek / Daniele Di Girolamo / Trevor Wishart / Yann Coppier

The detailed programme will be published soon!

Intonal is an annual festival for experimental and electronic music that has been held in Malmö, Sweden since 2015. The festival is held at and by Inkonst. The focus of the festival is to offer an international programme of experimental and electronic music covering a wide range of genres, subgenres, and unique expressions. Besides established artists within the electronic avant garde and acts bordering towards sound art, a hefty club-oriented programme also presents DJs acting within innovative scenes for dance music. Parallel to this, there are also a number of installations, exhibitions, and artist talks. In addition to our ticketed programme, a handful of events are free of charge and open to the public.

See the entire Intonal programme here – intonalfestival.com