Hi, and welcome to my website. After all these years, I finally have one :-) I've been creating music and sounds for over 30 years. This site serves as a way for me to keep track of all my work, from compositions and productions to features and contributions across all sorts of genres and media. Feel free to explore and discover the journey so far! Follow my activities on my Instagrams ©dejotdejot and ©dubokaj as well as ©melodiesmyhead.
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About me
I'm a sound artist, music composer, and producer.
Born in 1972, I live and work in Bern, where I run a project studio and coworking space. I've been involved in several band projects and have worked as a solo artist. I've been making music since the late 1980s, ranging from silly school bands to successful electronic and pop projects, as well as film music, sound design, corporate sounds, and commercials. I've performed on stage as a lo-fi guitarist, singer, keyboardist, and laptop artist. Originally from a visual arts background and trained as a display artist, I've also worked as a graphic designer, painter, and set designer for theater productions.
I toured Western Europe, Mexico, South Africa and Switzerland. In recent years, I've worked in Johannesburg, Bern, and Berlin, and performed internationally with my solo projects. I've recorded with artists like Lee Scratch Perry, Fokn Bois, and Moonchild Sanelly, and produced remixes and work for Nicolette, Imogen Heap, Dawn Penn, Slum Village, Baze, Yello, Pablo Nouvelle, Bonaparte, Michael Glawogger, Bongeziwe Mabandla, and many more.
In 2019, I started my ongoing project, "Collecting Spaces," capturing impulse responses and field recordings from places that intrigue me. In 2020, I began my newest venture, "Melodies In My Head," with Thomas Burkhalter. It's an AV battle where we create music from interviews and translate emotion and thought into sound, dance, and video.
Important shows
Marsatac Marseille, Jazz Festival Montréal, Sonar Barcelona, Afrykamera Festival Warzaw, Moods Zürich, Mühle Hunziken Rubigen, Gurtenfestival Bern, Paleo Festival Nyon, Fusion Lärz, Electron Festival Geneva, Dubclub Vienna, Printemps de Bourges France, Eurosonic Groningen, Transmusicales Rennes, Zukunft Zurich, Lethargy Zurich, Dachkantine Zurich, B-Sides Luzern, Taktlos Rote Fabrik Zürich, Royal Baden, Helsinki Zürich, Bogen F Zürich, Le Singe Biel, Kiff Aarau, Sommercasino Basel, Südpol Luzern, Albani Winterthur, Café Mokka Thun, Palace St.Gallen, KlangMoorSchopfe Gais, Lethargy Zürich, KingKong Johannesburg, Rössli Bern, Dampfzentrale Bern, Grosse Halle Bern, LesDigitales Bern, Telerama Dub Festival Le Centquatre Paris, Telerama Dub Festival Trabendo Paris, Label Suisse, D Club, Lausanne La Batie, Geneva, Popkomm, Berlin, Kaserne Basel, Palace St. Gallen, Bad Bonn Düdingen, Kiff, Aarau, The Assembly,Cape Town, Encontrarte CCFM Maputo Mocambique, Arts on Main, Johannesburg, Exil Zürich, Rohstofflager Zurich, Tonhalle Zurich, Interface Festival Puebla Mexico, Progr Bern, Jazzfestival Willisau Switzerland, Dachstock Bern Switzerland, M4Music Zurich, Cargo London, Openair St.Gallen..
Awards
Melodies In My Head - work grant by Pro Helvetia, 2022
Continuer - work grant Amt für Kultur, Canton of Berne, 2021
Get Going - work grant for Dejot, Fondation Suisa, 2021
Work grant by City of Bern for “Impulse Responses - Collecting Spaces”, 2019
Prix Europa nomination in Radio Music, Gqom Edits – A Durban Visit, 2017
Pro Helvetia residency Johannesburg South Africa, 2016
Filewile tour South Africa support and production by Pro Helvetia Cape Town, 2009
Work grant by Pro Helvetia, 2008
Filewile Mexico tour support by Pro Helvetia Zurich and Fondation Suisa, 2007
Multiple Grants by Migros Kulturprozent, Burgergemeinde Bern, Kanton Bern and Stadt Bern, 1995 - 2024