Mads Emil Nielsen

 
Mads Emil Nielsen is a musician/composer based in Copenhagen, working with basic sound sources, often combined with short percussive and orchestral samples, real sounds and an amplification of machine produced errors. In 2014 he founded Arbitrary, the label and artistic platform on which he released a series of graphic scores and recordings (Framework) and various solo works and collaborations.

(external link : www.madsemilnielsen.dk)
 
Mads Emil Nielsen - Heartbeats (10\
2024
Arbitrary
Arbitrary presents the second in a series of 10" vinyl remix collaboration releases by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen and Chromacolor.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Black Box 3 (vinyl LP)
2022
Arbitrary
Black Box 3, which showcases a more sample- and grid-based side of the Danish musician/composer’s work, is part of a sequence of publications with music and audio originally made for theatre, radio soundtracks and more.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Black Box 3 (CD)
2022
Arbitrary
Black Box 3, which showcases a more sample- and grid-based side of the Danish musician/composer’s work, is part of a sequence of publications with music and audio originally made for theatre, radio soundtracks and more.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Constellation (10\
2022
Arbitrary
A remix collaboration by Mads Emil Nielsen and Chromacolor, a project from the German sound artist and producer Hanno Leichtmann.
Mads Emil Nielsen - PM016 (vinyl LP)
2021
Arbitrary
The 2020 remaster & vinyl reissue of PM016 by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen, re-mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer, with cover artwork by visual artist Dane Patterson.
Mads Emil Nielsen - PM016 (CD)
2021
Arbitrary
The 2020 remaster & CD reissue of PM016 by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen, re-mastered by Kassian Troyer, with cover artwork by visual artist Dane Patterson.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Framework 3 (vinyl EP + CD)
2020
Arbitrary
The latest instalment in Mads Emil Nielsen's sequence of graphic scores and recordings, including the Danish composer's own subjective translations of visual materials and sound pieces accompanied by visual notations: published as a limited edition art print folder, Framework 3 consists of risographed scores and recordings on 10" vinyl and CD—with recordings by Nielsen, along with graphic scores by Katja Gretzinger and contributions by Nicola Ratti.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Framework 2 (2 vinyl EP)
2020
Arbitrary
Mads Emil Nielsen continues his Framework series, a collection of open, hand-drawn graphic scores and recordings. The series includes Nielsen's own subjective translations of the visual material and sound pieces accompanied by visual notations, and collaborations—in this case with Andrea Neumann, Jan Jelinek and Hideki Umezawa.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Black Box 1 (7\
2018
Arbitrary
(last copies available!)
A 7" vinyl based on an music/audio made by Mads Emil Nielsen made for a dance performance.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Refound (10\
2018
Arbitrary
A collaboration between Andrea Neumann (composer, inside piano, mixer) and Mads Emil Nielsen (composer, electronics).
Mads Emil Nielsen - SoundTales Collage (CD)
2016
Arbitrary
An audio collage based on an archive of carpentry and hardware recordings from Mads Emil Nielsen's "SoundTales" project, released on limited edition CD with three printed drawings by French, Amsterdam-based visual artist Julie Dassaud.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Percussion Loops (7\
2015
Arbitrary
Four pieces based on drum/cymbal + synthesizer recordings by Mads Emil Nielsen.
Mads Emil Nielsen - Framework 1 (book + CD)
2014
Arbitrary
Framework is a series of graphic scores and recordings by Copenhagen-based musician Mads Emil Nielsen. Framework 1 consists of 14 hand-drawn graphic scores, printed in risograph, with simple instructions and a recording for each score.


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