

ranko šajfar
born 1973 in đakovo, croatia.
self educated in the field of computer music.
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dedicated mostly in applied music for artistic
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performances, installations and videos.
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through our the years, I've found interesting way of making music together with choreographers and directors, communicating over each step of the process and adapting music depending of how the choreography is being made, so it can contribute to deeper meaning of visual situation, and can get beautifully incorporated and dedicated to the idea.
first sound i'm looking for is a vibration from something undefined - but which can create particular incitements, which can generate a feel for a wanted atmosphere. With audio workstations process of making music can be is similar to collage, drawing, sculpting, or cooking (but with the big change in approach with the "undo" function))))).
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so my main instrument is computer armed with lots of tools for sound editing, but I use also synths, some blowing and percussion instruments, a field recorder, some musician friends.
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if asked, i would say this is application music, blend of ambient, music concrete or electroacoustic, or just sound design.
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but what like to try is to pause the time, distort the space,
and keep things off gravity as much is possible.
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contact:
rankosajfar@gmail.com
for a long time i was making music as a hobby, besides mine daytime job in a shipyard.
my friend - contemporary dancer and choreographer, was the one who gave me the opportunity to work on some shows for her company as a composer and sound designer.
then it spread out with some more people, so I decided in 2019 to open a small company for audio production.
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my studio is out of town, on a half acre of land, off grid with solar powering. key word is self sufficiency.
all photos of croatian coast
by Srđan Babić