Propan (NO)

Since 2011, the neuro-sound-science researchers Ina Sagstuen and Natali Abrahamsen Garner from the Oslo-based institute Propan have been continuously exploring the various roles and possibilities of the voice. Their daring approach to music never fails to surprise other sound researchers, and their works are sometimes compared to Björk's most experimental phase. In open laboratory experiments, their own voices are deconstructed and rebuilt from detailed sound cells. Textures, hooklines, grooves, and unexpected neurotransmitters emerge - strangely close and familiar, electronically manipulated or acoustically accompanied. It's peculiar how research can sound so moving...