C drik Fermont

Biography

Of Greek, Zairian and Belgian descent, born in Congo (former Zaire) C-drik grew up in Belgium and also lived in the Netherlands. He is an eternal voyager and performed in numerous countries across North America, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia.

He started his first project in 1989 and juggles in between many projects and electronic genres.

He is also a label manager and gig organizer who produces his own projects and experimental artists who predominantly originate from Asia and Africa on the labels Syrphe and Textolux .

Collaborations

C-drik collaborated or still works together with the following artists [live and or studio] : Mick Harris, Mark Spybey, Mathis Mootz, David Thrussel, Planet Aldol, Sato Yukie, Nakamura Yuji, Yan Jun, Wu Quan, Itta, Daytripper, Mimetic, Ha Jane, Lee Han Joo, One Man Nation, Mindfuckingboy (Shaun Sankaran), Cliquetpar, B6, 718, Contagious Orgasm, Naofumi Ishimaru, Goh Lee Kwang, Lau Mun Leng, Li Chin Sung, Xavier Depienne, Le diktat, Error, Gisele Pape, Gregory Durez, Tri Minh, Hung Nguyen Manh, Nguyen Van Cuong, The Seventeen Migs of Spring, Olivier Moreau, John Sellekaers, Herve Thomas, Gabriel Severin, Marc Medea, Szkieve, Pei, Stereo warfare, Aluviana, Xabec.

Visual arts

Connected to visual arts (he has also learnt declamation, theater and improvisations), he composes soundtracks for theater, exhibitions, sound installations, fashion shows and short movies (Blanc murmure, 3point5, RTBF, Telesambre, Babel Q Compagnie, Charleroi Danse / Frederic Flamand, Giovani Guzzo, Les theatres du mercredi in Belgium, Wim Reiff Gallery, B52, Kunsttour, in the Netherlands, Ðao Anh Khanh Studio in Vietnam, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in China).

He composed and performed live two musical scores for the Sergei Eisenstein's mute films The strike in Riga, Latvia (at the festival Balta Nakts) in 2006 and The Battlefield Potemkin in Dresden, Germany together with Xabec in 2009.

Awards

In 2006 he won the best soundtrack prize at the film festival Cote court in Montreuil, France. The movie was directed by Gisele Pape and edited on DVD by Ad Noiseam.

Trivia

Between the years 2000 and 2002 C-drik used variations of his moniker for various compilation, increased by one letter of the alphabet for each new compilation. Aliases such as D-Drik, F-Drik, H-drik, J-drik, Kirdec, O-drik, Q-drik, R-Drik, V-drik, Y-drik are therefore variations of C-drik main alias.

Discography