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Cedrik Fermont (aka C-drík Fermont, C-drík, Cdrk, Kirdec, Y-drík, M-drík, F-drík and many other "-drík") is a multifaced vegan artist, academically trained musician, dj, singer, composer and drummer ; he is electroacoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne former student (Conservatory of Mons, Belgium).
Of Greek, Zairian and Belgian descent, born in Zaire (RDC), he lived in Belgium, the Netherlands and relocated to Germany in 2010.

C-drík started his first project in 1989 and juggles in between many projects and genres such as electro, noise, breakcore, digital punk, electro-acoustic, industrial, ambient, free jazz, hip hop, etc.

Find also C-drík on :

Afropunk Discogs Facebook Facebook (fan page) Last FM LiveJournal MySpace Reverbnation Vegan Around The World

Projects/Bands :

Ambre [with O. Moreau & J.N. Sellekaers]
Ammo [with J.N. Sellekaers / Xingu Hill]
Axiome [with O. Moreau / Imminent]
Alien Vegan Sect [solo]
C-drík [solo & collaborations]
Črno klank [solo & collaborations/collective]
Dead Hollywood stars [with J.N. Sellekaers & H. Thomas / Hint]
Elekore [with One Man Nation & Mindfuckingboy]
Globuleux [with A. Gilson]
Kirdec [solo & collaborations]
The klank of črno migs [with Seventeen migs of spring]
Logatomistes [with J.N. Sellekaers & G. Séverin]
M.E.3 [solo]
Moonsanto [with J.N. Sellekaers & Silksaw]
Tetra plok [with Rob Dublo & Zoopsie / The revolving eyes]
XHM² [with Xingu Hill & Squaremeter]
Xøn^. xêkhäl [collective]
9E Phalanx [collective]

Collaborations :

C-drík collaborated or still works together with the following artists [live and or studio] : 718 | Agnes Gilson | Alok Leung | Aluviana | B6 | Beat Freisen | Benjamin Bouffioux | Bex (Helaas, Overmars) | Black Saturn | Bubbly Fish | Chau Kin Wai (KWC) | Choi Joonyong (Astronoise) | Cindytalk | Cliquetpar | Contagious Orgasm | Damo Suzuki network (with D. Suzuki, Ripit, Scott Nyddeger, Eric Boros, Marylise Frecheville, Marc Chia) | David Thrussell (Snog, Black lung) | Daytripper | Dickson Dee (Li Chin Sung) | Error | Gabriel Severin (Silk saw, The join between) | Gisele Pape | Goh Lee Kwang | Gregory Durez | Ha Jane | Herve Thomas (Hint, Fragile) | Hui-Chun Lin | Hung Nguyen Manh | Iason (P.S. stamps back) | Itta (10) | John Sellekaers (Xingu Hill, Dead Hollywood stars) | Kueiju Lin | Lau Mun Leng | Le diktat | Lee Han Joo | Lin Chi Wei | Marc Chia (One Man Nation, Elekore) | Manuel G. Richter (Xabec) | Marc Medea (Silk saw, Jardin d'usure) | Mark Spybey (Dead voices on air, Download) | Mathis Mootz (Panacea, M²) | Max Loeb | Mick Harris (Scorn, Lull) | Mimetic | Mindfuckingboy (Elekore) | Nakamura Yuji | Naofumi Ishimaru (Yximalloo) | Nguyen Van Cuong | Olivier Moreau (Imminent, Urawa) | Pei | Planet Aldol | Sato Yukie | Seventeen Migs of Spring | Stephan Friedman (Silence & strength) | Stereowarfare | Tri Minh | Wu Quan | Xavier Depienne | Yan Jun

C-drík composes soundtracks for theater, exhibitions, sound installations, fashion shows and short movies, he works/worked with Blanc murmure, 3point5, RTBF, Télé Sambre, Babel Q Companie, Charleroi Danse / Frédéric Flament, Giovani Guzzo, Les théâtres du mercredi in Belgium, Wim Reiff Gallery, B52, Kunsttour, in the Netherlands, Monte Dans Ma Bulle, in Belgium, Ðào Anh Khánh Studio in Vietnam, the GDMDC in China, Baltā Nakts (composing a film score for Eisentein's mute film Strike) in Latvia.

He also runs the mastering studio/record labels Syrphe (above all dedicated to electronic and experimental from Africa and Asia) and Textolux (more into electro).

Prize : Črno klank - Atalodz won in 2006 a prize for the best soundtrack at the experimental short movie festival Côté courts in Montreuil, France. The movie was directed by Gisèle Pape and edited on dvd by Ad noiseam.

Lives/performances in : Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.

Lectures/presentations about experimental, noise and alternative electronic music in Africa and Asia in :

Algeria (Algiers : Musée des beaux-arts/Museum of fine arts)
Morocco (Rabat : Lycée Descartes)
Israel (Tel Aviv : Zimmer)
Czech Republic (Prague : Akademie v ýtvarrných umení v praze/Academy of fine art ; Brno : Dům umĕní mĕsta Brna)
Indonesia (Yogyakarta : UnifiedField ; Surakarta : Institut seni Indonesia/Institue of the arts)
Taiwan (Taichung : National museum of fine arts)
Belgium (Brussels : ISELP)
Vietnam (Hanoi : Sound stuff festival)
Slovenia (Ljubljana : Ljudmila)
France (Marseille :Data ; Les grands terrains)
Lebanon (Beirut : Zico house).

Writings :

Une singularité au sein de la musique noise d'Afrique et d'Asie. Published by Les presses du réels in the book Le performentiel noise, Edited by Sébastien Biset. (In English here)

Workshops :

Algeria (Algiers : Musée des beaux-arts/Museum of fine arts)

Videos :

Dead Hollywood stars video
Črno klank video

Interviews :

Dead Hollywood Stars in French on dMute (March 2003) C-drík in French Signal-Zero (Summer 2003)
C-drík in French (audio interview about Latvia) on À l'arrache (November 2006)
C-drík in French (audio interview about Israel) on À l'arrache (December 2006)
C-drík & Aluviana in Slovenian on Vest (May 2008)
C-drík & Aluviana in English on Youtube - Video & live extracts (May 2008)
C-drík in French on Epsilonia - Radio & live improv (July 2008)
C-drík in French on Cultcrusher (November 2008)
C-drík in French on Octopus (December 2008)
C-drík in French on Sans Interdit - Radio (February 2009)
Syrphe in English on Connexion Bizarre (February 2009)
C-drík in English on Connexion Bizarre (February 2009)
C-drík/Syrphe in French on Athanor - Radio + tracks (March & April 2009)
C-drík in English on Akousmatic System (December 2009)
C-drík/Tetra Plok in Dutch on Dark Entries (October 2010) C-drík in French (audio interview about China) on À l'arrache (November 2010)
C-drík in French (audio interview about the ex-Yougoslavia) on À l'arrache (January 2011)
C-drík in English on Shuhra (short video interview and live extract at the Beirut Art Center)(January 2011)
C-drík on Ruptured (audio interview in French on Radio Liban plus some exclusive tracks)(January 2011), podcast also available on Norient.
C-drík in French (audio interview about Lebanon) on À l'arrache (March 2011)
C-drík in French (audio interview about Indonesia) on À l'arrache (April 2011)
C-drík in French (audio interview about Iran) on À l'arrache (May 2011)
C-drík in French (audio interview about Turkeys) on À l'arrache (July 2011)
If you find any other interview, feel free to tell me, thanks !