Zoë Mc Pherson (pronouns: they/them) is a Berlin based multimedia artist, performer, researcher, sound designer, spatial sound shaper, DJ, curator and founder of SFX label & AV platform.
Described as a "vanguard" by British publication Mixmag and "fearless" by Hyponik, Berlin-based Zoë Mc Pherson is a French-Irish multimedia artist whose practice absorbs elements of performance, sound design, installation art and DJing. Their breathless third album "Pitch Blender" is a tight set of cybernetic dancefloor experiments that flicker between the rave and the art space, and arrives courtesy of SFX, the boundary-pushing A/V-focused label Mc Pherson runs with their long-time collaborator Alessandra Leone.
Since the release of their immersive 2018 debut album "String Figures" and its acclaimed 2020 follow-up "States of Fugue", Mc Pherson has performed across the world, appearing at Berlin's CTM Festival, Nyege Nyege in Jinja, Uganda, Freerotation in the UK, Meakusma in Belgium, Madrid's LEV, Amsterdam’s FIBER festival, Elevate Festival in Graz and Malmö's Inkonst. They've presented spatial sound installations at Berlin's world-famous MONOM (the world's first 4DSOUND system), Silent Green amongst others, and work alongside bULt, in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to invite musicians to perform and hold workshops at a brand new queer-owned club.
A seasoned collaborator, Mc Pherson maintains an ongoing project with renowned French sound artist Jessica Ekomane. The two performed a special project at Berghain's Halle broadcast by ARTE TV, and their first recording was released on Ostgut Ton's "Fünfzehn + 1" compilation. On the other end of their creative spectrum, Carbon 96 finds Mc Pherson teaming up with US techno producer and DJ Ciarra Black, and the duo's effervescent debut "Carbonated" was released on Peder Mannerfelt Produktion earlier this year. Their most recent project however is 3OK, a frenetic project that was conceptualized in Uganda and matches Mc Pherson's sci-fi sonics with singeli pioneer Jay Mitta's breakneck beats and Malian veteran DJ Diaki's unmistakable soundsystem energy.
Projects
- On FireOpener of Pitch Blender album out March 3rd 2023 on SFX Pre order : https://sfx-space.bandcamp.com/album/... Directed by Alessandra Leone Music by Zoë Mc Pherson Production - OMUT/Alexander Stoletov DoP - Adriana Berroteran Editor - Alessandra Leone Colorist - Agustin Melfi Movement director - Kiki Ramos Sorvik Cast - Hen/i, Zoë Mc Pherson, Julien Fargetton, Nate Helmerick, Emilia Martos Hair and MuA - Khrystyna Fedoryshyn, Amira Alghoul Styling - MAAY Production assistants - Violeta Puskario
- I xpct nothing (straight)Zoë Mc Pherson describes Abyss Elixir, their latest release for Ciarra Black’s Pendulum Recordings imprint, as “made to mend.” Eschewing collaborations, which have defined so much of their previous work, here, they drill down into a deeply emotional and personal sound, incorporating weighty low frequency with visceral warmth to craft an alien sound precision engineered to flow through flesh and bone. “The overall tracks were written for heavy sound systems that have this unique capacity to hit y
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Projects credited in
- Zoë Mc Pherson - Tenace // Music VideoMusic video for the track Tenace, from Zoë Mc Pherson's new album States of Fugue, released on SFX on 20.02.20 . sfx-space.bandcamp.com/album/states-of-fugue-sf02 Direction - Alessandra Leone Performance - Zoë Mc Pherson DoP - Julian Moser Editing - Alessandra Leone Styling - Raki Fernandez Hair and Makeup - Samantha Pottmaier Color Grading - Valerio Liberatore ( Mint ) Gaffer - Hendrik Kintscher Lighting Design Assistant - Nindya Nareswari Stills Photography - Dario Laganà Thanks to
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