BIOGRAPHY

Andreas Busk b. 1979

Andreas Busk works in the borderlands between electronica and experimental sound art.
Musically and artistically, he has a diverse background: During his childhood he sang in the local choir and played the recorder. As a teenager he played heavy metal guitar, composed music on an old Amiga 600 and praticed scales over the tone of the motor of his moped while he drove back and forth to guitar lessons in Southern Jutland.

After high school he studied art philosophy and street art at Roskilde University until he returned to music, now with a focus on the posibilities of electronic music at The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Esbjerg.

Andreas works with a broad spectrum of projects. He works with sound installations and as an electronic composer and is the originator of the open source prepared piano-project Are You Prepared. He is a member of the Danish Composers' Society and has recently released his first album 1:1.

Works and performances 2007 - 2012

2012:     Cykel/Kulde - Piano piece played in P2, Danish National Radio
2011:     Tog/Fald - Piano piece played in P2, Danish National Radio
2011:     Performance at DEFINE festival, Alsion in Sønderborg
2010:     Soundtrack for Scottish short film Florance
2010:     Soundtrack and Sound Design on video game Fairy Lake
2009:     Beat programming on Hans Sydows' album Nytårssange.dk
2009:     Areyouprepared.dk - A homepage that socialises the otherwise
            inaccessible 'Prepared Piano' by John Cage Netsurfers can play
            the unique instrument online and composers can download
            samples for music software
2008:     Voice Über Ensemble - electronic and acoustic piece performed
            by Esbjerg Ensemble
2008:     Spoken Chairs - Site specific outdoor soundinstallation at the
            Wadden Sea Festival
2008:     Spoken Chairs 3D - 3D Soundinstallation at Esbjerg Art Museum
2008:     Dance of the Sand Scribe - Performed at Blåvand Beach with
            dancer Nønne Maj Svanholm of the Royal Danish Ballet
2008:     Elektronic concert at Literaturhaus, Copenhagen Jazz Festival
2008:     Dance of the Sand Scribe'– Sound and Videoinstallation at The
            Diapason, New York
2007:     Indi - Sound and Videoinstallation at Århus SPOR festival
2007:     Co-composer at the soundinstallation Lydbro, Culture Night
            Copenhagen

Education 1997-2012

2006-2012:     TONESPACE, The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts
2003-06:        Roskilde University
2001:             Vig Rytmiske Højskole
1998:             Andebølle Ungdomshøjskole
1997:             Vojens Mgk, Rhythmic guitar


Employment 2007-2011

2010- :      Sound Designer/Music Composer at PlayAlive, Vejle PlayAlive
               makes interactive electronic playgrounds for children
2008:        Sound Designer/Music Composer for 'Multi-user Music
               Instrument' for autistic children A project done in co-
               operation with Aalborg University Esbjerg
2008:        Sound Art Teacher at Esbjerg Daghøjskole
2008:        Assistant at sound artist Hans Sydow
2007:        Teacher in VJ'ing at music conservatory pre-school Esbjerg