biography

alexander babikov (*2005) is a russian born, vienna based composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist working in the fields of contemporary classical, electroacoustic and improvised music.

website

programming by alexander babikov, hosting by dieb13.

upcoming

• 2024/05/15 alte schmiede (vienna) alum feather

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  
  marta beauchamp, ida leidl, laura pudelek, christina ruf / cello
  erik emil eskildsen / live electronics

archive

• 2024/04/07 diagonale / volkskundemuseum (graz) fade to death

  music by alexander babikov, valentin duit & chris kasprzyk
  performance by lieselotte hoefler & mario sefelin
  film by mario sefelin, projection by max imre
  
  photo (miriam raneburger)

• 2024/02/22 central garden (vienna) duo with christina ruf

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  christina ruf / cello, effects pedals, sampler
  
  photo (jeff t byrd)

• 2024/01/22 celeste (vienna) duo with michael moser

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  michael moser / cello, live electronics
  monday improvisers session hosted by susanna gartmayer

• 2024/01/19 filmkoop wien (vienna) fade to death

  music by alexander babikov, valentin duit & chris kasprzyk
  performance by lieselotte hoefler & mario sefelin
  film by mario sefelin, projection by max imre
  
  flyer (alexander babikov)

• 2023/09/26 rhiz (vienna) solo

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  
  photo (tom wies)

• 2023/09/16 sonnenpark lames (st. poelten) klub montage

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  with joanna coleman, sandro nicolussi, david pridal, daphne von schrader and others
  
  photo (katie aileen)

• 2023/09/14 central garden (vienna) babikov lisk ruf schneider

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  tracy lisk / percussion
  christina ruf / cello, effects pedals
  markus w. schneider / electric guitar, effects pedals
  
  flyer (alexander babikov)

• 2023/08/26 zak / bikekitchen / radlheim (vienna) sproing!

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  jeff t byrd / saxophone, effects pedals
  max koeb / diy electronics
  
  flyer (zak antidisziplinaer)

• 2023/07/09 central garden (vienna) dronau canal mmxxiii vol.x

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, effects pedals
  tristan bath / saxophone, percussion
  jeff t byrd / saxophone, effects pedals
  michael jeffrey lee / lap steel guitar
  
  photo (roy culbertson iii) / flyer (alexander babikov)

• 2023/06/22 cafe el speta (vienna) bach to the future

  alexander babikov / electric guitar
  brian lawlor / bass, synthesisers, vocoder
  liubov sudy / piano
  
  photo (milana maksiutova)

• 2023/04/08 tonkombuese (vienna) solo + the friendly guitar trio

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, effects pedals
  +
  the friendly guitar trio
  (erik emil eskildsen, aras levni seyhan, markus w. schneider)
  
  photo (christina ruf)

ensembles

• sproing! (since 2023)

  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  tristan bath / saxophone
  jeff t byrd / saxophone, effects pedals
  max koeb / diy electronics
  moritz nolden / percussion
  
  photo (daphne von schrader)

performances

• fade to death (2023/24)

  expanded cinema performance in four acts
  
  alexander babikov / electric guitar, live electronics
  valentin duit / percussion
  lieselotte hoefler / performance
  max imre / projection
  chris kasprzyk / soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  mario sefelin / film, performance, words
  
  i. filmkoop wien (vienna) - january 19th, 2024
  ii. diagonale / volkskundemuseum (graz) - april 7th, 2024

other

• alum feather (2024)

  composition for cello quartet and live electronics by christina ruf
  premiere at alte schmiede (vienna) on may 15th, 2024

videos

alum feather (live at alte schmiede) - may 15th, 2024

email

babikov at klingt dot org

web

klingt.org
mastodon.social
wendy.network

links

christina ruf
chris kasprzyk
jeff t byrd
michael moser
erik emil eskildsen
dieter kovacic
marta beauchamp
joanna coleman
susanna gartmayer
david pridal
daphne von schrader