NEWS

• New record 'Space As An Instrument (LP/CD/DL - Shelter Press)
• Interview on Stegi Radio (in english)
• Interview on Radio Nova/les Inrocks (in french)
• New record 'Ni envers ni endroit que cette roche br​û​lante (Pour Georgia O​’​Keeffe)' (LP/DL - Portaits GRM)
• New book 'Le Chuchotement / The Whisper' (Shelter Press)

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2023

ABOUT

For Félicia Atkinson, human voices inhabit an ecology alongside and within many other things that don’t speak, in the conventional sense: landscapes, images, books, memories, ideas. The french electro-acoustic composer and visual artist makes music that animates these other possible voices in conversation with her own, collaging field recording, midi instrumentation, and snippets of essayistic language in both french and english.

Her own voice, always shifting to make space, might whisper from the corner or assume another character’s tone. Atkinson uses composing as a way to process imaginative and creative life, frequently engaging with the work of visual artists, filmmakers, and novelists. Her layered compositions tell stories that alternately stretch and fold time and place, stories in which she is the narrator but not the protagonist.
Atkinson lives on the wild coast of Normandy and has played music since the early 2000s.

She has released many records and a novel on Shelter Press, the label and publisher she co-runs with Bartolomé Sanson. She has collaborated with musicians including Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Chris Watson, Christina Vantzou, and Stephen O’Malley, and with ensembles including Eklekto (Geneva) and Neon (Oslo). She has performed at venues and festivals including INA GRM/Maison de la Radio and the Philharmonie (Paris), Issue Project Room (NYC), the Barbican Center (London), Le Guess Who (Utrecht), Atonal (Berlin), Henie Onstad (Oslo), Unsound (Krakow), and Skanu Mesz (Riga). Her work has been commissioned by filmmakers (Ben Rivers, Chivas de Vinck) and fashion houses (Prada, Burberry). She has exhibited in museums, galleries, and biennials including RIBOCA Biennale (Riga), Overgaden (Copenhagen), BOZAR (Brussels), Espace Paul Ricard (Paris), and MUCA ROMA (Mexico City).

RECENT
SHOWS
2022 | VENISE (IT) — Venice Biennale (Swiss Pavillion)
2022 | LONDON (UK) — Camden Art Center
2022 | GENEVE (CH) — w/ Ensemble Eklekto (25 ans de l'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve)
2022 | PORTO (PT) — Semibreve Festival
2022 | BARCELONA (ES) — MACBA
2022 | AMSTERDAM (NL) — Sonic Acts Biennale (with INA grm)
2022 | NEW YORK (USA) — Ambient Church
2022 | AMSTERDAM (NL) — Concertgebuw
2022 | COPENHAGEN (DK) — CPH DOC

2021 | MALMO (SE) — Intonal Festival
2021 | PARIS (FR) — INA grm Presences Electroniques Festival (Maison de la Radio)
2021 | PARIS (FR) — Philharmonie de Paris
2021 | OSLO (NO) — Ultima Festival
2021 | DEN HAGUE (NL) — Rewire Festival
2021 | BRUXELLES (BE) — Nuits Botaniques
2021 | VARSOVIE (PL) — Ephemera Festival / Unsound

(...) & Barbican Center (London), Supersense Festival (Melbourne), Unsound Festival (Krakow), Atonal Festival (Berlin), Pop Montreal, Issue Project Room (New York), Fylkingen (Stockholm), Novas Frequencias (Rio de Janeiro), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Human Ressources (Los Angeles)...

SELECTED
DISCOGRAPHY
2024 Space As An Instrument (Shelter Press, LP/CD/DL)
2023 Ni envers ni endroit que cette roche br​û​lante (Pour Georgia O​’​Keeffe) (Portrait GRM, LP/DL)
2022 Image Langage (Shelter Press / La Becque Editions, 2xLPs / CD / DL)
2021 Un Hiver En Plein Ete (with Jefre Cantu Ledesma) (Shelter Press, LP / DL)
2020 Echo (Boomkat Editions, LP / CS / DL)
2020 Everything Evaporate (Shelter Press, CS / DL)
2019 The Flower and The Vessel (Shelter Press, 2xLPs /CD / DL)
2018 Un Hiver En Plein Ete (with Jefre Cantu Ledesma) (Shelter Press, LP / DL)
2017 Hand In Hand (Shelter Press, 2xLPs / CD / DL)
2016 Comme Un Seul Narcisse (with Jefre Cantu Ledesma) (Shelter Press, LP / DL)
2015 A Readymade Ceremony (Shelter Press, LP / DL)
2013 Visions/Voices (Umor Rex, 2xLPs / DL)

RECENT
PRESS
Composer Magazine - On the architecture and ecology of new album Image Langage
Les Inrocks - Interview by Joseph Ghosn
Pitchfork – Image Langage Review
Boomkat – Image Langage Review
The Quietus – Image Langage Review
Loud & Quiet – Image Langage Review
Crack Mag – Image Langage Review
Liberation (FR) – Image Langage Review
Resident Advisor podcast
L’Expérimentale podcast (France Musique)
Bomb - Interview by Ben Vida
Artforum - Open Secrets, Thea Ballard on Félicia Atkinson
NPR Music’s Top 10 Albums Of July
Resident Advisor – The Flower And The Vessel Review
Bandcamp – The Best New Ambient on Bandcamp: July 2019
Pitchfork – The Flower and the Vessel Review
The Guardian – Contemporary Album of the Month
The Quietus – Rockfort! French Music For June Reviewed By David McKenna
Liberation – Multiple comme Félicia Atkinson
FACT – Announcement The Flower And The Vessel
Tiny Mix Tapes – Announcement The Flower & The Vessel

Ensemble Eklekto (Geneva, CH). 
Ghost Ranch, video extract, Biennale Son
Commissioned piece for the ensemble.

Ongoing collaboration with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 
Live at Quai 5160 (Montreal, Ok La! festival), 2023

Collaboration with Chris Watson
Live at Kings Place (London), 2023
© 33-33

Ongoing collaboration with Christina Vantzou 
Live at Villa Medicis, Rome, 2023

Performance by Félicia Atkinson & Violeta Azevedo (Braga PT). 
Live at Basílica do Bom Jesus do Monte 27.10.2022
Commissioned by Semibreve Festival, in a partnership with Maintenant Festival