- non-smoker, minimalist, undemanding, loving animals, non-alcoholic, flexitarian

I am a Slovak multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, performer and artist based in Bratislava and Vienna. I have founded the music project Nourish My Fame, which, with his debut album Nauta (2005), combining elements of trip-hop and ambient, gained a positive response from critics and performed at several domestic and foreign festivals. In 2012, I co-founded the experimental project Triple Sun, with which he released the album Overture (2015) under the music label of Forum Absurdum. I have performed in several musical formations, participated in several vocal and electronic albums, in numerous film projects and theatre performances. At several years of the Pohoda festival, I have introduced myself as a musician, but also as a curator and dramaturg of the Stage Visegrad Club program, which offered contemporary electronic music, house and techno from the V4 countries. In the projects in which I have participated as a music producer and sound designer, I am adding an unconventional approach to the design and character of sound, a distinctive concept of contemporary electronic music, experimental elements, classical music and exotic music genres. As a solo musician, I perform under the alias Adam Volt and my eclectic compositions always bring a changing and alternative view of arrangements and artistic performance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I consider myself a highly social person, searching for influences in varied society and cultural environments. As a travelling musician/writer/composer I am looking for opportunities to expand my knowledge of humankind, social relations and city/nature exploration. These are reasons for my Couchsurfing life-style.

Interests

• writing
• literature
• technology
• music
• hiking
• astronomy
• biology
• psychology
• art
• nature
• cinematography
• debating

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Bjork, Hiatus Kayote, Nils Frahm, Bach, Avishai Cohen (bassist)
Movies: Arrival, This Is Not A Burrial This Is A Ressurection, Mr Robot
Books: Humankind, Hyperion Cantus, Fundation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It is not one.. I have helped so many people in my life with education, support and collaboration; It is countless.

Teach, Learn, Share

Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman, 2020

Summary
If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad.

It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought.

Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.

But what if it isn't true?

International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens.

From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the solidarity in the aftermath of the Blitz, the hidden flaws in the Stanford prison experiment to the true story of twin brothers on opposite sides who helped Mandela end apartheid, Bregman shows us that believing in human generosity and collaboration isn't merely optimistic—it's realistic.

Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions. When we think the worst of people, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics.

But if we believe in the reality of humanity's kindness and altruism, it will form the foundation for achieving true change in society, a case that Bregman makes convincingly with his signature wit, refreshing frankness, and memorable storytelling. (From the publisher.)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a minimalist, so there is not much to share except debates, arguments, needed help, sanitation works and assisting with cooking :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia