CURRENT MISSION

to let it sound

ABOUT ME

My name is Nick.
I was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. And now I'm in Graz, Austria. Why? Well, I studied composition in Ukraine and than I thought, that it would be interesting to study somewhere in Europe, so I came to Graz and started to study composition and electronic music. I almost ready with my MA. I hope i could stay here for some time more to work on my crazy projects. I love music, performances and I think a lot of things, which are close to art...
I also love to travel, i do hitchhiking. Its amazing to meet new people...
I also love vynil, different old analog keyboards, ties and monty python.

PHILOSOPHY

I think I live for Art, 'cause I always have another new idea, and I always want to create something: Music, homepage, photo, video, performance, installation... and so on... But I think, that it isn't good enough to live only like that, I try to change it. I think I have to live more for me also... and not only for art. ) So I'm learning.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I decided to make an account here because of few reasons:
1. I'm going to go to Karlsruhe - I would present some projects @ ZKM there.
2. I like to travel and I always think, that I have not enough people around, so I would be happy to meet some.
3. I'm open for guests. I have cool neighbours and a lot of our friends visit us, and I really enjoy it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well, I think have a lot of stories, in which I slept together with my friends on petrol stations, because we couldn't find someone, who could take us with... ) But I think that such situations are also fine. Once, sitting the whole night on petrol station (Two friends of me were sleeping) I composed a cool song for the next CD I made then with my band...

Interests

Music, Vinyl, Controllers, Piano, Pure Data, Jquery, Monty Python, etc...

• arts
• performing arts
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Beatles, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Grizzly Bear, Doors, Led Zeppelin, Yes, King Crimson, Magma, Genesis, ELP, Queen, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Rainbow, Hoelderlin, Bob Marley, Amy Winehouse, Artic Monkeys, White Stripes, Dead Weather, Jack White, Can, Faust, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fantomas, Franz Ferdinand, Jojo Mayer, Esthetic Education, Kid Loco, Nina Simon, No Doubt, Ramona Falls, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, Red Hot Chili Peppers, UNKLE, Woodkid, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Dresden Dolls, The Kills, Mulatu Astatke, Neil Young, Projekt Magiczny Karpaty, Chili Gonzales, KOENIGLEOPOLD, Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Prokof´ev, Stravinski, Skryabin, Musorgskiy.

Jim Jarmush, Jos Stelling, Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch.

Julio Cortázar, Eugene Ionesco, Böll, Karel Čapek, Sergij Zhadan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

built my own music electronic instrument)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Pure Data, Composition, Piano
Learn: Pure Data, Guitar, Your language, Mastering, Mixing, Video, Actually I will be happy to learn a lot of things, so I can teach you all I can, and I will learn by you all you can. )
Share: time, jokes, tea, room, bike, music... )

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine