Cedrik Fermont

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Cedrik Fermont

| alias = Kirdec, C-drík Fermont

| genre = Alternative hip hop, ambient, breakcore, digital hardcore, drone, electro, electroacoustic, electronic, electronica, experimental, industrial, minimal wave, noise, power electronics, power noise, sound art

| occupation = Audio mastering engineer, archivist, composer, dj, lecturer, musician, producer

| instrument = Drums, sampling, computer

| years_active = 1989–present

| label = {{hlist | Ad Noiseam | Ant-Zen | Disques Hushush | Flyco | Hymen Records | Independenza Records | Klanggalerie | Mad Monkey Records | Mirex | Old Europa Cafe | PuZZling Rec. | Sépulkrales Katakombes | Syrphe | Textolux | Vacuum }}

| associated_acts = 9E Phalanx, Ambre, Ammo, Axiome, Dead Hollywood Stars, Črno Klank, Elekore, Globuleux, Logatomistes, M.E.3, Moonsanto, Tetra Plok, The Klank Of Črno Migs, xhm² (Xingu Hill & m²), Xøn. Xêkhäl

| website ={{url|syrphe.com}}

}}Cedrik Fermont (also known as C-drík Fermont or Kirdec) is a vegan artist, academically trained musician, DJ, singer, composer and drummer.{{Cite news|url=http://laspirale.org/texte-382-c-drik-fermont-aka-c-drik-crdk-kirdec-noisy-nomadisme.html|title=C-DRIK FERMONT (aka C-DRIK, CRDK, KIRDEC...) " NOISY NOMADISME " Laurent Courau|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.connexionbizarre.net/c-drik-a-k-a-kirdec-an-interview-with-cedrik-fermont/|title=C-drík a.k.a. Kirdec: an interview with Cedrik Fermont|last=|first=|date=|website=www.connexionbizarre.net|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-07}} He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne (Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium). In 2017, he was co-awarded the prestigious Golden Nica Prix Ars Electronica in digital musics and sound art.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#digitalmusics|title=Winners 2017 Prix Ars Electronica|access-date=2017-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719004029/https://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#digitalmusics|archive-date=2017-07-19|url-status=dead}}

Biography

Of Greek, Zairian and Belgian descent, born in Congo (former Zaire) C-drík grew up in Belgium and also lived in the Netherlands.{{Cite news|url=http://secretthirteen.org/interview-with-c-drik/|title=C-drík – Secret Thirteen Interview|date=2014-10-06|newspaper=Secret Thirteen|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Art/2009/Nov-17/119132-silver-factory-explodes-in-tinnitus-inducing-rapid-fire-orchestral-train-crash.ashx|title=Silver Factory explodes in tinnitus-inducing rapid-fire orchestral train crash|date=2009-11-17|newspaper=The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon|access-date=2016-10-07}} He is an eternal voyager, a "noise nomad",{{Cite news|url=http://laspirale.org/texte-382-c-drik-fermont-aka-c-drik-crdk-kirdec-noisy-nomadisme.html|title=C-DRIK FERMONT (aka C-DRIK, CRDK, KIRDEC...) " NOISY NOMADISME " Laurent Courau|access-date=2016-10-07}} a "musical archivist".{{Cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2014/12/14/lve-magazine-l-info-de-la-rampe_1163522|title="L!ve Magazine", l'info de la rampe|newspaper=Libération.fr|access-date=2016-10-07}} He has performed in numerous countries across North America, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.a-l-arrache.net/home/interwiews/lcba|title=LCBA – A L'ARRACHE|website=www.a-l-arrache.net|access-date=2016-10-07}} He started his first project in 1989 and juggles in between many projects and electronic genres.{{Cite web|url=http://www.connexionbizarre.net/c-drik-a-k-a-kirdec-an-interview-with-cedrik-fermont/|title=C-drík a.k.a. Kirdec: an interview with Cedrik Fermont|last=|first=|date=|website=www.connexionbizarre.net|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-07}} He is also a label manager and concert organizer who produces his own projects and experimental artists who predominantly originate from Asia and Africa on the labels Syrphe and Textolux.{{Cite web |url=http://www.octopus-enligne.com/template.php?css=article&page=article&type=jetsencre&article=208&typejets=5 |title=Mélanie Meyer, C-drik le voyageur électrique, Octopus |access-date=2017-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819020917/http://www.octopus-enligne.com/template.php?css=article&page=article&type=jetsencre&article=208&typejets=5 |archive-date=2009-08-19 |url-status=usurped }}{{Cite news|url=http://secretthirteen.org/interview-with-c-drik/|title=C-drík – Secret Thirteen Interview|date=2014-10-06|newspaper=Secret Thirteen|access-date=2016-10-07}}

C-drík is a noted researcher on the history of experimental and extreme music in Africa and in Asia.{{Cite news|url=http://secretthirteen.org/interview-with-c-drik/|title=C-drík – Secret Thirteen Interview|date=2014-10-06|newspaper=Secret Thirteen|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite news|url=http://cdm.link/2016/08/digging-asian-african-undergrounds/|title=Digging the Asian and African undergrounds with C-drík Kirdec – CDM Create Digital Music|date=2016-08-24|newspaper=CDM Create Digital Music|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://dubauskaite.lt/800177/english/c-dr-k-inbetween-europe-asia-africa-art-politics-veganism-and|title=1-800-DAINAD : ENGLISH : C-drík: inbetween Europe, Asia, Africa, art, politics, veganism and…|website=1-800-DAINAD|access-date=2016-10-07}} He has written essays and given many conferences on the topic. In 2016, with sociologist and experimental musician Dimitri della Faille, he co-wrote a book on noise music in Southeast Asia.{{Cite news|url=http://cdm.link/2016/08/digging-asian-african-undergrounds/|title=Digging the Asian and African undergrounds with C-drík Kirdec – CDM Create Digital Music|date=2016-08-24|newspaper=CDM Create Digital Music|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisvoice.cz/cz/articles/detail/3161|title=HIS Voice: C-Drík: Kdepak ta vaše world music|website=www.hisvoice.cz|access-date=2016-10-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://uqo.ca/nouvelles/12639|title=Nouvelle publication pour le professeur della faille|website=uqo.ca|access-date=2016-10-07}}

Collaborations

C-drík collaborated or still works together with the following artists [live and or studio] : Mick Harris, Mark Spybey, Mathis Mootz, David Thrussel, Planet Aldol, Sato Yukie, Nakamura Yuji, Yan Jun, Wu Quan, Itta, Daytripper, Mimetic, Ha Jane, Lee Han Joo, One Man Nation, Mindfuckingboy (Shaun Sankaran), Cliquetpar, B6, 718, Contagious Orgasm, Naofumi Ishimaru, Goh Lee Kwang, Lau Mun Leng, Li Chin Sung, Xavier Depienne, Le diktat, Error, Gisèle Pape, Gregory Durez, Tri Minh, Hùng Nguyễn Mạnh, Nguyễn Van Cuong, The Seventeen Migs of Spring, Olivier Moreau, John Sellekaers, Hervé Thomas, Gabriel Séverin, Marc Medea, Szkieve, Pei, Stereo warfare, Aluviana, Xabec.

Visual arts

Connected to visual arts (he has also learnt declamation, theater and improvisations), he composes soundtracks for theater, exhibitions, sound installations, fashion shows and short movies (Blanc murmure, 3point5, RTBF, Télésambre, Babel Q Compagnie, Charleroi Danse / Frédéric Flamand, Giovani Guzzo, Les théâtres du mercredi in Belgium, Wim Reiff Gallery, B52, Kunsttour, in the Netherlands, Ðào Anh Khánh Studio in Vietnam, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in China).{{Cite web |url=http://www.3point5.be/syrphe/projects/c_drik/c_drik.html |title=Syrphe |access-date=2017-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429194131/http://www.3point5.be/syrphe/projects/c_drik/c_drik.html |archive-date=2012-04-29 |url-status=dead }}

He composed and performed live two musical scores for the Sergei Eisenstein's mute films The strike in Riga, Latvia (at the festival Baltā Nakts) in 2006[http://www.baltanakts.lv/2006/open.php?lang=1&nr=2&nr2=3 Baltā nakts] and The Battlefield Potemkin in Dresden, Germany together with Xabec in 2009.[http://www.kino-im-kasten.de/index.php?site=SC:Archiv&ID=407 Kino Im Kasten]

Awards

2024 : Kunstpreis Berlin – Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948.
2017 : "Golden Nica" by Prix Ars Electronica co-awarded with Dimitri della Faille for their research on noise music in Southeast Asia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#digitalmusics|title=Winners 2017 Prix Ars Electronica|access-date=2017-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719004029/https://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#digitalmusics|archive-date=2017-07-19|url-status=dead}}
2006 : Best soundtrack award at the film festival Côté court in Montreuil, France.[http://www.cotecourt.org/film/fiche/1015-atalodz.html Côté Court]. The movie was directed by Gisèle Pape and edited on DVD by Ad Noiseam.

Trivia

Between the years 2000 and 2002 C-drík used variations of his moniker for various compilation, increased by one letter of the alphabet for each new compilation. Aliases such as D-Drik, F-Drik, H-drík, J-drík, Kirdec, O-drik, Q-drík, R-Drik, V-drík, Y-drík are therefore variations of C-drík main alias.