Joachim Montessuis

Joachim Montessuis is a French artist working since the early 1990s with voice, drone, noise and resonance. His performances use amplified and electronically processed screams, throat singing and words aimed at trance states. Based in Paris, he founded the Erratum label and teaches sound and intermedia art at HEAR in Strasbourg. Joachim Montessuis set up Erratum to publish art, noise and experimental sound poetry. He has worked with Henri Chopin, Charlemagne Palestine, Phill Niblock, Gary Hill, Maja Ratkje and Julien Ottavi, among others.