Martin Roedolf
Modular Synthesis
modulations
Martin Roedolf is a Dutch modular artist whose work explores the shifting boundaries between experimental music and sound art. Using modular synthesis as his primary medium, he creates sonic landscapes that oscillate between structure and chaos, intention and randomness.
His practice centers on sound as both a physical and emotional experience, shaping frequencies, textures, and rhythms into evolving narratives and musical environments. Roedolf's work often intersects electronic music, avant-garde experimentation, and nature's influence, frequently filtered through biofeedback.
Through live performances and studio-based experimentation, he delves into the fragility of perception and the ways in which sound can dissolve conventional forms. Roedolf's art questions the distinctions between noise and music, composition and improvisation, presence and absenceinviting audiences to redefine their relationship with sound and experience.
biofeedback
My work explores the hidden processes of nature and how they can be translated into sound. Using biofeedback and sensor technology, I capture subtle electrical signals from living organisms like plants and trees and convert them into control voltage to interact with my modular synthesizers.
This creates a direct exchange between nature, technology, and sound.
These signals, often responses to light, touch, moisture or time, become the raw material for
a sonic dialogue a constantly shifting interplay between human, machine, and environment.
It’s an intuitive and organic process, always evolving.
While plants sometimes take an active role in my compositions, they’re not always the starting point. My work is driven by a curiosity for what usually goes unheard and a desire to shape new worlds from those invisible forces.
performances
Kunsthal
Rotterdam
CELL performance
With Barkode
Worm
Rotterdam
Noodlebar-010
Keile Cafe
Cell performance art
Secret Garden
Elp
Hartstocht festival
Embassy of Art
Amsterdam
Expo Jessica van Deursen
Weelde
Rotterdam
Barkode / Melanist_live
OT301
Amsterdam
Unknow Electronics
Neck Of The Woods
Rotterdam
Dear Space Of Shapes
MONO
Rotterdam
Natural voltage