Artist · Compilation artist
Balam Ronan
Composer, Interdisciplinary Artist · Buenos Aires / Geneva
Balam Ronan is a composer and interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores listening, soundscapes, field recordings, experimental music, and sonic interventions in public space. Working through ephemeral installations, participatory practices, action art, and visual media, his projects invite attention to situated listening and collective experience. He has also collaborated on visual arts, contemporary dance, and theater projects.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Musical Composition from UAQ, Mexico, and a master’s degree in Critical, Curatorial, and Cybermedia Studies from HEAD, Switzerland. His work has been presented and/or published in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Wales. He has released music on Green Field Recordings, Echomusic, Sonic Terrain, La Escucha Atenta, Auriculab, Suplex, Archivo Usted no está aquí, Sónec, and Noise à Noise.
Releases
Albums, singles and compilations Balam Ronan appears on. Press a cover to open it.
Compilation · 2023 · NaN-23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- 1. Boogh Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Beckett's Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah – The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:05
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound – CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada11:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
- 1. BOOGH Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Becketts Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah: The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:04
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound- CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada10:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
- 20. Death is Standing Above the Skies — Ali Aghili3:02
- 21. Radio Astronomy — Kian Hossein6:11
- 22. Drown — Babak Sepanta4:50
- 23. Pain & Fury — silo portem2:00
- 24. Suave Resistance — Wondering O6:16
- 25. Glory of Flare — Mohamad Nikpour5:50
- 26. Charivari Basement Experience (compilation mix) — Soheil Soheili & Blatta Joux5:45
- 27. Overstand — Ashkin Shabani3:05
- 28. Akeen — Shahin Souri4:39
- 29. Bernardinelli-Bernstein — Fuzzle Schnozzle3:22
- 30. Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums, and Acoustic Pendulums — Mehdi Behbudi15:39
- 31. CNC Machines and more — Ramin Ashtari2:38
- 32. Solidarity — Katharina Stadler3:49
- 33. Le ombre si allungano (The shadows lengthen) — Jesus Valenti5:07
- 34. The Darkness Before Dawn — silo portem5:50
- 35. Intimate Invocations (Vayu Residency) — Negar Kharkan5:34
- 36. Pollution — Zhoobin Askarieh and Ali Sasha5:56
- 37. 1.5 e + 6 — Kian Hossein2:08
Year by year
- Appears on Women, Life, Freedom on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- Appears on Women, Life, Freedom on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
- Appears on Noise à Noise 20.3-1