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
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Compilation · 2023 · NaN-23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- 1. Arshan Najafi – Boogh Symphony Electronique5:18
- 2. Leonie Roessler – All Life Begins Hopeful2:08
- 3. Ali Balighi – Untitled_12:32
- 4. Wondering O – Sirius4:27
- 5. silo portem – Surveillance State1:25
- 6. Cedrik Fermont – The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human3:25
- 7. Ehsan Saboohi – Beckett's Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix)3:51
- 8. Ibukun Sunday – Saririnah – The Embodied Souls0:31
- 9. Balam Ronan – Women, Life, Freedom1:38
- 10. Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann – LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts)5:17
- 11. Arshia Samsaminia – FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts)11:24
- 12. Chem XP – GQ3:05
- 13. Sahar Homami – Overture8:17
- 14. Alireza Amirhajebi – DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound – CMMF Live performance6:00
- 15. Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada – Splash, Hiss, Shot11:34
- 16. silo portem – Twisted Whispers2:56
- 17. Alya Al-Sultani – Three Ages of Woman-Mother5:52
- 18. Nour Kara and Juliette Capel – En-Sheneh6:30
- 19. Robbert van Hulzen – Zamzamah4:48
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
- 1. Arshan Najafi – BOOGH Symphony Electronique5:18
- 2. Leonie Roessler – All Life Begins Hopeful2:08
- 3. Ali Balighi – Untitled_12:32
- 4. Wondering O – Sirius4:27
- 5. silo portem – Surveillance State1:25
- 6. Cedrik Fermont – The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human3:25
- 7. Ehsan Saboohi – Becketts Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix)3:51
- 8. Ibukun Sunday – Saririnah: The Embodied Souls0:31
- 9. Balam Ronan – Women, Life, Freedom1:38
- 10. Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann – LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts)5:17
- 11. Arshia Samsaminia – FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts)11:24
- 12. Chem XP – GQ3:04
- 13. Sahar Homami – Overture8:17
- 14. Alireza Amirhajebi – DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound- CMMF Live performance6:00
- 15. Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada – Splash, Hiss, Shot10:34
- 16. silo portem – Twisted Whispers2:56
- 17. Alya Al-Sultani – Three Ages of Woman-Mother5:52
- 18. Nour Kara and Juliette Capel – En-Sheneh6:30
- 19. Robbert van Hulzen – Zamzamah4:48
- 20. Ali Aghili – Death is Standing Above the Skies3:02
- 21. Kian Hossein – Radio Astronomy6:11
- 22. Babak Sepanta – Drown4:50
- 23. silo portem – Pain & Fury2:00
- 24. Wondering O – Suave Resistance6:16
- 25. Mohamad Nikpour – Glory of Flare5:50
- 26. Soheil Soheili & Blatta Joux – Charivari Basement Experience (compilation mix)5:45
- 27. Ashkin Shabani – Overstand3:05
- 28. Shahin Souri – Akeen4:39
- 29. Fuzzle Schnozzle – Bernardinelli-Bernstein3:22
- 30. Mehdi Behbudi – Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums, and Acoustic Pendulums15:39
- 31. Ramin Ashtari – CNC Machines and more2:38
- 32. Katharina Stadler – Solidarity3:49
- 33. Jesus Valenti – Le ombre si allungano (The shadows lengthen)5:07
- 34. silo portem – The Darkness Before Dawn5:50
- 35. Negar Kharkan – Intimate Invocations (Vayu Residency)5:34
- 36. Zhoobin Askarieh and Ali Sasha – Pollution5:56
- 37. Kian Hossein – 1.5 e + 62:08
Compilation · 2020 · NaN20.3-1
Noise à Noise 20.3-1
- 1. Spectro Duo – Stowaway5:35
- 2. Luca Guidarini – Riflessi. Pistoletto10:04
- 3. Anna Sowa – Smar11:37
- 4. silo portem – Dasht-e Kavir5:34
- 5. Hadi Bastani – In The Club With Bob4:37
- 6. Fabio Grandinetti – Time8:22
- 7. Sina Shoaie & Sohrab Motabar & Soheil Soheili – Vigil5:06
- 8. Dimitri Papageorgiou – "…am I hearing voices within the voice?"6:38
- 9. Kamyar Behbahani – Transformation2:40
- 10. Nicolas Wiese – Nemishenasamash4:50
- 11. Balam Ronan – Live Set For Oscilloscope17:22
- 12. Chi Him Chik – Static Line(s)14:06
- 13. Gabriel Arroyo Gallardo – LsT4PCLPTCS4NRQCH7:38
- 14. Zerone Duo – 33 1/39:10
- 15. Monchoce Tonero – Anaeri4:47
- 16. Idlefon – Requiem For Bobby Baccalà5:41
- 17. Wondering O – Passive Aggressive3:36
- 18. Arthur Muller – Existentialism Proof4:12
- 19. Angus Lee – Lapsus Memoriae III – Interlude Hikari To Yami No Kansō14:40
- 20. An Moku – The Long Bright Dark8:08
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 Live Set For Oscilloscope on Noise à Noise 20.3-1