.::One Man Nation::.

Marc Chia aka One Man Nation (b.1982, Singapore) is a musician with a background in media and sound art. Graduating in 2009 with a masters in Media Design from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands, he investigates social and psychological situations related to tradition and its progression, the future through the eyes of history, and spirituality in technology through the medium of sound and performance. He currently splits his time between Europe and Indonesia where he is researching and developing The Future Sounds Of Folk in collaboration with Steim as well as co-directing The UnifiedField collective and art space with Marta Moreno Munoz.

The next One Man Nation release is scheduled for September this year, will be vinyl only and released on Austrian experimental music label Klub Moozak.

Marc Chia has collaborated in his existence with Pierre Bastien, C-drik Fermont, Kato Hideki, Damo Suzuki, Hilary Jeffrey, Zai Kuning, Mindfuckingboy, Olaff Kehler, Richard Scott, Katie Duck, Alfredo Genovesi, Soopa Collective, and has performed internationally at festivals such as Mapping (Geneva), Piksel (Bergen), MEM (Bilbao), STEIM Jamboree (Amsterdam), Makeart (Poitiers), Fete 0.1 (Orléans) and SummerLAB (Gijon).

releases

  • The Time Has Come And The Time Is Now (Klub Moozak, Vinyl To-be-released Sep 29 2010)
  • Rained And It Rained Bullets It Rained (Syrphe Records, CD 2007)

media

Solo Performance - http://vimeo.com/2831098

Steim Presentation - http://vimeo.com/3178435

Collaborations

Future Sounds Of Folk Concert 01 w/ Jimbot (Kenong, Suling, Kendang) - http://vimeo.com/9155125

w/ Alfredo Genovesi and Michael Vachter http://vimeo.com/4710998

w/ Richard Scott (Twinkle3) http://vimeo.com/1677813

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