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 ===== Biography ===== ===== Biography =====
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-**VooDooMan** (Marián Meravý) was experimental musician, painter, programmer, writer and radio presenter based in Bratislava, Slovakia. He authored 9 music albums, tens of humorous podcasts "Rádio Haluze" at [[http://www.tlis.sk/|Rádio Tlis]] where he also worked as an sound engineer.+Marián Meravý a.k.a **VooDooMan** (17. 5. 1980 – 20. 10. 2015) was an experimental musician, painter, programmer, writer and radio presenter based in Bratislava, Slovakia. He authored 9 music albums, tens of humorous podcasts "Rádio Haluze" at [[http://www.tlis.sk/|Rádio Tlis]] where he also worked as a sound engineer. He ran his own music label called Oshipanah Records.
  
-He often mentioned being inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_(band)|Coil]], Jackson Pollock and Andry Warhol.  +He often mentioned being inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_(band)|Coil]], Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol.  
 ===== Interests ===== ===== Interests =====
 ==== Music ==== ==== Music ====
-His music was usually very experimental, challenging traditional concepts of melody or rhythm with more abstract compositional processes, musique concrète or nearly harsh-noise attitude. His music contained for example sampling of his own voice or voices of other people (sometimes through telephone line), his own distortion techniques and various acoustic recordings of his custom built instruments.+VooDooMan's music was usually very experimental, challenging traditional concepts of melody or rhythm with more abstract compositional processes, musique concrète or nearly harsh-noise attitude. His music contained for example sampling of his own voice or voices of other people (sometimes through telephone line), own distortion techniques and various acoustic recordings of custom-built instruments. 
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 +He started to release his work after a push from Andrej Chudý, his colleague from Rádio TLIS. 
 +He never performed live, even though there was an attempt to organize a concert by 900piesek and Hargi from FUGA in Bratislava.
  
 ==== Electronics ==== ==== Electronics ====
-VooDooMan was very skilled electrical engineer. One of his projects was a complex electronic circuit designed to control vacuum cleaner through his computer's sound card. His aim was create an electronic interference in the power grid, which he then planned to use as an unconventional sound source for his music. His electronics knowledge was all self thought – he dropped out of high-school and studied from university textbooks. +VooDooMan was a very skilled electrical engineer. One of his projects was a complex electronic circuit designed to control vacuum cleaner through his computer's sound card. His aim was to create an electronic interference in the power grid, which he then planned to use as an unconventional sound source for his music. His electronics knowledge was all self-thought – he dropped out of high-school and studied from university textbooks. 
  
-VooDooMan also built his own radio station, which he used to transmit his podcasts to his neighbours.+VooDooMan also built his own radio station, which he used to transmit his podcasts to his neighbors.
  
 ==== Programming ==== ==== Programming ====
-VooDooMan was experienced C++ programmer, contributing to various open source projects as well as programming his own musical programming language, similar to [[https://puredata.info/|Pure Data]]. He often used to dive deep into processor architecture and maximise utilisation of its resources via assembly code instructions.+VooDooMan was an experienced C++ programmer, contributing to various open-source projects as well as programming his own musical programming language, similar to [[https://puredata.info/|Pure Data]]. He often used to dive deep into processor architecture and maximise utilisation of its resources via assembly code instructions.
 He used to maintain his own servers, located at his home. He used to maintain his own servers, located at his home.
  
 ==== Telephone ==== ==== Telephone ====
-Telephones have been often present in VooDooMan's work. His mother used to work in Slovak Telecom – national telecommunication company and he, as a child, got to experience the old analog telephone exchange. He was well versed in the various technologies underlaying telecommunication. +Telephones have been often present in VooDooMan's work. His mother used to work in Slovak Telecom – a national telecommunication company and he, as a child, got to experience the old analog telephone exchange. He was well versed in the various technologies underlaying telecommunication. 
  
 Apparently VooDooMan liked to randomly select and call telephone numbers in the phonebook, which sometimes resulted in new friendships. He also sampled some of his phone calls in his music or in "Rádio Haluze". The ones made for his podcast were mainly prank calls to various commercial or public institutions.  Apparently VooDooMan liked to randomly select and call telephone numbers in the phonebook, which sometimes resulted in new friendships. He also sampled some of his phone calls in his music or in "Rádio Haluze". The ones made for his podcast were mainly prank calls to various commercial or public institutions. 
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   * [[https://lom.audio/releases/04-voodooman-voices-from-antidimension/|Voice from Antidimension]]   * [[https://lom.audio/releases/04-voodooman-voices-from-antidimension/|Voice from Antidimension]]
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 +===== Sources =====
 +**Memories:** Ach, Baška, Danky, Jonáš, Vladko\\
 +[[http://vdm.valec.net/|Voodoman's homepage]]\\
 +[[https://www.are.na/goretexture-s/voodoo|Arena aggregating fragments/and online presence]]
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 +===== Links =====
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 +https://lom.audio/releases/04-voodooman-voices-from-antidimension/
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 +Rozhovor VooDooMana s VooDooManom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_uZkVqBP6w
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 +Rozhovor Jonáša Grusku s VooDooManom https://lom.audio/voodooman-a-hlasy-z-antidimenzie/
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 +Rozhovor s Luciou Udvardyovou pre rádio Wave http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiowave/kumst/_zprava/voodooman--802648
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 +Dokumentárny film The Sound and the Fury – Cadillac Face and the Noize Konspiracy (Gianmarco Del Re, 2016), v ktorom vznikli rozhovory o VooDooManovej tvorbe  https://vimeo.com/218776622
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   *  + skupinou Travis, mne raz rozpraval (a myslim, ze to je aj niekde v buklete niektoreho albumu, alebo niekde pisane na webe) ze by chcel niekedy urobit pesnickovy album, ze aj pise texty, ale nevie spievat, tak z toho asi nic nebude.   *  + skupinou Travis, mne raz rozpraval (a myslim, ze to je aj niekde v buklete niektoreho albumu, alebo niekde pisane na webe) ze by chcel niekedy urobit pesnickovy album, ze aj pise texty, ale nevie spievat, tak z toho asi nic nebude.
   * kedysi (okolo roku 2004/05) bol na irci taky room ze 'cajovna', netusim nakolko by to mohlo byt zaujimave, alebo ako sa k tym ludom tam dostat/vypatrat ich, ale tak som sa o nom dozvedel ja prvy krat a imho by vedeli nieco o nom povedat   * kedysi (okolo roku 2004/05) bol na irci taky room ze 'cajovna', netusim nakolko by to mohlo byt zaujimave, alebo ako sa k tym ludom tam dostat/vypatrat ich, ale tak som sa o nom dozvedel ja prvy krat a imho by vedeli nieco o nom povedat
 +  * @ tlis akvarko sept 2009 https://i.imgur.com/90cUmqd.jpg