Serge Bulat is a Moldovan-American multidisciplinary artist, composer and sound designer, who has been contributing to both European and American art scenes, exploring various mediums: from music and visuals to video games, radio and theater productions.
Artist's most notable to date works are "Queuelbum" (IMA award for Best Electronic Album); the audiovisual installation "Inkblot" (presented at music and art festivals in more than 10 countries); and the experimental video game "Wurroom".
Artist's works were included in conferences and symposiums such as Convergence, UK (International Conference of Music, Technology & Ideas, organized by De Montfort & MTI2 —Institute for Sonic Creativity); Technarte, Spain/USA (Art & Technology International Conference); JAE: Electronic Art Days 2018, Argentina (organized by the Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation); New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), USA; New Mimesis: simulation, models, metaphors and data in music, Belgium/UK (organized by Orpheus Institute's Music, Thought and Technology Unit, WinterSound Festival & Canterbury University's Composition, Improvisation, and Sonic Art Research); Audio Mostly, UK (A Conference On Interaction With Sound, Nottingham University); Seeing Sound, UK; Video Art Forum, Saudi Arabia; New Music Gathering, USA; Techne (Germany/Greece), and ISMIR (22nd International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference).
Bulat's artistic approach is often perceived as a meditation on arts, philosophy, science, and society; and explores such diverse subjects as creativity, technology, reality, culture, and identity.
The artist appeared in the following American and international media: Delete TV, BBC, The Deli Magazine, Ibero 90.9, The Moderns, KEXP, Son Of Marketing, Fresh On The Net, NYS Music, Threads Radio, c89.5 Café Chill, Bullett Magazine, VGA Magazine, Electronic Rush, Visual Atelier 8, Eventide, Bandcamp, Radioaktiv, Electric Sense, Facts & Arts, Culture Remixed, Radio Reverb, The New LoFi, The Burning Ear, Sveriges Radio P2, CKCU FM 93.1's Acoustic Frontiers, RBB Radioeins and zap! bang! Magazine.
Bulat's artistry is described as "the new sound in the realm of electronic music" (Facts & Arts, France), "existentialist work" (Ibero 90.9, Mexico), "truly innovative" (Amazing Radio, UK), and "an ambitious project that can trigger intellectual thought" (The Deli Magazine, USA).
Born and raised in Moldova, Bulat attended E.Coca music school, later continued his studies at the Academy of Music Theater and Fine Arts. DJ-ing simultaneously at radio stations such as Europa Plus and Radio 21 led to serving as stations' creative director and producing various shows and events in the country. In 2009 the artist immigrated to the United States to pursue his career further.
In New York, Bulat developed what would've become his debut album - a concept project that involved sound, video art, photography and writing. "Queuelbum" marked the first collaboration with the visual artist Michael Rfdshir, and launched his interdisciplinary experimentation. "Queuelbum" evolved into the "Third World Walker" audiovisual triptych, which was included in various independent festivals around Europe.
"Wurmenai" the next multi-format project, preceded by two works: "Yehy Vaya" - a collaboration with Mordovian folk band OYME sung in the language of Erzya; and "Kalah Folklore" - a song in Argentinian Spanish, featuring vocalist Miriam García, based on the traditional Andean coplas.
The first single honored the UN proclaimed International Year Of Indigenous Languages; the second one marked the 100 years since the birth of Leda Valladares. The project's collaboration list also includes Rumbo Tumba, Nino Errera, Pavel Vit and features a fusion of genres, cultures, and creative techniques.
"Wurmenai" became another concept project for Bulat, billed as an album in the video game format. Developed in partnership with Michael Rfdshir and exclusively designed to interact with sound, "Wurroom" has entirely consisted of songs from the record. "The Border Song", featured in the game and released as a video single has received an AEAF nomination in the Best Music Video category.
The follow-up release "Similarities Between Fish And A Chair" was released on April 30th, 2021, offered more experimentation and featured new collaborators such as Katie Buckley, Dai Sekiguchi, Hirokazu Ishida, along Nino Errera, Pavel Vit, and OYME, who returned to the project. The artists from ten countries in total have participated in both releases.
The album was supported by the singles "Sanity Mantra" and "Digital Guillermo", the latter featured in the video game "Isolomus" to which Bulat contributed the soundtrack.
Additionally, the artist participated in a few independent projects including ToneShift's mix Sound of Solidarity, vinyl release via Vynil Moon with "Digital Guillermo", and sound art piece for Spanish experimental label Mute.
Bulat's ongoing immersive project 'Inkblot' is being presented at selected festivals and was recently published in the scientific journal Vortex, Brazil.
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