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Laurent Güdel is an electronic musician, a sound artist and sonic activist. He explores the politics of sound, critical listening, and the history of audio infrastructure, technologies, and institutions. He feeds back his combination of field research, sonic ethnography, electroacoustic composition, phonography, and exploration of rare sound archives into multi-channel electro-acoustic compositions, live performances, installations, movies without images, audio publications, text and prints. His practice is transdisciplinary and his methods are experimental.

He has collaborated with Olga Kokcharova, Francisco Meirino, Aladin Borioli, Anna-Maria Rammou, and Tim Shaw. His career has led him to perform, research and/or exhibit at LUFF in Lausanne, Cave 12 in Geneva, Q-02 in Brussels, Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm, the Computer Music Centre at Columbia University in New York, Elektronski Studio of Radio Belgrade, KSYME in Athens, Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM) in Belgium and Willem Twee Studios in Den Bosch in the Netherlands, HeK (House of electronic Arts) in Basel, Documenta 14 in Kassel, Carreau du Temple in Paris, CIRA (International Center for Research on Anarchism) in Lausanne.

In september he inaugurated Community Echo, a permanent sound installation and «art in architecture» proposition installed in the center of Zurich, in collaboration with Michal Florence Schorro, Giona Bierens de Haan and Raphael Raccuia.

His music and recordings has been released by Penultimate Press (UK), Subjam (China), The Tapeworms (UK), and ActiveRat, Insub.records, ActiveRatCopypasta, or Vandalizm (CH) Together with Lionel Gafner, he co-curates Kopfhörer and Arrière-Garde, two series dedicated to experimental sound practices, improvised music, and sound art in his city of Biel (Switzerland).

He his one of the co-founder of 0-0-0.space

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Discography

2026

Out soon: State Music, 3xLP & text, published by Arrière-Garde & INSUB records

2026

Unknown Artist, double tape, published by Subjam records

2025

Alpine Neutrality, release on label Penultimate Press (UK) 

2025

Sediment, tape, with Tim Shaw, published by The Tapeworms (UK)  

2025

Two Rooms, digital split EP & engraved postcards, with Anna Maria Rammou, published by Copypasta Editions

2023

Music for electronic consumers & consumer electronics, mp3 player, duo with Francisco Meirino, self-published

2022

Hiss, tape with Apian & Hassan Souaf, self-published

2022

2016

Cosnost, 10-inches vinyl, published by Vandalizm

Exhibition

2024

Suoni svaniti, inudibili e immaginari at La Rada, Locarno 

2023

Sonnettes at Les Voix de la Ville, Topophoniques, Maison de quartier de Chailly

2022

Solo / Mute / Pan at Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne, collaboration with Olga Kokcharova & guests

2020

State Music, Espace d’Art Contemporain – Les Halles, Porrentruy, Switzerland

2020

Empty spaces – what are we looking for at Krone Couronne, Bienne

2020

State Music at Lokal-Int, Bienne

2017

Blacklist at Nidwalder Museum, Stans

Collective exhibition

2023

Prix Anderfuhren at La Cantonale Berne Jura at Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne

2022

Radical Sources at Krone-Couronne, Biel/Bienne

2021

Swiss Media Arwards at HeK, Haus der Elektronische Künste

2021

Finalist at Swiss Art Awards

2021

La Cantonale Berne Jura at Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne

2019

Room 4 at CAN, Centre d’art contemporain Neuchâtel

2018

Anthropologies Numériques, Point éphémère, Paris, France (with Apian)

2018

Lausanne Underground Film Festival, OFF / LUFF, Switzerland (premiere of Action directe, discours indirect

2018

In relation with…, Espace Libre, Biel/Bienne

2015

Communism of Waves at Le 18, Marrakech, Morocco

2015

La Cantonale Berne-Jura at Kunsthaus, Langenthal

2015

Shape the Unknown at documenta14, Kassel, Germany

2015

documenta14, Kassel, Germany

Selected concerts

2026

Archipel Festival, Geneva

2025

Tiers-lieu, topic espace d’art contemporain, Geneva

2025

Unisectes, Gurzelen stadium, Biel/Bienne

2024

Rita Residenzia, Turbigo, Italy

2024

Cave12, duo with Anna-Maria Rammou, Geneva,

2022

LUFF, Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival

2022

The Centerpoint, Cinéma Bellevaux, Lausanne

2022

La Senne, Bruxelles

2021

Torsion (duo with Lionel Gafner): Asian tour (Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam) / 

2019

Torsion (duo with Lionel Gafner): Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium

2019

Le Bourg, Lausanne

2015

Le Salopard, Bienne 

2015

Umbo, Zurich 

Residencies

2025

Manoir Bruit, Sibra, France

2023

Computer Music Center, Columbia University, NYC, USA

2020

IPEM Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Ghent, Belgium

2020

Q-02, Brussels, Belgium

2020

Willem Twee Studios, Den Bosch, The Netherlands

2019

KSYME-CMRC, Contemporary Music Research Center, Athens, Greece

2019

Radio Beograd, Elektronski Studio, Belgrade, Serbia

2019

EMS Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm, Sweden

2019

Les FAC, St-Ursanne, Switzerland

2018-19

Atelier Suisse, Brussels, Belgium

Curation

Kopfhörer and Arrière-garde are dedicated to experimental and improvised music as well as sound arts. Curated by Lionel Gafner & Laurent Güdel. 

2026

Léa Paintandre

2026

Jérôme Noetinger & Eamon Sprod

2025

Cassandra Schürtenberger

2025

Hans Koch

2025

Lorenzo Abbatoir

2025

Katya Shirshkova

2025

Clara Levy

2025

Purpura, Amédée de Murcia

2025

Pierce Warnecke

2024

Réa Dübach

2024

Méryll Ampe

2024

Antoine Läng & d’Incise

2024

MESS NOIR

2024

Thomas Tilly

2024

Jonathan Frigeri

2024

Tim Shaw & Dirty Electronics

2024

Nick Podgursky

2023

Yann Leguay

2023

Amber Meulenijzer

2023

Louis Schild

2023

Augenwasser

2023

Béatrice Beispiel

2023

Tim Shaw & Laurent Güdel, 

2022

Nina Garcia

2022

Olga Kokcharova / Speckled Toshe x activeRat

2022

Francisco Meirino, Antoine Chessex, Jérôme Noetinger

2022

DUBUK

2022

Anita

2022

Christian Müller

2021

Denis Rollet

2021

Thomas Tilly

2021

Laure Bétris

2021

Léon Jodry

2021

Anuk Schmelcher

2021

Tim Shaw

2020

Thibauld Walter

2020

Gaudenz Badrutt

2020

Juliette Volcler

2019

Matthieu Saladin

2018

Francisco Meirino & Laurent Güdel

2017

Noise Festival at SAS, Delémont — Valerio Tricoli, SSSS, Mess Noir, 300 Basses, Francisco Meirino, Joke Lanz

2017

Des Cendres

2017

Biblioteq Mdulair & Synkie

2017

Bob Torche

2017

Gilles Aubry

2017

Manuel Troller

2017

Noise Festival at SAS, Delémont — Stephen O’Malley, Gilles Aubry, Mika Vainio, Ketev, Andy Guhl, Laurent Güdel, Cyrus Dufoy

2017

Zweitesystem

2015

Noise Festival at SAS, Delémont — Mai Mai Mai, Aun, Bad Trip Inc. Donald Suck (curated by Simon Riat)

2014

Noise Festival at SAS, Delémont — Emptyset, Violetshape, Cover, Monno, MIR, Pandi/Nido/Amstutz, MESS NOIR