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
Rider
CV
Press kit
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
Interactions: A guide to swiss underground experimental music, LP & CD, published by Buh Records
2016
Cosnost, 10-inches vinyl, published by Vandalizm
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
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
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
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
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
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