A double-whammy of a cosy bookshop concert featuring the Mexican artist José Orozco Mora and local Mads Kjeldgaard.
José Orozco Mora's live performance combines his self-built acoustic instruments and modular synthesis, all framed by his research into alternative tunings and just intonation.
Mads Kjeldgaard will be playing a concert using a new electronic music instrument, The Harmony Exploration Instrument aka. HEI. Expect thick but pleasent layers of melodic and harmonic patterns inspired by the growth processes of nature.
About the artists
José Orozco Mora, originally from Chapala, Jalisco, currently based in Mexico City, works with sound across multiple disciplines, including sound installation and design, composition, production and post-production, as well as experimental lutherie. His work focuses on exploring sound with a particular emphasis on its physical properties and its relationship with acoustics and psychoacoustics. To achieve this, he experiments with alternative tunings, a careful selection of timbres, and the spectral content of both acoustic and electronic instruments, many of which he designs and builds himself. This in-depth sonic exploration has led him to work with various media and formats, including sound installations and multichannel works.
Orozco has been a recipient of the Jóvenes Creadores grant from PECDA Jalisco (2021 and 2024) and the Jóvenes Creadores program from FONCA (2023). His recordinds has been published by renowned record labels such as Cassauna / Important Records (United States), Hole Records (Mexico), Constellation Tatsu (United States), and Debacle Records (United States). His work has been presented in Mexico, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Denmark. Orozco holds a master's degree in Music Technology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the same institution.
Mads Kjeldgaard is a sound artist and composer from Denmark. His work encompasses text, photography, motor-based sound art, electronics, field recordings, and programming. In 2024, he founded the platform Exformal Records for sound and listening-based thinking, followed in 2025 by hyaline.systems, a platform for creative technology. He studied electronic music composition at The Royal Academy of Music (DIEM), trained as a journalist, and has worked for several years in the art-technology field as a developer, and is a member of The Danish Composers’ Society.