CV
Dominik Grenzler is a sound artist, conceptual producer and former bass guitar player with a penchant for experimental and ambient soundscapes. The literal translation of «Anmoku» (jap.) is «tacit, unsaid, implicit» conveying that an idea or thought cannot be put into words but is subconsciously understood. Inspired and animated, with this approach, Dominik’s abstract, cinematic music gives the listener room for imagination and interpretation. His approach is highly personal, as he manages to generate tension with a hidden musicality, drowned in a miasma of organic, yet manipulated, sounds. Dominik’s primary interests lie in simplicity, repetition and the relationship between sound and art. He loves Musique Concrète, Hauntology and Clicks ‘n Cuts. His compositions blur the genres of Ambient, Drone, Noise and Electronic Muisc. His sound works are available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Born in 1977 in Gdańsk. Raised on a soundtrack of bubbly 80’s synth pop and early 90’s guitar music. Playing e-bass in several bands in Germany’s former coal-mining hub, the Ruhr district, he gained experiences in a variety of musical genres. He broke off his literature studies at the renowned Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. This was followed from 1998 to 2002 by appearances in the opening programmes of Whitney Houston, Joe Cocker, Marla Glen as the hired bassist to the singer and songwriter Daniel Denecke and others. The next years are followed by working for the music and fashion industry. After this break from making music, inspired by experiences during travels, encounters and further training (HMVK Dortmund, Hofa College, Mentorship by Uwe Zahn) Dominik started to explore sound in different and less commercial way. In 2008, he began working under the artist name An Moku.
He is working with: Adriano Orrù (Musician), Arovane (Musician, Sound Designer), Blakmoth (Musician), Benfay (Sound Engineer), Danique Wiesli (Scenographer), Emre Sargöl (Musician), Ivan Engler (Film Maker, Musician), Jan Knüsel (Film Maker), Joel Gilardini (Musician), Marcus Beuter (Sound Artist), Micah Frank (Musician, Sound Designer), Nàresh Ran (Sound Artist), Nebno (Singer, Musician), Nicolas Streichenberg (Musician), Sasha della Moon (Dancer), Silo Portem (Sound Artist), Stan Pete (Sound Artist, Instrument Maker), Stefan Schmid (Musician), Stijn Hüwels (Musician), Taylor Deupree (Sound Engineer), Tilman Ehrhorn (Musician, Sound Designer), Virlyn (Sound Artist), Weldroid (Sound Engineer).
One of his favorite projects from the past is the 2013 collaboration with Sonos Switzerland, titled “How to Catch STILLE?” Led and curated by Dominik, this initiative for the hearing impaired involved over 30 musicians.
Works & Live
2024 – Coming next: Audiowalk Hertenstein-Rachmaninoff (Collaboration with Tourismus Luzern & HSLU)
2024 – «Etappe» Plugin (Collaboration with Puremagnetik)
2024 – «Krass Fass – Fassbare Kunst» Sound design, Installation by Salome von Brüning, Exhibition, Richterswil (postponed to 2025)
2024 – «Warum es sich lohnt auf die Welt zu kommen» Radio play, Radio SRF2 Kultur (Collaboration with Martin Engler/Junges Literaturlabor)
2024 – «Darker» Valhalla Delay Preset Collection 1 & 2
2023 – «Stages» Plugin (Collaboration with Puremagnetik)
2023 – «Shapes (for a Name) – Eine Annäherung an die Musik des Bauhaus» Essay
2023 – «Shapes (for a Name)» @Puremagnetik [USA]
2023 – Live @Badenfahrt Festival (An Moku & Yes, it’s Ananias)
2023 – «Raum im Raum» (Collaboration with Stefan Schmidt) @Karlrecords [GER]
2023 – «The coughing of fleas around midnight» (Backstage Subscription Exclusively)
2023 – Live @Risa Hutwerkstatt, Hägglingen (An Moku & Yes, it’s Ananias)
2023 – Live @FriSon, Fribourg
2023 – Live @Kulturhaus Helferei, Zürich (Strom am Mittag)
2023 – Live @Coin Coin, Zürich (An Moku & Yes, it’s Ananias)
2023 – «Fluxus Verve» (Collaboration with Yes, it’s Ananias) [CH]
2023 – «Schönheit der Bewegung» Single Release (Collaboration with Yes, it’s Ananias) [CH]
2023 – Live @Buffet Nord, Bern (An Moku & Yes, it’s Ananias, Installation by Brigitte Lustenberger) – TONTON No.7
2023 – «Salz & Honig» Single Release (Collaboration with Yes, it’s Ananias) [CH]
2022 – Live @Umbo, Zürich (An Moku & Yes, it’s Ananias)
2022 – «ZwischenRaum» (Collaboration with Stefan Schmidt) @Karlrecords [GER]
2022 – «Fromaroom Sessions: Exploring discontinued and obsolete reverb units»
2022 – «Sfaira» (Collaboration with Tilman Ehrhorn aka Werken) @EndTitles [CH]
2021 – «YŌKAI» Xmas Mixtape IX (Contribution) @DioDrone [IT]
2021 – «Microdemystification» (Collaboration with Blakmoth) @DioDrone [IT]
2021 – «Dingeklang Vol.2 – Sound pack of other fancy obsolete electro acoustic devices»
2021 – «MNEMOSYNE #25» Podcast
2021 – «Dingeklang Vol.1 – Sound pack of obsolete electro acoustic devices»
2021 – MICROPOLIS a photo exhibition by Claudio Colotti, Das Provisorium, Zürich
2021 – «Raum» (Collaboration with Stefan Schmidt) @Karlrecords [GER]
2021 – Plugin: «Fragment» – Dual Fluctuation Looper Device (Collaboration with Puremagnetik)
2021 – «Less» @Puremagnetik [USA]
2021 – «Safety in Solitude» Sessions (Backstage Subscription Exclusively)
2020 – «Where We Meet» (Collaboration with Stijn Hüwels) @Slowcraft Records [UK]
2020 – «Maya Deren» (Collaboration with Joel Gilardini) @bullflat 3.8, [Japan]
2020 – «Co-Being», «Phimola» (Backstage Subscription Exclusively)
2020 – Bandcamp Subscription: Backstage
2020 – «Of Mirrors» (Collaboration with Virlyn) @Audiobulb Records [UK], EndTitles [Switzerland]
2020 – «Her Dark Materials» EP @EndTitles
2019 – 10th IOIC Stummfilm-Festival, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich
2019 – EndTitles.Kitchen.Lab #2-4 (Universalfilter, Steinbrüchel, Stan Pete, Joel Gilardini, Feyz & Snoopy over the Hills), Kulturfolger, Zürich
2019 – Weldroid: Comatosed Disruption (Remix)
2019 – «Live in Cairo 2018» @EndTitles [Switzerland]
2018 – EndTitles.Kitchen.Lab #1 (Joel Gilardini & Chihei Hatakeyama)
2018 – Live in Cairo, Egypt (Mapping Possibilities VI, in Cooperation with Pro Helvetia)
2018 – Mapping Possibilities VI Live-Show Preparation in Reykjavik, Iceland
Comeback after a break.
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Press
Sunrise Starzone: Tape it or leave it: Die Verkaufszahlen von Musikkassetten steigen an (GER)
15 Questions: About the 70s as Inspiration, Fluxus and the return of Disco in 2050 (ENG)
15 Questions: About Sonic Time Travel and playing for the Deaf (ENG)
NEOBLOG Swiss Contemporary Music: An Moku – Klangkünstler und Soundtüflter (GER)
Sodapop Magazine: An Moku – Rundum Zürich… (IT)
An Moku – Zwischen den Zeilen. Ein Interview. (GER)
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«…Deep, tactile sound design.» – Taylor Deupree
«Die Klangräume stammen vom Soundarchitekten Dominik Grenzler, der unter dem Namen An Moku aus Stille, Ton und Geräusch spannungsvolle, hochkomplexe, filmische Klangwelten komponiert.»
– SRF2 Kultur
«…Doch stets interagieren die Dinge, wirken aufeinander und im Sinne einer neuralen Rückkopplung auch miteinander. Klingt verschwurbelt, ist aber ganz einfach – nämlich kontemplative KlangKunst vom Feinsten. 5 von 5.» – Westzeit Magazin
«…This is in the zone between drone electronics and abstract electroacoustic music, further afield than most ambient music, especially in its unpredictability. …As there’s a lot that’s original and much that’s surprising going on in this music, and as such no two tracks are quite alike.» – Audion, Issue No. 69
«…Tre lati di un personaggio che sicuramente merita attenzione e che sembra avere parecchie frecce nel suo arco, sia come musicista che come produttore artistico.» – Sodapop Magazine
«Shapes (for a Name) is a testament to Bauhaus values, how wielding them can create lovely, immersive, evocative music, an avant-garde for everyone.» – George Grella
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Media
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