Tomoroh Hidari

Tomoroh Hidari (Schematic Records, Mahorka, Ivory Bunker Recordings)


(Tomoroh Hidari, live at Hofburg, Vienna 06/2024)


Tomoroh Hidari (born Oliver Stummer) is an Austrian electronic musician living in London. An innovative explorer of sonic adventures known for his individualist style of experimental sounds and genre-defying compositions, he has carved a niche in the experimental and electronic music scenes with a distinctive approach blending electro, dark ambient, industrial, and avant-garde elements. He first garnered attention in the early 2000s with a series of critically acclaimed releases that showcased his adeptness at merging intricate digital manipulation with atmospheric soundscapes.
He has released several notable works, including “Some Stars Not Yet Black Holes” (2012), a critically acclaimed double album of ambient & Kosmische Musik on Record Label Records, “小​さ​な​夢​達” (Chiisana Yumetachi, 2020), his down-tempo Zen explorations on Mahorka and electro-IDM “Oblivion Engine” (2023) on Schematic Records. Other significant releases include “The Necrophonicon,” a glitch meets breakcore & industrial project exploring cosmic horror themes, and most recently “Depth Sounding,” which captures his June 2024 live performance at Hofburg, Vienna.


(Tomoroh Hidari live at CRUX AV Festival, London 04/2024)

Hidari has frequently showcased his music live, including at prestigious festivals, including the 2010 Elevate Festival in Graz, Austria, and the Crux AV Festival in April 2024, London. 

Tomoroh Hidari is involved in various side projects, collaborations, remixes, radio art and music for theater & short film.
Notable among these are Death Librarian, which delves into dark ambient and death industrial genres, and The Dubnihilist, focusing on dub techno and experimental dub. Among his collaborations, his work (as Oliver Stummer) with Liesl Ujvary composing original music for Mixtur Trautonium (“Trautonium Jetztzeit”, 2008), his 2020 collaboration with Japanese Noise-Idol Okinawa Electric Girl Saya, and founding and leading the Vienna based collective Dystopian Dub Developments highlight his versatility and ability to explore different sonic landscapes. 

Selected links:

SNS:
https://x.com/TomorohHidari
https://www.instagram.com/tomoroh_hidari/
https://www.facebook.com/futuretomorohhidari

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4I2UxAPL00LPoGS4Q6Dn9B?si=D8a0-ddvTtWZg3LQCYW2lw
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/tomoroh-hidari/275183639?l=en-US
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6NoU34F45ptXkHK-vmPJnw

Tomoroh Hidari at Ivory Bunker:
https://www.ivorybunker.com

Depth Sounding (Live at Hofburg, Vienna), (Bruitversum 2024)
https://bruitversum.bandcamp.com/album/depth-sounding

Live at CRUX AV Festival, April 2024 (audio):
https://soundcloud.com/fth42/live-rehearsal-april-2024

Live at DIS/LOYAL, December 2023 (Video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1zjTNffSg

Live at Elevate Festival 2010:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7UvBCdX3I

Oblivion Engine (Schematic 2023):
https://schematicmusiccompany.bandcamp.com/album/oblivion-engine

小​さ​な​夢​達 (Chiisana Yumetachi). (Mahorka,  2020)

https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/-
Ivory Bunker Recordings:
https://ivorybunkerrecordings.bandcamp.com

Complete Discography – soon. In the meantime, please see discogs (it’s also incomplete):
https://www.discogs.com/artist/90322-Tomoroh-Hidari

Live at MuMok, Museum of Modern Art, for Stoned Tones, Vienna 10/2012 (photos dfkt)

Tomoroh Hidari – Live History:


2024/06/06 – Hofburg Wien, Vertiefung (Adding Depth) exhibition private view – special performance. Vienna, Austria
https://bruitversum.bandcamp.com/album/depth-sounding
2024/04/15 – CRUX AV Festival, Rich Mix London. EMOM Set, UK
https://soundcloud.com/fth42/live-rehearsal-april-2024
2023/12/10 – DIS/LOYAL, Aces & Eights, London, UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1zjTNffSg
2020/07/12 – 部屋からの夢 – Dreams from a Room –  Lockdown Live-stream: Tomoroh Hidari album release, London, UK (web)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YxoZ28A7UM
2013/09/21 – Four Legs Good, Leytonstone, London, UK
https://ivorybunkerrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-blackmatter-swindle-live-london-21092013
2013/02/28 – noise=noise, Hackney, London, UK
https://ivorybunkerrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-blackmatter-swindle-live-london-28022013

2012/12/05 – FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia 
(w/2 Kilos & More, et.al)

2012/10/06 – Der Klang des Mumok Live in Concert: Patrick Pulsinger, Herbert Gollini & Helmut Wolfgruber, Tomoroh Hidari, Group Niob: Stoned Tones Vol. 1-4 / Vienna Wildstyle Recordings at Lange Nacht der Museen, MUMOK Vienna, Austria
https://www.mqw.at/institutionen/kulturmieterinnen/programm/2012/10/die-lange-nacht-der-museen-im-mq

(Live at FUGA, Bratislava 2012)

2012/05/26 – FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia
https://www.last.fm/event/3287608+Quinoline+Yellow,+Tomoroh+Hidari+(IDM+%2F+experimental)

2012/01/15 – A Light At The End Of The Orgy, Arena, Vienna, Austria
https://humorlessproductions.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/audio-tomoroh-hidari-live-in-vienna-15-january-2010/

2010/05/15 – Cosmic Devastation II with Vile Enginez, Hecate, Vinyl Vandal. Raum 18, Berlin, Germany
https://corefreakz.de/f39/15-05-10-cosmic-devastation-ii-raum18-berlin-6450/?s=f505eaf29deceb529887ac0454a5caea648ae005#post233985

2010/10/23 – Elevate Festival, Uhrturm Kasematten, Graz, Austria
https://elevate.at/websites/2010/en/music-arts/artist-details/guests/tomoroh-hidari/index.html

2009/01/2009 – Tomoroh Hidari – Live at Arena, Vienna , Austria 

2008/10/04 – Digital Vomit, The Legal Eagle, Dublin, Ireland
http://digitalvomit.wikidot.com/live

(Live at bruit netlabel.nacht, Forum Stadtpark, Graz 2007)

2007/12/20 – bruit netlabel.nacht, Interpenetration Festival, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

2007/02/16 – Sorry, no Bonus!, Rhiz, Vienna, Austria

2005/03/27 – FLUC Mensa closing party, FLUC Mensa, Praterstern, Vienna , Austria

2004/10/16 – Org.org festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

2004/10/09 – Restless w/ Wevie Stonder, Amtrak. Gartenbaukino, Vienna, Austria

2004/09/25 – Support act for Hans Platzgumer & Shinto, Fluc Mensa, Vienna, Austria

2004/09/24 – Live on Radio Dog’s Bollocks, FM4 Radio, Austria

2004/06/24 – Bildbruch Exhibition Opening, Kunsthalle Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

2004/06/8th – [>ALPHABETT<] Special performance “Sonate fuer Kulturlaute”, Bücherei  Wieden, Vienna, Austria

2004/03/28 – ORF1 Kunstradio, Funkhaus Wien: CONTRA*MODULATION, live Radio Art (as Oliver Stummer), Vienna, Austria
https://www.kunstradio.at/2004A/28_03_04.html

2004/03/12 – t.raumfabrique, with metrosau, ella esque, Violetta Parisini, Wirr, Vienna, Austria

2004/09/ –  la b.e. 24h of electronic music – with subjex, nomo onomotobok, monseur orange, et.al, at Norexpo, Lille, France

2003/08/13 – Tonal Dissent w/Hardoff, Dr. Nachtstrom, Eric Zann Ensemble, Cafe Bratislava, Vienna, Austria

2003/08/ – Djebels Basma Service, X-Dimension festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

2003/06/18 – Break the 80s with Donna Summer, Dj Ripley, Eiterherd, et al. PPC, Graz, Austria

(Live t.raumfrabrique, Wirr, Vienna 2002)

2002/11/14 – t.raumfabrique, Wirr, Vienna, Austria

2002/06/ – D-Generation with optic, dj baseck, eiterherd, etc. – Kristallwerk, Graz, Austria

2002/05/ – Spring Two Festival, Red Bull Music (?) Workshop & live performance, Graz Austria
https://bruitversum.bandcamp.com/album/oops-we-blew-the-pa

2002/04/ Nachtstrom Remix release, Teatro, Graz, Austria

2002/03/ – austrian audience release party, Fockygasse, Vienna, Austria

2000/12/31 – Tyme Hole Zykness to Welcome 2001 and black Monoliths. Live improv with ZUKA, Rhiz, Vienna, Austria
https://archive.org/details/TomorohHidari_zuka-TymeHoleZykness