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