Flexagon is a Guernsey-based sound artist and musical instrument collector.
His latest album is Towers 1: Inaccessible. Part of his ongoing Towers project based on the fortifications, structures and architecture of his island home. Much of Flexagon’s recent work is location-orientated and focuses on unique settings.
As a DJ, Flexagon is known for his long eclectic and psychedelic sets spanning multiple genres. Equally at home playing ambient and chillout as he is with house, techno and psytrance. His beginnings as a club DJ in the mid-90s provided years of experience playing varied sets to mixed crowds. Around this time he fell into the world of Goa and psy trance parties. As a punter at first and then as a DJ. This psychedelic music was the ideal afterhours alternative to clubland at that time. In Guernsey, this is the style of music Flexagon is best known for.
As a producer, Flexagon’s music was originally rooted in psybient and psytrance. But it has become increasingly esoteric and wide-ranging. Moving into ambient, downtempo and minimal realms. Along with this has come the opportunity to compose for orchestral instruments. His first piece scored for nine string players and piano had its premiere performance in 2018. A piece for string quintet and spoken word is due to have its first performance in autumn 2023.
"A work of site-specific atmospheric stirrings and timelessness, The Towers I: Inaccessible album translates the off-limits sites of Guernsey into a multi-layered sonic map for inquiring minds." - Monolith Cocktail
"With touching sensitivity, the enigmatic Flexagon pays homage to the forgotten places of his native Guernsey." - Bob Fischer, Electronic Sound.
His latest single, Un Vert Bocage, is out on 17.11.23. A traditional French song re-imagined with hypnotic hurdy gurdy, haunting vocals and deep cinematic ambience.
