Cedrik Fermont

Cedrik Fermont (aka C-drík, Kirdec, Cdrk) is a Berlin-based Belgian-Congolese composer, musician, mastering engineer, author, radio host (Radio Staalplaat, Freie Radios Berlin-Brandenburg/Colaboradio), concert organiser, independent researcher and label manager (at Syrphe) who operates in the field of noise, electronic, electroacoustic, sound art, and experimental music since 1989.

From club music (industrial, breakcore, electro, acid, minimal wave) to harsh noise via electroacoustic, free improvised music and music for choreography, he works as a solo artists and in numerous collaborative projects such as Axiome, Tasjiil Moujahed, Ambre, Tetra Plok, Marie Takahashi & Cedrik Fermont, Ira Hadžić & Cedrik Fermont, Dora Bleu, Periklis Tsoukalas & Cedrik Fermont and has collaborated with dozens more such as Luong Hue Trinh, Yan Jun, AGF, Gülce Özen Gürkan, Dickson Dee, Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu, Sarmen Almond, Khabat Abas & Hardi Kurda, Klaus Janek, etc.).

In 2024, he was awarded the Kunstpreis Berlin – Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948 in Berlin.
In 2017 he released together with Dimitri della Faille the book Not Your World Music about noise music in South-East Asia, winner of the 2017 "Golden Nica" Prix Ars Electronica in the "Digital Musics & Sound Art" category. In 2005, his soundtrack for the experimental film Atalodz directed by Gisèle Pape won the best prize at Côté Court festival, Paris/Montreuil, France.

He composes music for sound installations, theatre and choreographies, including collaborations with Robyn Orlin, Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC), Dao Anh Khanh, Sylvie Ronflette, Jia-Jen Lin, etc.

His tours and ongoing research lead him to perform and give talks in over 60 countries in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas.