N.M.O. was conceived in 2013 by Morten J. Olsen and Rubén Patiño.

www.n-m-o.tk

Rubén Patiño, a musician from Barcelona, brought life to the Berlin scene for many years before moving to Rotterdam and The Hague, where he is working towards his masters in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory. Patiño works in the computer music field, with frequent forays into installation art. His work is marked by an algorithmic composing style that is incredibly energetic and irreverent: high volumes, amusing stochastic accents, political involvement and frivolous visualizations form the ground for his research, which makes use of different techniques in sound synthesis. He has performed in festivals and events throughout Europe and has worked with Olivier Di Placido, Seiji Morimoto, EVOL - the computer music cell led by Roc Jiménez de Cisneros - and with Staalplaat SoundSystem. He has exhibited in spaces and galleries such as Able Gallery, NK and Sucked Orange Gallery (Berlin), Ariège (France) and Hangar (Barcelona). He has released some twenty albums/CDs/tapes with the labels Razzle Dazzle, Free Software Series, Desetxea, Audition Records, Ozono Kids, Le Petit Mignon, Skyndo and Biodata Records.

www.patooo.net

Morten J. Olsen, an eclectic musician, composer and artist from Norway, completed his studies in Amsterdam before moving to Berlin in 2006. He has worked in a wide range of musical forms, and with a sound palette which includes orchestral, electronic, improvised music, experimental rock (with the group Ultralyd) and musique concrète (with the duo MoHa!). In 2013 he and Rubén Patiño founded the N.M.O. project. Through an approach that reaches across these very diverse spheres, he seeks to break down the techniques for using percussion instruments in the different contexts of music culture. He has recorded more than forty works (Rune Grammofon, Textile Records, +3db Records).