.618CA/QC
Photo credit: Chris Vargas
.618 is the sonic alias of Nick Rony, whose emotionally charged compositions weave together field recordings, electronic textures, and organic instrumentation. Their practice examines the concept of geotrauma and its imprint on collective memory, crafting immersive soundscapes that defy genre boundaries.
Rooted in their Ayisyen heritage, .618’s work interrogates the persistence of history—how it permeates identity, experience, and perception. Their art becomes a conduit for revisiting ancestral memory and exploring diasporic narratives through a deeply personal lens.
Guided by themes of land, exile, and Afro symbolism, .618’s sound design is intricate and evocative, a storytelling medium in itself. Their performances resonate with spectral presence, linking terrain to trauma, memory to movement—each set an emotional excavation and spiritual ritual.
.618 — Goodbye ONY
Live | North American Premiere
.618 summons a spectral, slow-burning ritual of fragmented loops and tactile frequencies. Drawing on modular synths and Max/MSP, their performance Goodbye ONY maps diasporic memory through arhythmic pulses and haunting sonic textures—an excavation of land, exile, and identity that unfolds like a sonic séance at the molecular scale.
Who
.618 is the alias of Haitian-Canadian sound artist Nick Rony.
Labels
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Goodbye ONY (Édition Appaerent, 2025)
