MC Flasher

MC Flasher (born Simon Pribac) is the Slovenian-Canadian Electronic music performance artist.

As a longtime resident and art director of Slovenia's most famed club Ambasada Gavioli, MC Flasher has been the developer of new wave techno MC-ing and the creator of Ambasada's ideological structure in years 1998 to 2005. He has also been seen as the man, who reinvented the way of vocalizing the Techno music in Central European Electronic music scene of the late 1990-s.

History

Flasher began performing as the front man in progressive punk rock band Pudding Fields in 1993 and as an actor in various theatres in Slovenia and Northern Italy.

He received his first voice/speech training at the national Slovenian radio and television broadcasting company (RTV Slovenia). Later he produced and hosted a number of alternative music radio shows on different Slovenian radio stations.

In 1998 he began to develop the project of techno/house vocal animation under supervision of Ambasada Gavioli as producer and Valentino Kanzyani as the art director, which proved to be one of the most defined and sophisticated projects of its kind in the electronic music scene at the time. As a techno MC he created a fusion of different approaches, techniques and skills he developed through his theatre, music, radio and television work and later took charge of Ambasada Gavioli's art direction and outreach sector.

Performance Techniques

His understanding of vocal performance is based on stories and themes. Flasher deconstructs the elements and meanings of the theme and assembles them into a greater vocal super-structure that is projected into the music-ambiance-public during the event. His techno style is described as "atmospheric flashing of mind" and the vocalizing is producing a "sound picture", which ultimately affects the receiver's state of mind.

Some of his performance works have also included elements of street theatre, Neoism, teachings of Antonin Artaud and Michael Chekhov and adhering to the official ideology of Ambasada Gavioli: Commedia dell'Arte since Ambasada Gavioli has originally been designated to host an ongoing "Commedia dell'Arte of the 21st Century".

Development

During his techno career he collaborated and performed with artists from Sony Japan (Takkyū Ishino), Cocoon Germany (Sven Vaeth, Toni Rios, Joerg Henze), Claude Young, Novamute UK (Luke Slater, Space DJz), Dee Lite, New York USA (Supa DJ Dmitry), Ovum Recordings USA (Josh Wink), Black Nation USA (Jay Denham), Recycled Loops Slovenia (DJ Umek), Tortured Records UK (Billy Nasty, Craig Walsh) and many others.

Beside years of residency in Slovenia’s most famed techno venue Ambasada Gavioli, one of his most important public appearances included performances at Cocoon’s Morph to Extreme series in Amnesia, Ibiza (Spain) in cooperation with Sven Vaeth.

He is the organizer and the artistic director of annual Music and Art festival The Final Flash, which takes place in the Seaside region of Slovenia, introducing new approaches in sound, performing arts and fashion while showcasing emerging world’s electronic music talent. A number of international artists from over 15 different countries on 5 continents have contributed their works to this international project.

Other projects

MC Flasher’s other projects include international SYLD (Support Your Local DJ) series in Slovenia, United Kingdom and South Africa, performance art projects collaboration with artists such as Istvan Kantor, DJ Psiho, Dahlia Steinberg, Aviva Zimmerman, Noel Cillavak, Valentino Kanzyani, F Sonik as well as various film and media projects, such as main role in the feature action drama Exit, planned to be launched in 2008.

International resonance

The projects initiated and developed by MC Flasher attracted the attention of institutions such as the Israeli Culture and Sport Ministry, York University in Toronto, Canada, MTV Networks Europe, which led to collaboration of the Final Flash team on various international conferences and a global video animation contest in collaboration with MTV. Significance of such result

Performance History

Ambasada Gavioli, Izola, Slovenia, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance, Residency 1998 - 2005

Influenz Pictures, London, main role acting in feature film Izhod-Exit 2007

Cvetlicarna, Media Park, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Electronic Vocal Arts Performances 2006 - 2007

Smoove Vida, Vicenza, Italy, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2006

Rabac Summer Festival, Croatia, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2003-2005

Exordium FFA, Toronto, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2005

Spasmo Pop Orgy, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance, Performance Arts 2005

MTV European, Final Flash TV ad, vocalisations 2004

CHRY Radio, Toronto, Radio Show Hosting/Appearances 2003-2005

The Final Flash Series, Ambasada Gavioli, Slovenia, Electronic Vocal Arts Performances, Performance Arts 2000 - 2007

Cocoon - Morph to Extreme Series, Ibiza, Spain, Electronic Vocal Arts Performances 2002

Core Techno Sessions, Toronto, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2003

Ryerson Theatre Company, Toronto, Performance Arts 2000 - 2002

RTV Slovenia, radio show hosting, TV voice-overs, speech training 1995 - 1996

Cocoon Series, Ambasada Gavioli, Slovenia, Electronic Vocal Arts Performances

Nextwave Series, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 1998 - 1999

Meet-Me Festival, Slovenia Electronic Vocal Arts Performances 2001 - 2002

Portrait Records Nights, Munich, Germany, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2001

Unity Festival, Vienna, Austria, Electronic Vocal Arts Performance 2000

Steps Theatre Company, Izola, Slovenia, Performance Arts 1995 - 1998

Lai Studio, Izola, Slovenia, Performance Arts 1994 -1996

Info Net Radio Network, Radio Hosting 1995 - 1998

Pudding Fields, Punk Rock Band, Slovenia, Lead Singer, Frontman, Performance Arts 1994 - 2000

Radio Capris, Koper, Slovenia, Radio Hosting 2001 - 2003

TV3, Slovenia, Music TV Show hosting 1999

RAI, Trieste, Italy, Television Performance/Drama Arts 1996

SKD Tabor Performance Group, Trieste, Italy, Performance Arts 1996 - 1998

SLKD Ljubljana, Experimental Film Appearances 1996 - 1997

Melodije Morja & Sonca festival, Choreo performance 1995

References

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