Bjørn Hatleskog is a London-based audio/visual artist whose work explores the nature of feedback loops, noise and interference and their application via mechanical automation. He is also the curator at Surgery.Gallery, co-founder of the independent record label Adaadat, one half of acousmatic spoken-word project Storyteller and a former member of the art-performance group Le Couteau Jaune. He has also released music under various other monikers including Romvelope & Kema Keur.
Discography
2025 - Blood on the Fairway - Adaadat - Cassette
2023 - Digital Tour Deb - Adaadat - Cassette
2023 - Anglican Scrape Attic - Adaadat - Cassette
2021 - Field of Upturned Sheep - Adaadat - Cassette
2019 - Project R.O.Y. - Adaadat - Cassette
2018 - The Stubborn Organic Emblem of Social & Biological Survival - Adaadat - Cassette
2015 - Trade & Distribution Almanac Vol. 5 - Adaadat - CD
2014 - Bespoke Action Plantation - Adaadat - CD
2014 - Fractal Meat Cuts Vol. 1 - Adaadat - CD
2014 - Record Players - Open Sound Group - MP3
2014 - Mountains of Mayonnaise - Adaadat - CD
2013 - Catomountain / Hodmandod - Adaadat - 7"
2013 - The Wire Tapper 32 - The Wire - CD
2012 - Fanfaronade / Afterclap - Adaadat - 7"
2011 - Seed X - Seed Records - CD
2010 - Jean-Jacques Perrey & Cosmic Pocket - Froots Juice - Invitro - CD
2008 - Mark Aerial Waller - The Flipside of Darkness - Soundtrack
2007 - Rolax Snax - Rolax Records - CD
2006 - Trade & Distribution Almanac Vol. 3 - Adaadat - CD
2006 - Seed 5x5/5 - Seed Records - 7"
2005 - Trade & Distribution Almanac Vol. 2 - Adaadat - CD
2005 - One Course Meal - Adaadat - CD
2003 - Trade & Distribution Almanac Vol. 1 - Adaadat - CD
2003 - Kraked Squat Sampler - Kracked & Associated Industries - CD
2003 - Cow'p vs. Kema Keur - Adaadat - 12"
2002 - Alba Absurdia - Benbecula Records - CD
2001 - Chocolate Menta Mastic - Adaadat - CD
2000 - Aberdeen Anal Dynamite - Adaadat - CD
Selected Performances & Exhibitions
04.08.2026 - Metanoia Frequencies with Bruno & Michel are Smiling + Skipperrr, E-da, Gorgonn and DJ100000000 at Untitled, Berlin.
19.06.2026 - Death Valley Rangers with Cursor Miner at Klub 007 Strahov, Prague.
18.02.2026 - Oblique Futures with kWeRk+ch20 and Bad Abstraction at All Is Joy, Soho, London.
22.11.2025 - Klinker Club with Landscape Suicide at the Bennett Centre, Frome.
27.09.2025 - Soho Electronic with Daniel Millar and Hawksmoor at Farsight Gallery, Soho, London.
24.07.2025 - Breakdown Music and Machines exhibition at Farsight Gallery, Soho, London.
04.07.2025 - Our First Group Exhibition at Alma Margo Studio, Shoreditch, London.
22.04.2025 - Launch Party Hardcore Reprise exhibition at Surgery.Gallery, Hoxton, London.
05.10.2024 - God Unknown (Celebrating 10 Years of Sonic Rituals) with Sex Swing, Cassels and Duke Garwood at Walthamstow Trades Hall, London.
28.06.2024 - Expanded Music (Into the Depths) exhibition at Farsight Gallery, Soho, London.
23.03.2024 - Through a Green Lens, Darkly (Mirrors, Speculums and Visions of the Beyond!) exhibition at Green Lens Studios, Harringay, London.
24.11.2023 - Fialový Samet with Secondhand Daylight at Žižkovšiška, Prague.
04.11.2023 - Strange Bruise with Wolf Eyes and Yeah You at Strange Brew, Bristol.
13.10.2023 - Adaadat/19T Japan Tour at SOCORE Factory, Osaka.
11.10.2023 - Adaadat/19T Japan Tour at Cafe La Siesta, Kyoto.
08.10.2023 - Adaadat/19T Japan Tour at Soup, Shinjuku, Tokyo.
06.10.2023 - Adaadat/19T Japan Tour at Zubar, Shibuya, Tokyo.
04.10.2023 - Adaadat/19T Japan Tour at Smith, Nakano, Tokyo.
15.09.2023 - Agaskodo Teliverek at Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London.
24.08.2023 - Liminality 5 (A Friendly Abyss) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
16.05.2023 - Metonymia exhibition at Asclepeion Galleria, Athens.
01.02.2023 - The Immortal Week exhibition at Hoxton Gallery, Angel, London.
10.12.2022 - Five get into Washing Machines exhibition at Surgery.Gallery, Hoxton, London.
23.11.2022 - Symbols Of The Supernatural And The Reality Of The Unseen exhibition at Five Years Gallery, Archway, London.
22.04.2022 - Oxygen Film Festival at Curzon, Hoxton, London.
16.04.2022 - Simon & Garfunkel exhibition at Antenna, Hackney, London.
12.02.2022 - S☉n Rise / S☉n Of The Sun launch event and exhibition at MKII, Clapton, London.
08.07.2021 - Can We Ever Know the meaning of These Objects? exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
05.12.2020 - Mystery Cult #5 at Hoxton Gallery, Spitalfields, London.
11.06.2020 - Liminality 4 (Start Dreaming) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
29.11.2019 - Projected Music 5-Inch launch party at The Old Baths, Hackney Wick, London.
19.10.2019 - Chollima Launch Party and exhibition with Elephant House at The Old Baths, Hackney Wick, London.
04.08.2019 - Supernormal Festival at Braziers Park, Oxfordshire.
04.07.2019 - Liminality 3 (Temporal Impressions) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
21.04.2019 - Easter Gut Easter Gut, Ebeneaster Gut at Studio Flam, Wedding, Berlin.
17.08.2018 - Liminality 3 (Cacophany) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
27.05.2018 - Mystery Cult 2 at Bones & Pearl, Tottenham, London.
18.03.2018 - Miracle Beam with Company Fuck and Chinstroke TV at Bang Face Weekender, Pontins, Southport.
01.02.2018 - Liminality 2 (The Unknown) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
01.09.2017 - Coastal Currents Festival at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings.
01.06.2017 - Liminality 1 (Beyond the Threashold) exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London.
02.10.2016 - Chosen Frequencies exhibition at Islington Mill, Salford, Manchester.
15.05.2016 - DunningWebsterUnderwood and Rutger Hauser at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London.
29.04.2016 - Door Into The Dark at The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton, London.
27.02.2016 - Quintland exhibition at Honey Moon, Hackney, London.
24.10.2015 - Henry the 8x8 exhibition at New River Studios, Harringay, London.
06.08.2015 - Avant Primitivism exhibition at St Mark's Church, Dalston, London.
07.12.2014 - Fractal Meat Cuts Vol. 1 album Launch at MKII, Clapton, London.
15.11.2014 - Dear Serge exhibition at The De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill.
12.05.2014 - Behold curated by The Bow Arts Trust at The Club at The Ivy, Covent Garden, London.
20.07.2013 - Four million Nirvana Fans exhibition at S.H.A.P.E. Gallery, Notting Hill, London.
10.07.2013 - Magic Under a Moonless Sky exhibition with Colin Webster & Jussi Brightmore at Burgh House, Hampstead, London.
24.04.2013 - Drone curated by Alana Lake at Catch, Shoreditch, London.
28.03.2013 - Works On Paper exhibition at 30 Kings Bench Street, Southwark, London.
17.03.2013 - Contentious One exhibition at 17-20 Parr Street, Shoreditch, London.
06.10.2012 - Does Dark Matter? curated by Cosmicmegabrain at Shoreditch Studios, Shoreditch, London.
29.07.2012 - Return to Normal exhibition with Emer O'Brien at Infernoesque, Berlin.
02.05.2012 - On Spiritualism Festival at Apiary Studios, Hackney, London.
11.02.2012 - Kinetica Art Fair at Ambika P3, Marylebone, London.
29.10.2011 - Voodouteque with Vuvuvultures & Teeth at Apiary Studios, Hackney, London.
30.07.2011 - The Bang Bang Caravel with Jack Shirt & Mikel Krumins at The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton, London.
11.05.2011 - Call it Electric Eclectics with Gum Takes Tooth at Extrapool, Nijmegen.
24.11.2010 - Hall of Mirrors with Dan Hayhurst at Ryans Bar, Stoke Newington, London.
12.11.2010 - Club Integral with Stewart Home and Pat Thomas at The Grosvenor, Stockwell, London.
30.09.2010 - An Evenink of Psi-Kick-Self-Defence with Baraclough at RED Gallery, Shoreditch London.
20.09.2010 - How I Learned to Stop Worrying exhibition curated by Celia Wee at Anti Design Festival at LondonNewcastle, Shoreditch, London.
22.01.2010 - Oro de Ojo curated by Guerrilla Zoo with Agaskodo Teliverek and Ebe Oke at Corsica Studios, Walworth, London.
11.12.2009 - SPSound at Smart Project Space, Amsterdam.
28.06.2009 - House of Doll curated by The Rubbish Fairy at Glastonbury Festival, Pilton.
17.04.2009 - The ABC Party hosted by Kasino A4 Magazine at Nolla, Helsinki.
06.03.2009 - Illegal Seagull with DJ Rephlex Records, Duran Duran Duran and Hunting Lodge at Motion, Bristol.
14.02.2009 - Porno Walentynki at Saturator, ul. 11 Listopada 22, Warsaw.
09.08.2008 - Peanut Factory Zebra Rave with Charli XCX, The Coolness and Trash Fashion, at The Old Peanut Factory, Hackney Wick, London.
19.07.2008 - Wet Sounds with Nurse with Wound at The London Fields Lido, Hackney, London.
07.07.2008 - Three Faces of Matmos curated by by Lumin at The Beaconsfield Gallery, Vauxhall, London.
20.04.2008 - Club Motherfucker with Dat Politics at Bardens Boudoir, Dalston, London.
08.04.2008 - Happenstance with Franko B and Kira O'Reilly at The Bluecoat, Liverpool.
25.03.2008 - Interzone curated by Guerrilla Zoo at the Synergy Center, Brixton, London.
21.03.2008 - Dollop with The XX and Grovesnor, at The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, London.
15.02.2008 - Hanky Pankywith The Sticks and Squirrel Skin at The Whitechapel Gallery, London.
08.02.2008 - Dead Bodies and Cardboard with Gum Takes Tooth at The Elevator Gallery, Hackney Wick, London.
19.01.2008 - The Flipside of Darkness by Mark Aerial Waller at The South London Gallery, Peckham, London.
10.08.2007 - The Verb Garden at Belladrum Festival, Beauly, Inverness-shire.
28.07.2007 - Standon Calling with They Came from the Stars I saw Them and Noisettes, Standon Lordship, Ware, Hertfordshire.
22.06.2007 - Expo Plymouth curated by The Sonic Arts Network and i-DAT at The Royal William Yard Harbour, Plymouth.
25.03.2007 - Bloc Weekend Pontin's Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
27.01.2007 - Slice of Evidence with Goodiepal at rampART, Whitechapel, London.
09.12.2006 - In The Shadows of Senghor curated by Tonny Ajoup at The Space, Isle of Dogs, London.
22.07.2006 - Penned in the Margins at Truck Festival, Steventon, Oxfordshire.
08.05.2006 - Anak Kinder by Duncan Mckellar at The Printhouse, 18 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London.
08.09.2006 - Planet Wonk with Trencher and Ommm at Corsica Studios, Walworth, London.
07.04.2006 - Overkill II with K.K. Null and Dj Scotch Egg at Elektrowerkz, Angel, London.
26.01.2006 - Bad Timing with Man from Uranus and Sculpture at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
17.11.2005 - Trash Trash Noise Next Door with Bruno & Michel are Smiling + Skipperrr at the ICA, The Mall, London.
04.11.2005 - Overkill with Mode Selector and Comanechi at Elektrowerkz, Angel, London.
25.11.2004 - Ideasfactory: Soundcircuit with DMX Krew and Bodenstandig 2000 at The Scala, Kings Cross, London.
19.10.2004 - Wrong Music with Knifehandchop and Shitmat at Volks, Brighton.
19.03.2004 - Wheels Instead of Hooves with DJ Donna Summer and Ove Naxx at Elektrowerkz, Angel, London.
18.07.2004 - Moonpalace with dDamage and Greypetcat at the Strongrooms, Shoreditch, London.
16.04.2004 - Hayward Nights with DJ100000000 and Ommm at the Waterloo Sunset Pavillion, The Hayward Gallery, Southwark, London.
12.12.2003 - Out an About with Emer O'Brien and Andrew Mcallister at Acava Studios, Shoreditch, London.
29.06.2003 - Musik Fetischisten Ohern Charakter with Cow'P and Shex at the Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg.
20.06.2003 - Kraked Squat Party with The Bug and Kid 606 at at the old Bestways building, Acton, London.
06.06.2003 - New Bleep with Luke Vibert and Gescom at the 291 Gallery, Hackney, London.
23.05.2003 - Seed Tube Station Party with Aphex Twin and Luke Vibert at the disused Aldwych Tube station, Strand, London.
24.10.2002 - Adaadat Launch with Duplo Remote at the Lux Gallery, Shoreditch, London.
Selected Press
Grant Purdum, Catomountain / Hodmandod, Tiny Mix Tapes, Cerberus.
Rafa Segura, Mountains of Mayonnaise, Vital Weekly No. 919.
Tom Brady, Catomountain / Hodmandod, Bad Sounds Magazine, No. 19.
Byron Coley, Fanfaronade / Afterclap, The Wire, No. 350.
Dr Parsons, The Joys of Noise, Bizarre Magazine, No. 110.
Frances May Morgan, Under The Radar: Excavating the UK's new electronic underground, Plan B, No 9.
Kevin Soar, Always Check the Label: Adaadat, Dazed & Confused, Vol II, No.55.
Sacha Kosch, Schnapp'Den Groove, De:Bug, No. 91.
Carri Mundane, The Seeds of The New Breed, ID, No. 270.
Marcelle Van Hoof, One Course Meal, Gonzo Circus, No. 66.
Tom Smith, Incredibly Terrible Music, Bananafish, No. 14.
Howard Shih, Cow'p vs Kema Keur, Grooves, No. 10.
Hari Kunzru, Trade and Distribution Almanac Vol 1., Wallpaper, No. 58.
Andrej Imamovic, One Course Meal, Oscilator, No.5.
Sacha Kosch, One Course Meal, De:Bug, No.92.
Radio
One World, Adaadat Label Showcase, BBC Radio 1.
Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bone, Live Session, NTS.
Today, A guide to the artistic underground, BBC Radio 4.
The Take Away Tape, Lesbian Croissant Jesuit Mix , Sound Art Radio 102.5 FM.
You are Hear, Live Session, Resonance 104.4 FM.
John Peel Show, Aping a Ram, BBC Radio 1.
Sunday is European Radio Day, Makeashit, Resonance 104.4 FM.
Alien Jams, Fanfaronade, NTS.
