Arp, the pseudonym most often used by Alexis Georgopoulos, is a
New York-based experimental electronic composer and sound designer.
A stylistic shapeshifter who draws on a background in Ethnomusicology
and an encyclopedic knowledge of 20th Century music - as a journalist,
he interviewed Alice Coltrane, Broadcast's Trish Keenan, designer Peter Saville and theorist Kodwo Eshun - his diverse work is nonetheless typified
by certain signature traits: an expansive sense of genre-fluidity, an interest
in hypnotic counterpoint, and an inquiry into the convergence of memory, technology and the natural world.
As a solo artist and collaborator, he has released music with labels such as RVNG Intl, Smalltown Supersound, Geographic North, Type, Beats in Space, Mexican Summer, Emotional Rescue, and Opal Tapes.
A frequent collaborator across media, he has composed for film, installations and dance performances, working with key figures from a range of disciplines - including visual artists Tauba Auerbach and Darren Bader, filmmakers Savanah Leaf, Frank Lebon and Paul Clipson, and choreographers Brittany Bailey and Jonah Bokaer.
He has presented sound and music in galleries, museums and cinemas internationally, including MoMA PS1, BAM, The Kitchen, Deitch Projects, Walker Art Center, White Columns, MoMA, and New Museum.
He has been Resident Host on NTS Radio, UK since 2016.
He has also created commissioned & licensed work for
commercial use for clients such as ...
Chanel — Dior — Bottega Veneta — KENZO — Lanvin
Do Be Do — Webber Represents — Veuve Cliquot
Apple — Calvin Klein — Audemars Piguet — Sonos — Uniqlo
... as well as commissions for film and dance scores for
choreographers Jonah Bokaer and Brittany Bailey, visual
artist Doug Aitken as well as for podcasts such as The
Paris Review, Not Lost (Pushkin), and TED.
Georgopoulos' writings have been published internationally
in i–D, V, ANP Quarterly, Sleazenation, BOMB, Paper, Tokion,
Vice and The Guardian (SF).