underpaid mantis
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Fausto Mujica
Founder, Producer, Composer
Fausto Mújica (LFA) is a producer, composer, DJ and a trained jazz musician for saxophone, flute, and trumpet. He is currently based in Berlin, and completed his Master’s in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts* at the UdK* Berlin with a focus on hip hop aesthetics and strategies under the prism of digital technology. From 2014 to 2018, he ran the independent label Mexotic-City where he produced and released more than 100 tracks. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with artists like Bocafloja, Chia Casanova and Immasoul. His artistic practice also includes photography, film scoring and cinematography. Parallel to his musical career, LFA has developed a complex audiovisual practice from music videos and street photography to VJing and experimental filmmaking.
Kassiani Goulakou
Founder, Editor, Color
Kassiani is a musician and a media artist based in Berlin. She holds a BA degree in Art History and Theory from the Athens School of Fine Arts, a BA degree in Classical Piano from the Kodaly Conservatory of Athens and a MA degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from the University of Arts Berlin. In her practice, she likes to create sonic and visual worlds inspired by her interdisciplinary background, personal narratives and obscure archives. Her works have been shown at Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (DE), Modular+ Space (DE), SoundsAbout (DE), gallery Kunstarkaden (DE), gallery Kunstbau Lenbachhaus (DE), GOLD+BETON (DE), Circuits and Currents (GR). In 2020, she founded together with Fausto Mujica Undepraid Mantis and they have been delivering great content ever since.