Margaux Gazur is a French-Vietnamese sound artist, composer and multi instrumentalist based in Berlin. She explores her memories and surroundings with sounds, using acoustic instruments, objects and field recordings to create organic and textured compositions. She floats between genres, influenced by electronic music, musique concrète, classical, experimental jazz and more. She also works on multidisciplinary projects, making soundscapes for films and art installations.

Margaux studied classical piano at the Conservatoire. Since, she has been moving away from the traditional music theory and genres to freely compose and improvise. Over time, she became increasingly interested in the possibilities of unconventional sound sources and started incorporating these into her compositions. Using everyday objects, sounds from surrounding environments and memories allow her to create music that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

Having lived in Vietnam for five years from 2012, Margaux played a key role in developing Hanoi’s underground electronic music community. She founded the first alternative art and music venue, inviting international acts and local artists. Aiming to source local talents, she founded a multidisciplinary collective to connect artists and musicians to work together on projects mixing traditional and modern approach.

She first worked with field recording as a sonic memory of her daily life in Hanoi and start composing experimental music with this approach for her dad’s martial arts video. She used recordings from those sessions, including the sounds of traditional martial art weapons and instruments used for celebrations. After that, she kept developing this approach and developed her own immersive projects combining disciplines through a sensory experience.

Her love for organic sound pushes her to constantly engage her sonic surroundings, seeking out new sources of inspiration and experiment with different recording techniques.

She is part of the Berlin-based collective Weich, which focus on creating and maintaining a space for exploration, intimacy and collaboration across all mediums and genres.