multi-instrumentalist, performer, pedagogue
Contact: andrejfon@yahoo.com
A bold and bracing individual voice – an authentic and witty multi- and poly-instrumentalist, musical luddite, an excellent performer (also in the theatre context), pedagogue and reliable collaborator, he has been forged on all kinds of stages, in diverse musical combinations, even on the street. There he trained mainly on the bagpipes. Pieces of upbeat music are woven into a peculiar everyday surrealism, through which Fon’s alter ego named Olfamož disturbs and dissects, criticizes and ironizes contemporary society and contemporary life, institutions, technology, religion, discipline and blind hedonism. Olfamoz is an improviser, wind player (clarinet; tenor saxophone; bagpipes; various flutes), noise-rock / R.I.O. / avant-rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, connoisseur of world music, inventor and maker of musical instruments and sound devices, member of several bands, cellist and one tenth of the band Olfamoštvo; strumming and agilely cutting and twirling through the cut-up genres of songwriting, noisy rock, afro beat, broken disco, jazz, especially that of freer strings and directions, improvisation, interested in subtle sonorities, voice storytelling and strange word-sound mischief. But the road to becoming Olfamož and Olfamoštvo has been a long and winding one.
Andrej Fon was born in 1980 in Sežana. He graduated from the High School of Catering and Tourism in Izola, after which he enrolled at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied art history, and later sociology of culture and philosophy. He did not complete his studies. He graduated from a lower music school (main subject clarinet) and was a member of the Kras brass band (both in Sežana) until 1994.
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Discography
· Paket angažma – Paket Angažma (Domači posnjtki, 2000)
· Dorem Ifasola – V solati (Domači posnjtki, 2001)
· Žoambo Žoet Workestrao – Svakoga dana u svakom pogledu sve manje nazadujem (Manufracture, 2003)
· Kraški solisti – Ustanove sreče (ZARŠ, 2009)
· Horda grdih – Hurdy Gurdy (Klopotec / Čadrg Records, 2010)
· Horda grdih – Tod in ondod (Čadrg Records, 2011)
· Barka tone in bele plombe – Jasna slika črni oblak (samozaložba, 2012)
· Neposlušno – Neposlušno (Zavod Sploh / L’innomable, 2012)
· Olfamož – Omahuj! (samozaložba, 2013)
· Olfamož – Hupam, da ste dobro (ZARŠ, 2015)
· Svojat – Svojat (ZARŠ, 2020)
· Oholo! – Mnogobolje (Zavod Sploh, 2020)
Current Projects
· Olfamož: Andrej Fon – guitar, vocals, drum, other sound devices
· Olfamoštvo: Andrej Fon – guitar, vocals, lyrics, saxophone; Ana Kravanja – violin, balaphone, vocals; Vesna Godler – vocals; Samo Kutin – hurdy-gurdy, balaphone; Cene Resnik – saxophone; Marko Jenič – violin; Jošt Drašler – double bass; Ivo Podržaj – bass; Vid Drašler – drums;
· Svojat: Andrej Fon – guitar, vocals; Ivo Poderžaj – bass, vocals; Vid Drašler – drums;
· Oholo!: Vid Drašler – drums; Jure Boršič – saxophone, clarinet; Andrej Fon – saxophone, clarinet; Marko Jenič – violin; Andrej Boštjančič – guitar; Jošt Drašler – double bass; Tomaž Grom – double bass;
Past Projects
· Strahuljarji: Andrej Fon – guitar, clarinet, vocals; Klemen Mozetič – bass; Andrej Pirjevec – drums
· Žoambo Žoet Workestrao: Gregor Belušič – guitar; Ivo Poderžaj – bass; Marjan Stanić – drums; Andrej Fon – clarinet, saxophone
· Kraški solisti: Samo Pavlica, Martin Ukmar, Andrej Fon – wind instruments, horns, percussion, guitars, keyboards, vocals
· Horda grdih: Brigita Marko, Mateja Gorjup – vocals; Samo Kutin – hurdy gurdy, vocals; Tadej Čauševič – bendir; Andrej Fon – bagpipes, percussion, drums, vocals
· Barka tone in bele plombe: Dani Kavaš – vocal; Martin Ukmar – guitar; Peter Šüklar – drums; Andrej Fon – guitar
· Samo Gromofon: Samo Kutin – hurdy-gurdy; Andrej Fon – saxophone; Tomaž Grom – double bass
· Tropičja: Marko Karlovčec – saxophone; Samo Kutin – begena; Andrej Fon – drums; Uroš Rutar – vocals
Pedagogue
He gained pedagogical experience as a performer of creative music workshops in youth centers, primary schools, kindergartens, festivals, societies, institutes: Vezi Štorje, Las Sežana, Primary School of Ivan Rob in Šempeter, Primary School Kanal, Primary School Šentjernej, Youth Center Menza pri Koritu, Youth Center Podlaga, Vzgojni zavod Planina, Sajeta festival, MKC Bitola, Roma youth center Bajrska svetlina Bitola, Kralji ulice, Vodmat kindergarten, ŠKUC, Mala Ulica Ljubljana…
He was one of the artists who held workshops in kindergartens and elementary schools across Slovenia as part of the four-year project of the University of Primorska SKUM. He was also one of the artist-pedagogues in the KONS project.
He regularly participates in the project ˝Cultural ennoblement of the youngest in the Vodmat kindergarten˝.
Awards
Radio Študent: Best Slovene album 2015: Olfamož (Hupam, da ste dobro)
Radio Študent: Best Slovene album 2020: Svojat (Svojat)
