Media

Selected reviews, interviews, broadcasts and features documenting Sander Saarmets’ work across composition, electronic music, sound art and audiovisual performance.

Some quotations have been translated into English for the convenience of international readers.

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Reviews

5:4 (UK, 2025)
Review of Bleu Précieux

"Bleu Précieux is a tour de force of ambient electronica, displaying a sublime combination of lightness and weight, energy and stillness, abstraction and expression."

Müürileht (Estonia, 2025)
Sander Saarmets – Bleu Précieux

"The music is lively, slightly unpredictable, and radiates great freedom in both melodic and rhythmic phrasing, which is rarely found in a genre where robotic precision is often feared." (translated from Estonian)

Sirp (Estonia, 2023)
Eriline meeleolu tööstushallis
Review by Kaarel Künnap of the ERSO × V4R1 concert at HALL.
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ERR Kultuur (Estonia, 2023)
ERSO × V4R1 at HALL
Review of the ERSO × V4R1 concert, highlighting Wooden Temple and the transition into V4R1.
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Features, Articles & Interviews

Erica Synths Garage (Latvia, 2026)
Artist Feature
In-depth conversation with Ģirts Ozoliņš, founder of Erica Synths, about modular synthesis, composition and live performance, accompanied by a live performance.
→ Read interview | → Watch performance

5:4 (UK, 2026)
Tallinn Music Week 2026
Festival feature including an extended review of V4R1's audiovisual performance.
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CAMP Radio (France, 2026)
Liminal Noise
Two-hour artist feature exploring Saarmets' musical background, influences and artistic practice through conversation and selected music.
→ Listen

ERR / Aktuaalne Kaamera (Estonia, 2026)
Bleu Précieux
Television feature on the release of Bleu Précieux, including an interview and excerpts from the main evening news.
→ Watch segment

Müürileht (Estonia, 2025)
Uus Eesti Biit: V4R1
Artist profile exploring the evolution of V4R1 and the ideas behind Moth / Mellite.
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Sirp (Estonia, 2024)
Lõpuks ometi toimub midagi

"His improvisations have form, feeling and direction. They are transparent, emotionally resonant and possess a distinctive musical language." (translated from Estonian)

Postimees Kultuur (Estonia, 2023)
Mikromanageerimisega ei pea hulluks minema
In-depth interview with Janar Ala on composition, generative thinking and artistic practice.
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Web Sound Art (Belgium, 2023)
The Memory Palace of Sander Saarmets
Interview with Jana De Troyer about memory, sound and web-based artworks.
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The Quietus (UK, 2021)
Tallinn Music Week
Richard Foster highlights Sander Saarmets' live performance, describing him as "a brilliant exponent of glitchy electronica" whose "surprisingly graceful set" balanced precision with eruptions of atonal noise.
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Radio & Broadcast

Klassikaraadio (Estonia, 2026)
Vooluring: Maarja Nuut, Sander Saarmets & Villem Jahu
Programme on improvisation, electroacoustic music, noise, co-creation and the meeting of electronics and acoustic instruments.

Hosted by Tarmo Johannes.
→ Listen

Klassikaraadio (Estonia, 2026)
Nüüd-muusika: Sander Saarmets – Bleu Précieux
Special broadcast dedicated to the Bleu Précieux album.

Hosted by Johanna Mängel.
→ Listen

Ö1 (Austria, 2024)
Radiophones aus dem Salzkammergut
Broadcast of Regional_Express: Echoes of Salt with an interview featuring Marlene Rutzendorfer, Matthias Kassmannhuber and Sander Saarmets.

Hosted by Anna Soucek.
→ Listen

elektron.art (Estonia, 2022)
Signal #9 – Sander Saarmets, Jan Kaus
Podcast conversation with Jan Kaus about the installation UNUSTA / FORGET, forgetfulness and forgetting.
→ Listen | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

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Press Resources

For promoters, journalists and presenters:

Short biography (pdf)
Long biography (pdf)
CV (pdf)
High resolution press photos (zip)
Technical rider for modular performance (pdf)

For more materials, photos or technical information, please get in touch by email.