Norwegian singer Sinikka Langeland is more proof, as if you need it, that ECM can do little wrong. Kantele music in a jazz idiom. Stunning.
Month: January 2016
[Music] Syd Barrett: the genius who almost was – a classic profile by Nick Kent
I’ll be the first to admit that I loathed Pink Floyd’s work after The Dark Side Of The Moon, and up until their rather charming final album, The Endless River. Syd Barrett, to many die-hards, was the heart and soul of the band. Nick Kent profiles the man over at The Guardian.
[Music] Various Artists – Kollektive 1
An impressive compilation from a new label out of Tehran, Iran, a place not normally associated with experimental music. What’s more impressive is that this comp covers a mix of local and international talent. Bitrot Records are certainly worth a continued look.
[Music] The Diplomatic Core – Valentine Vivisection – 07012016
New work by my friend Christopher Morley (Mr. The Diplomatic Core himself). Bombastic, interesting rhythms. I’m looking forward to a full album of this.
[Music] Announcing challenging new music for challenging audiences: ‘Pintotonics n+1’ on 11/1 and ‘OORSPRONG@BIMHUIS” on 15/1
‘Music doesnt exist. It’s at most an illusion’
– Misha Mengelberg
PINTOTONICS n+1 edition January 11th 2016 is pleased to announce a solo set by saxofonist/Bclarinetist Peter van Bergen and an ensemble set by the HaFFaH quartet.
HUIS de PINTO
St Antoniebreestraat 169
1011 HB Amsterdam
(020)3700210 > reservation
www.huisdepinto.nl
Facebook
20:00 doors
20:30 start 1st set (sharp)
23:00 end of event
Tickets
10 + 7 (students/cjp)
SET ! > SOLO
PETER VAN BERGEN/REEDS
Dutch master improviser Peter van Bergen will perform a refractory solo set full of complex clarity’
http://www.petervanbergen.com
SET 2 > ENSEMBLE
The HaFFaH quartet
Christian Ferlaino/alto sax
Herbert de Jonge/piano
Hans Houtman/drums+percussion
Renato Ferreira/contrabass
.’The HaFFaH quartet will explore hidden lines between jazz tradition and ad hoc sounding innovations’
February 8 2016
SOLO SET by ADA RAVE/saxophones+preparations
ENSEMBLE SET BY ‘SPOON 3″
Jodi Gilbert/voice
Robbert van Heumen/laptop pocessing
Albert van Veenendaal/piano+prepared piano
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OORSPRONG@BIMHUIS special edition 15 January 2016.
We are honored to be invited by the BIMhuis for a yearly appearance presenting 3 sets of unique blinddate+instant composing lineups curated by Ana Leonor Ladas/movement+Raphael Vanoli/electronics+Raoul van der Weide/acoustic improvisation.
BIMHUIS
Piet Heinkade 3
1019 BZ AMSTERDAM
www.bimhuis.nl/agenda
www.steim.nl
oorsprong.wordpress.com
20:00 doors
20:30 start 1st set (sharp!)
22:45 afterparty at BIMhuis bar by
blinddate DJ duo
DJ ‘Isonosin’ and
DJ ‘Moving Furniture Records DJ Team’.
Tickets 18 + 15 (students/cjp)
Free entrance for BIMcard holders
SET 1: Ana Leonor Ladas curator
Ana Leonor Ladas/movement
Maaike vande Westeringh/movement
Fazle Shairmahomed/movement
James Hewitt/violin
Semay Wu/cello
Tjeerd Schils/electronics
Robert van Hulzen/drums+percussion
SET 2: Raphael Vanoli curator
Raphael Vanoli/gutar+electronics
Robbert van Heumen/laptop processing
Laurent-David Garnier/olfacto-sonic objects
Joost Buis/trombone+laptop
SET 3: Raoul van der Weide curator
Stefan Keune/saxophones
Oguz Buyukberber/BassClarinet
Eric Boeren/trumpet+cornet
Michiel Scheen/piano
Kaja Draksler/piano
Yung-Tuan Ku/percussion
Light design by Ellen Knops
Audio/video registration by Alexis Kazazis
Come by if you can and share this excitingly unpredictable event with all of us!
Big thanks to Huub van Riel + BIMhuis staff for this special edition and big thanks all volunteering curators, performers and critical audiences that made OORSPRONG able to develop and survive as an improvisres initiative for improvisers since it’s start in 2009.
Special thanks to STEIM, Titia Daniels, Lali, George Hadow, Guillaume Heurtebize, Stephane Kaas, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Nicoline Lind, Plantagedok/DokZaal, Jochem van Tol.
[Music] New Order – Dreams Never End (Peel Session)
Though Bernie Sumner has handled most of the vocal work over the years for New Order, there’s something pleasantly raw about this Peel Session version sung by Peter Hook.
Next to Ceremony, this is my favorite track by the band.
[Music] Amplidyne Effect – Patternized Movements
Post Global Recordings has been active in the Macedonian electronic/experimental music scene for a number of years. They’ve been releasing works onto Bandcamp, and this release by producer Martin Georgievski (a.k.a. Amplidyne Effect) is the label’s most recent. Icy post-rock mixed with airy electronic tones which keep one engaged in the way one listens to modern contemporary classical music.
[Music] Fred Lorca – Sonic Gringo
Imagine if DAF discovered cumbias in the 1980s with lo-fi equipment, but made up for it with a high, hazy, nearly psychedelic level of energy? Friends, I give you Fred Lorca, a composer originally from Argentina who had been residing in Spain for some years, and is, perhaps, once again residing in the Southern Cone.
This album isn’t imbued with kitschiness like, say, Señor Coconut. Think Yello, as this has a driving, danceable rhythm while maintaining its focus. That doesn’t mean it’s all serious, as there are small, cheeky interludes, and a feeling of a gang-land soundtrack in these rhythms.
[Music/Film] Giving A Baby A Chainsaw – An Art Apart: The Hafler Trio
Giving a baby a chainsaw – An art apart: The Hafler Trio from Carl Abrahamsson on Vimeo.
More amazing news from Carl Abrahamsson:
Andrew McKenzie is a highly renowned British artist frequently associated with sound art and experimental music. With great perseverance and integrity, McKenzie has, since the late 1970s, produced a large body of work, predominantly in performances, records and writings under the name The Hafler Trio. Recently, he has developed a concept called complementary education, also known as “complemation”, which is presented in workshops where the participants work together in making a piece of music based on the previous workshops’ finished piece. In a way, this could be seen as a potentially endless work of art that doesn’t only touch upon the dynamics of sound and music in themselves, but to an equal degree the very process of creation and self development. This perspective of regarding creation as a learning process has become one of McKenzie’s trademarks.
A film by Carl Abrahamsson, Sweden, 2015. 58 mins. trapartfilm.com
[Music/Radio] OORSPRONG Curators Series Announcement
Raoul van der Weide of Oorsprong sends over this announcement. Support them, as The Netherlands does a wonderful job in promoting great music!
For all OCS participants: curators, performing curators and performers
PLEASE TAKE A CLOSE READING
of this document.‘OORSPRONG curators series/OCS’ since 2009.
Casting and presenting ‘blinddate+instant composing’ lneups.
A curators’ platform by improvisers for improvisers.CURATING = CASTING
inviting, presenting and promoting unexpected and mixed ‘blinddate + instant composing’ lineups in the broadest multi disciplinary improvisational sense.
>History
> Mission
> PracticalsHISTORY
OCS started in 2009 as a monthly curators platform, initiated by improvisers for improvisers open to all possible ‘instant composing’ discplines.
OCS is made possible by long term support of commited and volunteering individuals
OCS is based in Amsterdam and cooperates with content- and facility-partner STEIM (Studio For Electro-Instrumental Music) and BIMhuis organisation and is hosted by Plantagedok/Jochem van Tol.
OCS produces 10 monthly 3 different ‘blinddate+instant composing’ sets editions pro year, first edition in September last edition in June.
OCS Agenda via htp://www.oorsprong.wordpress.comNEW Address venue:
‘Plantagedok’ at DokZaal
Plantage Doklaan 8-12
1018 CM AMSTERDAMhttp://www.oorsprong.wordpress.com
http://www.steim.nlOORSPRONG curators series/OCS is on Fb.
Contact/coordination > raoul van der weide 0031(0) 612541461 >
raoulvdweide@gmail.com19:00 doors open for audience
19:30 start 1st set (Sharp!)
22:00 end of eventAdmission 6
Thanks to OCS volunteers Guillaume Heurtebize/website; Stephane Kaas/flyer; Oscar Jan Hoogland/piano; Jochem van Tol/Plantagedok/hosting; Lali/assistence; George Hadow/assistence; STEIM/Nico Bes. BIMhuis/Huub van Riel.
MISSION
‘The urge to promote, feed and refresh Improvisation Tradition in the broadest sense by ongoing social (blinddate) and artistic (instant composing) unique experimental lineups.
OCS’s programming concept focuses specifically on mixing of (a) dance, (b) electronics and (a) acoustic improvisation via unique unprecedented/blinddate lineups.
OCS lineups are always social (blinddate) and artistic (instant composing) experiments at work. Performances can be considered as non-academic lectures, being part of a lifelong individual and collective improvisation learning-, reflecting- and development process.
⁃ Every month 3 different curators (from a, b and c background) are invited by OCS to cast a mixed improvisation lneup. They cast, invite and present each a ‘blinddate+instant composing’ lineup starting from trio format to larger formats. No solo, no duo, no regular groups, no projects, no ensembles, no rehearsals. In short: high degree zero social and artistic comfort zone.
⁃ Minimum lineup format is trio, larger formats are welcome too.
⁃ In additon to the high degree zero programming, no performer/curator can participate more than 1 x a season at the OCS series. At most.
⁃ These programming rules are meant to stimulate optimal circulation of a mix of new and known and unknown performers/curators in the OCS series.
⁃PRACTICALS
Close Reading: equipment, travel expenses, parking, no-guestlists, self-promotion
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⁃ 17:00 doors open for OCS participants for set-up, sound check and warm-up
⁃ 18:00 vegetarian meal served for all OCS participants
⁃ 19:00 doors open for audience
⁃ 19:30 start 1st set (sharp)
⁃ OCS has stadard equipment delivered by STEIM: speakerboxes, cables, mixer. Standard. For more specific requests pleas contact Nico Bes > nico@steim.nl + 06236887777.
⁃ OCS has a tuned baby grand piano
⁃ OCS is a no/low budget collective initiative supported and made possible by the ongoing support of a variety of volunteering individuals including curators and performers.
⁃ OCS will cover domestic travel expenses made by OCS curators and performers.
⁃ OCS does not work with ‘guestlists’. Paying the modest 6 euro admission is not only considered a gesture of financial support but also as a gesture of moral commitment to keep the series going. Nobody ‘earns’ in this series. All entrance is re-invested in catering and coverage of doemestic travel expenses, small repairings and piano tuning.
⁃ OCS Curators and performers are especially asked to promote OCS editions they participate in actively, via social media and other channels.
⁃ OCS participants can sell their cd’s at the bar.Thank you for cooperating with OCS.
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