The Cabaret Voltaire, where Dada was launched 100 years ago to an unsuspecting public. Zürich, Switzerland, celebrates the centenary anniversary of Dada’s birth, and The Independent covers the event here.
Author: Rudy Carrera
[Art] Adolf Wolfli (Galliki filologia)
I first came across the name of Swiss painter Adolf Wölfli thanks to a tribute album recorded by SPK leader Graeme Revell. It would be my first introduction into the world of Art Brut, or Outsider Art.
The video is a quick synopsis of his work in Greek.
[Music] Cranioclast – Vanorum Mare
Cranioclast were from Hagen, Germany, and were one of the most interesting of the German cassette label projects I used to collect. They ventured into making a couple of vinyl records and CDs, but then disappeared into the ether. They’re a group crying out for a reissue campaign, definitely.
[Music] Presenting signature improvisation sets by Ada Rave/solo reeds and ‘SPOON3’ trio
The Netherlands is blessed with some of the most amazing performance venues in the world, if you like improv or World Music. It’s time I consider a long visit.
‘Music doesn’t exist. At most it’s an illusion’.
– Misha MengelbergPINTOTONICS n+1 is very pleased to announce 2 signature sets by Ada Rave/solo reeds + preparartions and the ‘SPOON 3’ trio.
HUIS de PINTO
St Antoniebreestraat 169
1011 HB Amsterdam
www.huisdepinto.nl
(020) 3700210 reservation20:00 doors
20:30 start solo set
23:00 end of eventTickets 10 + 7 (students/cjp)
SET 1 > SOLO
Ada Rave/tenor+soprano sax+clarinet+preparations
www.adarave.comAda Rave > moving nearly 3 years ago from Buenos Aires to Amsterdam > is an active and powerful voice in Amsterdams’ improvisation scene, deserving close attention by any non-conformist improvisation lover.
SET 2 > Ensemble
‘SPOON 3’
Jodi Gilbert/voice
Robert van Heumen/laptop processing
Albert van Veenendaal/piano+prepared piano‘In many aspects a band that crosses many styles. In the challenging trio combination piano, voice and laptop, voice uses unpolished if not absurdistic raw texts light years away from any jazz historical scat reference, laptop disturbing and supporting voice and prepared piano expressions into an amalgam of unpredictable sonic adventures’.
Coming up @ Pintotnics n+1 edition March 14 2016
Solo set >
Gordon Beeferman/piano
www.gordonbeeferman.comEnsemble set > C.B.G trio
Joachim Badenhorst/tenorsax+clarinet+bass-clarinet
Guillermo Celano/el guitar
Marcos Baggiani/drums+percussion
[Music] Björk – Pagan Poetry
Björk seemed to be peaking when she recorded this track for her 2011 album, Vespertine. If you’ve ever had the chance to hear this in 5.1 Surround Sound, it’s a delight to the ears.
[Music] La Ruleta Rusa #245. Especial David Bowie
A debt of thanks for our friends at La Ruleta Rusa Radio Program in Spain for around 7 hours of David Bowie-related programming!
http://www.ivoox.com/player_ej_10266262_4_1.html?c1=ff6600
[Music] Fake Plastic Heads – Je Ne Sais Quoi
Fake Plastic Heads hail from Munich, Germany, but their sound brings together a disparate blend of styles. There’s little else out there which blends electronic music genres so well.
[Music] Louis Sclavis Sextet – Réponse à Gavotte
Clarinetist Louis Sclavis was one of my first exposures to this kind of music. It was through a magazine that included a free CD that I first heard his music, and I’ve remained mesmerized ever since.
[Literature] The Known Unknown: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is a Russian-Ukrainian writer of Polish descent whose works compares favorably to the Argentine polymath Jorge Luis Borges. After picking up two of his works, I can see why.
This article, from The Paris Review, is a great way to be introduced to his life and the themes of his work.
[Music] David Bowie & Philip Glass – Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix)
David Bowie, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, all remixed by Aphex Twin. As collaborative efforts go, it doesn’t get much better than this.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 