Posted in Uncategorized on février 17, 2020 by debloque
Booking offers (2020 #7)
Dear all,
These bands you can find here under are available for some live concerts/performances.
I am booking dates for them.
Feel free to contact me if you want to set up a concert for one/or more of them.
SALAC (UK)
Availability: On request
Territory: Europe
Members of Bristol collective Avon Terror Corps, Salac are a sacred duo drenched in dirt, wine and blood, hailing from separate cold corners of the Occult World. Intersecting pagan ritualism with industrial choral alchemy,together they sculpt séances of sacred sound; igniting fires through walls of noise, voice, disjointed rhythm structures and intense ceremonial performance.
MDME SPKR (UK)
Availability: 25th March – 5th April + 1st-20th September
Territory: France, Belgiumn, Luxemburg, Switzerland
In MDME SPKR’s « Humanoid » we are the witness to the birth of one of the great rock n’roll voices. » Steven Hutchinson (UK) /// « Primitive and raw, there is a vitality to MDME SPKR’s « Humanoid » that is missing in much of music today. It’s a proper mental flossing that cleans your musical palate. » Dave W. (White Hills) /// « Ego-destroying and powerful soul music in the true sense of the word » Demian Castellanos (The Oscillation) ///
PHILL NIBLOCK (USA) + TIM SHAW (UK)
Availability: Early June 2020
Territory: Switzerland, France, Belgium
TIM SHAW: A hypnotic combination of DIY electronics, found objects, light and sound circuits, Points of Failure is an ever-changing ode to the detritus of the modern world. The performances of Tim Shaw are live experiments and explorations of the musical potential of everyday materials. He generates mesmeric environments of sound and light for audiences, building hybrid mechanisms for making noise and unfolding a messy and eclectic multi-sensory experience. Bells, air horns, sound synths, water, self-made stringed instruments, light bulbs, loudspeakers, bass shakers and other miscellaneous devices salvaged from scrap heaps, streets, artist studios and houses will populate each venue, as he fills the performance space with a sprawl of sound, light and dry ice. Each performance is unique; the show is reworked and refined throughout the tour, often in response to each
PHILL NIBLOCK is an intermedia artist using music, film, photography, video and computers. He makes thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres which generate many other tones in the performance space. Simultaneously, he presents films / videos which look at the movement of people working, or computer driven black and white abstract images floating through time. He was born in Indiana in 1933. Since the mid-60’s he has been making music and intermedia performances which have been shown at numerous venues around the world among which: The Museum of Modern Art; The Wadsworth Atheneum; the Kitchen; the Paris Autumn Festival; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Akademie der Kunste, Berlin; ZKM; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard; World Music Institute at Merkin Hall NYC. Since 1985, he has been the director of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York where he has been an artist/member since 1968. He is the producer of Music and Intermedia presentations at EI since 1973 (about 1000 performances) and the curator of EI’s XI Records label. In 1993 he was part of the formation of an Experimental Intermedia organization in Gent, Belgium – EI v.z.w. Gent – which supports an artist-in-residence house and installations there. Phill Niblock’s music is available on the XI, Moikai, Mode and Touch labels. A DVD of films and music is available on the Extreme label.
CHOOLERS DIVISION (Belgium)
Availability: 15th May – 15thj June, September
Territory: Europe + UK
At the La « S » Grand Atelier centre for outsider and contemporary art (Vielsalm, Belgium), musician Antoine Boulangé developed a diverse concept, « The Choolers », bringing together professional musicians and mentally disabled musicians.For ten years, he expanded the concept into several forms, the most symbolic of which is the group, « Choolers Division ». Choolers Division offers twisted and incandescent electro-hip hop with a whole multitude of captivating and quirky sound levels.
I KNOW I’M AN ALIEN (UK)
Availability: From June 2020 onwards
Territory: Europe + UK
I Know I’m An Alien are a weird pop trio (sometimes duo) from North London whose sound has been described as Socialist Art Punk, Avant Rock and even « Devo on speed ». Their first record « I Know I’m An Alien and I Wanna Go Home Sometimes But Then I Remember I Gotta Try and Understand You » from 2015 was hailed as a « new outsider classic » by The Wire Magazine (UK). The music is recorded mainly on cassette and albums are usually conceptually themed. Band members Candy, Bear and Scandal prefer to remain anonymous and onstage wear handmade masks designed by Brazilian outsider artist Cadu Peixoto.
Posted in Uncategorized on février 11, 2020 by debloque
Dear all,
Please find here some musicians and bands who will be soon touring.
I am booking some dates for them.
Feel free to contact me if you want to set up a show.
NOMON (Japan/USA) https://soundcloud.com/shayna-dunkelm…/sets/nomon-ep/s-P9UV0
Availability: 9th June – 7th July
Territory: Europe + UK
Nomon is percussionists Shayna and Nava Dunkelman. Playing percussion is as visual as it is aural. The trajectory of the hands and sticks, shift of body weight, the eyes aiming to strike – The physicality of the performance has a choreographic quality as it is. The body follows a sequence of movements when immersed in playing the array of percussive instruments surrounding it. The inception of Nomon came from wanting to highlight that aspect of the performance. We use a Rorschach-like percussion set up to capture the naturally occurring mirror-image synchronization. Now, who can ask for a better duo partner than your drummer sister? The music is powerful and intense, but sometimes peaceful and serene.
WARM BOYS (UK) https://warmboys.bandcamp.com/
Availability: 8th October – 3rd November + 10th November – 22nd December
Territory: Europe
Warm Boys are « analogue synthesizer specialists who square the difference between ragged synth-heavy post-punk forms and the kind of techno noise that Container once specialised in » – The Wire
ZOOGS MACHINE (Belgium) http://www.wangodan.com/about/zoog-machines/
Availability: On request
Territory: Europe + UK
Constantin Papageorgiadis (B)Constantin is a famous figure in the EMS Synthi world, both technically and musically. A fewyears ago, this repairer and « modifier » of EMS synths restored the legendary Synthi 100from the University of Ghent. This work allowed him to get in touch with many artists whowork with these exceptional instruments. He plays in Kriminal Hammond Inferno as « DrZoog », hence the name of this formation.Daniel « WangoDan » Wang (B)Drummer since 1978 (Kriminal Hammond Inferno, Contingent, Jenkinses, La Muerte, BlaineReininger,…) and guitarist (PPz30, WangWay, Panopticon,…), fond of computers, musicinformatics and synths since the eighties. The collaboration with Constantin Papageorgiadisand Gilles Peetermans in Kriminal Hammond Inferno led to this new audio/video project,where he acts as synthetic rhythm section and percussionist.Gilles Peetermans (B)Trained as a photographer, his empirical research revolves around the interactions betweenimage, sound and light. He creates with analog, chemical processes (Chemical Slide Show)and obsolete diffusion technologies (dias projectors, retro-projectors , VHS).Recently, a new hallucinatory configuration of video synthesizers has been created withZooG MachineS: PyroVideo.
EUGENE CHADBOURNE – JOE SACHSE (USA/D)
Availability: 1st-6th September
Territory: Belgium
As a boy, EUGENE CHADBOURNE picked up a guitar and started playing. It was the beginning of a career in string music and improvisational techniques that have taken him to underground venues around the world.
Chadbourne placed number 69 in Spin’s greatest 100 rock guitarists of all time. The same year he was chosen as one of the « The Great Jazz Guitarists: the Ultimate Guide » by noted critic Scott Yanow.
JOE SACHSE, the enfant terrible of the (East) German jazz scene, is active as a guitar player since about 40 years and worked almost with everybody in the former GDR and lots of international stars. He is combining elements from improvised (jazz) music and rock improvisation – as as well Eugene Chadbourne does since as well almost 40 years. Both heard about the other and they was always interested in the works of the other. So it was just a question of time while both will meet on stage for duo concerts – even if it used four decades.
PAN AMERICAN (USA) https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/music
Availability: 23rd April + 10th-12th May 2020
Territory: Belgium
Pan American (often stylized as Pan•American) is an American experimental electronic music ensemble. It is the alter ego of Mark Nelson, vocalist and guitarist for the band Labradford, who first began recording under the name in 1997.
TAPAGE (The Netherlands) http://www.tapage-sound.com
Availability: On request
Territory: Europe + UK
Tijs Ham (aka Tapage) is a musician and sound artist with a background in visual arts and founder of the recordlabel Tapeface. Musically, anything is possible, which is reflected by the broad sonic range of his output. So far he has released several full length albums on the Chicago based record label Tympanik Audio alongside countless e.p’s and compilation appearances. In his artworks he applies programming, live-electronics techniques and system design to explore and expand the possibilities of audible expression. Inspired by artificial intelligence, chaos, evolutionary processes and machine learning he incorporates similar approaches in order to create dynamic structures and experiment with their aesthetic results. Currently he works at STEIM curating workshops and concerts.
Posted in Uncategorized on février 11, 2020 by debloque
Voici la playlist du programme Noisy Crescendo qui fut diffusé sur les ondes de Radio Campus Bruxelles le dimanche 15 décembre 2019 entre 22h30 et minuit.
1/ Akdang: AG DANGURANG GWANG CHIL: « Yong jeonggeong ». Ak Dan Gwang Chil.
2/ Mute: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: « Love manh ». Let Love In
3/ Rer: LILI BRIK READS VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY: « From street to street ». Various-Baku: Symphony Of Sirens.
4/ Pradadigm: PAULINE OLIVEROS: « I of IV ». Electronic Works.
5/ EM: KYOGOKURY-SOKYOKU: « Sugi Ken rework ». Shinshunfu.
6/ Parlophone: CARMINHO: « A tecedeira ». Maria.
7/ Cut/ THE SLITS: « Shoplifting ». Cut.
8/ Neurot: EARTH: « Datura’s crimson veils ». Full Upon Her Burning Lips
Posted in Uncategorized on février 4, 2020 by debloque
Booking offers (2020 #5)
Dear all,
Please find here some musicians who will be soon touring.
I am booking some dates for them.
Feel free to get in touch with me if you want to set up a concert/performance for one of them.
LALITHA & NANDINI (India)
Availability: 1st-10th May 2020
Territory: Belgium
Lalitha and Nandini are regarded as highly imaginative virtuoso violinists. They have been applauded by both connoisseurs and laymen alike for their original and unique style of violin playing. Their violin playing is known to be replete with ragabhava. They have specialized in playing varnam-s in 5 grades of tempo and in playing Kalpana Svara-s in 3 grades of speed, which is a prominent and unique feature of their style of Violin playing. They enrapture their audience with imaginative improvisations and intricate rhythmic patterns fused with melodic sweetness.
A SPIRALE & CHRIS COGBURN (Italy-USA)
Availability: 7th-8th June
Territory: Belgium
Chris Cogburn is a percussionist who works mainly in the field of improvised music. Current practices focus on the threshold between acoustic and electronic sounds, their differing timbral qualities, and their sites of resonance. Tensions between just intonation and the unfettered resonances of objects is a burgeoning concern informing his most recent work.
Cogburn has performed around the world including: Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli (Mexico City), James Turrell’s Roden Crater (Arizona, USA), Festival Aural (Mexico City), Cinemateket (Oslo), Matik*Matik (Bogotá), among others. Current music projects include: Un Trio de Gira with Alexander Bruck and Ramón del Buey (MEX); the electro-acoustic trio Arena Ladridos with Bonnie Jones and Bhob Rainey (USA); and the audio-visual ensemble Fear of the Object with Norwegian video artist Kjell Bjørgeengen and rotating guests Ingar Zach (NOR), Juan García (MEX), Judith Hamann (AUS) and Martin Taxt (NOR). Chris has released recordings on several labels including: Astral Spirits, Another Timbre, That’s Cool Records, Simple Geometry, and Balance Point Acoustics. Since 2003, Cogburn has organized the annual No Idea Festival. Based in Austin, Texas, No Idea events have also been held in San Antonio, Houston, Marfa, Fort Worth, Dallas, New Orleans, Mexico City and Merida, Yucatán and have featured artists from around the world.
A Spirale was founded in Napoli in 2002 by Massimo Spezzaferro, Maurizio Argenziano (both former Missselfdestrruction members) and Mario Gabola (who had a long background in South Italian traditional brass bands). The band focused their work on extended techniques, mixing radical improvisation with the freshness of rock music. They also work as different duo ensembles, and are part of other bands: Aspec(t), Grizzly Imploded, Genital Warts, Strongly Imploded. Organizing numerous concerts in and around Napoli for musicians coming from all over the world, they’ve published recordings for several international labels and have played concerts in many countries around the world.
JACOB KIRKEGAARD (Denmark)
Availability: From early October onwards
Territory: Europe + UK
Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist born in 1975 in Denmark. In early 2006 he graduated at the Academy of Arts and the Media in Cologne, Germany. Jacob is exploring sound in art with a scientific approach. Jacob Kirkegaard’s sound works focus on investigations into the potential musicality in hidden sound layers in the environment. In this context he has been capturing and exploring sounds from, for example, volcanic earth, ice, atmospheric phenomena, nuclear power plants and deserted places.[1] His piece « Labyrinthitis » was created from sounds recorded inside his inner ear.[1] Recording tools used include accelometers, hydrophones and home-built electromagnetic receivers.
COCANHA (France)
Availability: 10th May 2020
Territory: Belgium
Three voices, grounded, resonant, moving with sharp and edgy percussions. Tolosa is the trio’s meeting point who proudly sings its Occitan language of daily life, an absolute playground for them. The three musicians dig into the traditional repertoire and incorporate this sonorous and vivid material. They emphasise its dancing nature and deliver it as a exuberant percussive polyphony.
ANDY MOOR (UK) + ANNE-JAMES CHATON (France)
Availability: 1st April
Territory: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
The duo Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor has produced original works where poetry and guitar combine in explorations of thematic axes. With the project ‘Heretics’, of which Tout Ce Que Je Sais (All I know) is the second part, they revive the most obscure, violent, erotic passions, summoning the great figures of their personal mythologies. In the company of Caravaggio, Marquis de Sade, William Burroughs and figures such as Jose Mujica, the duo immerses the listener in another world history peopled by radical thinkers. ‘Heretics’ pays homage to those heroes who used transgression and excess as a necessary means for the advance of humanity. In this new album, recorded live at the Carreau du Temple in Paris on the occasion of Périphérie du 35e Marché de la Poésie (2017), Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor deliver a radical work at the confines of literary and musical creation.
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Alain
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