ENSEMBLE NOAMNESIA: Gene Coleman, bass clarinet Jason Calloway, cello Marina Peterson, cello Evan Lipson, bass Alban Bailly, guitar / accordion Dustin Hurt, trumpet / accordion Aelita: Queen of Mars is a silent film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov made at Mezhrabpom-Rus Film Studio and released in 1924. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel…
Andrea Neumann: Born 1968 in Freiburg, grew up in Hamburg. Since 1996 primarily active as improviser and composer in the areas of experimental and new music. In the process of exploring the piano for new sound possibilities, she has reduced the instrument to strings, resonance board and metal frame. With the help of electronics to…
POLWECHSEL Werner Dafeldecker (double bass) Martin Brandlmayr (percussion) John Butcher (saxophones) Michael Moser (cello, electronics) Burkhard Beins (percussion) vienna / london Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to announce an evening of new and experimental music featuring Vienna/London-based ensemble Polwechsel on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 from 8:00-9:30pm. Polwechsel features Werner Dafeldecker (double bass), Martin…
Dance and Music collaborations featuring: Nicole Bindler (Philadelphia) Alissa Cardone (Boston) Asimina Chremos (Chicago) Ensemble N_JP (Japan/USA) J. Makary (Philadelphia) Links Hall in Chicago and Soundfield collaborate on an ambitious multi phase music and dance project involving Japanese and US artists, taking place in Chicago and Philadelphia. Responding to various architectural spaces in these cites,…
A concert program with Ensemble N_JP (Japan/USA), featuring traditional Japanese music and contemporary works by Japanese and American composers. The program will include the US premiere of Andolangen, a music-video composition by Philadelphia composer Gene Coleman, based on architecture by Tadao Ando. Celebrate Japan with a program that focuses on Japanese music, architecture and design…
PETER EVANS trumpet COLIN STETSON saxophones KATT HERNANDEZ violin *record release* What if Evan Parker played the trumpet? A possible answer to that captivating question comes in the personage of Peter Evans and his newly released solo venture on Psi. Evans adapts the familiar Parkerian extended techniques of circular breathing, split tones and multiphonics to a…
Elio Martusciello (electronics) Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics) Luca Venitucci (accordion and electronics) Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to present an evening of new and experimental music featuring the Rome-based ensemble Ossatura and Philadelphia-based Ensemble Noamnesia on Thursday, March 20th, 2008. Ossatura features Elio Martusciello (electronics), Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics), and Luca…
Christian Kesten was born in 1966 and works as composer, performance artist, vocalist and stage director. He lives in Berlin, Germany.His interest lies in thespace in-between: between music and theatre, music and language, between music and the visual arts. His pieces work with the space which opens up between the sound of language and the…
MATTHIAS MULLER with CHRISTIAN MARIEN (trombone; drums) free improv DAN BLACKSBERG (solo alto trombone) free jazz STEVE PARKER (trombone) new and avant garde compositions for trombone LARRY TOFT (trombone) ABOUT THE ARTISTS The collaboration of Matthias Müller and Christian Marien started, when Matthias joined the band "Olaf Ton" in 2003. Playing together in various…
Wolf Eyes really tend to divide folks right down the middle. Love 'em or can't stand 'em. And in typical Wolf Eyes fashion, they're did their very best to annoy the fuck out of everybody with their 'big break' Sub Pop debut. A caustic mouthful of acid, spit right in your eyes (ears?). A head…
As part of the ongoing Soundfield program series called EurEthos the esteemed German composer Helmut Lachenmann visits Philadelphia for the first time. The EurEthos series explores the complex cultural relationships between Europe and the USA through concerts, community dialog and publications. Produced by Soundfield, NFP and Slought Foundation and presented with support from Bowerbird, U…
"Don't ask me what I mean, ask me what I've made." Inspired by this motto, this documentary accompanies the American composer Alvin Lucier (*1931) on concert travels to The Hague (Netherlands) and Zug (Switzerland). The filmmakers invite Lucier to explain and comment on his works: from his early live electronics performances ("Music for Solo Performer"…
BHOB RAINEY soprano sax Boston, MA Bhob Rainey's music has become a model in the world of experimental sound. He is the founder of both nmperign (with trumpeter Greg Kelley) and the BSC, which he also directs; Collaborations with musicians such as Ralf Wehowsky, Le Quan Ninh, Gunter Mueller, and Lionel Marchetti, dancers Nicole Bindler and…
an evening of BUTOH featuring: KATSURA KAN with JACK WRIGHT KRISTIN NAROWICH with TOSHI MAKIHARA Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery often performed in white-body makeup but there is no set style. KATSURA KAN…
curators Jared Burak Mat Rademan Laundry Room Squelchers Big Ocean the Black and Blues Cars Will Burn! Vs. Holy Ghost Color is Luxury Dave Smolen with tinnitustimulus Drums Like Machine Guns Embarker HZL BRD M Ax Noi Mach Mincemeat or Tenspeed Ospreys Pennsylvania Pharmakon Ruined Sanguine Piss Satanized Suicide Magnets with Blue Shift Serpents of…
International Noise Conference on Tour 2008 Philadelphia, 20 Bands, 15 minute sets. No lap tops. No mixers. No droning Curators Jared Burak & Mat Rademan. Precious support pledged by Badmaster, Malleable, Zradio, Deep Fried Tapes, Send Help, Bowerbird and curated by Lowest Fidelity and Breathmint. Show posters by Mark Price, recording and live podcasting by…
Born in 1966 in Freiburg, Carl Ludwig Hübsch began basic training in music at the age of five. He played clarinet in the local traditional band and at the same time started to play drums in Punk and Rockbands. Around 83 he exchanged the clarinet for a tuba. Lessons with W.Erhart from the local orchestra followed.…
Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie uses home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. Originally a drummer he has worked in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation, studio composition. In Australia and France he organizes concerts and also runs the experimental improvised CD label and mailorder service;…
