Philippe Petit – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
The Japanese experimental short film Emperor Tomato Ketchup (トマトケチャップ皇帝, Tomato Kechappu Kōtei, 1971. When it was first released it was in a 27-minute version but the director’s cut that was 75-minute and its wa...
Richard Valitutto plays Sarah Hennies’ SOVT
SOVT (Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract) (2017) is a 55-minute minimalist piece by American, New York-based composer-percussionist Sarah Hennies that addresses the vocal exercises that strengthen the voice by helping the vocal cords vibrate more efficiently,...
Chaz Underriner – Moving
Moving is a series of multidisciplinary works by American experimental composer, guitarist, and transmedia artist Chaz Underriner, who is often associated with the reductionist Wandelweiser Group of composers, and is an associate professor of...
Anna McMichael & Clocked Out – Peak Plastique
Peak Plastique is a clever musical examination of the surprising sonic characteristics of plastic, while reflecting on the ubiquitous, paradoxical presence of this material across our environment and our complex relationship with it despite...
Ricardo Jacinto – SOLO
Portuguese, Lisbon-based Ricardo Jacinto is an experimental cellist, conceptual composer, sound artist and designer, and architect who thinks of solo free improvisation as an exploration of the relation between sound and space. He is...
Laszlo Umbreit, Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat – Là
Là refers to Là-bas, the 2006 film by Belgian-Jewish director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), in which Akerman expressed her ambivalent relations with the Israeli state, especially its settler-colonial narrative. Phonetically, Là (meaning ‘there’ in French)...
Two Argentinian cellists: Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros
Two experimental Argentinian cellists from Buenos Aires - Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros - keep exploring and expanding the sonic palettes of their instrument.
Violeta García is a composer and curator now based in Bern,...
Meinrad Kneer / Albert van Veenendaal – The Munderkingen Sessions, Part 2
German, Berlin-based double bass player-composer Meinead Kneer and Dutch, Amsterdam-based pianist-composer-arranger-producer Albert van Veenendaal have played together for almost 25 years and collaborated in many musical endeavors. They founded the Evil Rabbit label, dedicated...
Drank (Ingrid Schmoliner / Alexander Kranabetter – Breath in Definition
Austrian pianist Ingrid Schmoliner (who is also a vocalist and educator, known for her duo with master drummer Hamid Drake, and the sound-sculpting trio GRIFF with the Berlin-based percussionist Emilio Gordoa and bassist Adam...
Klaus Lang: tönendes licht.
Non dev'essere molto semplice configurare una musica che nell'osservazione delle sue influenze non ne voglia sottolineare nessuna. Per il compositore Klaus Lang (1971) questo difficile passaggio estetico sembra possibile. Lang dà il suo sguardo...
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MMI Free Impro Festival
Sin dalla sua prima edizione nel 2016 l'MMI Festival ha costituito una bella piattaforma d'incontro per gli improvvisatori liberi provenienti da differenti città europee....
