Featuring performances from
Weather Machine (Robert Curgenven)Elemental Music (Z'ev)Also two exclusive field recordings from Francisco Lopez---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Individual Biographies
ROBERT CURGENVEN: WEATHER MACHINEReturning to sound as the physical articulation of space through vibration, resonances and the body beyond merely hearing. Room harmonics and subtle feedback combine with pristine elemental field recordings - choruses of twittering insects from the verdant tropical rim, Aeolian fences underscore detailed recordings of desert storms.
“These unearthly visions reveal something about the palpable strangeness and near-alien experiences that can be encountered when one visits these extreme, physical zones. Far from offering us the comfort of a canopy, [this sound] is intent on exposing us to the rawness of desert winds and the heat of a merciless sun.”
http://www.recordedfields.net
Z’EV: ELEMENTAL MUSICSince 1984, Z’ev has been concentrating on performing in a more traditional mallet-percussion style, albeit with highly idiosyncratic and 'extended' mallet percussion techniques and 'self-made'/adapted instruments and accoutrements. In point of fact, Z'EV doesn't actually consider the results as “music" per se, but more as orchestrations of highly rhythmic acoustic phenomena.
It is also worth noting that Z'EV does not consider his performances as solos, but rather as the unique inter-reactions between five elements:(himself), (his instruments), (the particular physical space of the performance), (the particular time and geographic location of the performance) and (the energies of the audience). While the first two will of course remain the same, a change in any of the last three will result in a totally different performance.
http://www.rhythmajik.com
Francisco López: Mamori Sound ProjectFrancisco López is internationally recognized as one of the major figures of the sound art and experimental music scene. Over the past 30 years he has developed an astonishing sonic universe, absolutely personal and iconoclastic, based on a profound listening of the world. He has realized hundreds of concerts, projects with field recordings, workshops and sound installations in 60 countries. His extensive catalog of sound pieces has been released by more than 180 record labels worldwide, and he has been awarded three times with honorary mentions at the competition of Ars Electronica Festival.
Mamori Sound Project is a 2-week workshop/residency for professional and semi- professional sound artists and composers with previous experience in the area of sound experimentation and field recordings. It takes place at Mamori Lake, in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon , and involves theoretical/discussion presentations, field work and studio work. The workshop/residency has a special focus on creative approaches to the work with field recordings, through an extensive exploration of natural sound environments. It does not have a technical character but is instead conceived and directed towards the development and realization of a collective project of sonic creation with the interaction of all participant artists/composers.
http://www.franciscolopez.net
