9. Mai 2010, 20 Uhr
Tetsuya Hori, Komposition + Musik
Yukihiro Ikutani, Film
Special guest: Izumi Ose, Voice
www.tetsuyahori.com
valentin stüberl
Donaustrasse 112
12043 Berlin-Neukölln
www.myspace.com/valentinstueberlneukoelln
To Tetsuya Hori, making music can be exhausting - but talking about it can be a real strain. Now living in Berlin, Hori has become a regular on the improvisational scene of the German capital, adding a distinct voice to the already eclectic community. What makes his approach stand out is the complete absence of any kind of superimposed concepts: "My pieces do not have a concept. That is the concept.", he says, "The concept develops in the head of the listener. I get the feedback, and the feedback influences my music and the way I see it." For those who can not witness Tetusaya in action during one of his prolific stage appearances, his latest collaborational album with Reedsman Soon Kim is an excellent point of departure. The four pieces on "Non Transposed Sense" (Konnex Recordings) are an hommage to the art of listening - listening to each other, to their instruments and the room around them - as well as a testimony to the ongoing relevance of Sound Art in a time, when sceptics consider its creative well dried-up. For Tetsuya, some of the sessions were so intense that he felt entirely depleted at the end of the day. But even that now sounds easy as he prepares for answering our questions: "I don't know how concretely I can talk as an abstract artist called the musician, but I will try", he says. Only a few minutes later, however, he has shared some highly stimulating thoughts with you.
