Concert #15

Sonntag den 11. Dezember 2011, 20:30 Uhr, @ Valentin Stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln



certain combustible affections

Das Debüt-Konzert von CCA

Chris Abrahams, dx7
Christian Kesten, Stimme
Andrea Ermke, Mini-Discs

und im Vorprogramm

Christian Kesten solo


www.christiankesten.de

Concert #14

Sonntag den 13. November 2011, 20:30 Uhr, @ Valentin Stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

trio kartenhaus


astrid weins, kontrabass
albrecht walter, klarinette
thomas m. kumlehn, flöte


...die drei in Berlin und Potsdam ansässigen Improvisations- und KlangkünstlerInnen des Kartenhaustrios verfügen über eine Klangsprache ganz eigener Couleur...
...auf der Basis einer höchst individuellen Schlag-, Zupf-, Blas- und Streichtechnik entfaltet das gut aufeinander eingespielte Ensemble einen spannungsvollen, offenen Dialog, der sich ganz der Bewegung und Entwicklung aus dem Moment heraus verschrieben hat...
... changierende Klangfelder aus rotierenden Bassfiguren wechseln bei Astrid Weins mit kurzen schroffen hochexpressiven Einwürfen als kraftvolle Respons auf die raumauslotenden Farbimpressionen und cantablen Klangassoziationen von Albrecht Walter auf Klarinette und Bandoneon und die sensible Klangpoetik von Thomas M. Kumlehn, der mit einem schier unerschöpflichen Klangspektrum aus Pfeif- und Partialtönen vokal und auf der Flöte sowohl punktuell Lichter aufzusetzen weiß als auch in reich nuancierten Klangcollagen Verdichtung, Verflechtung und Transformation des musikalischen Prozesses vorantreibt.
 
[Rieke Frey, 2011]

Concert #13

Sonntag den 11. September 2011, 20:30 Uhr, @ Valentin Stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

Johnny Chang, Violin, Compositions
Matthias Müller, Trombone
Christoph Reimann, Clarinet, Compositions

Improvised Compositions, Composed Improvisations


http://soundcloud.com/johnnychchang
http://www.matthiasmueller.net/
http://www.christophreimann.com/

Concert #12

Sonntag, den 12. Juni 2011, 20:30 Uhr @ Valentin Stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

Antje Vowinckel, organ and objects

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PIVOT

Chris Heenan, alto sax + contrabassclarinet
Liz Allbee, trumpet

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Antje Vowinckel, organ and objects

Antje Vowinckel is a Berlin-based composer, director and performer. She produced sound art compositions and radio plays for which she was awarded several times and also presents musical solo performances.


„Organ and objects“


An impro-composition with warm and mechanical sounds and some melodic reminiscences played on an old Korg-Organ combined with slit-drum and vibrating objects in a speaker.
I got this organ from the guitar player in the band, where I played keyboards, when I was in my twenties. But the band broke up and I didn’t play for years, until I started with my sound compositions and tried out to play it in another way. I use it more as a sound source now and play melodies only as a reminiscence of old times. Something that you can hear when you open your window, and always comes with the sound of the construction in your neighbourhood.

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PIVOT

Chris Heenan, alto sax + contrabassclarinet
Liz Allbee, trumpet

PIVOT is Liz Allbee and Chris Heenan.
PIVOT is a language of spontaneous repetitions that brush up against an autistic world.
PIVOT is a contrabass clarinet and a trumpet hashing out a bad marriage.
PIVOT is a strategy of recursive cycles and quick fixes.
PIVOT is an acoustic duo of discrete players creating a unitized system.
PIVOT is a three-legged horse in a two-legged race.
Help PIVOT

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http://www.antjevowinckel.de/

http://www.chrisheenan.com/
http://www.lizallbee.net/

Concert #11

ACHTUNG, ACHTUNG: Konzert wird auf den 22.5. verlegt!!!!

Sonntag den 15. Mai 2011, 20:30 Uhr @ Valentin Stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

curated by Wendelin Büchler:

Ezramo, voice + prepared zither + field recordings
Penelopex, electronics + field recordings

The young promising italian female sound artists Ezramo and Penelopex are certainly about to setting landmarks in experimental music.
Ezramo’s research is focused upon the hidden archaic memory in music and upon the writing in its multiple forms.
Her main instrument is the voice, that she usually combines in a radical way with acoustic instruments and field recordings.
Raising from Bologna underground noise scene, Penelopex searches and finds her sounds in nature and city life,
transformed through custom filters and modulators into broken melodies, noise and musique concrète.
Lyrical vocals and manipulated acoustic sounds by Ezramo, transcending into Penelopex’ field recordings and drones…
appearing and disappearing. Just like a ghost.


www.ezramo.com
www.myspace.com/penelopexproject
www.soundcloud.com/penelopex-ezramo


Greta Christensen, modified turntables + electronics
Camilla Sorensen, modified turntables + electronics
with their project - Vinyl Terror & Horror

Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen met at The Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen in 2001 and have been working together since with sound as a starting point for a continuous and complex sculptural practice which includes: cars, tent constructions, campers and a huge variety of record players and sound equipment.
In the concert situation, a partly improvised narrative of sounds is performed using exclusively modified turntables and vinyl records. Cut up and mistreated records looping and creaking from dust and sloppy treatment. Pick-ups being pushed disrespectfully over grooves.

www.vinylterrorandhorror.com

Concert #10

Sonntag, 10. April 2011, 20:30 Uhr, @ valentin stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

Anthea Caddy, violoncello

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Lo Complication:

Johnny Chang, prepared violin
Olivier Di Placido, prepared guitar

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Anthea Caddy is a cellist and artist from Melbourne, Australia currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Interested in the relationship between recorded sound, spatialisation and instrumental performance, much of Caddy's work focuses on the incorporation of acoustic, electro-acoustic and recorded space within performance and multi-channel installation.
http://www.myspace.com/antheacaddyandmagdamayas




Lo Complication: Johnny Chang (prepared violin) and Olivier Di Placido ( prepared guitar)

audio-biography


Olivier Di Placido is a self-taught musician who performs on electric guitar. His approach is mainly focused on the manipulation and the use of each elements of the guitar as an instrument (magnetic pick-up, steal strings, electricity, unscrewed neck...)No electronics.
http://olivierdiplacido.wordpress.com

Johnny Chang A violinist and composer based in Berlin, Germany, Chang studied composition and experimental music with Michale Pisaro, Mark Menzies and James Tenney. His articulated performances have been featured in numerous festivals and series around the world, most recently Maerz Musik. Influenced by the music of Christian Wolff, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Peter Ablinger, his own compositions explore space, silence, and tone. His Microscore Project is an ongoing work featuring dozens of composers, and to date has been performed in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New Zealand, and Berlin.
johnnychchang.blogspot.com/


www.myspace.com/valentinstueberlneukoelln

Concert #9

Sonntag, 13. März 2011, 20:30 Uhr, valentin stüberl, Donaustr. 112, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln

Axel Haller, bass
Christian Marien, drums
Christoph Reimann, clarinet+laptop

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Pierce Wernecke, computer + video


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www.axelhaller.de
www.myspace.com/christianmarien
www.christophreimann.com

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Pierce Warnecke:


Pierce Warnecke has been creating digital material since his studies at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Attracted at the same time by image and sound, he develops modules to forge his own audiovisual elements. He is inspired by the interactions between humans and machines, scientific research and complex data structures. He has made it his work to develop alternate ways for sound, video, light and data to become apparent in performance/installation contexts.

He has worked as a programmer for installations and interactive projects in the US, France, Japan and Germany, and also works as a sound designer and electronic musician in Berlin where he currently resides.


http://www.vimeo.com/17156485
http://piercewarnecke.blogspot.com/


www.myspace.com/valentinstueberlneukoelln