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Rewire Festival
Rewire Festival is an annual international festival for adventurous music, held since 2011 in The Hague, Netherlands. The festival presents a broad program with a focus on contemporary electronic music, neo-classical, new jazz, experimental pop, sound art and multidisciplinary collaborations. It has featured artists such as Laurie Anderson, James Holden, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ricardo Villalobos, Arca & Jesse Kanda, Nils Frahm, Animal Collective, Nina Kraviz, and The Field (the band). The 2019 edition took place on March 29, 30 and 31. Venues differ from churches, old factories and abandoned spaces to the more institutional theatres and pop venues. According to ''Resident Advisor'' "he festivalprides itself on musical diversity first and foremost." Besides the festival, the organization is focussing on presenting several other affiliated activities year round. Previous editions Rewire 2019 Actress & Young Paint / Adam Harper / Alex Zhang Hungtai / All Sounds Considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Bat Dawid
Angel Bat Dawid (born 1979) is an American composer, clarinetist, pianist, vocalist, producer, educator & DJ. Her critically-acclaimed album, ''The Oracle'', has been featured in Pitchfork, BBC, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Chicago Sun Times. Life and career Dawid was born in Atlanta, GA on October 17, 1979. Her father attended Morehouse College. After marrying Dawid's mother, the family moved to her father's hometown of Louisville, KY. In 1986, the family moved to Kenya where Dawid's parents were Southern Baptist missionaries. They spent four years living in the city of Machakos, Kenya, after which they moved back to Louisville when Dawid was 12. When Dawid was in her teens they relocated to Chicago, IL, as her parents pursued more ministry opportunities. Dawid's parents identify as Black Hebrew Israelites. Dawid studied classical music at Roosevelt University as a clarinet performance major, but after experiencing a medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 2011 for Services to Dance. Biography McGregor was born in Stockport, England, in 1970. He studied dance at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds and at the José Limon School in New York. In 1992 he was appointed Choreographer-in-Residence at The Place, London, and in the same year he founded his own company, Random Dance (now Company Wayne McGregor). Company Wayne McGregor was invited to be the first Resident Company at the new Sadler's Wells in 2002. Appointed in 2006, McGregor is the first Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet from a contemporary dance background. In 2021, McGregor was announced as the Director of Dance for the Venice Biennale until 2024. McGregor is Professor of Chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jlin
Jerrilynn Patton (born July 30, 1987), known as Jlin, is an electronic musician. She began producing music in 2008 and received early attention for her 2011 track "Erotic Heat". Jlin's debut album, ''Dark Energy'', was released in 2015 to critical praise. Her follow-up ''Black Origami'' (2017) received further acclaim. Biography Patton was raised in Gary, Indiana. Growing up, she was exposed to music through her parents, and her favorite artists were Anita Baker, Rachelle Ferrell, and Sade. She also heard footwork at an early age. She briefly attended Purdue University as a math major. As an adult, she supported herself by working at a steel mill, although she claims this did not substantively influence her work. Patton began making her own music in 2008, and was inspired by her mother to pursue a unique sound. She also received encouragement from figures such as DJ Rashad, who she communicated with online. After making the track "Erotic Heat", she was hesitant to release it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pratt (musician)
Jessica Pratt (born 24 April 1987) is an American musician and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Her Jessica Pratt (album), self-titled debut album was released in 2011 via Birth Records, a record label founded by Darker My Love and White Fence songwriter Tim Presley to release Pratt's music. She is often associated with the freak folk movement. Early life Pratt was raised by her mother, who exposed her to a broad range of artists, including Tim Buckley, X (American band), X, and the Gun Club. She learned to play the guitar around the age of 15, after her older brother gave up playing his Fender Stratocaster, Stratocaster. She took his guitar and started practicing with the T. Rex (band), T. Rex album ''Electric Warrior''. She was soon able to play the guitar parts of the whole record. She eventually began recording songs at the age of 16, using her mother's Fender Amplifiers, Fender guitar amp and microphone. Musical career After she moved to San Francisco, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memo Akten
Memo Akten (born 1975) is an artist and creative technologist based in London (UK). He is known for the reappropriation of advanced electronics, software and hardware systems to create multimedia experiences that he describes as an attempt to "change our perceptions on our relationship with science, nature technology and culture". Akten's 2013 work "FORMS" won the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica. He has shown work at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, and Queen Elizabeth Hall. Career In 1997, Akten received a Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering from Bogazici University. In 2012, Akten co-created a live theatrical performance involving kinetic light systems controlled by quadrotor drones. The exhibition was called "Meet Your Creator" and was created for the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase. In 2013, Akten received the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for his collaboration with Quayola on a digital 3D project called ‘For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Walshe
Jennifer Walshe (born 1 June 1974) is an Irish composer, vocalist and artist. Biography Jennifer Walshe was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1974. She studied composition with John Maxwell Geddes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Kevin Volans in Dublin and graduated from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) with a doctoral degree in composition in June 2002. Her chief teachers at Northwestern were Amnon Wolman and Michael Pisaro. In 2003–04 Walshe was a fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; during 2004–05 she lived in Berlin as a guest of the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. From 2006 to 2008 she was the composer-in-residence in South Dublin County for In Context 3. Walshe received a 2007 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. In 2008 she was awarded the Praetorius Music Prize for Composition by the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur. In 2014 she was invited as guest curator for the Danish music and soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipek Gorgun
Ipek Gorgun ( tr, İpek Görgün) is a Turkish experimental musician who has been associated with the Red Bull Music Academy. She has opened for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and collaborated with Egyptrixx, Ryoji Ikeda and Otomo Yoshihide. Life Gorgun was born in Ankara. Her first degree was in political science at Bilkent University and she then studied at Galatasaray University, where her master's degree in philosophy looked at the implications of Martin Heidegger's work. In 2014 she attended the Red Bull Music Academy and this led to her playing with the Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda and the Japanese composer Otomo Yoshihide. She was is (in 2018) studying for a doctorate in Sonic Arts at Istanbul Technical University. She worked for a decade singing and playing the bass for other bands. Her debut album, ''Aphelion'', was released in 2016. In 2017 she was featured on an album with David Psutka, who normally takes the name Egyptrixx. For this collaborative release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vega
Henry Vega (born 1973) is a composer and Electroacoustic musician from New York City, currently living in The Hague, Netherlands. He founded The Spycollective in 2006, a now defunct music, theater and dance group, and is a founding director oArtek Foundation Vega has been composing and performing internationally since 2001 and is also a founding member of The Electronic Hammer trio with Diego Espinosa and Juan Parra Cancino. He is married to Music of Poland#Contemporary classical music, Polish composer Kasia Glowicka. Education Vega studied composition at Florida International University between 1993 and 1999 with the composer Orlando Jacinto Garcia and later between 1999 and 2004 he completed a Masters in Music at the University of North Texas studying under electroacoustic musician Jon Nelson. He moved to Europe in 2001, where he studied at the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and received a Master of Music in Sonology. Between 2004 and 2008, he then c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foodman
Takahide Higuchi is a Japanese electronic producer, disc jockey and painter who works under the pseudonym Foodman. He has been releasing music since 2011 and is based in Yokohama. His work first gained traction in the early 2010s when he was recognised as a leading name in Japan's footwork and juke scene; the producer has continued to see his work as rooted in footwork. According to ''Resident Advisor'', the musician's work blends different electronic genres, including juke and footwork but also ambient, techno, house and noise music, yet dissecting these styles and morphing them together "then driven to extreme without giving you a second to come up with a definitive genre." ''The Vinyl Factory'' consider him to be an experimental musician. An article for ''The Japan Times'' revealed more influences on Foodman's music. From spending a year on Ishigaki as a child — where his mother is from — he believes "the smell, the temperature, the tone of the ''sanshin'' (a three-strin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Campagna
Federico Campagna (born 1984) is an Italian philosopher based in London. His recent work revolves around the metaphysical and ethical challenges posed by contemporary nihilism Nihilism (; ) is a philosophy, or family of views within philosophy, that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as objective truth, knowledge, morality, values, or meaning. The term was popularized by Ivan ..., and the possibility of a fundamental philosophical architecture of emancipation. He is the author of ''Technic and Magic: the reconstruction of reality'' (Bloomsbury, 2018) and ''The Last Night: antiwork, atheism, adventure'' (Zero Books, 2013). He is the editor of Franco Berardi Bifo's philosophical anthology ''Quarant'Anni Contro il Lavoro'' (Derive/Approdi, 2017) and of ''What We Are Fighting For'' (Pluto Press, 2012). References External links * Living people 1984 births {{Italy-philosopher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Keszler
Eli Keszler is an American percussionist, composer, and visual artist based in New York City. Known for his complex and intricate style of drumming, as well creating sound installations involving piano wire and other mechanisms to accompany his live performances, his shows have involved visual elements such as Keszler's drawings, diagrams, screen prints, and writings. In 2012, ''Pitchfork'' wrote that "Keszler deserves recent attention for his large-scale sound art installations, which not only force musical ideas to interact with an acoustic environment but, in turn, for flesh-and-bone musicians to interact with both of them." Keszler has also toured or collaborated with artists such as Tony Conrad, Jandek, Loren Connors, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Oneohtrix Point Never, and has released several solo albums since 2008. The most recent, ''Alps'' in 2014, was a collaboration with guitarist Oren Ambarchi. In 2012 Keszler debuted a sound installation project where he mounted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
