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Poire Z
poire_z (pronounced "pwar-zed") was an electronic free improvisation music group formed in 1998. Its members all have long careers in improvised music; critic Fred Grand of ''Avant'' calls poire_z a "post- AMM supergroup." Band history At a music festival at Nantes, France in 1998, percussionist Gunter Muller and turntablist Erikm were scheduled to perform as a duo. The same festival featured a performance by duo Voice Crack. The four musicians made an unscheduled collaboration, and afterwards formed a semi-regular quartet. They recorded several albums and made a number of live appearances before disbanding. poire_z often invited a fifth musician as a guest: Keith Rowe, Phil Minton, Christian Marclay, Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M and others performed or recorded with the core quartet. As with much free improvisation, poire_z's music is generally focused more on a group sound, and given the musicians' unorthodox approach to their instruments, it is often difficult to discern wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its own right. Free improvisation, as a genre of music, developed in the U.S. and Europe in the mid to late 1960s, largely as an outgrowth of free jazz and modern classical musics. Exponents of free improvised music include saxophonists Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, and John Zorn, composer Pauline Oliveros, drummer Christian Lillinger, trombonist George E. Lewis, guitarists Derek Bailey, Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith and the improvising groups Spontaneous Music Ensemble, The Music Improvisation Company, Iskra 1903, The Art Ensemble of Chicago and AMM. Characteristics In an atonal context, free improvisation refers to where the focus shifts from harmony to other dimensions of music: timbre, melodic intervals, rhythm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Crack
Voice Crack was a Swiss electronic free improvisation band. Formed in late 1972 by Andy Guhl and Norbert Möslang, Voice Crack began as a free jazz duo. Then they used pre-recorded tape effects and live sound processing. By 1983 they had eliminated normal instruments in favor of what they called "cracked everyday electronics". This included "radios, turntables, transmitters, dictating machines" and other items that are cracked open and manipulated to produce "new sounds using magnetic and radio waves in a complex system controlled by movements of their hands and by light." The result consisted of buzzes, clicks, drones, and oscillations. Erstwhile Records described it as "cascading magnetic waves" that "arc across the sky as three-headed critters race and rummage through alien flora." Voice Crack's work was favorably compared to some of John Cage's. Voice Crack collaborated with Borbetomagus and Butch Morris and were members of poire z poire_z (pronounced "pwar-zed") was an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Müller
Günter Müller (born October 20, 1954) is a German sound artist who originally performed as a percussionist and drummer, active primarily in free improvisation. He was born in Munich, West Germany, but has lived in Switzerland since 1966. Background Originally a drummer in various jazz ensembles, Müller grew interested in free improvisation and began utilizing various extended techniques. He used contact microphones to amplify his drum set, and has incorporated various electronic effects, sometimes using an iPod or MiniDisc recorder to loop or otherwise process his performances. Increasingly since about 2000 Müller has emphasized electronics, sometimes entirely forgoing percussion. Critic Brian Olewnick describes him as "one of the most fascinating collaborators in contemporary improvised music ..tending to create subtly modulated sounds of an almost palliative nature; often with an elastically liquid rhythmic sense."Brian Olewnick"Günter Müller - Time Travel" (review) All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2008 in music. This year was the peak of record sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then. Specific locations *2008 in British music * 2008 in Canadian music * 2008 in European music (Continental Europe) *2008 in Irish music * 2008 in Japanese music * 2008 in New Zealand music *2008 in Norwegian music * 2008 in Swedish music * 2008 in South Korean music * 2008 in west african music Specific genres * 2008 in rock music * 2008 in classical music *2008 in country music * 2008 in electro pop music * 2008 in heavy metal music *2008 in hip hop music * 2008 in Latin music * 2008 in jazz * 2008 in opera Events January *January 1 – Julia Fischer makes her début as a concert pianist, performing Edvard Grieg's ''Piano Concerto in A minor'' with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by Matthias Pintscher, who replaced Sir Neville Marriner. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fals
The fals ( ar, فلس, fals, plural ''fulus'') was a medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate (661–750) beginning in the late 7th century. The name of the coin is derived from the ''follis'', a Roman and later Byzantine copper coin. The fals usually featured ornate Arabic script on both sides. Various copper fals were produced until the 19th century. Their weight varied, from one gram to ten grams or more. The term is still used in modern spoken Arabic for money, but pronounced 'fils'. It is also absorbed into Malay language through the word ''fulus'' . In popular culture * The Malay derivant ''fulus'' was used as basis for naming the fictional setting of Metrofulus in the 2006 Malaysian superhero film ''Cicakman''. See also Daughter currencies: *Fils, a subdivision of the dinar, dirham or rial *Falus The falus was a bronze/copper currency of Morocco. Minted between 1672–1901, denominations of , , 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 falus are recorded in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trost Records
Trost Records is a record label located in Vienna. History In the early 1990s, Trost was founded as a tape label, releasing records of Austrian alternative and underground bands, such as Valina, , and Holly May. In 2011, the sublabel Cien Fuegos was established which primarily releases free jazz re-issues. Moreover, Trost started to closely cooperate with artists like Peter Brötzmann, , Mats Gustafsson, Alexander von Schlippenbach. In 2013, Trost released the five-CD set ''Long Story Short'', featuring recordings from the ''Wels Unlimited'' festival held in Austria in November 2011, to celebrate the birthday of Peter Brötzmann. In addition to Brötzmann, the release features the music of Okkyung Lee, Nasheet Waits, Jason Adasiewicz, Keiji Haino, and Dieb13. The release was awarded the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Recently, Trost Records has been collaborating with the Scandinavian free jazz band The Thing (the thing records), the Viennese band Radian (Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2000. This year was the peak of CD sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then. Specific locations * 2000 in British music *2000 in Norwegian music *2000 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2000 in classical music * 2000 in country music * 2000 in heavy metal music * 2000 in hip hop music *2000 in Latin music *2000 in jazz Events January * January 1 **In New York City, United States, at precisely midnight, Prince celebrates the start of the final year before the new millennium by playing his anthemic "1999", in what he vows is the song's finale. **British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List. *January 11 ** Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for downloading 4000 pornographic images of children ends. ** Sharon Osbourne quits as manager of Smashing Pumpkins after only three months. In a brash press release she annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004. Specific locations *2004 in British music * 2004 in Irish music * 2004 in Norwegian music * 2004 in South Korean Music Specific genres * 2004 in classical music * 2004 in country music * 2004 in heavy metal music * 2004 in hip hop music *2004 in Latin music * 2004 in jazz Events January–February *January 1 **The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti. **Kurt Nilsen wins ''World Idol''. *January 3 – Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage is annulled 55 hours later. *January 15 – Rapper Mystikal is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery. *January 16–February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Metallica. A Perfect Circle is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with Fear Factory appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erstwhile Records
Erstwhile Records is an independent record label devoted to free improvisation, particularly the electroacoustic variety, contemporary, experimental composed music, and combinations of both. Erstwhile was founded by Jon Abbey in 1999, whose personality and tastes are closely identified with the label. Characteristic label artists include guitarist Keith Rowe, percussionist Günter Müller, guitarist / turntablist Otomo Yoshihide, homemade electronics group Voice Crack, sine wave improviser Sachiko M, concrete artist Jason Lescalleet, guitarist / laptop composer Fennesz, guitarist Burkhard Stangl and synthesizer player Thomas Lehn, as well as younger musicians such as clarinetist Kai Fagaschinski. In recent years, also artists connected to the Wandelweiser group started releasing albums on the label, such as American composer Michael Pisaro. History The first few Erstwhile releases were something of a mixed set in terms of the music, ranging from the melancholy avant-blues of Lore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002. Specific locations * 2002 in British music * 2002 in Norwegian music * 2002 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2002 in classical music * 2002 in country music * 2002 in heavy metal music * 2002 in hip hop music * 2002 in Latin music * 2002 in jazz Events January–February * January 1 – Eric Clapton marries his 25-year-old American girlfriend in a surprise wedding ceremony at a church in the English village of Ripley, Surrey. * January 8 – The Black Crowes announce they are taking a hiatus. * January 14 – Adam Ant is committed to a psychiatric hospital two days after being arrested for carrying a firearm into a London pub that Ant claims was fake. * January 18 – Rapper C-Murder is arrested and charged with second-degree murder over a fatal shooting in a Harvey, Louisiana nightclub on January 12. * January 18– February 3 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |