Peter Fengler
LES ALBUM CLAUS & DE PLAYER PRESENT
DEEP CUTS & AUDITORY MATTERS II
@ WIELS, 1190 FOREST
with PETER FENGLER + PIERRE BASTIEN + DENNIS TYFUS + JAN VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN + VINYLTERRORANDHORROR
W H A T ?
An evening of performances by artists who are deeply interested in sound and vinyl as a medium, tool and/or artefact.
A B O U T
PETER FENGLER (nl) is an explicit performer who, in this performance, comes up with a story based on the theme “BAROQUE, NON-BAROQUE: A Story of Proportionism,” which utilizes a unique polymorphous construction in which indicators in the form of “suggestions” play the leading role. In other words, he seeks to redefine nuance from a musico-linguistic angle. The repercussions of this approach can be found in his self-cut vinyl record productions, performances, written texts and lectures. The work invariably reverberates somewhere between intellectual pursuits and nonsense, expresses a fondness for “ultrahobbyism,” and is characterized by its subversive undertones with all of its related disturbing lucidity and preferences for a decided anti-aesthetic. It is both a commentary on contemporary political issues as well as a reflection on the medium and the scene itself. Ultimately, it is not what it appears to be while, at the same time, it is nothing more than what it is. Fengler is also the co-founder and key figure of DE PLAYER, a venue dedicated to the performative arts, experimental music and visual arts. DE PLAYER’s record label produces limited audio-visual editions in exquisite multimedia packaging by artists working in the sound and visual arts.
PIERRE BASTIEN (fr) uses several tiny cameras to project his Meccano-driven contraptions onto a large screen. Although we can see little wheels depressing organ keys, on the screen it seems we are in some giant factory, where machines of unguessable size perform cumbersome operations to pluck at hawsers or vibrate great flapping sheets - in reality rubber bands and strips of paper. Bastien's non-synched looping machines naturally have non-human quality, like an off-kilter African drum ensemble, and this strangeness is further magnified by his carefully layered visual projections. Over the top he plays pocket trumpet phrases drawn from the earliest days of jazz, as if King Oliver is muttering in his ear. But the trumpet is often masked: somehow it plays a baseline like a tuba, or else the mute is jammed into a beaker of bubbling water. On the screen the monochrome Fritz Lang world of relentless Meccano is invaded by a beautiful fountain of blue bubbles. Like a blend of Philip Jeck's heartbreaking turntables and Max Eastley's lost-in-space musical sculptures, Bastien has created an elegant display of genuine musical surrealism. He has been refining his approach for over two decades - ten years ago Aphex Twin released Mecanoid on his Rephlex label and since th has brought out many shows and releases
JAN VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN (nl) has been working with sound and sound installations for over 25 years now. He is mostly interested in the fundamental structures of space and sound. He creates sounds related to his research on subjects like flowers, machines, architecture, color and sound. The sonic and visual aspects come together seamlessly in his sound installations. The musical pieces released on his own Cosmic Volume label are often utilized during his live sound-art installations. For this evening, he will give a lecture on Arnold Schonberg, Vienna vs. Paramaribo and the development of the 12-tone composition technique as well as related historical developments and the aid of original 1930s recordings from Paramaribo (Nickerie studio – Lakhipersad). Imagine Schonberg played on a little drum at 78 rpms and similar scenarios.
Turn! Turn! Turn! Lyrics
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Words-adapted from The Bible, book of Ecclesiastes
Music-Pete Seeger
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven
A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late
DENNIS TYFUS (be) produces magazines, drawings, and vocalizations. His publishing concern also includes the ULTRA ECZEMA record label. He is fascinated by visual poetry, Dada, the Situationists and their radical approach, punk, and metal noise. He has produced an intriguing catalogue of sound experiments by marginal artists in very uniquely designed packages. His own performances under the pseudonym Vom Grill usually include a variety of animal noises, throat and gargling noises and the sounds produced by vibrating his lower lip. This type of repertoire certainly leads to some surprising auditory eruptions.
VINYLTERRORANDHORROR (dk) is a collaboration between Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen. Their approach to music starts from a visual and sculptural practice. Turntable deconstruction and rearrangement of the vinyl media in all imaginative ways is an essential part of our music. They are working in the field of cinematic soundscapes with a high tolerance level of possible hi- fi disasters. Sentimental heartbreaking sequences where the opera singer is looping and the birds are singing backwards……. untill the breakdown of needles and chaos is taking over. Cut up and mistreated records looping and creaking from dust and sloppy treatment. Pick-up`s being pushed disrespectfully over grooves. records spinning backwards and forwards while played from multible pick-ups simultaniously. Meanwhile the lady in stilletoes just keep on walking down the stairs. Repetitive arrangements, dark sounds, neck breaking mixes, film-amateur sound effects,scratches, quieks, vinyls, terror and horror.
M O R E
http://www.deplayer.nl/index.php?option=com_eventlist&func=details&did=235
http://www.ultraeczema.com/
http://www.pierrebastien.com/
http://www.jadaland.org/
http://vinylterrorandhorror.com/
http://ultrahobbycomplex.hotglue.me/
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