Limpe Fuchs
MUSIQUES INSOLITES
LIMPE FUCHS
JACQUES FOSCHIA
MICHEL HENRITZI + JUNKO
'A voyage through the universe of expressionist improvisation - the sound of music versus the music of sound'
LIMPE FUCHS is een vermaarde geluidskunstenares, zangeres en componiste. Midden jaren ‘60 richtte ze Anima Sound op met haar toenmalige partner Paul Fuchs, met wie ze ook een resem aan percussie, blaas- en snaarinstrumenten ontwierp. Fuchs etaleert een hoogst eigenzinnige stijl, vaak omschreven als ‘te bizar’ door haar tijdgenoten van de krautrock en free jazz.
JACQUES FOSCHIA is voornamelijk geïnteresseerd in improvisatie en radiokunst, zowel in het concipiëren van werken voor radio-uitzendingen, als kortegolf radiofragmenten te gebruiken in zijn performances. Hij speelde o.a. met Barre Phillips, London Improvisers Orchestra, Tony Marsh en La Brocante Sonore.
JUNKO is voornamelijk gekend voor haar participatie in het beruchte brutal-noise trio Hijokaidan. Haar stemgeluid is mijlenver verwijderd van de typische schreeuwers uit de noise scene, dichter aanleunend bij een waanzinnige freejazz saxofoon dan bij een menselijke stem.
MICHEL HENRITZI is een Franse multi-instrumentalist die sinds de vroege jaren ‘80 actief is in de Franse Industrial scene bij o.a. Nox en The Dustbreeders. Het afgelopen decennium was hij vooral bezig met gitaar, lapsteel en banjo in een stijl die van abstracte blues tot noise strekt. Hij werkte met o.a.: Masayoshi Urabe, Rinji Fukuoka, Tetuzi Akiyama en Bruce Russell van Dead C. Hij runt ook het A Bruit Secret label, gespecialiseerd in Japanse noise. 
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LIMPE FUCHS is an internationally well respected artist/improviser/composer of acoustic and visual happenings. In the early 60's she studied piano and violin and started 'Anima Sound' with her then partner, sculptor Paul Fuchs with whom she invented a variety of self made percussion, wind and string instruments. Since then, mainly using her percussion set and her unearthly voice, she quickly developed a very personal sound and style free from all rules and trends often being even too far out for her contemporaries of the krautrock and free jazz scene. Now, at the age of 70, she effortlessly maintains this level, loyal to her roots, simply because her life, her music, her vision are all one : spontaneous and natural focused purity. Her performances are exactly in the same spirit and therefor of rare beauty.
JUNKO got mostly know through her participation in the infamous japanese brutal noise-rock outfit Hijokaidan formed in the late 70's by Jojo Hiroshige who also runs the label Alchemy Records. Junkos overexposed diaphanous body, her scream stands miles away from the hysteria of other yellers in the noise music landscape. It is just terror, or call it beauty. She almost appears disconnected from herself, as if her voice were detached from her body, each evolving in a separate space. Her scream recalls the phrasing of free music saxophonists, a common musical naivety devoid of academicism and technique. Besides the ongoing Hijokaidan project she manifests her aesthetic in collaborations with a.o. Masayoshi Urabe, Atsushi Tsuyama (Acid Mothers) and Michel Henritzi.
MICHEL HENRITZI (1959) is a French multi instrumentalist who has been around since the early 80's in the French industrial music scene, being part of Nox and later on the avant noise project the Dustbreeders. Last decade he mainly focused on string instruments (guitar, lapsteel, banjo) and his sound ranges from abstract blues to noise. Besides the music Henritzi has been writing for the French magazine Revue & Corrigé and got specialised in the Japanese noise/improv scene. He worked with many different, mainly japanese artists a.o. Masayoshi Urabe, Rinji Fukuoka, Tetuzi Akiyama, Junko, Bruce Russell (Dead C). Since 2000 he runs the label A Bruit Secret mainly focusing on releasing japanese improvised noise music.
JACQUES FOSCHIA (clarinets, radio artist) begins his investigation in different fields of improvisation by exploring the relationship dance/music with the amercican bass player Barre Phillips. Since 2000 he joined the colorful and innovative band "London Improvisers Orchestra". Foschia also develloped collaborations with experimental groups from the London improvisation scene, such as the Bohman brothers, Robert Jarvis, Lawrence Casserley, David Leahy, Tony Marsh, David Thucker etc... He founded the Belgian/German band "Canaries on the Pole" with Christoph Irmer, Georg Wissel and Mike Goyvaerts. Foschia is also involved with radio art work, producing radio pieces under several names for few international radio nets (Kunstradio ORF, Radia FM, Silenceradio) and has been working from some years on streamed and live performances with the Japanese philosopher, activist and radio artist Tetsuo Kogawa. As the main founder of "La brocante sonore" (an experimental group concept incuding guitar, shoe shine cleaner, sound samplings) and ETC band, he's performing with transmitters and his vintage shortwaves valves receivers. ETC performed last year in China touring in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai (midi mini festival).
Besides her concert on 9 october, Limpe will give a workshop on 8 october. A special occasion to get closely acquainted with her unique sound universe and to actively participate using her instruments or your own instrument. She'll give initiation to the use of her percussion instruments (lithophone, stringed pendulum drums, tube drums, various percussion tools) and will build up small groups where participants will be guided to alternate with improvisation and listening to eachother. By creating and developing these 'communicative arrangements' Limpe will add colour by using her voice, viola, wooden horn or bamboo flute. In other words an ultimate occasion to take part in a guided workshop lead by one of the most experienced and most unique music improvisors around.
Workshop : Guided improvisation with Limpe Fuchs
- Date : Saturday October 8, from 11-13 h and from 14-16 h. At 12 h noon break + evaluation.
- Reservation absolutely necessary! Contact info@lesateliersclaus.com
- Minimum 4 participants. In case of a larger group there will be another workshop day on october 7.
- Address : Ateliers Claus, Passage Rogier 1210 Brussels
- Participation in costs is 20 euro
- Electric instrument players should bring along their own amp.
- Music is a universal language but the communication will be in English.
- More details after reservation.
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LIMPE FUCHS est une compositrice et artiste allemande née en 1941 à Munich. De 1962 à 1967 elle fait ses études à l'école supérieure de musique de sa ville natale puis entame en 1968 sa carrière musicale en effectuant plusieurs spectacles multimédias. Plus tard elle fonde divers projets musicaux (Anima, Anima Musica, Anima Sound...), participe à nombre d'autres projets et collabore notamment avec des artistes comme Friedrich Gulda, Paul Fuchs ou le flûtiste américain R. Carlos Nakai. Utilisant de nombreux instruments de façon plus ou moins conventionnelle, sa posture artistique est toujours résolument tournée vers l'expérimentation.
JUNKO est connue pour sa participation avec le trio Hijokaidan. Sa voix est absolument unique et ne fait penser à rien de connu. Une voix ressemblant à un cri dont la hauteur fait penser à un hurlement atteignant des fréqunces jamias atteintes par un être humain.
MICHEL HENRITZI vit et travaille à Metz. Il a participé à divers groupes industriel et rock au début des années 80, fondé le label cassette AKT, en collaboration avec le collectif NOX. Il a joué avec Tetuzi Akiyama, Tamio Shiraishi, Michiko Takahashi, Ami Yoshida, Masafumi Ezaki, Taku Sugimoto et Toshimaru Nakamura. Depuis 2001, il dirige le label A Bruit Secret. Il fait également partie du groupe Dustbreeders et du label Elevage de Poussière avec Thierry Delles et Yves Botz. Depuis quelques années il s'est aussi spécialisé dans 'l'importation' d'artistes exclusivement japonais.
JACQUES FOSCHIA pratique l'improvisation libre à la clarinette, mais aussi avec de vieilles radios à lampes. Il y a quelques années étonnement était marqué à l'écoute de son cd 'Radio Griffe'. Improvisation aléatoire au gré des caprices des ondes courtes que d'une manière plus ou moins heureuse il parvient à capter en fonction des caprices du temps ou des champs magnétiques. Ses radios sont de véritables bijoux. Celles-ci sont manipulées, trafiquées avec plus ou moins de ménagement.
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