Month: May 2024

On Friday, June 07 The Crystalline Elements play at Maria Magdalenen. The concert with projections starts at 22:00 (10 PM) CET. If you are especially adventurous don’t miss out on the introduction to the electronics at 21:00 (9 PM) CET.

On Wednesday, June 12 I play with Björn Lücker at Westwerk, also at 22:00 (10 PM) CET.

Both concerts are part of blurred edges – Festival for contemporary music in Hamburg, May 31 – June 16, 2024 – www.blurrededges.de – blurred edges 2024 is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.

After my first encounter with Peer Schlechta in a sequence of his Ambient Stairs series (July 2023) I was back this May for a larger format concert in the large space of Kassels Auferstehungskirche.

The Friedrich-Euler-organ (1956), restored by Orgelbau Andreas Schmidt (2011) encountered my combination of Moog Claravox Theremin plus modular synthesizer (sonics primarily by 4ms Ensemble & Make Noise Spectraphon VCO).

I used my voice to create and manipulate the timbre while controlling pitch and spectral tilt through the Theremin. A Stereo Field generated glitchy and crackly components and centrally placed Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard allowed for more polyphonic improvisation.

Watch the montage of the first 12 minutes of our concert here. More to come 🙂

About the workshop: “The organ has been one of the most technically complex musical instruments for centuries and has always inspired organ builders and musicians to create new technical and musical innovations. It offers exciting connections to a wide variety of electronic musical instruments that have emerged over the past 100 years of music history.

Together with sound engineer Andrew Levine, an expert in the field of electronic musical instruments, we embark on a sonic journey of discovery to new sounds and sound combinations that can pick us up in our present and touch us emotionally.”

The concert at the church St. Johannes Baptist will take place on Sunday, May 5th at 16:00 (4 PM) CET.

On the way to Berlin I stopped by lovely Schwerin to record a few clips of solo PIPEing…