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216 W. Chicago Ave.
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel 312-282-7676
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ANDREA BELFI Sat April 19 9pm |
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| Plangent poly-rhythms, peeps. Drummer Andrea Belfi is one of the leading lights in Italy's minimal rock underground. Here, in his U.S. debut, he presents a solo concert for percussion and electronics. |
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| AB uses a basic drum set, surrounded by synthesizers, a loop station, some contact microphones and a harmonica. Acoustic and electronic elements intertwine. Like on his superb new release, "Knots" (Die Schactel), rhythmic patterns go beyond the mere beat as he shapes them in cycles. He's developed a strong spatial sense characterized by a crystal clear cymbal tone, deep, warm bass drum, drone-like electronica and a never ending groove. |
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| Andrea Belfi (b. 1979, Verona) has been playing drums since the age of 14. He studied art in Milan and has been working in the experimental music field since 2000. On his earlier solo record, "Between Neck & Stomach" (Häpna), he activates (Valerio Tricoli's) house as musical instrument — using frequencies to shake a cupboard filled with pots and pans, recording that percussive clatter and mixing it with guitar, melodica and voice. Collaborators include Stefano Pilia, Giuseppe Ielasi, Valerio Tricoli, Claudio Roccheti, Dean Roberts and Alessandro Bosetti. Belfi also plays in rock band Rosolina Mar and electroacoustic/folk duo Christa Pfangen. |
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JÉRÔME NOETINGER, JEAN-LUC GUIONNET & WILL GUTHRIE Sat May 17 9pm |
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| First-time U.S. performance by this new trio of improv |
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| Jérôme Noetinger (b. 1966, Marseille) composes musique concrète in the studio and plays live improvisation with an electroacoustic set made of tape recorders, mixing desk, analog synthesizer, loudspeakers, microphones and electronics. Projects include his duo with Lionel Marchetti (since 1993), duo with eRikm (since 2001) and Quintet Avant (since 1998) with Marchetti, Jean Pallandre, Marc Pichelin and Laurent Sassi. He is a member of the famed MIMEO ensemble, as well as a member of Cellule d'Intervention Metamkine with filmmakers Christophe Auger and Xavier Quérel. Noetinger also is an active organizer. He runs the Metamkine label, distribution and mail-order service. He is a key participant at the influential audio arts magazine Revue et Corrigée. Noetinger lives in Grenoble. |
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| For over a decade Jean-Luc Guionnet (b. 1966, Lyon) has been an important presence in French new music, creating musique concrète (he studied with Xenakis), radiophonic projects and site-specific installations (often in the company of Éric La Casa), and improvising on alto saxophone in a variety of fields. He is based in Paris. |
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| Australian percussionist Will Guthrie (b. 1977) uses home-made instruments, amplified junk, microphones and electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. Originally a drummer, he has worked in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation and studio composition. He also runs the experimental improvised CD label, Antboy Music. Regular collaborators past and present include Ferran Fages, Jean-Philippe Gross, Julien Ottavi, Jérôme Noetinger, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Keith Rowe and Jim Denley. Guthrie lives in Nantes. |
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| Jérôme Noetinger first performed at Lampo in June 2002 with Lionel Marchetti. He returned in May 2004 to play with eRikm. Jean-Luc Guionnet first performed at Lampo in May 2006 with David Chiesa and Michael Zerang. This concert is Will Guthrie's Chicago debut. |
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| Presented with support from French Cultural Services |
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MARK WASTELL & JOACHIM NORDWALL Sat June 7 9pm |
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| London's Wastell (32-inch tam-tam; i.e. big metal disc) and Skull Defekt Nordwall (analog electronics) pair up for their new drone project, Oceans of Silver & Blood. |
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| Mark Wastell (b. 1968) investigates the possibilities of acoustic instruments with sound textures and space structured in an abstract way. Wastell has played a central role in the development of quiet improvisation, a new approach to spontaneous composition that has garnered considerable attention over the past few years. His primary instruments are cello and percussion, especially the tam-tam. In addition to his career as a musician, he actively works as a record store owner, concert promoter and publisher. Early 2006 saw the publication of "Blocks of Consciousness and the Unbroken Continuum," a massive work on contemporary music he co-authored with Brian Marley. He lives in London. |
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| Joachim Nordwall (b. 1975, Karlskrona), the Idealist, began experimenting in sound in 1987, when he formed the noise-drone outfit Alvars Orkester with Jan Svensson in Johannishus, a small village in the south-east of Sweden. From 1998-2005, he was part of the avant punk rock trio Kid Commando. In 1998, he also founded iDEAL Recordings, which this year marks its tenth anniversary. He has collaborated with many artists, including Leif Elggren, Lasse Marhaug, Mika Vainio and Mats Gustafsson, and he is a founding member of experimental rock band the Skull Defekts (with Henrik Rylander). Recent curatorial projects include his "24 Hour Drone People," a marathon concert at Fylkingen in Stockholm that included Stephen O'Malley, Hild Sofie Tafjord, C. Spencer Yeh, C.M. von Hausswolff and B.J. Nilsen, as well as Wastell, Vainio, Rylander and Nordwall himself, among others. He lives and works in Gothenburg. |
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| Joachim Nordwall first appeared at Lampo in September 2006 with Henrik Rylander, when they presented "The Sound of Defekt Skulls and Intense Cranium Contact." This concert is Mark Wastell's first performance in Chicago. |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE GROSS Sat June 21 9pm |
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| June 21 is celebrated worldwide for its spiritual and seasonal importance, and this year we have another reason to mark the calendar — we're proud to bring Jean-Philippe Gross to Chicago for his U.S. debut. |
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| Jean-Philippe Gross (b. 1979) is part of a rising generation of French improvisers. He plays electronic music using a mixing board, cheap microphones, small speakers and analog synthesizer. Before turning to electronics he played drums in different rock bands. His work focuses on manipulating feedback sounds. Collaborators include Will Guthrie, Ferran Fages, Xavier Charles, Arnaud Rivière, Norbert Möslang, Jean-Luc Guionnet and Clare Cooper. In 2003 his work was part of the exhibition "33 RPM: Ten Hours of Sound from France" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Festival appearances include Les Instants Chavirés with Guionnet (Montreuil) and Festival Musique Action with Charles, Lionel Marchetti and Franz Hautzinger (Nancy). Gross lives in Metz. |
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| Presented with support from French Cultural Services |
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