Live electronica in intieme setting
DATUM
Donderdag 20 april 2023
ZAAL OPEN
19:30 uur
AANVANG
20:00 uur
PRIJS
€9,00 incl. €2,00 servicekosten
TICKETS
Sinds 2015 is Modulation. de laagdrempelige modulaire/hardware elektronische muziek avond van Utrecht. Iedere twee maanden vind je hier nieuwkomers en veteranen, ambient zwevers en noisemakers, gigantische muren van modular of juist kleine zelfbouwsystemen. Alle performers staan in het midden van de zaal, zodat je goed kan zien wat voor magie er aan de hand is. Er is altijd gelegenheid tot een gesprek met de makers. En dit alles met de kraakheldere geluidskwaliteit die je van De Helling gewend bent.
MAHU
Verhalen vertellen met geluid als taal is voor MAHU een obsessie. En als hij die taal te lang niet spreekt, wordt hij knorrig. Sinds kort ook live, waarbij hij met veel plezier abstracte en desolate soundscapes improviseerde, aangevuld met melancholieke melodieën uit zijn ‘geheime wapen’ en onverwacht een piano. Met meer dan 700 muziekstukken geproduceerd –die het daglicht amper gezien hebben– onder diverse namen is het spontaan neerzetten van
‘conceptualized inspiration’ kenmerkend voor zijn werkwijze. En die inspiratie is leidend: na een soundscape-fase is MAHU nog aan het borrelen over welke ideeën hij live wil gaan uitwerken de komende tijd.
beepblip
beepblip (Ida Hiršenfelder) is a sound artist and archivist. She makes immersive bleepy psychogeographical soundscapes with analogue electronics, DIY and modular synths, field recordings and computer manipulations. She is interested in bioacoustics, experimental music and sound spatialisation. She was a member of the Theremidi Orchestra (2011–2017) and is currently a member of the Jata C group for bioacoustics and sound ecologies. Her solo albums Noise for Strings, Vol. 1 (2019) and Noise for Strings, Vol. 2 (2020) were published by the Kamizdat label. Currently, she studies Sonology in The Hague.
Voltmeister
We are Voltmeister. A German-Dutch trio rooted in the industrial/techno scene (see L’aime Immortelle, Schwarzblut, Nachtmahr). We love modular synthesizers. Our story started in 2016. We do live performances, improv meetups, DIY workshops, studio sessions and music releases.
Since 2019 we organise Square Wave, a live improvisation music event for modular synthesists. At our resident club De Hip in Deventer (NL) we’ve hosted fourteen editions so far…and counting. Square Wave is inspired by structured improvisation in jazz and contemporary classical music. We conceived an approach where modular synthesizers are the primary instrument. At Square Wave a group of participants perform sequentially in random duo’s. Each performance is 10 minutes long at max. Fate determines what the tempo of each performance is, within the range of 60-160 BPM. This approach makes Square Wave exciting for both the performers and the audience. Besides exciting performances, Square Wave is about meeting and connecting with fellow synth enthusiasts.
Together with a few of our best synth friends, we will bring the Square Wave improv sessions to Modulation. at De Helling. At the start we’ll let a random draw decide what the duo’s and BPM’s will be. Exciting, daring and open to whatever may come. Just as we like it.
The Invibles
The Invisibles is a loose collaboration of artists using modular and acoustic instrumentation alongside generative video. This new line up sees them creating a live experimental improvised genre-hopping electronic excursion accompanied by generative performed visuals.
Current members:
Dom Graveson has been making music for decades, from trance hits in the 2000's through to recently as part of cinematic electronica act Digitonal. During the lockdown he was exploring live streaming improvised ambient with modular and draws upon that experience for this performance.
Andrew Dobson is a multidisciplinary musician and creative technologist working at the intersection of digital generative processes and human performance. He performs as Digitonal, Of The Night Sky and Alphabox.
Martijn Pieck - records as Cinema Perdu. He is an experimental artist who often uses field recordings as the starting point for his compositions. Working with additional sources from modular, samples and contact microphones and records with the [law-rah] collective, Woodbendr and Philipp Buckle. He is also working on a kinetic music sculpture called the Music Machine and has worked on soundtracks for film..
