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EAR SOUND SCAPE
December 7, 20:00
Dome of Visions
Søren Kierkegaards Plads, 1016 København
Soundscape ' multispeakers ' visuals.
SØS GUNVER RYBERG, CHIAKI, MARIA DIEKMANN, FABIO MONNI, JAKOB RIIS, JØRGEN TELLER
A revitalization of soundscape-sound art in a transpararent meeting of visuals, live violin and loudspeaker orchestra in a unique space with a marked prescence of the city.
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Inter Arts Center, Bergsgatan 29, Malmö. 18:00-20:00.
There is a code for the main door and elevator leading up to the Inter Arts Center. The code is 2811.
The performance will be in the White Room on the 3rd floor.
Portraits. A solo performance by Jakob Riis for one loudspeaker, aluminium foil, computer and electronics.
In a white gallery space you see a man working with a set up of one loudspeaker, a laptop, various electronic devices and a generous supply of aluminium foil. After mounting a piece of aluminium foil on the loudspeaker, the man turns over to his setup of a laptop computer, a small mixingboard and other electronic devices and starts to make sounds. At first you hear small movements of the alufoil creating subtle noises, the alufoil set in movement by the air moved by the membrane of the loudspeaker. Now a musical crescendo of significant duration takes place. The music are gradually turning into more noisy and louder sounds. At the end of the crescendo small bits and pieces of the alufoil are spit out from the points of the two bass reflex holes in the front of the cabinet. A portrait starts to embody... The music stops. The man removes the alufoil off the loudspeaker and hang it on the gallery walls. A portrait… This action is repeated continuously for two hours, resulting in about 20 - 25 portraits filling the space over time. The audience is free to enter, move around the space and leave during the time of the performance.
Tacit or Loud: where is the knowledge in art?
Symposium and festival for artistic research
Nov 16-Dec 3 at Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden.
Wedensday november 26. 20:00
Krudttønden, Serridslevvej 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø
Entrance fee 80 DKK
The Orchestra feat. Tuva Semmingsen: Money (ORCH CD 009), Available on november 24, 2014 @ Gateway Music and digital services like iTunes, Spotify a.o.
In a range of songs from The Great Songbook the celebrated mezzo-soprano of the Royal Danish Opera Tuva Semmingsen sings the highly original arrangements by Jakob Riis played by the danish big band The Orchestra.
1.Les moulins de mon cœur7:04
2. Dat Dere5:30
3.God Bless the Child7:16
4.The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines7:02
5.So Long, Big Time!6:44
6.Le Grand Lustucru3:24
7.Pinocchio (Tell Me the Truth)8:04
8.Les Feuilles Mortes6:09
Vocals:
Tuva Semmingsen
Reeds:
Peter Fuglsang; alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet. Kasper Wagner; alto sax. Anders Banke; tenor sax, flute. Pernille Bevort; tenor sax, flute. Jan Harbeck; baritone sax, bass clarinet.
Trumpets:
Jesper Riis. Tobias Wiklund. Maj-Berit Guassora. Hendrik Jørgensen
Trombones:
Steen Hansen. Jakob Riis. Niels Gerhardt. Klaus Löhrer; bass trombone, tuba.
Rhythm section:
Simon Toldam; piano. Per Gade; guitar. Nils Bo Davidsen; double bass. Martin Anderson; drums.
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Squid Police (kor006), will be released on the Malmö-based label Konvoj Records november 11, 2014.
Lotte Anker (DK): saxophones
Jakob Riis (SE/DK): laptop, feedback and processing
The music on Squid Police explores a territory of slow movements and transformations of space, material, light and texture - not unlike what you might associate with an underwater experience.
Squid Police is a futher development of a previous project entitled Motion Picture (2008): an art animation by visual artist Malene Bach with sound/music by Jakob Riis and Lotte Anker.
Lotte Anker and Jakob Riis have worked together in numerous different constellations through the years. This is their first release as a duo.
"...This is one of the best albums of the year..." Stef, Free Jazz Blog
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Konvoj Ensemble feat. Evan Parker and Sten Sandell will be touring sweden with 4 concerts in sweden 4-7 november 2014. Premiering a composition 'MIRA' with an animated graphical score by Ola Paulson & Jakob Riis
4/11, Inter Arts Center, Malmö. Arr. Frim/Syd and Jazz i Malmö
5/11, Nefertiti, Göteborg. Arr. Levande Musik.
6/11, Culturen, Västerås. Arr. Nya Perspektiv
7/11, Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Arr. Frim and Sound of Stockholm
Evan Parker (UK) - tenor and soprano saxophones
Lotte Anker (DK) - soprano and alto saxophones
Ola Paulson (SE) - tenor and barytone saxophones
Liudas Mockunas (LT) - bass saxophone and bass clarinet
Sten Sandell (SE) - piano
Jakob Riis (DK/SE) - laptop
Anders Uddeskog (SE) - drums
MIRA is a further investigation into interactive, animated graphical notation for improvising ensembles, which Ola Paulson and Jakob Riis started with the work "Colors of" from 2012. The development of MIRA is done in the project "Inter Labs (To Work Between - To Act Among)" which is supported by Kulturbryggan and Inter Arts Center... Read more
Test hanging in Elisabeth Moritz atelie - click image for more photos
"Det glömda modersmålet" ("The Forgotten Mother Tounge") is an soundinstallation by Elisabeth Moritz. The installation includes a new composition by Jakob Riis, commisioned by - and based on the ideas of Elisabeth Moritz.
The installation "Det glömda modersmålet" was chosen by a jury to be included in the exhibition "Nordisk Salong 2014" at Dunkers kulturhus in Helsingborg, Sweden. The opening will be on friday, october 24th 18:00-20:00, and the exhibition will be open from 25 october 2014 - 15 january 2015.
All sounds in this work are generated from a recording of E. Moritz mother reading the text "Die Vergangenheit als Gegenwart" by Martin Walser, where the melodic and harmonic structure of the lullaby "Wiegenlied" by Franz Schubert are shining through, and creating a framework for choosing sinusoidal tracks to follow in a re-synthesis of sounds generated from the recording. The composition is presented in an 8 channel soundsystem with specially designed loudspeakers.
Thanks to JC Morrison for invaluable input on the loudspeaker construction.
Mads Emil Nielsen and Jakob Riis were both involved as co-composers in the The Nielsen Movements production The "Transformer" that were playing at Caféteatret, Copenhagen in the spring of 2014. Now the theatre have undergone a name change to Sort/Hvid, and meanwhile the two electronic musicians have been preparing a second infusion of their musical setup for a duo concert at the concert series "Den Nye Lyd". Here Mads Emil Nielsen and Jakob Riis are connecting their serrated outfits in an improvised, dynamic and airborne joint action.
Mads Emil Nielsen - analog modular synthesizer.
Jakob Riis - laptop, electronic feedback and processing.
http://madsemilnielsen.dk
http://sonicescape.net
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Liudas Mockūnas Trio:
Liudas Mockūnas (LT) - reeds, Arnas Mikalkėnas (LT) – piano, accordeon. Håkon Berre (NO) – drums.
Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe:
Maria Faust (EST) – reeds, Tobias Wiklund (SE) – trumpet, Sture Ericson (SE) – reeds, Lars Greve (DK) – reeds, Morten Pedersen (DK) – piano, Adam Pultz Melbye (DK) – bass, Håkon Berre (NO) – drums.
Konvoj Ensemble:
Ola Paulson (SE) – saxophones, Lotte Anker (DK) – saxophones, Liudas Mockûnas (LIT) – bassaxophone, Jakob Riis (DK) – laptop/ electronics, Anders Uddeskog (SE) – drums, Sten Sandell (SE) – piano.
Multiversal North is a festival with 12 days of concerts in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Malmö. The concert on day 8 at Galleri Ping Pong in Malmö is co-arranged with Frim/Syd and will present 3 ad hoc constellations of local and international musicians.
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Nguyễn Thanh Thủy (đàn tranh) nguyenthanhthuy.weebly.com
Anders Lindsjö (guitar)
Jakob Riis (laptop, mixingboard feedback) sonicescape.net
Adam Pultz Melbye (double bass) adampultz.com
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Dario Fariello (sax) dariofariello.noblogs.org
Ola Paulson (sax) konvojart.com
Olle Wikström (sax) ollevikstrom.se
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Utku Tavil (drums, laptop) soundcloud.com/utkutavil
Theo Strauss (guitar) soundcloud.com/amenorrhoea
Anatole Petit (drums) soundcloud.com/tatie-petanol
Thiebault Imm (guitar) soundcloud.com/thiebault-imm
Johannes Nästesjö (double bass) nastesjo.com
Multiversal is a network, consisting of musicians, artists, performers and spaces around the globe. It has its roots founded back in 2011, as guerrilla actions on the border of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg neighborhoods of Berlin, which in time evolved into an irregular event series that have involved different neighborhoods and realities; live music venues, art galleries, cellars, apartments and streets…
...two pieces of alufoil used for loudspeaker preparation at Liquid Nails repetition before the concert at the opening of Mathias Kristersson's exhibition at Martin Bryder Gallery.
MIN AMBITION ÄR ATT FÖRÄNDRA VÄRLDEN. JAG VILL RIVA NER ALLT OCH BYGGA NYTT AV SPILLRORNA SOM BLIR ÖVER
An evening with 4 acts:
kl 20:00 - Konvoj Ensemble
Lotte Anker - alto/soprano saxophone
Ola Paulson - baritone/alto saxophone
Liudas Mockunas - bass saxophone
Jakob Riis - electronics/laptop
Anders Uddeskog - percussion
Kl 21:00 - Marc Ducret - Liudas Mockunas Duo
KL 22:00 - Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe
Kl 23:00 - ¡haUtUllin!
click image for more photosThe Cessation Elegy
A collaboration between Bill Horist and Jakob Riis.
1. Wind, Tar to Baliene Flame
2. The Hidden Terms of Cessation's Elegy
3. Fibrillate - Wishes of the Last Twitch
4. A Rakish Gasp.
5. Who Mourns the Talus Dead?
6. Engines of Exposures Unborn;
7. A Certainty Drowned in the Channels of Memory.
Seattle based guitarist Bill Horist and Jakob Riis embarked together on a short tour of the Northwest US in the Summer of 2009.
Although they had known each other for years (having first met at a festival in San Diego and soon after, performed together in a larger ad hoc group in Tijuana, Mexico) they had never before worked together as a duo.
The plan was simple; each would do a solo set and then they would perform as a duo, wherein Jakob would process, manipulate and extrapolate Bill’s prepared guitar work.
It seemed like a good strategy, but neither expected such a synergistic result and ‘The Cessation Elegy’ is the culmination of this brief encounter. It explores broad sonic boundaries, finding footholds in a wide array of sounds - drone, raag-infused acoustic exploration, straight up noise, abstract folk, doom, electro-acoustic excursions and dolorous ambience.
Limited edition of 100 copies only on CD; the packaging is handmade, with gold ink screen printed onto black card.
"This is an extraordinary piece of work, a wordless communion in caustic colours and sterling guitar playing... An introspective vibe suddenly flung WIDE OPEN, as it grabs your attention in meaty dives of DOOM, tremors that tonally rot way in bouldering grains... where divisions between each become deliciously blurred and unfold beyond the sum of their parts. A synergy of open thresholds that make for plenty of replays." - . Michael Rodham-Heaps, Freq magazine
"Don’t let the classic 78 rpm-style artwork fool you. Michigan’s Horist (Master Musicians of Bukake) and Danish sonic innovator Riis serve up a thoroughly avant-garde collection of pastoral guitar and fiendishly dark ambience sure to stimulate the senses and have you fingering your ear on occasions as if to unblock the static. Add a collection of song titles that hint heavily at Jungian spiritual imagery and what we have here (hear?) is something rather quite strange but also strangely appealing" - Ian Fraser, Terrascope
“An occasionally unsettling mix of wordless, solo acoustic guitar melded with dense, industrial hum and mysterious Bladerunner acoustics…” - Captain Fidanza, Collective Zine
“Warm guitar works alternate with manipulated tone works, and the result is a diverse album that plays to the strength of each… the beauty has been in the danger.” – Richard Allen, A Closer Listen
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Kønnets utilstrækkelighed er i centrum, når Nielsen indtager CaféTeatret. Karen Blixen er omdrejningspunkt for en forvandling, der tager sit udspring i et opgør med manden og en udforskning af kvinden som fremtidens mulighed.
Som publikum følges vi med Nielsen, i skikkelse af fortællersken Baronesse Blixen, gennem en forestilling om friheden til at være noget andet end alle de andre - og om at sætte sig selv på spil. I processen indflettes en farverig samling af fortællingens kvinder. Medea, Ofelia og Antigone tager alle del i transformationen, og midt i det hele gør Michael Jackson sin entré.
Manuskript og performance - Nielsen
Instruktion - Nielsen & Petra Berg Holbek
Scenografi - Palle Steen Christensen & Ingvild Rømo Grande
Lysdesign, Videoteknik - Morten Kolbak
Lyd og musikproduktion - Mads Emil Nielsen & Jakob Riis
Foto - Sofie Amalie Klougart
Producent - The Nielsen Movement
Spilleperiode 13 marts - 5 april 2014, CaféTeatret, Skindergade 3, 1159 København K
Reviews: Sydsvenskan (in swedish), Politiken (in danish), Teatermagasinet Teater 1 (in danish).
26 January, 17:00, do-store, Ahlmansgatan 3, Malmö, Sweden. Arr. Frim/Syd
1. Hindi Küchen
2. Carl Lindh
3. Amplify the Arab
16 January, 20:00, Mayhem, Ragnhildgade 1, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1. Teller / Härdig
2. Amplify the Arab