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John Wall (electronic Composer)
John Wall (born 1950) is an English autodidact electronic composer, whose contribution to the field is widely noted by critics of new music.Pinnell, Richard (2008 ''Paris Transatlantic'' His work has moved from early plunderphonic compositions – where he brought together unlikely combinations of musical genres to create fantastical new works – to large scale works composed of thousands of tiny fragments which create the impression of virtual orchestras. Critics have remarked on "his extraordinary feeling for musical narrative" which is achieved through a working method that has been described as "phenomenally painstaking".Montgomery, Will (March 2001) "Stress Fractures", ''The Wire'' issue 205 According to one critic, Wall's "releases sound like the most finely crafted audio sculptures, somewhere between the contemporary composition of Lachenmann and the experiments of early laptop musicians of the mid 90s." Recordings Early work At the age of 40 Wall acquired a Casio FZ-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plunderphonics
Plunderphonics is a music genre in which tracks are constructed by sampling (music), sampling recognizable musical works. The term was Neologism, coined by composer John Oswald (composer), John Oswald in 1985 in his essay "Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative", and eventually explicitly defined in the liner notes of his ''Grayfolded'' album. Plunderphonics is a form of sound collage. Oswald has described it as a referential and self-conscious practice which interrogates notions of originality and identity (philosophy), identity. Although the concept of plunderphonics is broad, in practice there are many common themes used in what is normally called plunderphonic music. This includes heavy sampling (music), sampling of educational films of the 1950s, news reports, Radio programming, radio shows, or anything with trained vocal announcers. Oswald's contributions to this genre rarely used these materials, the exception being his Rapping, rap-like 1975 track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institute Of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an modernism, artistic and cultural centre on The Mall (London), The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA contains galleries, a theatre, two cinemas, a bookshop and a bar. History The ICA was founded by Roland Penrose, Peter Watson (arts benefactor), Peter Watson, Herbert Read, Eric Craven Gregory, Peter Gregory, Geoffrey Grigson and E. L. T. Mesens in 1946. The ICA's founders intended to establish a space where artists, writers and scientists could debate ideas outside the traditional confines of the Royal Academy. The model for establishing the ICA was the earlier Leeds Arts Club, founded in 1903 by Alfred Orage, of which Herbert Read had been a leading member. Like the ICA, this too was a centre for multi-disciplinary debate, combined with avant-garde art exhibition and performances, within a framework that empha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie O'Sullivan
Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951) is a British poet, performer and visual artist associated with the British Poetry Revival. Life O'Sullivan was born in Lincoln, England, of Irish immigrant parents. She moved to London in 1971 and worked for the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ... until 1988. Her early work appeared in magazines such as '' Angel Exhaust''. She lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. O'Sullivan's work is influenced by Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Beuys, Jerome Rothenberg, Bob Cobbing and Basil Bunting. Her books include ''An Incomplete Natural History'' (1984), ''In the House of the Shaman'' (1993), ''Red Shifts'' (2000) and ''Palace of Reptiles'' (2003). She edited ''out of everywhere: An anthology of contemporary linguistically innovative poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Scalapino
Leslie Scalapino (July 25, 1944 – May 28, 2010) was an American poet, experimental prose writer, playwright, essayist, and editor, sometimes grouped in with the Language poets, though she felt closely tied to the Beat poets. Writes Hejinian: A longtime resident of California's Bay Area, she earned an M.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. One of Scalapino's most critically well-received works is ''Way'' (North Point Press, 1988), a long poem which won the Poetry Center Award, the Lawrence Lipton Prize, and the American Book Award. Early life and education Scalapino was born in Santa Barbara, California and raised in Berkeley. She traveled throughout her youth and adulthood to Asia, Africa and Europe and her writing was intensely influenced by these experiences.Some of the other places Scalapino traveled included Tibet, Bhutan, Japan, India, Mongolia, Yemen, Libya In childhood Scalapino traveled with her father Robert A. Scalapino (founder of UC B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanem Records
Emanem Records is a record company and independent record label founded in London, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record free improvisation. Its headquarters moved to New York City (1975–76), New Jersey (1979, recordings released as Quark Records), Massachusetts (1979, recordings released as QED Records), and Sydney (1986–88), releasing about 25 records before returning to London in the 1990s and issuing compact discs. Since 2013 it has been based in Spain. The slogan of the label is "Unadulterated New Music For People Who Like New Music Unadulterated". It has become a prolific source of both new recordings and archival recordings, notably its extensive documentation of the work of John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. In the 2000s, Emanem joined Evan Parker's Psi and Eddie Prévost's Matchless label to present Freedom of the City, an annual improvised-music festival in London. Though its size and scope vary from year to year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finsbury Town Hall
Finsbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Finsbury, London. The structure is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was commissioned by the Clerkenwell Vestry to replace an early 19th century vestry hall at the corner of Garnault Place and Rosoman Street which had been described as "the smallest and worst vestry hall in London". The site chosen for the new building was just to the north of the old vestry hall. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 14 July 1894. It was designed by William Charles Evans-Vaughan in the Flemish Renaissance Revival architecture, Renaissance Revival style and built by Charles Dearing of Islington; it was officially opened by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Lord Rosebery, as Clerkenwell Town Hall on 14 June 1895. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto Rosebery Avenue; the central section featured a projecting cast iro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitechapel Art Gallery
The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Whitechapel on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The original building, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. The building is a notable example of the British Modern Style. In 2009 the gallery approximately doubled in size by incorporating the adjacent former Passmore Edwards library building. It exhibits the work of contemporary artists and organizes retrospective exhibitions and other art shows. History The gallery exhibited Pablo Picasso's '' Guernica'' in 1938 as part of a touring exhibition organised by Roland Penrose to protest against the Spanish Civil War. The gallery played a major role in the history of post-war British art by promoting the work of emerging artists. Several significant exhibitions were held at the Whitechapel Gallery including '' This is Tomorrow'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradiso (Amsterdam)
Paradiso is a music venue and cultural center located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Built in 1880 as a religious building for the Vrije Gemeente (Free Congregation), it was converted into youth entertainment venue in 1968. Until the 1990s, it was the largest concert club in Amsterdam. It is sometimes described as a "Pop Temple" (''poptempel'' in Dutch), as the interior of its main hall retains some church-like features, including large stained glass windows behind the stage. The main hall of Paradiso has a capacity of 1,500 visitors. On the first floor there is another small hall with a capacity of 250 people. Performances are also regularly held in the basement. In 2014, Paradiso opened a smaller venue, Paradiso Noord, at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam-Noord. Among the most famous acts to have played Paradiso are Adele, David Bowie, Eminem, Kanye West, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Lady Gaga, Prince and The Rolling Stones. History The building which currently houses Paradiso was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist. He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries and festivals, such as: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City), London Institute of Contemporary Arts, Paris Museum of Modern Art, National Auditorium of Music, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sónar, Darwin Fringe Festival, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art. For the Spanish Pavilion of the Expo 2008, López presented a "double sonic intervention", consisting of both an indoor sound installation and an outdoor performance. In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. He has receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oswald (composer)
John Oswald (born May 30, 1953 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian composer, saxophonist, media artist and dancer. His best known project is ''Plunderphonics'', the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings (see sound collage and musical montage). Early life Oswald was introduced to sampling from a young age having been gifted a reel-to-reel player from his parents at age 9. He then attended Simon Fraser University in the 1970s, becoming part of World Soundscape Project while on campus. It was there that Oswald became familiar with recorded sounds from different environments and applying them to new work created. Philosophy Oswald coined the term "plunderphonics" to describe his craft in a paper calle"Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative"which he presented at the Wired Society Electro-Acoustic Conference in Toronto in 1985. Inspired by William S. Burroughs' cut-up technique, Oswald had been devising plunderphonic-style compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarten Altena
Maarten van Regteren Altena (born January 22, 1943) is a Dutch composer and contrabassist. Altena attended the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (he studied contrabass) and graduated in 1968. Between 1980 and 1985, he studied composition with Robert Heppener. Career Son of the art historian Iohan Quirijn van Regteren Altena, Altena first recorded with Theo Loevendie, after which he had the opportunity to be part of Marion Brown's trio that recorded ''Porto Novo'' along with Han Bennink. After graduation, Altena played in a number of ensembles, such as various formations around Willem Breuker and Theo Loevendie. He also played in the Dutch Ballet Orchestra and other orchestras. In the mid-1970s he started performing solo, playing his own pieces, partly composed, partly improvised. Altena also founded his own ensemble, the ''Maarten Altena Kwartet'' (Maarten Altena Quartet) which expanded into the ''Maarten Altena Ensemble'' (MAE) in 1980. From that point onwards, his career focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sheppard Skærved
Peter Sheppard Skærved (born 1966) Violinist and violist, is the dedicatee of over 150 new works. He has collaborated with Nigel Clarke, David Matthews, Michael Finnissy, Hans Werner Henze, George Rochberg, William Bolcom, Dmitri Smirnov, Jörg Widmann and John Wall. He leads the Kreutzer Quartet, and has cultivated duo-partnerships with pianists including Aaron Shorr, Jan Philip Schulze, Daniel-Ben Pienaar and David Owen Norris David Owen Norris, (born 1953) is a British pianist, composer, academic, and broadcaster. Early life Norris was born in 1953 in Long Buckby in Northamptonshire, England, later attending Daventry Grammar School. He took lessons locally from co ..., and the fortepianist and harpsichordist Julian Perkins. References External links *Peter Sheppard Skærved biography and discography at Naxos.com British violinists British male violinists Living people 1966 births 21st-century violinists 21st-century British male musicians {{violini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
