Accordion Conspiracy/Elka Bong + Dei Xhrist
7:00 PM on Sunday Mar. 25th, 2018
Improvising Musicians of Ottawa/Outaouais, 5 Fairmont Ave.
7:00 PM on Sunday Mar. 25th, 2018
Improvising Musicians of Ottawa/Outaouais, 5 Fairmont Ave.
Accordion Conspiracy (7pm)
Bernard Stepien – accordion
David Broscoe – woodwinds
Scott Warren – percussion/sounds
Elka Bong + Dei Xhrist (8pm)
Al Margolis – clarinet, violin, objects, contact mics
Walter Wright – AVSynth
Dei Xhrist – voice and electronics
Accordion Conspiracy
Bernard Stepien: Accordion happened to be Bernard Stepien’s first musical instrument, initially in a classical and folkloric music context. Back in the ‘60s, Stepien heard Ornette Coleman and started to play accordion in his then proto-harmolodic style. Stepien’s accordion, a Hohner Morino model from the late ‘50s, has a keyboard on the left hand that is identical to the one for the right hand but with smaller more compact buttons. This feature enables to play harmonies in a similar way as on a piano. But these harmonies are not the traditional ones. Instead and thanks to the fact that Stepien had the immense privilege to study with the great master Cecil Taylor in 2001 in New York City, the harmonies are more of an in-depth exploration of sounds rather than chords but giving this overall sinuous sense of harmony, like harmonies without traditional harmonies?
David Broscoe: He has been nurturing the art of multiphonics, first on alto saxophone but then on the baritone saxophone for quite some time.
Scott Warren: is a drummer that sees rhythmic patterns in any sound sequences and overlapping surrounding us. He develops what he hears using samplers or tapes. He has an extensive collection of found objects that ensure the best of sound texture experiences.
Elka Bong + Dei Xhrist
AL MARGOLIS aka If, Bwana
a recent review of Margolis’s work says: “Let it be declared that Al Margolis/If, Bwana is some sort of evil genius working with raw materials which are never adapted to a genre or a context, because they create one in that very moment. Those sources are radically altered up to an utterly unrecognizable state, anarchic manifestations moving in compact determination.” (Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes).
WALTER WRIGHT
is an interdisciplinary artist, his practice includes computer programming, electro-acoustic music, and video performance.
DEI XHRIST
is a multidisciplinary artist using sound, performance, and sculpture.
Bernard Stepien – accordion
David Broscoe – woodwinds
Scott Warren – percussion/sounds
Elka Bong + Dei Xhrist (8pm)
Al Margolis – clarinet, violin, objects, contact mics
Walter Wright – AVSynth
Dei Xhrist – voice and electronics
Accordion Conspiracy
Bernard Stepien: Accordion happened to be Bernard Stepien’s first musical instrument, initially in a classical and folkloric music context. Back in the ‘60s, Stepien heard Ornette Coleman and started to play accordion in his then proto-harmolodic style. Stepien’s accordion, a Hohner Morino model from the late ‘50s, has a keyboard on the left hand that is identical to the one for the right hand but with smaller more compact buttons. This feature enables to play harmonies in a similar way as on a piano. But these harmonies are not the traditional ones. Instead and thanks to the fact that Stepien had the immense privilege to study with the great master Cecil Taylor in 2001 in New York City, the harmonies are more of an in-depth exploration of sounds rather than chords but giving this overall sinuous sense of harmony, like harmonies without traditional harmonies?
David Broscoe: He has been nurturing the art of multiphonics, first on alto saxophone but then on the baritone saxophone for quite some time.
Scott Warren: is a drummer that sees rhythmic patterns in any sound sequences and overlapping surrounding us. He develops what he hears using samplers or tapes. He has an extensive collection of found objects that ensure the best of sound texture experiences.
Elka Bong + Dei Xhrist
AL MARGOLIS aka If, Bwana
a recent review of Margolis’s work says: “Let it be declared that Al Margolis/If, Bwana is some sort of evil genius working with raw materials which are never adapted to a genre or a context, because they create one in that very moment. Those sources are radically altered up to an utterly unrecognizable state, anarchic manifestations moving in compact determination.” (Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes).
WALTER WRIGHT
is an interdisciplinary artist, his practice includes computer programming, electro-acoustic music, and video performance.
DEI XHRIST
is a multidisciplinary artist using sound, performance, and sculpture.