Guest: Lionel Marchetti, Soviet Pop, YAN Jun
Date: 2013-11-09 19:00 ~ 2013-11-09 20:30
Address: Bldg.18, No.50 Moganshan Rd., Shanghai
Artist: Lionel Marchetti, Soviet Pop, YAN Jun
Planned by BM Space, Subjam
Organized by Chronus Art Center
Special thanks to SCAC-IFC
Free for admission. Please make reservation via info@chornusartcenter.org .
This concert will be performed jointly by three sound artists - Lionel Marchetti, Soviet Pop and YAN Jun.
About the Artists
Lionel Marchetti (French, tape machine, electroacoustic）
He is one of the representative musicians of electroacoustic music and improvisation. He is also a poet, visual artist, composer, improviser, author（He advocated essays regarding Michel Chion musical aesthetics）, sound artists and educator.
As the successor and innovator of the great traditional figurative music, he takes a profoundly different way and attitude from the academic seniors, to make it more open and energetic. He uses traditional tape machine, microphone (feedback), electromagnetic wave interference and varieties of small electronic equipments. He is also keen on field recording and have a long-term cooperation with Butoh performer Yoko Higashi.
Been active in the music festivals and concerts around the world, he has published more than 40 albums.
Soviet Pop (Chinese, synthesizer, electroacoustic）
Soviet Pop is based in Beijing. The group consists of LI Qing and Levis, who are also members of a well-know indie rock band.
They mainly use analog synthesizer and other electronic equipments like effector, underlining the experimental process of music. Their recent performances have been quiet, abstract and related to space.
They’re new activist of Chinese improvise music scene.
YAN Jun (Chinese, electroacoustic)
YAN Jun is an improvised musician based in Beijing. He mainly uses electronic equipments to create feedback. The change of sound is derived from the balance and relationship between microphone, sound console and loudspeaker, space, environmental sound, airflow. Sometimes, he also does conceptual performance, and participates in sound art exhibition.
He always toured in music festivals around the world, and won nomination prize of Austrian Electronic Art Awards.
Lionel Marchetti – 23 FORMES EN ELASTIQUE / Yan Jun – The Only Authentic Work
Book + CD; Chinese and English, 121 pages, 4-color print, hardcover; limited 500 copies; published by Subjam in November 2013.
Limited editions will be on sale after the show!
23 FORMES EN ELASTIQUE
Over 77minutes. 23 songs, all materials from the collection and creation from 1987 to 2011. It’s one of the most wonderful works of Lionel.
The Only Authentic Work
The response in text to “23 FORMES EN ELASTIQUE” . 23 parts, over 20 thousands of words. It’s a writing adventure in the way of music.
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