Hi everyone, i completed the soundtrack to this lovely film, which just showed atInternational Film Festival Rotterdamwhilst working at the worm sound studio in july 2012.
We invited the Lemuriformes to do a residency and presentation at worm. Allthough their starting point did not sound very rock n roll to our ears (Improvisation through oscillation) it turned into a very interesting project with a great live event at the end. It was about noise & electronics, improv strategies & interdisciplinary interactions.
Some background; Lemuriformesis an improvisationproject ofJulieDassaud(FR),EliadWagner(IL), Roel van Doorn (NL) and Laurens vander Wee(NL).It is a ‘mixed media’ project in whichaudio-visual livecoding, painting and electronicEclecticaare used.The weekof June 18to June 23they were guestsinWORM and worked on a new piece that was presented live last sunday (june 24h).
Their starting point; Musical movementhas its origins infeedback.We are talking about‘feedback’ between systems (human systems, disciplines, digital, analogsystems, etc.), tools, video, contact microphone onJulie’spens.
At all levelsoscillations(oscillations/ vibrations)
cause new actionsthat resonatein theconnections between the partsand people whocompose the system. The resultis an aestheticand challengingmix of disciplinesand techniques.
Here’s the interview Lukas did with Eliat before the concert, about the way Lemuriformes worked;
Here’s one of the pieces; (musicians invisible, Julie doing live drawings)
Here are some photo’s from the project.
Supportingact; IdanKarucciwith his project; Brain Waves.
till the very end we keep our studio operational. this week sonology student marinus is investigating some of the possibilties of the serge, and he’s orientating on working out some of his plans regarding using SuperCollider and AC-Toolbox to trigger some of the synths, and producing an algorithmic composition.
Last week we welcomed Noriko in our studio where she dug in for a full week experimenting with a lot of the synths, recording tons as she plans to make a new album.
check below for an impression of sounds taken halfway the week.
The past week the studio was packed with people and gear: Dutch group Distant Drummers rehearsed and recorded a whole week long. Some tracks will be on display here soon. Have a look at the preview movie.
WORM Presents, yet another workshop, this one held a few months ago, and was very well received by the participants. It was called the Home Swinger D>I>Y workshop, done by Yuri Landman. The movie was done by Maria Botella.
Part two of our workshop for kids is underway. About thirty kids participate each time and listen to an artist (a mini concert and a story on his music) and make a track in our analogue studio with the aide of Radboud Mens. The artist this week is MachineFabriek.
This project is a cooperation with SKVR.
Here’s a little clipc catching the studio atmosphere