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New Swedish Electronic Music Tour 1-9/12/00




>        New Swedish Electronic Music Tour 1-9/12/00
>
>
>
>                        Andreas Berthling
>                        Mikael Stavöstrand
>                        Ronnie Sundin
>                        Lotten Wiklund
>                        Wilund/Stavöstrand
>
>
>
>Dear Sir/Madam
>
>
>Between 1st and 9th of December  we will do a showcase tour with new
>young artists in the field of new digital/electronic music from Sweden.
>The showcase will include all the artists above doing 5 performances/show.
>The showcase also includes live produced video/visuals.
>One of the reasons for doing this tour is to present the new Swedish
>talents within
>this field of contemporaryt music, and to show how the movement and
>ideas are
>developing in our country. One other reason is to bring out new
>experementing
>artist to europe, since our country is kind of isolated and far from the
centras.
>The scene of experimental electronica/digital/computer music, is pretty
>new in
>Sweden, so most of the artists comes from a younger generation, who
>deals with
>the work in a new way, often inspired by the global network, wich is
>very important
>since we are such a distance from the places where the scene is growing.
>
>The tour is planned to happen between 1/12 - 9/12.
>
>You will find more information about the artists on page 2-3. + a cdr
>with compiled
>audio material.
>
>The fee we ask for is DM 3000.- wich also includes travelling costs.
>Accomodation
>for 4 people (1x double room, 2x single room) and food.
>
>The minimum gigs we need is 3 so please forward this information to
>other
>organisers who might be interested.
>
>Thank You and hope to hear from you soon.
>
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>
>Mikael Stavöstrand
>
>contact:        Mikael Stavöstrand
>Möreg. 10
>118 27 Stockholm
>Sweden
>Email : mikael.stavostrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Tel : + 46 8 6599399
>Mobile : + 46 73 9842646
>
>----
>ANDREAS BERTHLING
>
>Andreas berthling, born in Stockholm, Sweden, but is now living in
>Trondheim, Norway where he´s currently studying at the art academy.
>Last years debut, a cdr only release ?1000/1001hz? on microwave
>recordings,
>is now followed by an ABCD (approx. 4? cd) titled ?mengerzeile &
>grünberger?
>released by Staalplaat as a new record in the ?materialist series? and
>is
>followed by ?därutöver? released as a cdr on the Chicago based label
>BOXmedia later this year.
>He´s also one of the contributers to the invalidObject series on fällt
>publishing.
>Occasionally he plays live, such as at the extraSensory event in London,
>early april 2000 and lately at schweiz in berlin, end of june 2000.
>
>
>1000/1001Hz ? (microwave, M008)
>
>        reviewed in Vital #203
>"So how does one describe this music that is very close to what has
>become
>known as microwave, but doesn't use pulses so much as sines and noises?
>Maybe this is microscaping: using a certain musical language within a
>field
>not directly associated with it: ambient/soundscaping. Interesting stuff
>to
>say the least. Dense layers of sines and other sounds (a lot of radio?)
>on
>pretty low volume levels create a true listening experience. Sometimes
>it
>builds up to noisy parts, but only to be cut off and challenge the ear
>once
>again. This is one single track of 36 minutes (but with 21 titles) and
>here
>and there a pause. Sometimes attention fades a little, but in general
>this
>is a strong piece. Well done!(MR)"
>reviewed in Head_Magazine #10
>"A superb illustration of Microwave tendancies regarding the integrity
>of
>process and the application of true listening. The works consist of
>degraded
>pulsed sounds that, whilst moving, produce a sense of stasis,
>incorporating
>random rhythms, deeply resonant bass, soft noise, crackles, pops and
>zips.
>Few events unrelated to the initial audio introduction occur, simply an
>examination of this primary material is made, inviting the listener to
>pay
>close attention to the detail. The only disappointing feature is that
>many
>of the 21 tracks are so short in duration. Recommended."
>
>
>
>mengerzeile & grünberger  - (staalplaat, STCD146)
>
>        In the news, musique korrekt #06/2000
>"Staalplaat is proud to present another 2 releases in their "material
>series", this one by Andreas Berthling and one by Goem. Now what is the
>"material series"? A series of CD's with microscopic, microwave, glitch,
>click or whatever it is called music. All CD's are packed in jewel cases
>with no printwork. All information is etched on the CD box itself.
>Inside
>special material is housed, like, in this case artificial grass and
>curtain
>cloth. The CD itself is a so-called AB CD: a small ring with music, and
>the
>outside of the CD fully transparant. This is not always a 21 minute or
>less
>CD!
>Andreas Berthling hails from Stockholm, Sweden but is currentely
>studying at
>the artacademie of Trondheim, Norway. Last year's debut was a CDR only
>release 1000/1001 Hz, released on Microwave (and still available). He
>plays
>live music with Rishaug/Marhaug, Ronnie Sundin, M. Rylander and J.
>Berthling. Occassionally he plays live, such as at the Extrasensory
>Event in
>London, early april 2000.
>This CD was recorded while in residency in Berlin, from october to
>december
>1999 in a painters-studio in Mengerzeile (a part of Kreuzberg) and in a
>flat
>at the Grünberger strasse (Friedrichshain). His music is best described
>as
>improvisations with instruments and patches made in superCollider, using
>field recordings from the neighborhood as sample/audio material."
>
>review in Vital #228
>Andreas Berthling, a name new to me, has a very simple approach, even a
>little lo-fi if I dare to say. Throughout you hear very minimal things that
>do not really shift into anything special, it is like he is provoking the
>listener a bit in an interesting way, altough the results could become more
>sharp and dynamic.
>
>review in %Array | August 2000
>Following his debut '1000 - 1001 Hz' on Staalplaat sub-label Microwave,
>Berthling's 'Mengerzeile & Grunberger' is the latest in Staalplaat's ongoing
>'Material Series' which comprise extremely well-designed and packaged CDs
>with largely microscopic/microwave/glitch audio.
>
>Everything about this CD - from the audio content to it's visual and tactile
>qualities - meshes together perfectly. Housed within an etched jewel
>case is
>a bizarre, distended bubblewrap, inside which resides a semi-transparent CD
>holding 24 minutes of hyper-condensed clinical audio.
>
>Feeding field recordings, sourced while resident in Berlin, through a
>process of digital transfusion, the five tracks span from a comatose
>heaviness to the faintest of cardiac pulses.
>
>Berthling has an eye for detail as well as an all-too-rare sense of pacing
>which rewards close listening. The opening 'marchlewski' unfurls
>lethargically like the measured doses of a slow release drug while 'sultz
>hayner' beats regularly like an array of precision monitoring devices.
>'Harzer' eavesdrops on the erratic pulses of an ECG measuring a subdued
>brain's murmurings; pulsing irregularly over six minutes before slowing
>agonisingly, veering ever-closer to death.
>
>Berthling is currently collaborating with Kim Cascone as well as working on
>a DVD for Staalplaat on the evidence of this release, both will be well
>worth the wait.
>
>[CM]
>
>-------------
>RONNIE SUNDIN
>
>Ronnie Sundin first got known to the world as bad kharma when he
>released
>the debut CD 'seltin' on his own label bonbon records in 1998, but has
>been
>working with electronic music/sound in various shapes during the last
>ten
>years. Fusing together influences from groups like the Hafler Trio,
>Illusion
>of  Safety and Merzbow that album was a wild collage of noise and sound,
>violent and soft in a  wild collage. Now working under his own name, he
>has
>a more quiet approach to his sound -making , working with a Powerbook,
>MiniDisc, dictaphone and contact-microphones Sundin is blending
>fieldrecordings with passages of abstract electronica and 'concrete'
>computer composition; imagine Mego and bernhard günther collaborating
>over a
>lo-fi recording of some local ducks along a river in the north of
>Sweden?,
>the sound of Sundin has been described as 'quite nordic - being distant
>but
>very close at the same time'....
>The first album under his own name was 'dreamsketch' on  CDR-label Bake
>Records (Holland) and was an almost 'pure musique concrete' experience,
>the
>second album was the 'lorez plaza/limp' double CD which featured one
>disc
>with low level works using lots of computer-processed field-recordings
>and a
>second one with 22 shorter pieces of improvisations with a number of
>live-processing software, and the third CD 'internal reference' was
>released
>during the spring of this year and was a more conceptual thing
>presenting
>stunning concrete collages made by recordings of the buzzes and hums
>that
>your average computer produces (clicking hard-drives, hissing fans etc)
>-
>and more. where will he go next? clearly Sundin is a exciting
>contribution
>to the new generation of young electronic composers from Sweden and a
>name
>to look out for..
>
>Sundin has collaborated live and in the studio with artists like
>Merzbow,
>Z.Karkowski, Hazard, Lasse Marhaug
>and Andreas Berthling a o.
>
>bad kharma 'seltin' cd 1998 bonbon records, swe
>bad kharma 'karisma' 3cdr 1998 bonbon records, swe
>bad kharma 'kosmos' 6cdr 2000 open circuit, nl
>
>r.sundin 'dreamsketch' cdr 1999 bake records, nl
>r.sundin 'lorez plaza/limp' 2cd 1999 bonbon records, swe
>r.sundin 'internal reference' cd 2000 bonbon records. swe
>r.sundin 'default' 3"cdr/mp3 2000 fällt, ire
>r.sundin 'tba' cd 2000 ground fault ,usa
>
>------------
>MIKAEL STAVÖSTRAND
>
>Computer music artist, installation artist, producer. Based in
>Stockholm, Sweden.
>
>Mikael Stavöstrand has been working within the field of experimental
>electronic music since the end of the 80´s. Since 94 has he almost
>entirely been working with computers as his instrument/tool, both in the
>studio and for his live performances.
>
>The music he produces is unique for it's kind among composers and
>artists in Sweden, both in artistically and musical aspects. He's one of
>the few young artists in the field of new ?crossing borderline? computer
music.
>M. Stavöstrand uses several different influences in his way of
>constructing pieces, for example is he very interested in randomness and
>the unexpected and to use such methods in his way of working. He is
>always searching and tries out new ways to produce/compose his
>compositions both musically and technically. He also works with sound
>installations and music/sounddesign for dance and performance.
>
>Up to know there is 12x CD's, 2x LP?s, 1x 10?, 1x 7? and a number of
>different compilations released with his music on label's in Europe and
>the US. He has performed live in Europe, USA and Japan
>
>He has got two CD?s subsidized by The Swedish National Council for
>Cultural Affairs (1997 & 1999)
>Also works as producer for different culture projects within the
>societies Fylkingen and The Nursery.
>
>
>
>
>
>Forthcomming activities :
>
>2000 :
>
>North America tour september - october.
>
>2001 :
>
>Australia and japan tour february/march.
>SOND, installation piece, envirement for dance.
>
>
>Scholarships :
>
>2000 :
>Art Council of Stockholm Scholarship
>Creative Man Foundation Scholarship
>
>Exhibitions :
>
>2000 :
>10klp. Helsinki Finland. Group exhibition Artgenda 2000.
>
>Audio releases (recent and forthcomming), Excerpt :
>
>2000 :
>play.bin .CD .namskeio rec. (forthcomming, Authumn 2000)
>- .CD. mitek .(fortcomming, September 2000)
>-. 12". mitek .(forthcomming, Authumn 2000)
>- . comp CD .00. .fylkingen rec. (forthcomming)
>natu_1 . comp CD nature is perverse .fylkingen rec.
>
>1999 :
>signal.or.minimal .CD .cca
>illuminence .CD .firework ed.
>degeneraton .CD. kip
>
>1998 :
>fusion .CD .firework
>
>
>Music/Sounddesign for Performance & Dance
>
>2000
>duologue .anna koch .dance.
>elektroakustisk bingo .BBB .s. berggren .performance .
>error at your service .s. berggren .dance.
>
>
>live performances, excerpt:
>
>000701  Nijmegen/ NL
>000630  Hasselt/ Belgium
>000629  Duisburg/ Germany
>000628  Muenster/ Germany
>000625  Rotterdam/ NL
>000624  Bremen/ Germany
>000622  Wurzburg/ Germany
>000615  Zürich/ Switzerland
>000614  Geneva/ Switzerland
>000612  Rhiz/ Vienna/ Austria
>000611  Mama/ Zagreb/ Croatia
>000610  Maribor/ Slovenia
>000609  Ljubljana/ Slovenia
>000607  Podewil/ Berlin/ Germany
>000606  Oldenburg/ Germany
>000605  Hamburg/ Germany
>000601  Auxiliraty/ Bla/ Oslo/ Norway
>000507  Maakasinit/ Helsinki/ Finland
>000506  Gallery Insko/ Helsinki/ Finland
>000311  Brugge/ Belgium
>000309  Steim/ Amsterdam/ NL
>000201  Västerås/ Sweden
>000115  Electronicage/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>991217  Electronicage/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>991126  London/ UK
>991124  Sheffield/ UK
>991011  SEKT/ / Stockholm/ Sweden
>991010  SOUNDS 99/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>991003  Seattle/ US
>991001  Portland/ US
>990919  Beyond Baroche/ LA/ US
>990718  Insko/ Poland
>990422  Fylkingen/ Fylkingen/ Sweden
>990419  Fylkingen/ Fylkingen/ Sweden
>990417  Elekton/ Fylkingen/ Sweden
>990326  Anagram/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>990320  Elekton/ Fylkingen/ Sweden
>990314  Fido/ Fylkingen/ Sweden
>990226  Meetings2/String/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>990220  Elekton/Fylkingen/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>990129  Elekton/Fylkingen/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>981129  Nature Is Perverse Festival/ Fylkingen/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>981125  Meetings/ Jonathan's Place/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>981101  Herkulesg. 11/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>981025  Bears/ Osaka/ Japan
>981023  Uchiwa Port Museum/ Marugame/ Japan
>981019  Uplink Factory/ Tokyo/ Japan
>981010  Fylkingen/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>980731  Nursery Injection/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>980629  Nursery Injection/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>961112  Stockholm Film Festival/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>960910  Lava/ Kulturhuset/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>960830  Love All/ Fargfabriken/ Stockholm/ Sweden
>960813  Sonderangebot Festival/ Prater/ Berlin/ Germany
>960810  M/S Stubnitz/ Rostock/ Germany
>950517  Bijster/ Amsterdam/ The Netherlands
>950516  Gonzo Circus/ Leuven/ Belgium
>950514  Musique Ultimes I/ Nevers/ France
>
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>mitek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx . - . . -...- http://www.it.kth.se/KREV/citizen/mikael
>m. stavöstrand/ möregatan 10/ 118 27 stockholm/ sweden fax: +46(0)86693868
>

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