[microsound-announce] Berlin 17.06: Hieroglyphic Being, Charles Cohen, Senyawa, Pierre Bastien, Rabih Beaini w/Daniele De Santis

[Manuela Benetton]

With Apologies for X-Posting


*17.06.2015 Doors 20h00 Concerts 21h00*

Berghain <http://www.berghain.de>
Am Wriezener Bahnhof
12043 Berlin

*Polymorphism x Morphine*



*HIEROGLYPHIC BEINGCHARLES COHEN*

*SENYAWA*

*PIERRE BASTIEN*
*RABIH BEAINI w/ DANIELE DE SANTIS*

FB Event <https://www.facebook.com/events/876594152413022/>
Tickets <http://www.koka36.de/polymorphism+x+morphine_ticket_65037.html>

*On June 17, CTM <http://www.ctm-festival.de/> and Berghain’s Polymorphism
series celebrates the 10th year of Morphine
<http://www.morphinerecords.com/>’s ongoing journey with a very special
concert night.*

The lineup of this evening, put together by Rabih Beaini, who will also be
one of CTM 2016’s guest curators, explores heterogeneous ways in which
musicians dive into analogue experimentation by bringing together some of
the label’s main protagonists. Produced in collaboration with CTM,
Berghain, and Berlin-based promoter Manuela Benetton, the night highlights
approaches ranging from pure synth laboratories, to hybrid methods using
homemade instruments, mechanical orchestras, audiovisual creativity, and
universal mysticism.

The music begins with Rabih Beaini <https://soundcloud.com/rabih> himself.
A Lebanese-born producer best known for his grainy, imaginative techno as
Morphosis, Beaini’s genuine musical ability and a range of influences from
krautrock to new wave to folk music seep into his inventive, dark, and
emotional productions. Increasingly steering clear of the techno realm in
order to explore improvisation and new configurations such as with his
Upperground Orchestra, Beaini retains an ongoing fascination with sound
synthesis. Tonight Beaini appears as part of a first time collaboration
with Berlin-based percussionist and electronic music producer Daniele De
Santis/GRÜN <https://soundcloud.com/d-d-s-gruen>, a recent addition to
CTM’s Berlin Current initiative.

Pierre Bastien <http://pierrebastien.com> is a musical inventor who,
through his delicately anachronistic creations, opens nostalgic spaces for
reflection. "Mecanium", Bastien’s orchestra, is an assembly of individual,
home-made robots designed to play music mechanically. Constructed from
meccano and recycled turntable motors, and numbering more than 80 at last
count, the oldest dates back to 1977. Building his loops with the robotic
rhythm section, he adds additional melodies, basslines and tone colour for
recorded material, and in live performances the musician himself sits amid
his mechanised instruments accompanying them on cornet, violin or musical
saw.

Synthesizer improviser and experimental composer Charles Cohen
<http://soundcloud.com/beepsandboops> has been exploring the possibilities
and limits of the Buchla Music Easel synthesizer for over 40 years. Cohen’s
intuitive approach to making music combines the spontaneity, energy, and
rhythm of free jazz with the sonic possibilities of synthesizers. He
released two albums as Ghostwriters with Craig Anderton and Jeff Cain in
the 1980s, but a decade later shifted his focus almost exclusively to
playing live improvisation that went largely unrecorded. December 2013 saw
increased recognition for this pioneering artist’s decades of work with the
release of a 3xLP retrospective on Morphine Records.

Despite being part of the Chicago house/techno scene since the 1990s and
developing a cult following through his Mathematics record label that
counts non-stop releases over the last decade, Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic
Being <http://mathematicsrecordings.blogspot.de>, aka IAMTHATIAM, has
continuously eschewed the mainstream. A quick listen to his music reveals
why; even his most beat-driven, dancefloor-ready productions slip the
shackles of four-on-the-floor via his hallmark distorted bass thump, hazy
chords and layers of bleeping, all cobbled into a vague structure that’s
more about uncentered pulse than logic. The producer’s music accurately
depicts his philosophy; Moss hears music as a unified, hulking beast,
beyond races or genres.

Closing the night is Indonesian duo Senyawa <http://senyawa.tumblr.com>,
who uniquely manage to embody the aural flavours of Javanese music while
exploring the framework of experimental music practice, and extreme musics
such as noise rock and metal, pushing the boundaries of all three
traditions. In doing so their music strikes a perfect balance between
underground and avant-garde influences, and cultural heritage to create
truly contemporary Indonesian music. Their sound is comprised of Rully
Shabara’s deft extended vocal techniques punctuating the frenetic
neo-tribalism of instrument builder Wukir Suryadi’s modern-primitive
instrumentation.
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