Aki Onda – Talk and performance as part of the Arcadia series – 16th March 2014, 3pm, Ace Hotel London Shoreditch Aki Onda is an electronic musician, composer, and visual artist. He is particularly known for his Cassette Memories project – works compiled from a “sound diary” of field-recordings collected by Onda over a span of two decades. Onda’s musical instrument of choice is the cassette Walkman. Not only does he capture field recordings with the Walkman, he also physically manipulates multiple Walkmans with electronics in his performances. Aki Onda will perform a 35-40 minute piece and present a talk where he will discuss his art practice and how he developed as an artist in the cultural milieu of New York. Sign up via the link for free entry into this event. Tickets FREE Janek Schaefer performs Lay-by-Lullaby – an eyes closed concert – 16th March 2014, 5pm, Ace Hotel London Shoreditch This will be the first UK performance of Janek Schaefer’s new album Lay-by-Lullaby out on 12k Feburary 2014. The composition is his calmest yet, and is based around location recordings made in the middle of the night above the M3 motorway. The album weaves these location recordings around a series of spacious sonorities, that shimmer with analogue textures and liminal melodies that burnout in the passing headlights. The speeding traffic dopplertrails reveal fleeting passages of soporific sounds that entice you to recline, drift and fade away. This is a performance to enjoy with your eyes closed. The work invites you to take a break, pull over, and daydream as life speeds on by. The motorway signs above read – Tiredness can kill… Sign up via the link for free entry into this concert. Tickets FREE Julia Kent + Guests – 18th March 2014, 7pm, Ace Hotel London Shoreditch Julia Kent, a classically trained cellist, uses looped and layered cello, electronics, and field recordings to explore the intersections between the human world and the natural world, the melding of the technological and the organic, the patterns and repetitions that exist in nature and are mirrored in human creations, and the complexity and fragility of our relationships with one another and with the world that surrounds us. A regular performer at William Basinski’s Arcadia with her band mates in Rasputina and with Antony and the Johnsons, Julia Kent has gone on to compose music for film, dance and theatre, released two albums and has toured extensively as a solo artist. Kent will be supported by Nicolas Freeman who will develop a new work that responds to the resonances and reverberations of the physical space of the venue with a performance using prepared ¼inch tape loops, violin and cello. Tickets £7 adv William Basinski in conversation with Rhys Chatham – 19th March 2014, 7pm, Café Oto Café Oto will host William Basinski and Rhys Chatham in conversation. Rhys Chatham is a composer, guitarist and trumpet player from Manhattan, currently living in Paris, who altered the DNA of rock and created a new type of urban music by fusing the overtone-drenched minimalism of the early 60s with the relentless, elemental fury of the Ramones — the textural intricacies of the avant-garde colliding with the visceral punch of electric guitar-slinging punk rock. William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 30 years in NYC and most recently, California. Employing obsolete technology and analogue tape loops, his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life and resound with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time. Doors 7pm Tickets £4 adv £5 door WB interview RC interview oto Valgeir Sigurðsson with Liam Byrne + Julia Kent – 19th March 2014, 8pm Village Underground Bedroom Community founder, Valgeir Sigurðsson will perform alongside Liam Byrne on Wednesday 19th March at Village Underground, Shoreditch. Sigurðsson’s boundless approach to music informs his work as composer, musician, engineer and mixer. In high demand as a producer, Valgeir has spent over a decade cultivating projects by diverse international artists whilst developing his own particular magic brand of recording artistry – now with three solo albums to his name. His collaborators are great and numerous including Björk, Feist, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Camille, CocoRosie, The Magic Numbers, múm and many others. Sigurðsson collides organic with synthetic, acoustic with digital, connection with isolation, and domestic with ethereal – expect a performance ripe with emotion, curiosity, and humanity. Canadian born, New York based and regular at the original Williamsburg Arcadia, cellist Julia Kent will make a very special guest appearance at this concert. Presented by Village Underground. Tickets £10 adv video web web Village Underground Charlemagne Palestine + Rhys Chatham – 20th March 2014, 7:30pm St John at Hackney Charlemagne Palestine is a minimalist composer, performer and visual artist from New York. He performs epic, ritualistic and intense extended duration pieces for organ. A native New Yorker now living in Paris, composer Rhys Chatham helped define New York’s downtown aesthetic in the ’70s. Palestine and Chatham first met in the late 60′s in New York. Ever respectful and admiring of each others work, this performance sees two giants in modern composition perform on stage together 30 years after their initial collaboration. Plus, William Basinski will perform extracts from Vivian and Ondine, his intricate 45-minute piece in celebration of new life. They will be supported by Liverpool based ensemble, Ex-Easter Island Head, who compose and perform music for solid-body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments. Presented by St John’s Sessions. Tickets £16 CP video RC video Basinski fans will be able to buy an Arcadia Concert Package ticket for £35 enabling access into the following ticketed concert performances. Michael Gira + William Basinski – 12 March St John at Hackney Julia Kent – 18 March Ace Hotel London Shoreditch Valgeir Sigurðsson with Liam Byrne – 19 March Village Underground, London Charlemagne Palestine with Rhys Chatham + William Basinski – 20 March St John at Hackney artassembly.org.uk/arcadia/#.UyW4SZHa62x
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