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In a studio, it is more than funny to build a small automaton that will play the violin, or a nigerian drum : rather an irreverent joke about Music, and about the human machine as well. So what ? Will a simple mechanism be able to play a violin, when a student spends so much time in learning how to bow ? Will the talking-drum sound, while beaten by the stick through a motor and some gears, instead of a dancer with muscles ?

However, during a concert, the other way around : the constructor becomes a conductor. Instead of a screw driver, he now holds a trumpet. His fellow musicians are nobody else than his metallic contraptions. Their nerves are nothing but rubber rings. Their heart, some recycled electro-motors taken from old record-players. He has to trust on these light and fragile creations. The composition is based on this delicate machinery.
Then a strange phenomenon occurs in the music, that makes the necessary emotion come less from the man, than from the machines around him.

: 2008 :

Jan.11: Guarda Theater, Portugal
Jan.13: Bimhuis, Amsterdam
Jan.19: Komponent, Copenhagen
Jan.30: "Gedichtendag", Arminius, Rotterdam

Feb. 7 / 8: Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, F
Feb.26 to 29: installation, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
Feb.28: "Rag-Time Vol.2" CD released on InPolySons
Feb. 29: concert, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels

March 14: Transmissie, Havenkwartier, Deventer, NL
March 15: with/for Max Vandervorst, La Montagne Magique, Brussels
March 27: CUTOFF! night, Rashomon Club, Rome

April 18: "Téléconcerts" + Pierrick Sorin, Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, F
April 25: SKIFF, St Petersburg
April 27: Na Strastnom, Moscow

May 6: "Rag-Time" with Grimo, Musique Action, Vandoeuvre, F
May 9: with Steve Arguelles, Electrolyses, Paris
May 24: support act for the Squarepusher Solo Bass Show, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
May 28: support act for the Squarepusher Solo Bass Show, Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK
May 30 to Sept.30: "Somewhere in the Dark" at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

June 4: "Pour Jacques Rémus" with Pierrick Sorin, Théâtre de Morlaix, F
June 5: Terra Trema, Cherbourg, F

July 6 : Les Arts des Vignes, Sussargues, F (tbc)
July 11: Vivid, Birmingham (tbc)
July 13: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham (tbc)
July 30: Sajeta Festival, Slovenia

Sept. 5: Expo Zaragoza 2008, Spain


	In a studio, it is more than funny to build a small automaton that will play the violin, or a nigerian drum : rather an irreverent joke about Music, and about the human machine as well. So what ? Will a simple mechanism be able to play a violin, when a student spends so much time in learning how to bow ? Will the talking-drum sound, while beaten by the stick through a motor and some gears, instead of a dancer with muscles ? However, during a concert, the other way around : the constructor becomes a conductor. Instead of a screw driver, he now holds a trumpet. His fellow musicians are nobody else than his metallic contraptions. Their nerves are nothing but rubber rings. Their heart, some recycled electro-motors taken from old record-players. He has to trust on these light and fragile creations. The composition is based on this delicate machinery. Then a strange phenomenon occurs in the music, that makes the necessary emotion come less from the man, than from the machines around him. : 2008 : Jan.11: Guarda Theater, Portugal Jan.13: Bimhuis, Amsterdam Jan.19: Komponent, Copenhagen Jan.30: "Gedichtendag", Arminius, Rotterdam Feb. 7 / 8: Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, F Feb.26 to 29: installation, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels Feb.28: "Rag-Time Vol.2" CD released on InPolySons Feb. 29: concert, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels March 14: Transmissie, Havenkwartier, Deventer, NL March 15: with/for Max Vandervorst, La Montagne Magique, Brussels March 27: CUTOFF! night, Rashomon Club, Rome April 18: "Téléconcerts" + Pierrick Sorin, Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, F April 25: SKIFF, St Petersburg April 27: Na Strastnom, Moscow May 6: "Rag-Time" with Grimo, Musique Action, Vandoeuvre, F May 9: with Steve Arguelles, Electrolyses, Paris May 24: support act for the Squarepusher Solo Bass Show, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool May 28: support act for the Squarepusher Solo Bass Show, Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK May 30 to Sept.30: "Somewhere in the Dark" at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam June 4: "Pour Jacques Rémus" with Pierrick Sorin, Théâtre de Morlaix, F June 5: Terra Trema, Cherbourg, F July 6 : Les Arts des Vignes, Sussargues, F (tbc) July 11: Vivid, Birmingham (tbc) July 13: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham (tbc) July 30: Sajeta Festival, Slovenia Sept. 5: Expo Zaragoza 2008, Spain [ FRANÇAIS ]
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