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Rinus Van Alebeek & Violet
Rinus Van Alebeek is an electronic musician and performer born in Holland in 1956. He comes to music relatively late, having published two books in his home country under the pseudonym of Philip Markus, the first of which, published in 1991 in the Netherlands received the prize for best first novel. His approach to musical improvisation is radical, and often based on sounds captured on their many trips through the U.S., Europe and the Maghreb countries. Rinus Van Alebeek using simple sound capturing systems like microphones connected to old Walkmans and dictaphones. During its concerts he mixes and processes many of its tapes with the help of a mixer and an effects pedal, creating powerful lo-fi sound collages between noise and pure poetry. The artistic biography of Rinus Van Alebeek is divided by himself in two periods: prehistoric and historic The prehistoric period goes from the birth of Christ until the year 1989 a.c. The historic period begins in 1989 and it is divided in three categories: literature, visual arts and sound art. http://www.myspace.com/rinusvanalebeek http://www.binauralmedia.org/news/en/people/associated-artists/rinus-van-alebeek http://rinusvanalebeek.wordpress.com/ Jeff Surak (Violet )– Called »the godfather of american noise« by Ukrainian MTV, Jeff Surak is a veteran experimenter from Washington DC. Since his early recordings under the name -1348-, Surak established himself in the international hometaper underground network of the 1980s, releasing tapes on the his own Watergate Tapes imprint, along with such artists as Controlled Bleeding, F/i, and Kapotte Muziek; and collaborating with icons like Zan Hoffman, Crawling with Tarts, and John Hudak. At the same time Surak performed with the notorious DC area industrial band New Carrollton. The 1990s found Surak living and performing in Russia. There he formed the group Sovmestnoye Predpriyatiye which created site specific works using found materials and sounds. At the turn of the millenium Surak created a new duo, V. which quickly blew out of the its initial framework of free improv into a unit that pushed the limits of composition, constantly reinventing itself with each recording and performance. After 11 albums in 2 years, the duo disbanded, leaving Surak to further continue explorations under his solo project called Violet. Found objects, microcassettes, damaged cds, prepared acoustic instruments, and old record players outfitted with foil are the tools of choice. Violet has collaborated with Alexei Borisov, Frans De Waard, Betrand Denzler, Michael Gendreau, Andrey Kiritchenko, Kotra, Francisco Lopez, Andreas Tilliander and many others. Since 2002 Violet has released numerous recordings in a variety of formats and has performed across the USA and Europe. Surak also directs the annual Sonic Circuits Festival in Washington DC, presenting such artists as Faust, Jandek, Phil Niblock, Wolf Eyes, Evan Parker, Matmos, Andrea Parkins, Elliott Sharp and hundreds of others. Where is Marisol? (ambient) – Borys Kossakowski (keys), Karol Schwarz (generators). |
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