Free Improvisation

Disrupting contexts

By Thomas Burkhalter on December 7, 2011

By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 7 December 2011 in AUDIO

When listening to Superterz, free improvisation, beats and cuts, noise storms and dissonant soundscapes collide wildly. The music is barely placeable. Ravi and Marcel Vaid from the Zurich long-term collective tell Norient why.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Experimental, Free Improvisation, Marcel Vaid, Ravi Vaid, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Sophie Hunger, Superterz, Switzerland | 3 Responses

Grandfather’s razor and the feedback

By Simon Grab on November 7, 2011

By Simon Grab and Thomas Burkhalter on 7 November 2011 in AUDIO

Simon Berz practices sonic archaeology and more. The promiscuous drummer and sound artist from Zurich fiddles about with everyday objects in the wonderful world of acoustic noise.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Free Improvisation, Noise, Simon Berz, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Swiss Music, Switzerland | 6 Responses

An infinitely crazy world

By Thomas Burkhalter on November 19, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter on 19 November 2010 in AUDIO

The Swiss-Italian musician and composer Paed Conca and Lebanese artist Raed Yassin have been working together since 2005 as Duo Praed. The two perform in Turnhalle Bern, this Wednesday, 21.11.2012.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Annihaya, Arab World, Beirut, Bern, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Free Improvisation, Globale Nischen, Lebanon, Mahmoud El Husseini, Paed Conca, Porta Chiusa, Praed, Raed Yassin, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Switzerland | 3 Responses