[Nettime-nl] [ STEIM ] STEIM presents Turntable Music Night vol.2

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STEIM presents Turntable Music Night vol.2

Janek Schaefer (UK)
dj sniff (JP)

Date: Saturday, June 16
Venue: STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam
Time: 20.30 hours
Entrance: 5 euros
Reservations and more information: knock@steim.nl or 020-6228690


R. Murry Schafer's famous term schizophonia (when a sound is removed  
from its source) is problematic because it implies a "troubled" state  
of disembodiment and fragmented reality created through modern  
recording technology. However, musicians have always developed  
techniques in both playing and composing specifically for recordings  
and listeners quickly adjust to listen through crackles, clicks and  
compression. So it is a romantic notion to think that the record is a  
"copy" of the "source" when in fact it is both a copy and the source  
at the same time. Of course the turntable with vinyl is a referential  
sounding device in its practical use, but fundamentally it is a sonic  
reality of its own. In my view Janek Schaefer is a musician who  
builds upon this reality embedded within recording technology. He  
drifts between fragmented references of beautiful and melancholic  
sounds and the raw noise of the referring medium, to create an  
imaginary landscape that can only exist between the grooves of the  
record and the circuitry that connect to the speakers. I am very  
happy to have him for the second installment of Turntable Music  
Night, and am sure that it will be a truly immersive sound  
experience. You can listen to one of his performances here: http:// 
3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/ondemand/24314661
- Takuro Mizuta Lippit


Artist Biography:
Janek Schaefer
Janek was born in England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970.  
While studying architecture at the Royal College of Art [RCA annual  
prize], he recorded the fragmented noises of a sound activated  
dictaphone traveling overnight through the Post Office. That work,  
titled 'Recorded Delivery' [1995] was made for the 'Self Storage'  
exhibition [Time Out critics choice] with one time postman Brian Eno  
and Artangel. Since then the multiple aspects of sound became his  
focus, resulting in many releases, installations, soundtracks for  
exhibitions, and concerts using his self built/invented record  
players with electroacoustic collage. The 'Tri-phonic  
Turntable' [1997] is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the  
'World's Most Versatile Record Player'. He has performed, lectured  
and exhibited widely throughout Europe [Sonar, Tate Modern, ICA], USA/ 
Canada, [The Walker, XI, Mutek, Princeton], Japan, and Australia  
[Sydney Opera House].
The context of each idea is central to its development and  
resolution. His concerts and installations explore the spatial and  
architectural aspect that sound can evoke and the twisting of  
technology. Hybrid analogue and digital techniques are used to  
manipulate field recordings with live modified vinyl and found sound  
to create evocative and involving environments. His CD 'Above  
Buildings' [2000] was released on Fat Cat to considerable praise,  
[The Guardian CD of the week]. He plays in duos with Philip Jeck  
(Songs for Europe CD), Robert Hampson  (Comae CD), and Stephan  
Mathieu (Hidden Name CD). Janek runs his own label [audiOh! 
Recordings] and web site [audiOh.com] as well as releasing work with  
Asphodel, Sub Rosa, Staalplaat, Hot Air, Sirr, Rhiz, Alluvial, DSP  
and Diskono. He currently works as a full time sound artist/sound  
designer/musician/visiting lecturer and composer from the audiOh!  
Room in London.  http://www.audioh.com/

dj sniff
dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) believes in the instrumental autonomy  
of the turntable and the musicianship of the DJ. His music focuses on  
the reconstruction of phonographically amplified sounds through  
electro-acoustical methods and techniques of turntablism. He is  
currently residing in the Netherlands, as one of the visiting  
Artistic Advisors at STEIM, Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music in  
Amsterdam. http://www.smashtv.org/djsniff






This concert series is partly funded by Gemeente Amsterdam.



STEIM					
(studio for electro instrumental music)
(studio voor elektro instrumentale muziek)

Achtergracht 19
1017 WL Amsterdam
Nederland

tel 00 31 (0) 20 6228690
fax 00 31 (0) 20 6264262
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