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DECIBEL Far Away Ideas: New Experimental Music From Australia

19 January 2012, Doors open 7 pm, Concert 8 pm @ Wabe Berlin

Entrance: 12,- €/red. 8,- €

Other Concerts:
January, 17th: Logos Foundation, Ghent/Belgium
January, 24th: Stadthalle, Biberach/an der Riss/Germany
January, 27th: Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg am Neckar/Germany
February, 3rd to 5th: Curva Minore, Palermo/Italy

Program

PERCY GRAINGER Free Music No. 1 for 4 iphone theramins (1936) 
LINDSAY VICKERY Ghosts of Departed Quantities (2011) for bass clarinet, bass flute, cello and electronics
SAMUEL DUNSCOMBE West Park (2011) for bass flute, bass clarinet and electronics
LINDSAY VICKERY/CAT HOPE The Talking Board (2011) for four instruments, electronic processing and spatialisation (world premiere)

Interval

CAT HOPE Longing (2011) for five sustaining instruments
MALCOLM RIDDOCH Variations on Electroacoustic Feedback (2010) for electroacoustics, cello and alto flute
STUART JAMES Particle 1 (2011) for 2 ruined cymbals, laptop, 2 microphones, and loudspeakers
JULIAN DAY Beginning to collapse (2008) for alto flute, bass clarinet, cello, guitar, keyboard, cymbal and playback

Interval

compositians and improvisations by
THOMAS MEADOWCROFT – organ, revox
STEVE HEATHER + TONY BUCK – percussion
BORIS HAUF – syntheziser

In co-operation with x-tract-production/Elke Moltrecht
Kindly supported by Tura New Music and Edith Cowan University.

Information: Tel. 030 505 93 400 www.wabe-berlin.de
Venue: Wabe, Danziger Str. 101  10405 Berlin
Tickets: info(at)wabe-berlin(dot)de, Tel. 030 90295 3850

A program of all Australian works for combinations of acoustic and electronic instruments, performed by Decibel. This program showcases a number of works from Australia from early electronic experiments of Percy Grainger, to works by ensemble members. Fusing guided improvisation and new classical approaches, Decibel have a unique combination of composers, sound artists, performers and programmers that contribute to a developed and refined music making. The have developed new approaches to composition and music interpretation using networked tablet computers and electro acoustic techniques.

Since their formation in 2009, Decibel have commissioned over 15 new Australian works, making them one of Australia’s leading interpreters of Australian new music. They celebrate Australian works past and present, and in particular the works from their home city of Perth, Western Australia.

Decibel is a new music ensemble devoted to performing works that explore the nexus of acoustic and electronic instruments. Pioneering unique electronic score formats and giving electronic music instruments a voice in the acoustic space, Decibel also arrange electronic works for live performance. Decibel’s annual program 2009-2010 won the 2011 AMC/APRA Art Music Awards Inaugural Award for Excellence in Experimental Music. In 2010 they released their first album “Disintegration: Mutation” on Canberra (Aus) label hellosQuare and in 2012 release an album of Alvin Lucier works on New York label Pogus. They will be launching their new LP, Stasis Estatic, during this tour.

DECIBEL are Cat Hope (artistic director, flutes, bass), Lindsay Vickery (reeds, programming, score players), Stuart James (piano, percussion, programming), Tristan Parr (Cello), Malcolm Riddoch (electronics, networking), and Aaron Wyatt (volin, viola).

Additionale program with improvisations and compositians by the Berlin based musicians THOMAS MEADOWCROFT – organ, revox
STEVE HEATHER + TONY BUCK – percussion
BORIS HAUF – syntheziser

More on Decibel at http://decibel.waapamusic.com