Saturday 22/09/07
Mont des Arts/Kunstberg
1000 Brussels
start: 8pm
Free access
Concept:
On the closing night of the Brussels "week of mobility", Sit & Listen presents a simple artistic concept to mark this occasion. The week of the mobility is an annual event which encourages alternative transport means to cars in the city.
The aim is that all artists, both audio and video, will adapt their work, by using samples, fieldrecordings and images which have been taken from alternative transport means. (Cyclists, pedestrians and public transports)
Expect two concerts which will take place in the middle of a visual installation, and all output will reflect sounds and images from the city.
Michel Banabila (Boudisque, Tone Casualties, Staalplaat - NL)
Composer / producer, best known for his 'VoizNoiz' cd-series. Besides acoustic instruments, Banabila uses found objects, electronics, field recordings, shortwave /tv/ film recordings, vocoder-plugs and self made instruments.His recordings can often be discribed as cinematic and atmospheric.
In 2000, Banabila produced Arhil , the critically acclaimed debut album from Moroccan singer Ali Bahia El Idrissi (Boudisque recordings). On the same label Banabila released his 2 electronic dark-ambient works ; Spherics 1 & 2. (Boudisque recordings)
In 2001 Banabila joined Holger Czukay's internet collabs for the track 10 Steps to heaven on the cd Linear city (InsideOut Music).
In 2003 Banabila received the prestigious Dutch Edison Jazz Award for the cd VoizNoiz 3, with trumpet-player Eric Vloeimans (Challenge Records).
Banabila has composed musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, video art, theatre plays and choreographies.
http://www.banabila.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mp3tests
http://recording.boudisque.com/bourecording/banabila.html
Eric Vloeimans (Challenge Records - NL)
Trumpettist Eric Vloeimans is ranked as one of the undisputed giants within the Dutch jazzestablisment. Coupled with his beautiful sonority and controlled musical dynamics, his open andcrystal-clear phrasings are comparable to the likes of Wynton Marsalis.
(Luc Baets - Het Nieuwsblad)
http://www.ericvloeimans.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ericvloeimans
VoizNoiz
The strength of this fascinating found-sound pastiche will be enough to send fans of musique concrete, advanced turntablism, and trip-hop scouring the import bins. Most of the material that comprises these 20 tracks comes from field recordings of human voices speaking, singing, declaiming, and arguing. This is an exquisite album by an artist who deserves much wider recognition. (Rick Anderson - All Music Guide)
Back'n'Forth (Lamadameaveclechien, Unrezt - BE)
Since 2002, Aziz and Steph are the primeinstigators of Back & Forth. The young belgian laptop- and sampling-duo has their roots in hiphop, jazz and various electronic genres.
Their versatile compositions take us from the wide spectrum of jazz through the winding streets of film scores, back to the home of downtempo and cinematic hiphop. Eclectic beat patterns meet sophisticted jazz-sampling and electrified soundscapes.
In 2005 they released their first EP as a free netrelease on the brussels-based label Thin Consolation. Currently they are working on a full length album which should be finished before the end of 2007. Back & Forth are also members of the belgian artist collective and label lamadameaveclechien.
http://www.lamadameaveclechien.com
http://www.myspace.com/backandforth
http://perishable.unrezt.be/
Crea Composite (Visuals & Installation - CH/BE/FR)
Born in 2006, Crea Composite is the collaboration of 3 artists from Switzerland, Belgium and France. Coming from different backgrounds such as graphic design, vjing, cinema and music, they felt for joining forces in order to create a more dynamic working environement. The general approach consists in getting out of the traditional aspect by combining different supports (mosquito nets, plexiglass, glass, architectural structures, street furniture..) and various techniques. (Painting, silkscreen, graffiti, 3D animation..)