Vapours

The serie of Sudden Archives (a spectral recollection) are 10" dubplates.
All those tracks have been playing, recording and cutting in Circuit in Lausanne(Switzerland)during the Recording Memory Sessions (nov-dec 2014).
They are based on graphic scores for solo musician composed by Julien Sirjacq feat. The Bells Angels.
Recorded & mixed by Marcin de Morsier.
The recordings come together in a boxset (20 ex.) signed and numbered. 

Sudden Archives - Laurent Bruttin Face A

Sudden Archives - Laurent Bruttin Face B

Untitled for Piano, Accordion,  Amplified Drawing and Electronics

The 1800's Bandoneon

06/05/22 interview  - BOMB magazine: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/andrea-parkins-interviewed/

28/02/19 Interview - The Quietus
https://www.mixcloud.com/the_Quietus/nuts-and-bolts-s2-e1-andrea-parkins/

Events, 2025

28 March - AP/Frank Gratkowski/Devin Gray. Sowieso, Berlin.

12 March - Andrea Parkins/Marius Wankel. Future Bash Series, Neue Zukunft, Berlin.

19 February - Andrea Parkins/Yorgos DImitradis. Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin.

12 February - Liz Kosack/Andrea Parkins/Ute Wassermann. Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin


Events, 2024
19 December - Grapheme journal #4 launch: Magda Mayas/Tony Buck/Ute Wassermann with guests Andrea Parkins and Mike Majkowsi. KM28, Berlin.

7 December - Parkins/Wagner/Yassin: Graphic Scores by Grgur Savic, Night #3. Rchtn 25, Berlin

23 November - Matsuno/Parkins/Fillipou/Black. Ausland, Berlin.

6 November - Koole/Parkins/Müller. ACUD, Berlin.

1 November - SUMM, Supermolly, Berlin.

23 October - AP. with Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus. Panda, Berlin.

11 October - Sentimental Punk: Andrea Parkins/Liz Kosack w/ films by Marie Menken. Kotti Shop, Berlin.

4 October  - w. Splitter Orchester.Musik Protokoll Festival, Graz. 

7 September - Andrea Parkins/Eliad Wagner. Rchtn 25, Berlin.

16-17 August - Nebbia/Mattrey/Parkins/Togander. Visual Sound Outdoor Festival, Parzelle, Dortmund.

15 August - Nebbia/Mattrey/Parkins/Togander/ Kollektiv Rabbazzz Festival, Dresden. 

12 July - Parkins/Wagner, 90mil, Berlin.

7 July - w/ Splitter Orchester. Paretzer Field Music, Paretz, DE.

21 June - Being5 (Freedman/Parkins/Dörner/Dimitriadis/Williams), Something Else Festival, Hamilton, ONT.

19 June - Being5. Suoni Festival, Montreal.

16 June - Being5. Rimouski, QC.

13 June - Nebbia/Parkins, Jazzexcess. Kantine am Berghain, Berlin.

29 May -- Wagner/Erel/Parkins. Panda, Berlin.

21 April -- Mayas/Parkins. Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz.

17 April - Kidambi/Banner/Parkins. KM28, Berlin.

6 April - Parkins/Wagner. Ausland, Berlin.

23 March - Voutchkova/Parkins/Edwards/Kessler (Chuchepati Orchestra), 100vor100- Palace. St. Gallen.

22 March - w. Splitter Orchester. MaerMusik, AdK, Berlin.

13 March - Elieh/Parkins/Wagner/Dimitriadis. PAS, Berln.

9 March - Nebbia/Mattrey/Parkins/Togander. Artacts Festival, St. Johan, AUT.

8 March - Nebbia/Mattrey/Parkins/Togander. Echoraum, Vienna.

20 February - Yassin/Prins/Parkins. Morphine Raum, Berlin.

9 February - Nebbia/Parkins. Panda, Berlin.

1 February- Venitucci/Voutchkova/Parkins/Mayas/Cyrino/Marino. Sowieso, Berlin.

29 January - Parkins/Dimitriadis. Panda, Berlin.

24 January - Matthias Koole/Andrea Parkins. Cafe Plume, Berlin.






Events, 2023
13 December - w. Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus. Panda, Berlin.

6 December - Parkins/Wassermann w. "A" Trio, KM28, Berlin.

18 November - Forde/Nebbia/Parkins/Merlo. Spektralraumohr, Berlin.

1 November - Matsuno/Cajado/Parkins/Hertenstein. Donau 115, Berlin.

26 October - Parkins/Ostrowski w. Liz Albee. Morphine Raum, Berlin.

20 October - Nebbia/Parkiins. Achter 53, Wiesbaden.

18 October  -- Andrea Parkins/Matthew Ostrowski. Splendor, Amsterdam.

23 September - Gratkowski/Parkins/Coudoux. The Loft, Köln.

31 August-10 September  - Parkins/Dimitriadis, Soundtrips tour, NRW, DE.





Andrea Parkins on Bandcamp:
"Two Rooms from the Memory Palace" (infrequent seams, 2021)
https://andreaparkins.bandcamp.com/album/two-rooms-from-the-memory-palace

"The Third Room" (infrequent seams, 2021)
https://andreaparkins.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-room

"Faulty (broken orbit)" (important records, re-release 2021)(https://imprec.bandcamp.com/album/faulty-broken-orbit

"Avalanche of Routes: Brian Chase & Andrea Parkins" (Confront Recordings, 2020)
https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/avalanche-of-routes

Elective Affinities: Andrea Parkins & Matthew Ostrowski. (infrequent seams, 2019)
https://andreaparkinsmatthewostrowski.bandcamp.com/album/elective-affinities








BIO
Andrea Parkins is a Berlin-based sound artist, composer, and electroacoustic instrumentalist engaging with interactive electronics as compositional/performative process. She is known for her pioneering approach on her electronically processed accordion, and investigation of embodiment and chance with her custom-designed software instruments.

Parkins' projects encompass sound and intermedia installations, electroacoustic compositions and performances,  and  scores for dance, film and intermedia performance. Her work has been presented at the Whitney Museum, The Kitchen, Experimental Intermedia, Kunsthalle Basel, NEXT Bratislava and many more. She records/performs as a solo artist and with artists such as Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Ute Wassermann, Nels Cline, among others. Parkins' recordings have been published by Important Records, Confront Recordings, Atavistic, Infrequent Seams and Creative Sources. Her work has received support from American Composers Forum, NYSCA, French-American Cultural Exchange, Q-02, MAAF, Harvestworks. Hamburg Kulturbehoerde, the Norwegian Academy of Music/Norwegian Artistic Research Programm, and the Berlin Artistic Research Grant Programme.  She has been an invited resident artist at Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida and EMS in Stockholm. In 2022-2023, she was a fellow of  the Berliner Förderprogramm Künstlerische Forschung / Berlin Artistic Research Grant Programme.

Contact:  andreamparkins@gmail.com

Untitled for Piano, Accordion, Amplified Drawing and Electronics

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