In Bloom: Fifth edition (again)

“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world."
Herman Hesse, Demian

The debut album of Mári Mákó, Oudemian, fuses introspective instrumental and vocal textures with live electronics. It is a sonic journey of finding inner strength through crisis, of overcoming existential angst and rebirth.

The title was invented as a combination of two-words: "Ouroboros" and "Demian." Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a snake biting its own tail representing the circle of life, and Hesse's novel Demian depicts a young boy struggling to find his new self-knowledge and his place in an immoral world. As it happens, Oudemian also holds an actual meaning in ancient Greek: "none."

The meeting of these concepts drive the narrative and musical evolution of the album, which moves from a place of fragility and mystery and arriving at a place of reflection.

Waves

you won't make it back

Performance Live@ Fried Sunday Service 3 [25-07-2021]

string trio

performed by Stolz at De Doelen, Rotterdam (NL)

photo: Bernard Plossu

Dream of a memory, for string trio (2019)- excerpt

O.A.I.R.

To Speak With Perfect Candor I- Yo!

Composed using improvised percussion and a no input mixer. This track was made as part of Bash na Bash, a solo exhibition by Catalan artist, Anna Moreno.

40.6459°N, 0.6868°E

Erosion

Industrial Noise-Hop.

ingredients: an Uri Caine, a fidget spinner, a RTE, a bell, a siren, an amen break, a kamikaze dude from serious sam, a shepard tone and a stupid drone

NASTY!

(2017) - for Laptops, Smartphones or any devices that can stream a video with sound from the internet 

This is an adaptation of an audiovisual piece that changes with each performance. The original piece can be performed by anyone and experienced in many different ways. 

In its original form Layers comprises of six videos (each titled Layer 1 till 6 respectively), which I made and uploaded online. Playing layers 1 - 6 synchronously, and ideally on 6 different devices, creates an audio-visual piece of undefined length. You can start any of the videos at any moment, and they can align with each other at any moment. Each time you listen to and view the piece, it sounds and looks slightly different, creating an ever-changing yet static installation-esque work.

To experience the piece in its originally intended form use the following links while adhering to the instructions in the description box for the videos.

Layer 1 - youtu.be/g7-OZk-1Hv4
Layer 2 - youtu.be/benc6XQZF3A
Layer 3 - youtu.be/mY-mhTX_FvM
Layer 4 - youtu.be/IWEq-HqW4eo
Layer 5 - youtu.be/jXEO49WD7EA
Layer 6 - youtu.be/kUZlIk2REY4

Layers (a studio version)

Void

Organo (Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman, Riccardo Marogna, Ábel Fazekas) perform at In Bloom: Second Edition on 3 October 2019

listen to more of their work at:
organo.bandcamp.com

Organo - Improvisation (excerpt)

Lam Lai & Miri Lee are a duo of composer / electronic musician Lam Lai and  choreographer and real-time performer Miri Lee.
 ---In Bloom: Third Edition
----12 Dec 2019

for more of Lam Lai's work go to https://lamlai.net/
to see Miri Lee's work go to https://www.mirilee.nl

Lam Lai & Miri Lee (excerpt)

Ctrl Freq (Kacper Ziemianin) performs on his LSe (light sequencer) instrument.
In Bloom: Second Edition
3 October 2019

See more of his work here:
https://ctrlfreq.wordpress.com/

Ctrl Freq - LSe improvisation (excerpt)

Toktek (Tom Verbruggen) feat drummer Wouter Jaftoran.
In Bloom: Third Edition
12 December 2019

for more of Toktek's work go here:
https://www.toktek.org/

Toktek & Wouter Jaftoran (another excerpt)

Greek/Scottish composer and electric guitarist, currently based in the Hague (NL). His work draws from his experiences in contemporary classical composition, classical guitar studies, playing in offbeat rock bands, performing free improvisation and open scores, working with electronic music, and developing installation-like performances and works.

In Bloom is a new concert series hosted by Korzo Theatre and curated by Hague-based composer/performers James Alexandropoulos-McEwan and Lise Morrison. They select and present a showcase of young musicians and projects that haven’t yet broken to the surface. These are works developed by their peers and collaborators working in the local music and art scene - be it in the context of local squat-based and D.I.Y. concerts, or projects born from Dutch music and art academies.

Layers (a studio version)

James A.-McEwan

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