live acoustic duet of cello and motorized ukulele

anthea caddy and michael northam  
friday 13.may 2011 - altes finanzamt - berlin - germany

anthea caddy (cello) & michael northam (motorized ukulele)

Saturday - 16. July 2011 - second set @ GRIMMUSEUM Berlin •• The Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage perform BLUES DHIKR AL-SALAM (BLUES AL MAQAM) for voice, brass, computer and live electronics in a mixed-media environment •• Catherine Christer Hennix has now extended her installation: NUR / SOLITON(E) STAR into the venerable tradition of the pentatonic blues for a live-electronic ensemble • Catherine Christer Hennix – voice, computer, sine waves, live electronics • Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba • Hilary Jeffery – trombone • Michael Northam – time-mirage delay, sound engineer, voice • Paul Schwingenschlögl – flugelhorn, trumpet

The Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage - 16. July 2011 - second set @ grimmuseum

session from 14h00 - friday - 26.August 2011 - recorded at an empty bar.

owl songs (sampler room recording)

Recorded by the Bear Gulch Stream with battery operated electro-acoustic setup.

Horestail Patch Cycle Nr. 1

This sound-poem takes place in the Buddhist community of Bouddhanath near Kathmandu, Nepal - recorded in April 2019. 

Words are my own and excerpts of Jigme Lingpa's 'Treasury of Precious Qualities' - and was produced on the last day of the historical transmission of Rabjam Rinpoche at the Shenchen Monastery.

BouddhanathReflectionsApril2019

Michael Northam's (a.k.a. mnortham) artistic trajectory has been a gradual process extending from early actionistic performances to current sound actions, field recordings and compositions. Northam explores the avenue of direct electroacoustic improvisation, solo and with a variety of collaborators. His many 'sound actions' have taken place at venues throughout Europe and North America. Since his first CD was released in 1993, he has consistently produced works that give an opportunity for the listeners to challenge and examine themselves-exploring ideas of place on "Stomach of the Sky", qualities of weather on "Coyot", and perceptions of microscopic worlds on "From Within the Solar Cave". Similar such ideas have formed the basis of his installations such as "Entering Molecular Streams' (Observatori festival, Valencia, Spain 2000) and "Circulating Phases" (Klangturm, St. Pölten, Austria 2001).

Since 2007, he has been focusing on acoustic and more simplified instrumentation (mountain dulcimer, shakuhachi and voice) - which has been explored with projects such as Kodama (http://octpia.com/kodama/).

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