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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
|---|---|
| P | Wednesday 5th October, 2011 |
| N | 8:00pm |
An evening exploring the outer limits of the Polish experimental music scene where free improvisation and electronics collide in a heady mix of rhythmic and textural invention. Headed up by the duo Mikrokolektyw - who combine a propulsive mix of electronics, drums and trumpet - their joined on the bill by Lenar (turntables), Rafal Mazar (bass), Tom Choloniewski (Drums/objects) and Konrad Geca (Electronics/Film).
MIKROKOLEKTYW
An improvising/experimental duo of trumpeter Artur Majewski and drummer Kuba Suchar known also from their previous band Robotobibok. as a duo they have recently released a critically acclaimed album on chicagos' delmark records.
LENAR
Lenar is a dj and experimental turntablist from warsaw, improviser and one of the most acclaimed artists from so-called 'warsaw improv scene'. collaborated with John Tilbury, Frederic Blondy and other important figures of european electroacoustic improvisation.
RAFAL MAZUR
Rafal Mazur is an acoustic bass player, philosopher, virtuoso and animator of krakow's improv scene. He has collaborated with almost all important musicians of the intuitive improvisation circuit.
TOMEK CHOLONIEWSKI
Choloniewski is a drummer playing regular object as well as found objects, improviser with academic training, a teacher in a musical school, his recent performance on drums solo at Cafe OTO has been described as "highly refreshing and reinventing the classical drumset".
KONRAD GECA
A young and very promising artist from krakow, Geca works both in the field of electronic music (a crossover of noise, ambient and electroacoustic improvisation) and as an experimental video artist. His performance is a surreal mixture of both of these fields of artistic ways of expression.
