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The quartet: Dirk Bruinsma; soprano/baritone saxophone, flute with electronics// composition Plays various instruments next to the saxophone in groups as "Sumbur" with Han Buhrs, the "Palinckx octet", the duo "Otolithen", the"Positive Nuns",the duo "Double Tongued" with Steve Buchanan and many more. For most of this formations he also composes the music. As an improviser he worked in projects with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Fred Frith, Gunther Sommers, Martin Schütz amongst others. He studied composition with Henk Stoop and wrote several works for ensemble and soloists including people as Jan-Willem van der Ham, Ingrid Kapelle and Lucas Vis. He has a big interest for multi-disciplinary productions. He created an opera with Jacques Palinckx; works in multi-media production "desktop cinema/opera" with Marko Kosnik and made a percussion installation for Batie festival Geneva with participating players as Jason Kahn and Guigou Chevenier. selected discography: Sumbur-"Sumbur" Organic '93 (F); Otolithen-Otolithen AMF '95 (D), -S.O.D. Cuneiform '97 (USA), -3ED clemerecords '03; The Positive Nuns -the Bible II, Pantheistic '99 (I) Frank Crijns; electric guitar, devices// composition He studied composition at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Peter-jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries. He has created works for a large number of soloists and ensembles such as ensemble "de Ereprijs",Hein Peynenburg,"Trio Nu",the Quasar sax quartet, ensemble"Loos" and many others. Several works got released on CD and many of them were written as commissioned pieces. As a guitarist he is active in projects such as Big Band Nieuwe Muziek of Bert Palinckx, the Positive Nuns with Jim Meneses and in improvised music encounters with people like Tim Hodgkinson, Elliot Sharp, Jacques Palinckx and Pavel Fajt. For more than 15 years he organised concerts and projects for "de Vonk", an organisation for contemporary music in the Netherlands. selected discography: Quasar saxophone quartet (Quebec) Atma label 2000(Canada); "Il Pezzo Rotto" for accordeon duo "Duac"-"Si Che" Vonk label '99 (NL); The Positive Nuns "The Bible II" 99, Pantheistic Records(Italy ). Paed Conca; electric bass, electronics// composition As a bass player member of groups as "So Nicht" with Dani Lieder, Otolithen and Best Before with Bruno Meillier. For each of this groups he is also involved as a composer. He plays as a soloist under the name "Cleee". In this case he also does vocals and plays keyboards and electronic percussion. Out of this project he recently created the "Cleee" septet including musicians as Martin Schütz, Margrit Rieben and Thomas K.J. Meier. As improvising musician involved in concerts with people like Bart Maris, Ottomo Yoshihide, Noel Akchote, Matt Wand, Jason Kahn, Koji Asano, Bruno Meillier, Jim Meneses, Stephan Wittwer, Steve Buchanan, Dorothea Schuerch, Kato Hideki, Werner Luedi, Michael Wertmueller, Kido Natsuki, Masashi Kitamura, Katsui Yuji Margrit Rieben, Yoko Miura, Hans Koch and others. He worked writing music for theatre, filmproductions and small ensembles. selected discography: CLEEE: "12 laecherliche Geschichten" junk rec.'93 (CH), "die Macht der Angst" junk rec.'94 (CH), "hello, hello, hello", amf rec.'97 (D), "schwarze Sternenlieder" pantheistic rec.'98 (I), "low" clemerecords '03; SO NICHT: "boop" junk rec.'97 (CH); Otolithen "Otolithen", amf records '95 (D), "S.O.D." Cuneiform records '97 (USA), -"3ED" clemerecords '03 Fabrizio Spera; drums, percussion, electro-acoustic objects Since the end of the eighties he is active as musician and organizer in the field of experimental music with a special interest in free improvisation. He played and collaborated with, among others: Peter Kowald, Otomo Yoshihide, Jon Rose, Tim Hodgkinson, Dagmar Krause, Thomas Lehn, Jean Marc Montera, Tom Cora, Conrad Bauer, Tristan Honsinger, Michiko Hirayama, Phil Minton, Mario Schiano, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Martin Tetreault, Michel Doneda, Jerome Noetinger, Axel Dorner, John Butcher, John Edwards and Lol Coxhill. In 1995 he founded the electroacoustic-improvised music group "OSSATURA", (with Elio and Maurizio Martusciello and Luca Venitucci), he is also part of a trio with Pasquale Innarella and Gianfranco Tedeschi; periodically he collaborates with the following groups: Fraili, Circadiana, Takla Makan, La 1919, Interference 3.Since March 2000 he is playing with a new trio (Lingua) with Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Lehn. He performed in theater works with the Giorgio Barberio Corsetti theater company. As an organiser he is involved in ; Cervello a Sonagli Association, The Controindicazioni festival and Circ.A network. selected discography: "Takla Makan" (with Barre Phillips) CMC '97; Mario Schiano & Vittorino Curci-"The friendship of walnuts" Splasch '97; Ossatura + Tim Hodgkinson "dentro" ReR '98 (GB); Circadiana "clangori" Leo Lab cd 045; Linguafonie 3 (with a.o. T.Lehn and G.Schiaffini); AA.VV. "Sotto il cielo di Roma" (with Ossatura) With the quartet we work on music in which composition and improvisation are integrated in each other as much as possible. To achieve this, we work on the development of new ways of notation and interplay. A way of playing in which time is used with an outmost flexibility and where the players are conductors at the same time. In the scores we make use of notation techniques such as graphical writing, polymetrics, free choice of parameters, etc. All that in order to make less harsh transitions between the improvised and composed material and creating a coherent sound. We add a new dimension by using electronics and electro-acoustics, amplified objects and sound deformation. The range of dynamics becomes wider and the tension between abstract and tonal music is more emphasized. Since we fairly extend the possibilities, the program is renewing itself all the time and no piece will sound two times the same. The quintet Joined by the Turkish/Kazakh singer Saadet Tuerkoez, Blast is playing a program of fully improvised music. Saadet's music is a fusion of modern vocal techniques with those out of the Turkish/Mongolian music tradition. She will be in dialogue with the abstract and dissonant sounds of Blast. This combination makes an obstinate music with moments of raw expression and those of refined lyrical quality. A lot of times Saadet uses fragments of songs from her culture that get new shape by means of language and music deconstruction. At the moment there are plans to reinforce this quintet with guest appearances. On an upcoming occasion we are going to work with cellist Martin Schuetz. The sextet In this formation we've added voice and trombone to the quartet. We will be working with the singer Jana Mishenina and trombonist Christophe Schweizer. With this line up the accent lies more on composition and structure but there are improvised passages within the pieces in which we base ourselves on the written material. Within the music we use a lot of special playing techniques and instrument preparations in order to create strong atmospheres. The main starting point for the pieces are the texts, which are taken out of the modern literature and especially poetry. Kenneth Patchen, Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Stefan Themerson are some of the poets we used texts of. We selected these texts on musical qualities as rhythm and phrasing. Their content mostly has an absurd tendency with veiled social criticism. The vocals have a leading role as can be expected. They are ranging from melodic lines to experimental forms of speech. Earlier we have worked with the singer Hester Boverhuis and trombonist Joost Buis. Blast with the Spectra Ensemble The new music festival novembermusic (NL,B,G) commissioned Frank Crijns and Dirk Bruinsma to write for chamber music ensemble plus quartet of improvisers for the festival's 2003 edition. This resulted in two 25 minutes pieces of a music that blends achievements in new music with those out of contemporary improvised music. The Spectra Ensemble is based in the city of Gent, Belgium and is specialized in performing contemporary composed music. Frank Crijns and Dirk Bruinsma were commissioned by The Dutch Composers Fund to write for the quartet, the sextet and the Spectra Ensemble.
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