Paarden Eiland Makes Noise (first two events)
Earlier this year Rowan Smith contacted me to say that he and Ingrid Lee would be coming to SA. They had been collaborating on works such as their piano transcription of a smashed guitar and wanted to make something happen experimental sound wise in Cape Town.
The result has so far been two really cool November events comprising chest rattling exercises in feedback, through deep immersion sound bathing. I was fortunate enough to be part of the launch event and happily subjected the audience to a participative Silent Noise performance, a technique I’ve been using in my teaching.
For upcoming events and video and pics see the Paarden Eiland Concerts website.
Edge of Wrong: 3 acts, 3 drawings
I took my sketchbook along to the Edge of Wrong experimental music festival last night.
So three drawings in response to three acts…
Shower Songs Relaunches with a Splash
After a protracted break from stage and stardom, Shower Songs, my duo with Masha du Toit will relaunch this weekend at the fabulous Voorkamer festival in Darling, South Africa.
Voorkamer is Afrikaans for ‘front – room’, and the performances literally take place there – in private homes in a variety of locations from the dorp (town) centre to township locations. A really nice community integrated project which brings high class performances (including ours 🙂 into interesting locations. Read more about the festival here.
Masha and I perform a very eclectic set – everything from pop to folk with some real oddness-es thrown in (blues, ancient song, funk anyone?) – all arranged for just mandolin and voice. Read more about us on Masha’s blog.
Sounding Out: Tracking Secret Sounds of the City
On Saturday I ran a workshop as part of the ongoing exhibition Sounding Out. The workshop was also inspired by the upcoming World Listening Day.
A nice sized group of enthusiastic sound-ista’s turned up – thank you Bag Factory :).
I introduced the group to a range of simple listening tools such as bottles to use as resonators for listening to vibration. Then we set off to explore the surrounding Fordsburg neighbourhood to search for hidden and unexpected sounds.
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