Cígvë (Catherine Guesde, Paris) creates cosmic drones with the guitar. Using purely mechanical means, Institut fuer Feinmotorik (Bad Säckingen and Berlin) create
synthetic rhythms. With a short introduction by the performers.
Institut fuer Feinmotorik is a group of artists that was founded in Bad Säckingen in 1996. Since then, over one hundred live performances have been played with the so-called Octogrammoticum, from Basel to Berlin, and from Montevideo to Minsk and back again. The Octogrammoticum, an instrumental setup developed by Institut fuer Feinmotorik itself, consists of eight prepared turntables and DJ mixers. However, the turntables are not played with records, but are made to sound with all kinds of household materials such as adhesive tape, rubber bands or labels. This creates different musical forms at the moment of playing, from noisy soundscapes, abstract piles of sound, to (almost) danceable rhythmic patterns, comparable to techno or hip hop beats, but produced completely mechanically. In concert, the creation of this music is directly visible and comprehensible, as everything takes place on a large table in the middle of the audience.
Other activities of the group include the publication of recordings and printed matter, the organization of events and the composition of radio pieces.
https://institut-fuer-feinmotorik.net/info.html
https://institut-fuer-feinmotorik.net/octogrammoticum.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCxnnena4Q
Cígvë named themselves after the hemlock plant - a wild herbaceous inconspicuous plant that can kill in a very short time, but also has an analgesic effect in well-dosed quantities - a name that does credit to their music. Their music explores the most diverse tones of electric guitars: from elusive, droning, gloomy waves to plaintive stuttering, always linked with an energetic tension.
Admission: 20 CHF
Admission, reduced: 15 CHF
synthetic rhythms. With a short introduction by the performers.
Institut fuer Feinmotorik is a group of artists that was founded in Bad Säckingen in 1996. Since then, over one hundred live performances have been played with the so-called Octogrammoticum, from Basel to Berlin, and from Montevideo to Minsk and back again. The Octogrammoticum, an instrumental setup developed by Institut fuer Feinmotorik itself, consists of eight prepared turntables and DJ mixers. However, the turntables are not played with records, but are made to sound with all kinds of household materials such as adhesive tape, rubber bands or labels. This creates different musical forms at the moment of playing, from noisy soundscapes, abstract piles of sound, to (almost) danceable rhythmic patterns, comparable to techno or hip hop beats, but produced completely mechanically. In concert, the creation of this music is directly visible and comprehensible, as everything takes place on a large table in the middle of the audience.
Other activities of the group include the publication of recordings and printed matter, the organization of events and the composition of radio pieces.
https://institut-fuer-feinmotorik.net/info.html
https://institut-fuer-feinmotorik.net/octogrammoticum.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCxnnena4Q
Cígvë named themselves after the hemlock plant - a wild herbaceous inconspicuous plant that can kill in a very short time, but also has an analgesic effect in well-dosed quantities - a name that does credit to their music. Their music explores the most diverse tones of electric guitars: from elusive, droning, gloomy waves to plaintive stuttering, always linked with an energetic tension.
Admission: 20 CHF
Admission, reduced: 15 CHF
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