Sjaak Jöbses

Sunday 01/11 at 12.00 u  Atelierhaus Aachen – ArtClub

Sjaak studies Sonologie at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He composes sounds while using algorithmic processes and collages of concrete sound. Currently Sjaak is researching the similarities and contrasts between “stochastic synthetical processes” (a high level arbitrariness, but with a certain goal) with  and recordings of concrete sounds. He developes his own soft- and hardware in order to compose and perform live on stage. At the Atelierhaus Aachen he will present an interactive light performance. He will explore the field of analoge movement in combination with light.  The different sensors will translate the intensity of light towards a row of parameters resulting in the synthese and sample process. The registered movement will guarantee an interaction with the parameter model  and generate sounds. www.rxj.nl

Harold Schellinx

Zondag 01/11  v.a 12.00 u  Atelierhaus Aachen – ArtClub

Harold Schellinx is an Artist, Musician, Scientist, Writer and Radio Maker. With a trained eye for Found Tapes.  Als getraind muzikant weet hij nog altijd hoe te improviseren en gebruikt daarbij verschillende instrumenten. Op zijn vele weblogs documenteert en beschrijft hij zijn nieuwste ontdekkingen in steden als Amsterdam, Maastricht en Parijs.  As a skilled musician he still knows how to improvise while using different media. He writes many articles on his weblog about his art survivaling in Paris, Amsterdam and Maastricht. www.harsmedia.com

Leon Spek

Vrijdag 13/11 v.a. 21.00 u KuS+(h)ear , Kunstencentrum Signe Heerlen

Leon Spek (1980, Roosendaal, The Netherlands) is a sound designer in the broadest sense. He composes and performs electronic music, designs electric sounds, builds custom designed electronic instruments, and creates sound sculptures.He graduated from the Institute of Sonology (The Hague, The Netherlands) in 2003. He specialized in improvised electronic music using his own custom analog instruments (modified radios) and DSP (SuperCollider). Next to his dedication to live performance he also co-designed sounds for theatre production and collaborated on a twelve speaker sound installation. www.leonspek.nl

Rod Summers

Vrijdag 13/11 v.a. 21.00 u KuS+(h)ear , Kunstencentrum Signe Heerlen

Rod Sumers is a soundveteran and inventer of V E C: abbreviation of “Visual – Experimental – Concrete”, or “Visual Entertainment Company”, or “Various Eccentric Characters” and, if you like, homophone French “life here”, refers to various artventures (and/or their methodology) undertaken or instigated by Rod Summers since July 1973 and defined by him as “cultural intercourse between consenting artists”. www.vecworldservice.net

Hubert Steins

Zaturday 14/11 at 16.30 u
De Gregorio Architecten / site Gelatine Fabriek te Hasselt

Hubert Steins creates spatial soundinstallations which enrich the auditive perception, by using media-theoretical and fenomenological processes since 1998.  In order to virtually split up the exhibition space, these installations generate sound via 4 or 8 tracks, by using random processes. www.hubert-steins.de

Flop-π-Disc

Saturday 21/11 at 13.00 u Stadslab Centra Sittard-Geleen

FloPIDisk started in the late 90’s, then known as “For The Freaks”, a collective rooted in the Art Academie Tilburg. While using different materials like toys, M&M’s and samples, these allrounders present improvised soundscapes and noise-performances. Live sampling, ploink, radio plays, DADA and absurdism are the keys to their work. Since 2008 a new ingredient has been added; the Midi Fanfare performed at State X Festival The Hague and the KunstTour 10 Maastricht.  FloPIdisk members are: Edwin van der Does (Punt/Rumatov), Esper Sanchez (SPR), Joost Mantel (BuDADA), Michael Polane (Illiqual/Rumatov), Thijs van de Leur (Tube-A-Loop), Tim van Akkerveeken (T!v@K), Lesley Strik (Lez is More) www.flopidisk.blogspot.com

Kim Laugs

Saturday 21/11 at 13.00 u Stadslab Centra Sittard-Geleen

Kim Laughs (1976) was born at Hermalle sous Argenteaux (B), nowadays he lives in Berlin. In 2001 he finished: Autonomous Arts at the Art Academy Maastricht. Between 2005 – 2007 he finished his master degree: ArtScience/Visual en Sound at the Royal Conservatory The Hague. Organised: 1998 – 2003: B32 Artspice, 2002 – open: Oddpop, festival for strange popmusic,  2003 – open: Audioscoop at Intro in Situ, all in Maastricht, 2005 – 2007: Tik-Tak, The Hague, 2009 – open: Stichting Senzoor. Within these organizations, Kim Laughs priority has always been to fascilitate and develope the international exchange between artists and soundartists. Sound  2004 – open: solo and with www.feedbacksociety.com in different country’s within Europe.

Kaspar König

Sunday 29/11 at 16.00 u Intro in situ  music and sound Maastricht

Kaspar Konig is interested in transformation and (re-)combination. With the “stuff” he finds in his daily context, he starts a dialogue. Since Kaspar gets more out of the stuff then their use superficialy suggest, these objects are cherished longer in his life. He also changes stuff auditorial. His background of industrial designer helps him realise these projects and transformations. The output of cross cultural heritage, he also loves to travel around the world, becomes more visible by the way old materials are re-used. Trash of all around the world is transformed into a broad, epic and resonating capital. www.kasparkoenig.com

Mike Kramer

Sunday 29/11 at 16.00 u Intro in situ music and sound Maastricht

Mike Kramer presents Whispering wall III (2009). The concept of ‘whispering wall’ is to capture micro sounds hidden in the region where normal hearing won’t allow us. In daily situations things like for instance objects, animals, humans, wind, etc… interact with the surfaces of walls producing sound of which we usually aren’t aware of or paying no attention to. With the use of contact microphones these tiny ‘whispers’ have been captured and in some cases modified.
Whispering wall III was recorded in a small village called Boro in the Dogon area of Mali. It’s typical surface structure with it’s roughness of dried loam and pieces of millet drew my attention and tempted me to take a deeper investigation on it’s hidden secrets.
Mike Kramer has been creating light installations and environments since the beginning of the ninetees. From 1997 on he also started working as a sound artist doing numerous performances. His most recent works are mainly sound installations. Drawn by the untouchable media mentioned above he continues his researches.

Pierre Berthet

Sunday 29/11 at 16.00 u Intro in situ music and sound Maastricht

When one believes to hear a sound, it is rarely that of only one source. When one takes time to listen to it, one realizes that it is made of a multitude of more or less moving superimposed sounds. To those are all those added which one -more or less- hears without realizing it. This more or less perceived presence, gives qualities to the sound which make it possible to recognize. While playing with the sounds to explore the practical applications of this principle, I was brought to build various devices which surprise and even mislead my ears. www.pierre.berthet.be