Hi

I know Jochen "Joker" Nies since a longtime as person and as an artist.
I can definitely recommend his concerts! (and having a beer with him
afterwards can be fun too ;-) )

Florian

ginorobair wrote:

> A quick gig announcement, because I'll have my A-100P and modules with me. Many of
> you know Joker Nies as the writer for Keyboards in Germany. He's also a fantastic free
> improviser with electronics, and I'm happy he's visiting the Bay Area this month. We played
> together in Köln after Messe this year, and it was a blast. And if you haven't seen Rob
> Hordijk's bent instruments, you have to check them out... If you're in LA, both guys will be
> at the Bent Festival, too.
> ****
> Friday April 25, 8:00 PM
>
> Joker Nies (Germany), circuit-bending performance and discussion, with Gino
> Robair, percussion/electronics
> Special guests Rob Hordijk, instrument designer, and Amy X Neuberg, vocalist
> extraordinaire
>
> CNMAT (Center for New Music & Audio Technology) at UC Berkeley
> 1750 Arch St.
> http://cnmat.berkeley.edu
> Cost $10, no one turned away for lack of funds
>
> ************
> Joker Nies (Cologne, Germany) has presented workshops and performed his
> energetic improvisations on re-built electronic toys all over Europe and the
> U.S. He will be joined by well-known local percussionist Gino Robair, with
> guest appearances by vocalist Amy X Neuburg and instrument designer Rob
> Hordijk (Netherlands).
>
> Joker will also give an explanation of circuit-bending and talk about his
> work, and Rob Hordijk will discuss his hand-made synthesizer the Blippobox
> -- one of Joker's featured instruments.
>
> ************
> Biographies:
>
> Joker Nies lives and works in Cologne, Germany, as a musician,
> sound-designer/engineer, and technical editor for the German Sound&Recording
> magazine. He has a long history of working with modular synthesizers,
> individually designed electronic devices, DSP-based systems and
> software-based sound sources. In the early '90s, modifying the Omnichord
> became his initiation to circuit-bending. Since then he has converted a
> steadily growing number of simple toys into alien sound devices. Nies
> regularly performs live, solo and in various collaborations, and holds
> workshops and tutorials about circuit-bending and MAX/MSP. He has performed
> and lectured throughout Europe and in the USA and Mexico. More information
> at http://www.klangbureau.de/Joker_E/klangbureau-Biografie.html.
>
> Gino Robair is a mainstay of the Bay Area creative music scene. His primary
> musical interests include percussion, analog electronics, Styrofoam, and
> prepared piano. He has composed music for dance, theater, gamelan, radio,
> and television. Robair's concert works have been performed in North America,
> Europe, and Japan, and as percussionist he has performed internationally or
> recorded with such luminaries as Tom Waits, Terry Riley, Anthony Braxton,
> Lou Harrison, John Zorn, Nina Hagen, and Kronos Quartet.
>
> Trained originally as a sculptor and jewelry maker, Rob Hordijk has been
> building audio and synthesizer electronics for over thirty years, combining
> his interests towards the "sculpture" of sound. He has consulted on the
> design of commercial synthesizers (Clavia G2) and designed many specialty
> analog modules, including the 36dB Twinpeak resonator and the Tilt filter,
> several types of chaos generators, and the Bessel waveshaper. Hordijk's
> current work is on "coffee table" synthesizers -- small, entirely hand-built
> boxes designed on the principles of circuit-bending to take on a "life of
> their own." He regularly gives lectures and workshops on sound design and
> synthesis.
>
>
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