DOM Cultural Center

28 September 2006

J.G.Thirlwell is a prolific composer/producer/performer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has been releasing acclaimed and influential recordings over twenty years under many guises including Foetus, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia, Wiseblood, Baby Zizanie, Clint Ruin and many more. Over the course of many albums and live performances he has proved himself to be a genre-defying and boundary-leaping artist. An accomplished remixer and producer, he’s also worked his magic on the likes of NIN, JSBX, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coil and countless others.

In 2005 he completed a new commission for Bang on a Can which premiered in New York at Merkin Hall and he has also just finished a new commission for Kronos Quartet which will be premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York in March 2006. Thirlwell's new album as FOETUS, entitled LOVE is a sweeping dramatic epic drenched in harpsichord and orchestras with jarring left turns, bombast, and seduction. His pedigree in the rock and experimental scenes ranging from Foetus to Bang on a Can to Kronos is unique.

More information on the web-site www.foetus.org

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Bill DRUMMOND & The 17 (UK)

South Africa-born and Scotland borderlands-raised singer/songwriter/producer Bill “King Boy D Drummond has been shocking audiences since the late-1970s. Together with his long time partner, Jimmy “Rockman Rock Cauty, formerly with Killing Joke and the Love Reaction, he shocked audiences at the BRIT Awards ceremonies, at London's Hammersmith Odeum, when he performed a thrash metal version of "3 AM EternaL" under the pseudonym, Extreme Noise Terror, in 1992. They attracted international attention when they burned one million pounds of their own money at a boathouse on the Scottish Isle of Jura, two years later. Their motives for the burning were explored on a BBC Omnibus documentary. Launching the K Foundation, in 1993, they created a “worst art" competition in which a prize of forty thousand pounds was awarded to Rachel Whitbread.

Drummond has been veering away from the mainstream since running away to become a fisherman off the Northeast coast of Scotland, as a teen. Relocating to Liverpool, to study art, he worked on Ken Campbell's Science Fiction Theater's the stage production of the cult book, Illuminati. As a member of Liverpool-based punk rock band, Big In Japan, along with Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds, Drummond made his recording debut, in 1977, with several singles. He moved into production after launching Zoo Records, with former Big In Japan band-mate, Dave Balfe.

Moving to WEA, in the mid-1980s, Drummond oversaw recordings by Strawberry Switchblade, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, the Proclaimers and Brilliant, featuring Jimmy Cauty. With the commercial failure of Brilliant's first recordings failed to attract attention, he resigned from the label and focused his efforts towards a solo career. His debut solo album, The Man, included an answer to Julian Cope's tune, "Bill Drummond Said", "Julian Cope Is Dead", suggesting that Cope commit suicide as a way to boost record sales. After a self-imposed hiatus from music, Drummond briefly worked with Zodiac Mindwarp as King Boy D. Forming the Jams, with Cauty, he released a pair of singles, "1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On)" and "Who Killed The Jam" in 1987. Their third release, "It's Grim Up North", reached the British top ten.

Determined to have a number one hit record, Drummond and Cauty changed their name to the Timelords in 1988. Their single, "Doctorin' The Tardis", reached the top position on the British charts and inspired them to write a book, The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way). Continuing to work with Cauty, Drummond formed the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, recording their first single, "All You Need Is Love", in a week. .

Changing the group's name to KLF, Drummond and Cauty experienced their greatest success. Their debut full-length album, Chill Out was dubbed, “the first ambient house recording", and included a top five British hit, "What Time Is Love?". Their second album, The White Room, featured tunes originally intended for an unreleased film. A video, Stadium House (The Trilogy), was released with a short feature film, This Is What The KLF Are About. By the end of the year, they had sold more singles around the world than any other British act. They received a “Best British group" BRIT award in 1992.

Setting up the K Foundation in 1993, Drummond enlisted the Red Army Choir to record an interstellar anthem, "K Cera Cera (War Is Over If You Want It)" for the group. He subsequently announced that the recording would not be released until world peace is achieved. Drummond has continued to be involved with a variety of projects outside of music. He produced a short film, Rites Of Mu, narrated by American actor Martin Sheen, on the Isle of Jura, and co-authored a book, Bad Wisdom, with Mark Manning of Zodiac Mindwarp & Love Reaction, based on their trip to the North Pole. In 1998, he published two additional books, Annual Report To The Mavericks, Writers And Pop Festival and From The Shores Of Lake Placid And Other Stories.

More information you can find on the web-site www.penkiln-burn.com

The17 IS A CHOIR.
THEIR MUSIC HAS NO HISTORY, FOLLOWS NO TRADITIONS,
RECOGNISES NO CONTEMPORARIES.
The17 HAS MANY VOICES.
THEY USE NO LIBRETTO, LYRICS OR WORDS;
NO TIME SIGNATURES, RHYTHM OR BEATS;
AND HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF MELODY, COUNTERPOINT OR HARMONY.
The17 STRUGGLE WITH THE DARK
AND RESPOND TO THE LIGHT.

ALL KNOWN MUSIC HAS RUN ITS COURSE.
IT HAS ALL BEEN CONSUMED, TRADED, DOWNLOADED, UNDERSTOOD, HEARD BEFORE, SAMPLED, LEARNED, REVIVED, JUDGED AND FOUND WANTING.
DISPENSE WITH ALL PREVIOUS FORMS OF MUSIC AND MUSIC-MAKING AND START AGAIN.
YEAR ZERO NOW.

More information you can find on the web-site www.the17.org

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ZOOM (Austria)
Mia ZABELKA - e-violin
Annette GIESRIEGL - e-voice

Mia Zabelka from Vienna and Annette Giesriegl from Graz developed their concept of “zooming” as a musical technique, creating abstract sound pictures. “Zooming” transforms sonic objects as it does physical and visual objects into entirely new, distinct entities.
The sounds of the “instruments” (electronic voice and electronic violin) are reduced to individual elements, the musicians zooming into a miniscule fragment of the composite sound. New soundscapes emerge in the amplification of these “zoomed” sounds with live electronic effects.
The two Austrian musicians have been working together for a number of years, refining their technique and expanding the project with an added visual dimension in the form of a film that serves as moving graphic notation. The visual motives show the landscape of the Austrian Alps and by using the same zooming and editing techniques for the visual images as for the sound, the musicians achieve a correspondence between their soundscapes and the projected landscape. The musicians use the impressions of the moving pictures as a score, reading the structure and patterns from the images and “translating” the visual imagery into sound.

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