Monday, June 16, 2014

NOISE to SIGNAL 0.23 - EXTENDED PLAY




4 guitars + 4 electrified souls…a freeform improvising guitar quartet featuring four of the most unconventional guitar players in Hong Kong. Extended Play is their debut performance in celebration of their 1st EP and upcoming album. Be perpared to change the way you think about guitar works...what's more? Mike Armine of Rosetta will be performing as special guest!!

Guitar Quartet:
Naturalismo (IT)
Error: Wrong (HK)
Sherman (HK)
Sin:Ned (HK)

Special guest:
Mike Armine (Rosetta / US)

Date: Jun-28, 2014
Time: 8:30 PM
Venue: Music Room, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
135 Junction Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Lok Fu MTR Exit B)
Admission: Pay What You Want

Jointly presented by Re-Records & Twenty Alpha
Venue Sponsor: HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity

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About the Performers:

Naturalismo (IT)
It all starts with a microcassette recorder wandering in Rome subway, taping live cut-up bursts of saturated city life. Shifts to harsh noise that struggles to keep a buried layer of melody. Explores minimalism with irony, always loyal to cheapness and imperfection.
http://www.monstresparexces.com/

Error: Wrong (HK)
Error: Wrong is a Hong Kong based guitarist / electronic musician / improvisor. A guitarist and electronic musician who focuses on guitar improvisation and sound manipulation with laptop to fragmentize and alter the instruments' original sound.
https://soundcloud.com/errorwrong/

Sherman (HK)
Sherman plays electric guitar and effect pedals. His debut solo work “Politely We Grow Old” was released by Lona Records in 2006. He is also founding member of the experimental duo Yellow Crystal.
https://myspace.com/shermanho/

Sin:Ned (HK)
Also known as Dennis Wong / Wong Chung-fai. Experimentalist and improviser. Co-founder of Re-Records, and founding member of experimental outfits such as No One Pulse, After Doom and adeō.
http://www.re-records.com/people/sin-ned/

Mike Armine (Rosetta / US)
Mike Armine is a dark ambient, drone and noise musician from Philadelphia, United States. He has also known by membership and musical action as vocalist and sound manipulator of acts as Rosetta, Rise of Because, Zodiak and Temet Nosce.

http://mikearmine.bandcamp.com/

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

iPad Music & Field Recordings Workshop @ Macau Cultural Centre

Enroll now!! Deadline: June-12, 2014!!

iPad Musicians Workshop

今時今日製作音樂何需複雜且昂貴的器材音樂發燒友只需iPad平板電腦入型入格的新音樂就可以一手掌握集創作、錄製及編輯於一身的iPad配合專業軟件即可創作各種音效和合成音軌輕鬆方便製作屬於自己的型格音樂任何空間也能是你的音樂工作室為玩音樂增添無限樂趣。
 
導師
黃仲輝是以Sin:Ned名義創作的即興實驗及噪音演奏家前樂評人同時亦是No One PulseAfter Doom等樂團的核心成員。他是香港實驗音樂廠牌Re-Records的創辦人之一及現任聲音藝術團體「聲音掏腰包」的顧問之一。
 
客席導師梁偉樂(Alok )駱廣豪(Timmy Lok)
 
Na era digital, já não é necessário recorrer a equipamentos complexos e dispendiosos para criar música. Qualquer artista pode hoje dar largas à imaginação e criar novas sonoridades apenas utilizando um iPad! Dennis Wong, aclamado músico experimental de Hong Kong, irá demonstrar aos participantes como utilizar o iPad e software profissional para criar música cool e original.
 
In this digital era, there is no need for complex and expensive equipment to make music. Now, with only an iPad, music fans can produce new musical sounds in whatever style, just by a click! Dennis Wong, renowned Hong Kong experimental musician, will show participants how to use an iPad and professional musical software to make personalized cool and trendy music.
 
對象 / Público-alvo / Target16歲或以上有興趣之人士 / Maiores de 16 anos / Aged 16 and above
日期 / Data / Date29.06 – 13.07          星期日 / Dom / Sun       10:00 – 12:00
人數 / Nº de participantes / No. of participants20
授課語言 / Idioma / Language粵語 / Cantonense / Cantonese
總時數 / Total de horas / Total hours6
費用 / Inscrição / Fee$400

Enroll here:

http://www.ccm.gov.mo/programme/prog14/summerworkshop/ipadmusicians_y.htm

Field Recordings Workshop

咖啡機的聲音、人潮的喧嘩聲、狂風的怒吼也可變成音樂嗎?當然可以!「實地錄音」為敢於突破的朋友打開音樂創作一扇廣闊之門。只要你想像到的,任何日常生活瑣碎的聲音都可以製作成音效或融入樂曲中,讓創作更容易激發聯想,引起聆聽者的共鳴。在整個創作過程中,錄音的技術與學問遠比設備重要,因此工作坊解構實地錄音的基礎知識,學員更有機會親身捐窿捐罅來收集各種聲音!
 
導師
黃仲輝是以Sin:Ned名義創作的即興實驗及噪音演奏家前樂評人同時亦是No One PulseAfter Doom等樂團的核心成員。他是香港實驗音樂廠牌Re-Records的創辦人之一及現任聲音藝術團體「聲音掏腰包」的顧問之一。
 
客席導師巢建威(KWC)陳銘揚(Eric Chan)
 
Dando asas à imaginação, este workshop demonstra como é possível criar excertos musicais com base em sons do quotidiano – e como estes podem até ser transformados em composições musicais. Dennis Wong, aclamado músico experimental de Hong Kong, irá explicar os conceitos básicos de gravação de sons-ambiente, levando os participantes à caça de sons pela cidade.
 
Using bold creative imagination, this workshop shows and shares how anyone can make useful and amazing acoustics from ordinary daily life sounds – and how to fuse them into a musical piece. Renowned Hong Kong experimental musician Dennis Wong will introduce the basics of ‘field recording’ taking participants on field trips to collect samples around the city.
對象 / Público-alvo / Target16歲或以上有興趣之人士 / Maiores de 16 anos / Aged 16 and above
日期 / Data / Date
29.06 – 20.07          逢星期日 / Dom / Sun       14:30 – 16:30 
 
人數 / Nº de Participantes / No. of participants20
授課語言 / Idioma / Language粵語 / Cantonense / Cantonese
總時數 / Total de horas / Total hours8
費用 / Inscrição / Fee$800
 
報名者需於報名同時遞交個人簡歷。
CV deve de ser entregue juntamente com a ficha de inscrição.
Resume must be submitted with the application form.
 
凡出席率達百分之八十或以上者可獲頒發出席證書。 / Será atribuído um certificado de participação a quem assistir a 80% das aulas. / A certificate of attendance will be given to participants attending 80% of classes.
Enroll here: