von weit her, deshalb am samstag
die regelmaessigkeit, sowieso
jazz kissa
live: marinos koutsomichalis (laptop)
back on track: dj sergeant mayerhofer (new weird favoriten)
samstag 09.05.09
doors open 19:00
concert starts 20:30
… aus VITAL WEEKLY #677
MARINOS KOUTSOMICHALIS - ANASISEIPSYCHOS (CD by Entr’acte)
I never heard of Marinos Koutsomichalis but his work ‘Anasiseipsychos’ blew me away. Apparently it was recorded during a series of late-night improvisations, using sine waves, which he waves together. Perhaps this sound quite dull to you, as so many other people have used sine waves before, but Koutsomichalis does some pretty neat things with the sine waves. He feeds them, I think, through some very basic sound effects, like delay and reverb, and things keep moving up and down the scale, slowing down and speeding up. This has a great effect on the listener I think. Not an easy listening one, but certainly, when played not as loud as possible, this has a relaxing, ambient quality. When the volume is turned up things become a bit more grittier, but also more detailed. I’m reminded of Paul Panhuysen’s work on Plinkity Plonk, but Koutsomichalis is more freely working around with the sine waves, and less conceptually based. A great work. (FdW)