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Burkhard Beins Interviews
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List of Interviews conducted via Email (2007-2008)
Beins, Burkhard (resonators) responding from Berlin 20.11.07
Blamey, Peter (mixing board) responding from Sydney 16.11.07
Burt, Warren (computer) responding from Wollongong 15.11.07
Butcher, John (saxophone) responding from London 19.11.07
Butler, Gary (guitar) responding from Wollongong 15.11.07
Chadbourne, Eugene (banjo) responding from North Carolina 15.11.07
Ciciliani, Marko (no input mixer) responding from Amsterdam 20.11.07
Cooper, Rod (instrument builder) responding from Melbourne 15.11.07
Crispell, Marilyn (piano) responding from Woodstock 15.11.07
Davies, Rhodri (harp) responding from London 15.11.07
Derrick, Reuben (reeds) responding from Christchurch 17.11.07
Earle, Matt (electronics, guitar) responding from Blue Mountains 16.11.07
English, Lawrence (computer) responding from Brisbane 20.11.07
Fagaschinski, Kai (clarinet) responding from Berlin 15.11.07
Forsyth, Chris (guitar) responding from New York 15.11.07
Goldie, Tim (percussion and electronics) responding from London 15.11.07
Jacquemynn, Peter (double bass) responding from Brussels 22.12.07
Jordanova, Victoria (Harp, electronics) responding from San Francisco 30.08.07
LeBaron, Anne (harp) responding from Pittsburgh 27.12.08
Mann, Chris (voice, text) responding from New York 14.11.07
Mayas, Magda (piano) responding from Berlin 22.1.07
Pride, Mike (drums) responding from New York 15.11.07
Priest, Gail (computer, voice) responding from Sydney 20.11.07
Sheridan, Michael (guitar) responding from Sydney 14.11.07
Spencer Yeh, C. (violin and voice) responding from Cincinatti, USA 14.11.07
Thomas, Clayton (double bass) responding from Berlin 3.12.08
Vida, André (saxophone) responding from Berlin 16.11.07
Vogel, Sabine (flute and electronics) responding from Potsdam 30.11.07
Walls, Brendan (invented instruments) responding from Sydney 15.11.07
Weston, Veryan (piano)responding from London 14.11.07
Williamson, Joeseph (double bass) responding from London 26.11.07
Wooley, Nate (trumpet) responding from New Jersey 14.11.07
Performances/Collaborations/Residencies 2005-2007
2007
17-20/01/06 the NOW now festival, the Factory Theatre Sydney - Festival director
20/01/06 Hammeriver (Clare Cooper, pedal Harp and composition / Chris Abrahams, piano /
Robbie Avenaim, drums / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Matt Earle, electronics and guests Tony
Buck, drums / Jeff Henderson, baritone sax / Lloyd Honeybrook, baritone sax/ Karen Booth, alto
sax / Monika Brooks, accordion / Jaime Fennelly, harmonium / Daniel Whiting, laptop / Cicada,
video)
19/01/06 the Splinter Orchestra
26/03/07 NN series @ LBC Sydney
- Clayton Thomas, double bass / Clare Cooper, Guzheng and harp
26/03/07 NN series, LBC Sydney
- Peter Blamey, no input mixing desk / Dale Gorfinkel, vibraphone and engines / Clare Cooper,
guzheng
21/04/07 Rosend, Sydney
- Kim Myhr, guitar (Norway) / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Clare Cooper, guzheng
13/05/07 Dock 11, Berlin
- with dancers Yuko Kaseki (Japan), Katrin Geller (Germany),
19/06/07 Wendel, Berlin – with Andre Vida, saxophone
Recordings in Berlin
- duo with Steve Heather, percussion
- with Michael Zerang, percussion (USA) / Sabine Vogel, flutes and electronics (Germany), Magda
Mayas, piano (Germany/Lebanon)/ Alex Nowitz, voice (Germany) and Clayton Thomas, bass
14/06/07 ‘Pappelalee 5 - with Axel Doerner, trumpet (Germany) / Tony Buck, drums / Clayton
Thomas, double bass / Andrea Neumann, inside piano (Germany)
28/06/07 Wendel, Berlin
- Morten J Olsen, drums (Norway) / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Dale Gorfinkel, vibes /
Rosalind Hall, saxophone / Alex Babel, percussion (Switzerland)
30/06/07 Tesla, Berlin - duo with Nicholas Bussmann, electronics (Germany)
21/07/07 Electronic Church, Berlin – duo with Valerio Tricoli, reel to reel tape (Italy)
25/08/07 Dock11, Berlin - Dance and sound improvisation performance over two nights with
Japanese dancers Yuko Kaseki, Kinya “Zulu” Tsuruyama, Keiko Ninomiya, Miki Sato. Clayton
Thomas, double bass
04/09/07 Oi! Oi! Oi! Zentrale Randlage Berlin - Curator and performer ‘Ten Gentle Joys’ with
Thomas Meadowcroft - organ; Jasmine Guffond – electric guitar
09/10/07 Mesto Zensk Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia - Solo Harp performance
13/10/07 Stralau 68 ‘Finnisage’, Berlin - Burkhard Beins, resonators and percussion / Chris
Abrahams, piano / Clare Cooper, harp
28/10/07 Sololala - Ausland, Berlin - Solo Harp and Guzheng
31/10/07 Kule, Berlin - with Jim Denley, reeds (Australia) / Annette Krebs, guitar and electronics
(Germany) / Axel Doerner, trumpet (Germany) and Clayton Thomas, double bass
12/11/07 Kule, Berlin - duo with Jean-Phillipe Gross, electronics (France)
16/11/07 Recording Hammeriver at Saal3, Nalepastr Funkhaus Berlin with Tobias Delius, Christof
Kurzmann, Clayton Thomas, Werner Dafeldecker, Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck
19-30/11/07 STEIM Residency, (Amsterdam)
27/11/07 Worm, Rotterdam - with Sharif Sehnaoui, guitar, Christine Sehnaoui, saxophone and
Clayton Thomas, double bass
28/11/07 OT301 Amsterdam - Quartet with Sharif Sehnaoui, Christine Sehnaoui, Clayton Thomas
28/11/07 OT301 Amsterdam - duo with Marko Ciciliani, no-input mixer
21/12/07 Doek Festival, Amsterdam - trio with Axel Doerner and Cor Fuhler
2006
Fortnightly: ‘if you like improvised music, we like you’ series @Newtown Theatre Sydney
www.thenownow.net/series (organiser)
18-21/01/06 the NOW now festival , @Newtown RSL Sydney - Festival director
18/01/06 the NOW now festival, Sydney
- Tony Buck, (Berlin) percussion / Clare Cooper, Guzheng / Sean Baxter (Melbourne), percussion
18/01/06 the NOW now festival, Sydney - the Splinter Orchestra
21/01/06 the NOW now festival, Sydney
- Xavier Charles (France) clarinet / Clare Cooper, Guzheng / Chris Abrahams, DX7 / Louise
Curham, hand painted film
MARCH: Record for Peeesseye new album at Big Jesus Burger
25/02/06 @ Yvonne Ruve - Clare Cooper, elec.bass + Peter Blamey, electric guitar
15/03/06 ABC TV ‘Set’ - the Splinter Orchestra http://www.abc.net.au/tv/set/
APRIL/MAY: Solo recording
08/05/06 ‘we like you’ series Sydney - duo with Ivan Lysiak, electronics
22/05/06 ‘we like you’ series Sydney - Duo with Jon Rose, violin www.jonroseweb.com
07/06 Recording with Unkle Ho
08/06 ‘we like you’ series Sydney www.thenownow.net/series
- solo harp and field recordings
- trio with Ben Byrne, electronics Thembi Soddell, samples and Anthea Caddy, cello
10/09/07 West Head Project, Kuringai National Park and the Blue Mountains
- Jim Denley, Clayton Thomas, Monika Brooks, Karen Booth, Adam Sussmann, Dale Gorfinkel and
Peter Farrar
OCTOBER: European Tour
26/10/06 STEIM Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
- MAZEN KERBAJ / Trumpet + friends
Mazen Kerbaj : trumpet / Sharif Sehnaoui : acoustic guitar / Clare Cooper : guhzeng trio and tutti
with Michel Waisvisz : crackle box / Takuro Mizuta Lippit (dj sniff) : turntables / Tarek Atoui :
laptop
23/10/06 Grasland, Haarlem (live recording in incredible studio)
- solo and duo with Xavier Charles, clarinet (France)
28/10/06 Densites Festival, Fresnes en Woevre
- Picket: Cor Fuhler, piano and electronics (NL) Clare Cooper, guzheng
11/12/06 Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney - with Darren Hanlon, guitar and Clayton Thomas, bass
2005
Fortnightly: ‘if you like improvised music, we like you’ series @the Frequency Lab Sydney
17-20/01/05 the NOW now festival, @Newtown RSL Sydney - Festival director
07/05 Liquid Architecture Festival - duo with Inge Olmheim, sub bass electronics (Norway)
09/05 USA Tour
CONCERTS PLAYED
NYC / Brooklyn: Pee-Ess-Eye feat. Clare Cooper
- High Zero Festival, Baltimore http://www.highzero.org/
Group 1: Phil Minton, voice (UK) / Audrey Chen, voice (Baltimore) / Scott Rosenberg, reeds (NY)
Group II: Andy Haylek, bowed metal (Baltimore) / C.Spencer Yeh 'burning Star Core' (Cincinnatti)
/ Joseph Hammer (LA)
Group III: Peter Jaquemyn, dbl bass (Belgium) / Carly Ptak, electronics / Mike Muniak, electronics
(Baltimore)
Catherine Pancake, dry ice + percussion / Scott Smallwood, steel drums, electronics
RECORDINGS
Margarida Garcia, elec dbl bass (portugal) / Barry Weisblaat, homemade electronics
Brian Chase, drums (the yeah yeah yeahs)
Stefan Tcherepnin, Serge Modular Synthesizer (Nephew of Serge!)
Jaime Fennelly, harmonium
Fritz Welch, drums and voice
Chris Forsyth, guitar (runs label 'evolving ear')
Nate Woolley, trumpet
Mazen Kerbaj, trumpet (Beiruit)
INFORMAL INTERVIEWS / Discussions
CMJ music marathon Director and volunteers
Chris Peck, electronics composer
Tony Conrad
Chris Mann
Andrew Bemky, pianist
Phil Minton, voice (UK)
Audrey Chen, voice (Baltimore)
C.Spencer Yeh 'burning Star Core' (Cincinnatti)
Joseph Hammer, tape loops (LA)
Carly Ptak, electronics
Dr. Mike Muniak, electronics + cochlear research (Baltimore)
Princeton Academics: Newton Armstrong + ...
Margarida Garcia, elec dbl bass (portugal)
Barry Weisblaat, homemade electronics
Jaime Fennelly, harmonium
Fritz Welch, drums and voice
Chris Forsyth, guitar (runs label 'evolving ear')
Nate Woolley, trumpet
Mazen Kerbaj, trumpet (Beiruit)
CONCERTS / EXHIBITIONS /MUSEUMS ATTENDED
Tony Conrad at TONIC
Marilyn Crispell / Lotte Anchor at TONIC
MOMA
CMJ music marathon: Man Man / Albatross / The Makers / The Robot Ate Me / The Hold Steady
Scorsese /Bob Dylan Doco Talk at Lincoln Centre
Billy Bang /Andrew Bemky /Henry Grimes /Roy Campell Jnr
Mike Pride / Kentaro Saito: Dynamite Club
WAGGA WAGGA RESIDENCY OCT 9-14, 2005
PUBLIC TALKS /UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS
3D modeling and Compositing in Photographic Art
Mimicry and Improvisation
Autobiographical Artist Talk focusing on 'Arts worker'/ curator role in Sydney
CONCERTS
solo concert at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery - Glass House
RECORDINGS
DVD of solo concert at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery - Glass House
Field recordings of 'up to date store' farm machinery in Coolamoon
INFORMAL INTERVIEWS / Discussion
Brendan Dahl, Curator Education and Pubil Programs Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Isobel Chow, student CSU http://www.csu.edu.au/about/wagga.html
TOWNSVILLE: SEE HEAR NOW FESTIVAL OCT 14-16, 2005
CONCERTS
solo Guzheng and very old (falling apart) Folk Harp
Duo Ian Brunskill, percussion
Duo Matt Hill, electronics, laptop
Improvisation with Karen Gibb & Thalia Klonis, text and painters Michele Devese, Jackie
Jakovljevic, Gerlad Soworka
with Dance/Video group 'Bonemap' from Cairns (Rebecca Youdell, Jess Jones and Russel Milledge)
PRESENTATION + PANEL TALKS
Performance techniques, improvisation, world music + western cross over with Dr David Salisbury
and Dr Stephen Campbell (JCU)
'cross arts' discussion with Dance North, Stephan Greder, Dr Michael Whiticker, Bonemap
06/11/05 Science Fiction, Metro Theatre Sydney - the Splinter Orchestra
05/12/05 the NOW now program launch @Newtown RSL - Germ, with Chris Abrahams
05/12/05 the NOW now program launch @Newtown RSL - with the Scott Horscroft Ensemble
21/12/05 PELT Gallery - wave/particle: a composition by Jim Denley.
In Wave/particle the viola events are filtered and gated transforming the waves of string sounds