Cyrk @ Divus

Rare London performances by Los Angeles based artist and researcher YUTAKA MAKINO, Barcelona’s computer music cell EVOL, Berlin based Osakan KOUHEI MATSUNAGA and Spanish sound artist PATO + music from CYRK dj’s

-Yutaka Makino

Yutaka Makino is an artist and researcher currently based in Los Angeles. He seeks to amalgamate the historic precedents of computer music and science, involving research in spatial perception, complex dynamical systems and emergence. His works range from sculpture to sound works including performance, computer music composition and spatial sound installation.

www.yutakamakino.com

-EVOL 

EVOL is a computer music cell started in 1996. Their work has been released on internationally acclaimed record labels such as Mego, Entr’acte, Lucky Kitchen, Diskono, Scarcelight, Antifrost, fals.ch or their own ALKU. “Dual Punani” is an electroacoustic piece for computer and pressurized liquid hydrogen horns. The concert has two separate parts, the first one for computer only (using generative algorithms written in Supercollider) and the second one for gas horns, where the musician(s) attempt to recreate some of the patterns, sounds, effects and behavior of the algorithms executed in the first section.

vivapunani.org

-Pato

His work is a blend of loud algorithmic composition with humorous stochastic flavour and political commitment. Pato´s latest CD on Mattin’s label Free Software Series is a good example of home made harsh computer music and tolerant neighbours.

 myspace.com/patooo

-Kouhei Matsunaga

Kouhei has been active in experimental music since 1992, mixing Turntablism, Noise, Musique Concrète and avant Techno. Best known for working with Sensational (ex Jungle Brothers), other collaborators have included Mika Vainio, Sean Booth(Autechre), Merzbow, John Watermann, Asmus Tietchens, Rudolf Eb.er and Anla Courtis. His latest project NHK (with Toshio Munehiro) was released last year on Raster Noton.

www.kouhei_matsunaga.html

+ Cyrk Dj’s

Saturday 2nd May
19:00 - 01.00, £5/4

Divus Gallery
Unit 30, 3rd Floor, North Entrance
37 Cremer Street
Shoreditch
London E2 8HD
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note * There will be a licensed bar available for your drinking pleasure *

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Related media

Evol - Balooney Punani

Pato - live in Berlin 2007

Sensational meets Kouhei

Yutaka Makino - TokyoMaxUsersGroup#6 (slideshow)

Tracklisting:-

1/ School and Rivers

2/ Two Moons Beside the Horizon Sun

3/ Seabird

4/ Elephants

5/ Crane in the North

Featuring David Aird who plays Tuba on numbers 1 and 3/Artwork by Ferry Gouw/All recordings made at No by John Hannon throughout 2008/Various delays pushed this release date forward to February the 2nd 2009 but thankfully it’s on it’s way/Will be available to order via the Bo’Weavil webpage/Live dates coming soon

Active Cancellation 11

Dj Set: Tom James Scott mp3 / 59.38 min / 81.9 meg < alt/rightclick to download >

1.Charlemagne Palestine - #1 from ‘Music for Big Ears’
2.Jozef Van Wissem - Thelema
3.Phil Niblock - Parker’s Altered Mood,aka,Owed to Bird
4.Morton Feldman - Coptic Light

Debut recordings of solo guitarist Tom James Scott

‘Tom is a young classically trained guitarist, a mainstay of the improvising collective CYRK. Tom’s influences stretch far and wide, touching upon aspects of traditional music, improvisation, vocal music, composition, and field recording to name but a few. These 5 slices of acoustic alchemy are well formed compositions for acoustic guitar, where the wealth of folk guitar has been distilled through a minimalist mind set to create some of the most beautiful elemental melodic lines that take the listener on a journey of meditative contemplation’.

Hard card mini gatefold sleeve lmited to 500. For Pre-Orders click here…

www.boweavilrecordings.com

Solo gigs!!!

19/10/07

@ The Whitechapel Gallery,
Angel Alley Entrance,
80-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1

w/Alan Wilkinson, John Edwards and Steve Noble Trio

Presented by Plan B magazine. £6/5 concessions

29/10/07

@ The Gramaphone,
60- 62 Commercial Street, E1 6LT
20.00

w/SIMON FINN and MICAH BLUE SMALDONE

New live sets from the magnificent CLUNES !!!

02/05/07

@ Public Life, in front of Christ Church Spitalfields on Commercial Street E1, London
20.00

w/ ACK ACK ACK and FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE

29/10/07

@ The horse and groom, Soho,
Curtain RD E1, London,

w/ POLLY SHANG KUAN BAND and BIRDS OF DELAY