We’re happy to invite you to MYRIADS #27, this time with four travelling experimental acts celebrating the use of repetition and drones and sprinkling it with noise. Dragons+Doyle experiment with abstract storytelling with just a cymbal, a loop pedal, a voice and two hands. And we have the trio of Julius Ménard, Jeans Beast and licht-ung, three acts associated with the German label Econore, which is relentlessly putting out one weird/outsider/experimental release after the other in strictly limited small runs. See below for some more info on the artists.
Friday november 29 at Helicopter, Beatrijsstraat 10 in Den Haag Enter through the blue gate opposite Cafe Elta Doors open at 20:30, first act around 21:00 Entrance 5 euros, beer is cheap, and all proceedings go to the artists Cash only!
Dragons+Doyle is a duo experimenting with abstract storytelling and the meditative effects of repetition. A cymbal and a loop pedal, a voice and two hands. Sonic waves surround and like the great whale the seas begin to move around you. Relax they are here to help. https://dragonsdoyle.bandcamp.com/
Julius Ménard drapes deep dark drones over a backbone of a-rhythmic noise that propels the music forward. https://www.juliusmenard.com/
Myriads is an irregular series of concerts focussing on the many facets of and approaches to experimentation, improvisation, musicality and virtuosity, irreverent of any borders.
////// Ali Robertson (Usurper/Giant Tank) He’s a Scottish institution, like deep fried whisky, jellies and the High Bees winning a cup every 100 years
completely limited – limiting itself to free itself
electric shocks/purple rubber gloves/dismantling instruments assorted household detritus/word-free chatter/comic narrative/deadly absurdism/slow jerry s/living cartoon/not progressive/ACCIDENTS happen/music hall-parallel free-jazz universe The performance will probably involve a table, a chair, some beer, an effigy or two and some bonfire
////// Mik Quantius (Embryo) German/eclectic world beat/traditional ethnic/jazzy space rock/vocal artist/continuously abducted/threshold of pain scat maestro/Kick A Bit Against The Shit/playing space
His performance will probably involve sitting, a keyboard, beafheartian grumbles and a bonfire
Helicopter, Beatrijsstraat 10, Den Haag
Entrance 5- Drinks cheap no pin All proceeds to the artists
MYRIADS and Helicopter invite you to a special Mid-Summer Music Night,
where Chilean sound artist Daniel Llermaly immerses you in an
other-worldly atmosphere of melting and dripping sounds, and Den Haag’s
own City Hands unfolds his personal dreamy and psychedelic universe. A
relaxed summer night, perfect if you’re spending your summer days in our
lovely city and appreciate some fascinating performances and refreshing
alcoholic(?) beverages.
On thursday, august 1 At Helicopter, Beatrijsstraat 10, in Den Haag Enter through the blue gate opposite Cafe Elta Entrance 5 euro, great selection of cheap drinks, all money goes to the artists Cash only!
/// Daniel Llermaly hails from Chile, currently residing in Mexico. He is a versatile musician: sound artist, part of tropical psychedelic ensemble La Redada, giving workshops on “electronic lutherie” and the use of free technological tools, and active organizer of sonic events. For this night, he presents “Quelccaya”, a real-time composition based on field recordings of the world’s largest tropical glacier of the same name, in Perú. These recordings were made on various recording devices, from simple dictaphones and cassette recorders to top-notch hydrophones. These recordings are then augmented with self-built oscillators, synthesizers, filters and other processors. The result is a living sonic organism that fully immerses you in other-worldly atmospheres of melting and dripping sounds — while simultaneously inviting you to reflect on the effects of climate change in the communities living in the Andean zone. http://www.oficinadesonido.org
/// City Hands is the long-running project of Manuel Padding, a musician, performance artist and visual artist from Den Haag. Padding uses an ever-shifting array of sound generators which keeps his music fresh and surprising. From tape collages and sound bowls to small simple electronics, self-constructed water drums or coconut shakers, where needed sprinkled with just the right amount of ghostly effects. With this he takes you to a highly personal, dreamy and psychelic universe where ancient creatures give a glimpse into their mind in a fascinating winding trip. https://silverghosts.bandcamp.com/album/by-time-influenced-memories-3
MYRIADS
is an irregular series of concerts focussing on the many facets of and
approaches to experimentation, improvisation, musicality and virtuosity,
irreverent of any borders.
May 31 // 17:00 ArtScience exhibition (free) – 20.30 Myriads concerts (3EUR, cheap beers, all money goes to the artists)
Helicopter, Beatrijsstraat 10 Den Haag (Enter through the blue gate opposite Cafe Elta)
We start off the program at 17:00 with ‘Fasten your Senses’, a one night showcase of crossings between visual, sonic and performance arts by ArtScience 3rd year students: “ArtScience bachelor 3rd year opens their intimate world of multi-sensorial exploration, pulling at tradition with varying pressure. To fasten means to make secure, but also to single out, to concentrate on. Let us be your guide in broadening the width of what you thought you could possibly perceive.” For more info on the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/351867719020611/
Followed at 20.30 hrs by the NOT TO BE MISSED concert program ‘Myriads’, organized by Arvind Ganga: “It’s been some six months since the last MYRIADS concert. That’s way too long indeed. So we’re ecstatic to say we’re back! And how. I can’t express how stoked I am with this line up. Tony Guarino returns to Helicopter and you know he always has something insane up his sleeve. Grzegorz Marciniak & Ábel Fazekas perform an intimate nocturnal sound composition for two melodicas. And then there is the scorching hot super trio of Chris Corsano, David Maranha and Richard Youngs to melt our little class room down. More info on the artists below. You cannot miss this. I repeat: you cannot miss this!
This concert is made possible with help of the municipality of Den Haag.
/////// Chris Corsano (US), David Maranha (PT) and Richard Youngs (UK) A full on full frontal assault by three experimental superstars:
Chris Corsano has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and noise music since the late 1990’s. He shouldn’t need an introduction, as he is widely regarded one of the most exciting, inventive, and prolific drummers around. His playing is dynamic and spontaneous, relentless, light and powerful at the same time. Always sensitive to what is happening around him, allowing the others full freedom while maintaining his own direction with maximum determination. http://www.cor-sano.com
David Maranha is a multi-disciplinary artist from Portugal, combining sculpture, music and architecture. He’s active as a musician since the mid-eighties, working solo, in different bands, and improvising with others. His searing hot minimalist organ pieces seem quiet on the surface but are dangerous and unpredictable like a puddle of boiling lava. http://davidmaranha.blogspot.com/
Richard Youngs has been involved with music since the late eighties. He is classically trained in piano and guitar, but grew up with punk rock and its DIY ethic. A versatile musician, his work ranges from folk performances to work with orchestras, from a modern pop album to scores for the BBC or art and feature films, and from singing to being a drum machinist. His now famous quote “I went to a laptop concert and decided I was going to sing” gives a glimpse into his mind. Completely unpredictable, fearless and bonkers. https://www.nofansrecords.com/
/////// Tony Guarino is a percussionist from NYC currently studying at the Institute of Sonology. His practice establishes contact with discarded and everyday objects— evoking ecstatic states of dissociative listening. https://soundcloud.com/ritz_crackers
////// Grzegorz Marciniak & Ábel Fazekas Marciniak and Fazekas study composition and ArtScience at the conservatory of Den Haag. They perform “Knots”, a sound composition for two melodicas written in summer / autumn 2018. The idea of the work was to write an ambient, intimate-like-music, intended to be performed in room-like spaces. The word Knots sounds like the Polish pronunciation of the word Noc (Night) and refers to the nocturnal atmosphere of the composition. http://notsonorth.tumblr.com/
