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"Bendik Giske’s head-spinning solo sax work soars just as high as Colin Stetson, but their performances are more hope-filled than deep-dirge. Arguably the most sonically intense show of Bristol New Music festival."
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A gig held at Arnolfini on Saturday 7th May. The event starts at 20:00.
This event is part of #BristolNewMusic
Saturday night’s BNM programme at Arnolfini comprises elemental Nordic saxophone and sound design, Karnatic rhythms harnessing the processed human voice with electronics, and an entrancing ensemble improv set to sound responsive projections.
BENDIK GISKE
Bendik Giske (NO/DE) is an artist and saxophonist whose expressive use of physicality, vulnerability and endurance have already won him much critical acclaim, courtesy of two album releases on Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound - Surrender (2019) and Cracks (2021) and some captivating live performances featuring just his body, breath, the saxophone and a resonant physical space
MARINA HERLOP
Conservatory trained composer, vocalist, and pianist Marina Herlop has been releasing music since 2016. With miu, her latest single and first release with PAN, her production applies the same approach of channeling her environment but with an expanded set of tools, extruding and reconfiguring new uncanny dimensions.
The Barcelona-based artist invites the listener to step into her otherworldly dreamscape, falling down a sonic rabbit hole into a garden of forking paths; this seductive parallel reality is amplified in the visceral natural depiction of a cow’s birth in miu‘s accompanying music video.
VIRIDIAN ENSEMBLE
Viridian is an ensemble of interdisciplinary instrumentalists based in Bristol, who advocate for Womxn in experimental arts from eclectic specialisms and backgrounds. Its members are: Dali de Saint Paul (Vocal), Tina Hitchens (flute), Caitlin Alais Callahan (double bass), Esme Betamax (percussion) and Laura Phillips (16mm films, sound responsive projections, waterphone).
LINKS
http://www.bendikgiske.com/
https://viridian.hotglue.me/
Entry requirements:
Saturday night’s BNM programme at Arnolfini comprises elemental Nordic saxophone and sound design, Karnatic rhythms harnessing the processed human voice with electronics, and an entrancing ensemble improv set to sound responsive projections.
BENDIK GISKE
Bendik Giske (NO/DE) is an artist and saxophonist whose expressive use of physicality, vulnerability and endurance have already won him much critical acclaim, courtesy of two album releases on Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound - Surrender (2019) and Cracks (2021) and some captivating live performances featuring just his body, breath, the saxophone and a resonant physical space
MARINA HERLOP
Conservatory trained composer, vocalist, and pianist Marina Herlop has been releasing music since 2016. With miu, her latest single and first release with PAN, her production applies the same approach of channeling her environment but with an expanded set of tools, extruding and reconfiguring new uncanny dimensions.
The Barcelona-based artist invites the listener to step into her otherworldly dreamscape, falling down a sonic rabbit hole into a garden of forking paths; this seductive parallel reality is amplified in the visceral natural depiction of a cow’s birth in miu‘s accompanying music video.
VIRIDIAN ENSEMBLE
Viridian is an ensemble of interdisciplinary instrumentalists based in Bristol, who advocate for Womxn in experimental arts from eclectic specialisms and backgrounds. Its members are: Dali de Saint Paul (Vocal), Tina Hitchens (flute), Caitlin Alais Callahan (double bass), Esme Betamax (percussion) and Laura Phillips (16mm films, sound responsive projections, waterphone).
LINKS
http://www.bendikgiske.com/
https://viridian.hotglue.me/
Entry requirements:
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