Last year, RVNG Intl. curated a month-long art installation for New York's White Columns gallery, which hosted Thurston Moore's influential Noise Fest back in 1981. And in the spirit of no wave experimentalism, RVNG sought out ex-DNA drummer Ikue Mori, who's collaborated with Fred Frith, John Zorn, and Zeena Parkins, and introduced her to Julianna Barwick, who recently played onstage with Ash Ra's Harald Grosskopf last month at the last Unsound Festival (which was amazing). Their release together is the sixth installment of the FRKWYS series and is product of two sessions of improvisation, one while the musicians were situated in seperate cubicles at the gallery with an audience and the other with just the two of them face to face. "Rejoinder," which sounds like a nine minute discussion between Mori's warbling electronics and Barwick's swelling voice, is the first excerpt to surface from the sessions. --Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones
Julianna Barwick & Ikue Mori: "Rejoinder"
Preorder RVNG Intl. and The Sound of White Columns' FRKWYS Vol. 6 12" on June 14th. The LP is available in limited edition, packaged in thick black jackets with a two-color adhesive wrap and a 24-page black & white zine, with just 50 subscriber copies coming in leatherette jackets. Keep an eye out around release date as the RVNG will have a set of four unique lathe cuts and an elaborate art book available for offers. The book features creative direction by Will Work For Good and photographs from the two events by Aubrey Mayer and Jody Rogac. But if you prefer a post-physical medium, you'll have to wait an extra week, 'til June 20th, to download the tracks from RVNG.
AZ contributor Gorilla vs. Bear just announced a one-night, nine-act festival on Saturday, July 23rd at Dallas' historic Granada Theater, featuring AZ faves Julianna Barwick, Pure X, Sleep ∞ over, and Grimes, among others. An excerpt from the announcement below:
"The inaugural lineup couldn’t be much more representative of the inspiration and history behind this blog, as it features our current favorite band (White Denim), the newest endeavor of one of my favorite rappers of all-time, and the creator of the best album of 2011 to date (Shabazz Palaces), the debut of the new project from a Dallas icon and founder of one of the most beloved bands in the history of our hometown, and much more. The bill is rounded out by a few of our favorite — and most posted about — artists that are currently making music: Julianna Barwick,Grimes (who’ll be coming off a stint opening for Lykke Li’s current North American tour), Sleep ∞ Over, Pure X, Sunset, and Dreamed, with DJ sets coming between bands from Dallas’ own Sober.
Tickets are on sale now. Everything will kick off a little earlier than usual, and we encourage you to come out and spend the evening with us. The first 200 people through the door will receive the limited edition poster pictured above. Hope to see you guys there."
--Previously:
MP3: Julianna Barwick : "The Magic Place"
[Julianna Barwick; photo by Jody Rogac]
MP3: Julianna Barwick : "The Magic Place"
The music of Brooklyn’s Julianna Barwick is driven by her pipes. The Magic Place, her forthcoming LP on Asthmatic Kitty, features lush piano work and bits of drums; but Barwick is primarily singing over loops of her own voice, drenched in echo and reverb. Her music is realised through electronic effects, but the sound is strikingly organic. I recently spoke to this chorus of one over the phone-- which is never as good as meeting in person, but felt somehow fitting in her case-- and discussed her instrument, her classical pedigree, and some inspirations behind her third full-length.
AZ: Did you ever receive formal voice training?
Julianna: I had vocal lessons in high school, and I was always in school choirs, where I learned stuff about singing and scales, and notes, and all of those things. It started in elementary school, and I was in choirs all the way through high school-- including an opera chorus, so that was even more extensive training.
AZ: How would you say that classical music has influenced your aesthetic?
Julianna: Well, I liked it from an early age. I saw the movie Empire of the Sun, which had lots of choir music in it, like boy's choirs. I really liked that, and my mom took me to the orchestra a couple times. In the choirs I was in, we were always learning old choral arrangements. I would say the sound of choral music has definitely informed the way I sing. That, and the way we sang in church, which was a cappella.
AZ: What about electronic music?
Julianna: I actually don’t really listen to a lot of electronic music. On an average day I’m listening to Joanna Newsom or Bill Callahan or Panda Bear. I’m not an electronic music aficianado. People always think I’m going to know everything about Brian Eno and Steve Reich, and I probably should, but I just don’t. I only started listening to Brian Eno, besides the tracks that everyone knows, in the last couple of years. I’m not stuck in my ways, but I’m still discovering a lot of that music.
Cropped Out is a locally and independently developed music festival set to take place in Louisville, KY on the first weekend of October 2010. The fest is designed to highlight the creative efforts of Louisville natives, friends, family, and fellow thinkers from Nashville to Chicago to Brooklyn and beyond. Read more about Cropped Out 2010 on the festival's tumblr. (via The Decibel Tolls)
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