The event starts, for the public, at 13:00 on Saturday the 17th of April in the Clore Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London.
This will be followed by a talk and master class from Lydia Kavina and then a workshop – an opportunity for members of the public to try out NeoKitsch’s and other performers theremins, and talk to us about the instrument.
The Theremin Circle is the Grand Finale. It will start at 17:20 and end at 18:00. NeoKitsch will perform with twenty thereminists.
There will also be an interactive theremin installation, consisting of sixteen custom built units designed by Fred Mundell of Fundamental Designs Ltd. http://www.fundamental-designs.com/
The interactive theremin installation will remain in use for the week of the Ether Festival, both for the public to interact with, and for various electronic musicians to connect their effects and synths to during the week.
Here is a two part documentary on the Ether Festival in 2007 to give you an idea of what kind of treats are in store:
NeoKitsch has four ambient tracks published on Humtoo’s minimalist drone collection. You can listen to the tracks by clicking on the image below.
Ben By Night: (Neokitsch) is an ambient piece which is tranquil, reflective and enlightening. It is a location specific piece, as the music resonates through the chimes of Big Ben, so this track is a perfect choice for those wishing to describe a London night scene.
The Ocean: (Neokitsch)is a mysterious and haunting piece with threatening rumbles contrasted with high pitched chimes. It weaves through light and dark moods, describing the uncertain depths of the otherworldly ocean.
Schumann Fish: (Neokitsch) uses a mixture of subtle ambient music with sound recordings. The name comes from the piece being inspired by a particular passage in one of the Schumann Lieder, although this piece however, has an aquatic texture.
Frost: (Neokitsch)is very dark, with a distant, reverberant female voice accompanied by the low crackles and rumbles of the vintage analogue Moog Rogue synthesizer.
NeoKitsch has Avant Garde lounge music published in Humtoo’s collection of smooth, percussive, electronic grooves mix tape. Check out “Last Orders” by NeoKitsch and other great music by clicking on the image below.
“Last Orders” is a quirky twist on the smooth groove/lounge music idiom, which uses unusual vocal echoes, and kitchen utensils for its percussion.
“Things That Go Bump” is a collection of outrageous, weird and damn right silly musical experimentations. This time, the NeoKitsch studio brought together the combination of modern classical music styles, with avant garde film and electronic music. The Trumpet, Viola, Violin, Haken Continuum Fingerboard, Etherwave Theremin, Moog Synthesizers and Bass Guitar are just a fraction of the live instruments used to record this collection.
All tracks were recorded live in the NeoKitsch Studio.
You can check out what some of these very recordings looked like on the NeoKitsch YouTube channel. Here is one of the videos showing Danny Hahn and David Way at work:
And here is another video demonstrating some of the unusual, one of a kind instruments in the NeoKitsch studio:
Filmmakers and Content Creators will find that these unusual tracks will really make a stamp on their work.
Click on the banner below to listen to all 20 Avant Garde tracks:
This is David Way and Danny Hahn in the NeoKitsch studio trying out the new AKG C414 microphone with the violin, Roland MC-808, Folktek Modified Omnichord and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard. This piece was an improvisation commissioned by the online music library and networking community: Humtoo, in which they requested NeoKitsch to produce an experimental, ‘musical FX’ and avant garde album for their store. Here is a link to another album Humtoo has produced for NeoKitsch:
The event starts, for the public, at 13:00 on Saturday the 17th of April in the Clore Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London.
