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Sunday, 17 October 2010

Audiopleasures News and Amsterdam update, Cello Biennale, London Calling, Burlesque Festival, International Documentary Festival, Cinedance, Agenda

Good Evening, due to the recent clashes with the dearest Digital Millennium Copyright Act ive decided to chance Audiopleasures to one post per subject, i've seen a lot of my posts being sanctioned by blogger and Digital Millennium Copyright Act and with no idea what was the matter with the posts, so for now the big posts and the weekly newsletter are canceled.

Next couple of month are gonna be very exicting and with a a lot of motives for a visit to this kick ass city.

Amsterdam Cello Biennale!
"From 5 to 13 November the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ will once again be seething with Dutch and international soloists, ensembles and orchestras for nine eventful days.

The predominating theme of this Biennale is the international cello ensemble. The ‘Berliners’ will grace the Biennale with their presence, alongside ensembles from the USA, Belgium, Latvia, France, the Netherlands and even China. The Biennale will be one colossal cello feast. The programming will appeal to interested passers-by, seasoned music lovers and cello fanatics alike, as well as to children and young talent. The Mega Children’s Cello Orchestra will set as many eager hearts racing as the appearance of Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker."

London Calling 2010 2nd edition @ Paradiso

London Calling is a music festival held twice a year in Paradiso Amsterdam and focuses on the latest music from His Majesty island

Friday 12 November
We Are Scientists, Villagers, Jaill, Race Horses, North Atlantic Oscillation, The Futureheads, Frankie and the Heartstrings, Ratatat, Is Tropical, Rolo Tomassi, Airship en The Knocks.

Saturday 13 November
Tame Impala, Wavves, Lulu and the Lampshades, Warpaint, Good Shoes, The Rumour Said Fire, Yuck, Beach Fossils, Factory Floor, The Hundred in the Hands, Summer Camp en The Neat.

"The 2nd Annual International Amsterdam Burlesque Festival is a three night celebration of World-Class Burlesque Entertainment, showcasing the best in Classic Strip-Tease, Circus Sideshow and Variety Arts from around the globe!
Amsterdam Burlesque Festival will feature a hand selected cast of performers from Holland and beyond, brought to you by two of the biggest names in the International Burlesque Scene, Chaz Royal producer of the London Burlesque Festival & Holland's most recognized and celebrated Burlesque performer, Miss Beeby Rose."

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 18-26 November
"IDFA, which has been taking place in Amsterdam since 1988, is the biggest documentary festival in the world. Today it spans 12 days each year, screening more than 250 international documentaries to nearly 120,000 visitors. The aim of the IDFA is to promote creative documentaries from different genres. It also prides itself in offering a topical and politically-committed programme.

There are 5 main official competitions, including selections for short and medium length works, debut and student films. Add to this a range of non-competitive categories such as panoramas, retrospectives, carte blanches, doc-animation, youth-oriented (Kids & Docs), best docs of the year, Dutch works… it makes up a vast and extremely diverse programme."

" At the Cinedans Festival 2010 the boundaries between dance and film will fade. The eight edition of the only Dutch dance film festival will take place in De Balie, Melkweg, Theater Bellevue, NIMk and Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam from 9 – 12 December 2010.

‘Moving Media’ is the slogan for Cinedans featuring short and long dance films, dance documentaries, installations and cross-overs of dance, new media and performing arts.
Readings, debates and workshops complete the programme. Cinedans also hosts the twelfth edition of the international dance film festival Dancescreen with its renowned competition for dance films and videos. "

Concert Agenda

24 Oct - Lali Puna, Bitterzoet
26 Oct - Crystal Castels + Health, Paradiso
26 Oct - Screaming Females + The Moi Non Plus, Occi
29 Oct - Miss Kittin / The Hacker / Nathan Fake, Melkweg

01 Nov - CocoRosie
02 Nov - Shoot Out Louds, Melkweg
06 Nov - Ft Banjo Or Freakout, Moon and Sun, The Moi Non Plus, Siskiyou, Subbacultcha! @ Museum Night
09 Nov - Dark Dark Dark, Paradiso
11 Nov - We Have Band, Melkweg
13 Nov - Prince Rama + Sun Araw, Nieuw Anita
15 Nov - El Guincho, Paradiso
19 Nov - Broken Social Scene + Tortoise, Paradiso
19 Nov - BLOODY BEETROOTS !!!!!, Melkweg
20 Nov - Metro Area, Melkweg
19 Nov - 65 Days of Static + Nerdy
25 Nov - M.I.A. + Slighbells

04 Dec - Autolux, Paradiso
04 Dec - Holy Fuck, Melkweg
12 Dec - Best Coast, Bitterzoet
14 Dec - Bonobo, Paradiso
14 Dec - Matthew Dear Live, Trouw

Sunday, 26 October 2008

Let's Dance,Rumpistol,Windy and Carl,Taylor Deupree,Gregor Samsa,Extrawelt,Stars of the Lid,Frank Jensen,Cotton Club,Cello Biennale,Museum Night

Rumpistol
" Dynamo " - Rump-Recordings - 2008
Electronic / IDM / Glitch

Rumpistol is a name that's hard to take seriously. As label head of the equally humorously-named Rump Recordings, Jens Berents Christiansen knows left-field, off-kilter, "poppy" electronica better than acts that have been active since the early '90's. His synthetic melody based style is refreshing in comparison to the hordes of musicians today who are craving dark, evil atmospheres. Rumpistol's glitchy chopped and skewered sound is less intense than Beneva vs. Clark Nova, but just as exhilarating. Eccentric guitar flushes could be reminiscent of Errors latest. Such a synth-heavy record is bound to be compared to Matmos' similar offering this year, and the lovely Dynamo (in my opinion of course) trounces the thoroughly unrefreshing Supreme Balloon. But enough said about this year's competition. Let's move onto what makes Dyanmo so great in the first place... Jack Britton - The Silent Ballet

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Windy and Carl
" Songs for the Broken Hearted " - Kranky - 2008
Drone / Shoegase

Alongside Stars of the Lid, Windy & Carl are in many ways the definitive Kranky band, having been with the label for well over a decade and been instrumental in configuring that signature sound that's somewhere between drone, shoegaze and modern classical. "Songs For The Broken Hearted" is their fourth album for the label and, despite sticking with a formula the band have long since established, it's truly a work of heart-stopping beauty. Album opener 'btwn you + me' drifts in with a harrowing, almost ghostly presence, marrying the stretched hum of extended chords and layered, cushioned distortion with a submerged vocal delivery that acts as some kind of aural prologue for the captivating 70 minutes that follow. Boomkat

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Taylor Deupree
" Northern " - 12K - 2008
Electronic / Drone / Ambient / Experimenal

The inspiration behind Northern (including its music, title and photography) comes from Deupree’s recent relocation from the heart of urban activity in Brooklyn to the tranquility of the forest in upstate New York. Inspired by nature and the winter during which it was created, Northern, like much of his recent work, explores Deupree’s interest in stillness and a slowed sense of time. Through quiet textures, subtle movements, faint loops and echoes, it was his goal to create the type of music that comes naturally to him while also highlighting the input from his dramatic new surroundings.

In contrast to the brazen repetition found on Stil., Northern more ephemeral approach to Deupree’s theme comes from looking at the stillness found outside of his studio windows: large, looming boulders, the softness of snow, and the hushed whisper of wind and fallen leaves; it is a world of countless tiny movements so active that an implied stillness results from the din it creates.

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Gregor Samsa
" Rest " - Own Records - 2008
Ambient / Indie

On their third full length, Rest, Brooklyn based Gregor Samsa expands on their affinity for minimal, classical instrumentation mixed with manipulated sound and male/female vocals. This album demonstrates a more focused and refined sound, with an emphasis on piano and the integration of new instrumentation such as the clarinet, vibraphone and celeste. Own Records

Watch | Gregor Samsa - Jeroen van Aken

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Extrawelt
" Schöne Neue Extrawelt " - Cocoon - 2008
Techno / Minimal

You have to be step-on-glass cautious in throwing the word "progressive" around in dance circles, but Extrawelt have a tendency to craft within the brainier elements of the term while slimming its bloat. With a background in trance as Midi Miliz and also Spirallianz, Extrawelt's Arne Schauffhausen and Wayan Raabe are certainly not strangers to thick, blitzkrieg techno music. While Extrawelt's past singles for labels like Border Community and Traum have seen the duo use the Extrawelt name for more refined tech-house creations, the duo's never completely shed the dark-corridor depths of their past. A welcome balance of those strains, Extrawelt's debut album, Schöne Neue Extrawelt, ain't Sunday Breakfast fare, flirting with the psychedelic ends of the spectrum without ever resorting to the lobotomizing or cheap libido typically associated with "trance" techno. Resident Adviser

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teaser for upcoming Stars of the Lid feature film
Thanks to robin liebenguth

Watch | Stars of the Lid . teaser 1

This afternoon while strawling in the Jordan Quarter in Amsterdam , spot this really nice exhibition from Danish Painter Frank Jensen

Frank Jensen was born in Denmark in 1956 and has been passionate about art from a very young age. Finding his first teacher in his father, a painter and violinist, he went on to study art at the School of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where he held major one-man exhibitions in 1988 and 1989

He works in a wide variety of formats, using many different techniques and unorthodox materials (for example, marble dust) to create the extraordinary sense of texture and depth which are a feature of his harmonious and tranquil abstract works.

This afternoon went back to my favorite jazz crib in Amsterdam , Cotton Club , first time after the smoke ban , now the smoke as been replaced by the smell of a thousand perfumes , it doesn't seem right , there were less people than normal , but the Jazz , brilliant as usual.
Its a must stop for Jazz lovers , every saturday from 16.30 - 20.00 , rain or shine in the heart of Amsterdam , Nieuwmarkt 10 min walk from Central Station.

To finish this super nice sunny afternoon in Amsterdam , went to the final day of the Cello Biennale in the Musiek Gebow
Thought im not a expert in classical music , the appeal is tremendous .
Pieter Wispelwey , cello and Paolo Giacometti , piano performed a short programe with works by Karl Davidov, one of the founders of the Russian cello school.

A rough guide to the Amsterdam Museum Night
On Saturday the 1st of November 2008 Amsterdam will celebrate Museum Night. For the ninth year in a row 41 museums and institutions will open their doors and organise special events. Although the event focuses on a mainly Dutch audience, there is plenty to see and do for non-Dutch speakers. The programme includes DJ’s, bands, dance performances, film, food & drinks amongst the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions of the museums themselves.

Tickets will be on sale for €17,- (including service charge) at all Ticket Service pre-sale points. We recommend buying your tickets in advance, since last year’s Museum Night was completely sold out.

On the evening of the Museum Night itself, there will be tickets on sale (if still available) for €20,- (including service charge) until 10 pm.

You can buy them at three Amsterdam GWK offices (a.o. Central Station) and AUB Ticketshop (Leidseplein).

Pay attention: there are no tickets for sale at the participating museums