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About Me

Percussion sound project created by Thomas Ek of MelancholiaQUE.

A Dream:

Crossword puzzles. Horizontal and verical spaces, linear and non-linear dreamlines. The silent vertical spaces and the noisy horizontal vistas are intertwined very subtly with stringent an austere gestures and it somehow fits and form a whole. The crossword puzzle is solved explicitly and quite naturally. Through different, displaced movements and musical reference points improvised patterns begin to emerge from the chaos. A complex yet well-defined statement is made: The pressure is on, not through the loud-speakers as we listen, but physically and psychologically as we HEAR the music. We "listen with pain" as Blixa Bargeld said and we realise our predicament. We listen to the music but it's in the silence that we understand.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/06/2007
Band Members:

Thomas Ek : Composer and main percussionist & ass. Synthesizers & Donso N'Goni, Glockenspiel, Timpani & Vibraphone

Guest artists:

Melancholiaque: ibid
1SG : Soundscapes & rhythms
CB : ass. percussion & var. clarinets

Influences: Reich
Nakamura
Cage
et Alia
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Projekt: UNDERGROUND/???

My new project is about the events leading up to the Tokyo Gas attack. I've written several pieces along the different train lines of Tokyo. Shinjuku is from the Marunouchi Line and the first part is ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:51:00 GMT

New York here I come!

The proposterously inflated EGO Tour goes to the Bg Apple. Guerilla marketing similar happenings to the ones employed in Barcelona will be used. As bAnG-bOOm-kRaScH and MelancholiaQUE negotiates New Y...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:00:00 GMT

aDaGio

This is my rendition of the great Samuel Barber's adagio for strings. My take on it is slightly minimalistic still trying to keep the heartfelt emotions of the original. I hope you enjoy it!
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:37:00 GMT

Steve Reich

Congratulations to the American post-minimalist Steve Reich who was awarded the Swedish Polar Prize: Polarpriset delas år 2007 ut för sextonde gången. Åke Holmquist läste prisnämndens motiveringar: 20...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:16:00 GMT

ZKM Karlsruhe

With the use of the software ZIRKONIUM spatialization is deployed at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe together with mechanical displacement of the 64 loudspeakers.Please visit th...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:06:00 GMT

Firenze

Italy is my home away from home and since I'm so often there, I decided to base my percussion section in Vallechio outside Florence.In july I'll be in Florence and Berlin go get inspiration.
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:55:00 GMT

Nuovi projetti

New collaborative percussion projects are currently on the way:1. Taiko MAnia (Taiko drums)2. SALDO (Marimba sessions)3. ArT oF MEEE (Electronics)If you are interested in participating and you are on ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:00:00 GMT

My take on Tainted Love

Just finished a cover on the great classic Tainted Love by the great band Soft Cell.Please post some comments!
Posted by on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:00:00 GMT