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Robert Vincs

About Me

Robert Vincs lectures in Saxophone, Improvisation and Music Technology at the Victorian College of the Arts. Robert has performed in the US, Europe and Asia in a variety of performance contexts specialising in music for contemporary dance and solo interactive improvisation. In 2002 Rob was awarded his PhD and continues to combine his research and his musical performance toward finding ‘freedom’ in the music.

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Member Since: 6/22/2007
Band Website: www.xtr.com
Band Members: Temby Saxello, Keilworth SXR-90 Tenor Saxophone, Garry Greenwood bohorn, Korean Bone Flute, Digerido (with permission) MAX processing.
Influences: Brian Brown, Kenneth Nash, Evan Parker, Jan Garbarek, Peter Brotzman, Steve Tibbets, Steve Lacy, John Coltrane, John Zorn, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Jon Hassell, David Torn, Joesef Zawinal, Wayne Shorter, Meshell Ndegecello, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, Joeseph Jarman, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Zakir Hussain, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Fred Frith, Andrew Sterman, Trilok Gurtu, Abida Parveen, Karsh Kale, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tori Amos, Keith Jarrett, Jethro Tull, Jill Scott, David Torn, Bill Frisell, Lester Bowie, Albert Ayler, Ho'oponopono, Herman Hesse, Edward Herrigal, DT Suzuki, Miyomoto Mushashi, CG Jung, Nietzsche
Sounds Like: Genome switching betwixt Brian Brown, Jan Garbarek and Steve Lacy within a spatium of interactive technology and exotic Asian timbres.Hmmm...Imagine falling asleep in a beautiful rainforrest where rays of light fall upon your body making patterns and rearranging themselves until they form a mandala. You gaze upon that mandala until you are drawn inside of it, into an altered dimension where all that exists are intensities of being. A body without organs, just vibration and being.Roger Mills from www.futhernoise.org puts it succinctly when he states 'Think Jan Garbarek meets Steve Reich for a late night jam with Brian Eno whilst Francis Ford Coppola studies the day's rushes on the couch and you will be somewhere in the ball park where this release falls.'
Record Label: Extreme
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Interview/Podcast

Hi all, I thougt I'd let you know I was interviewed about my playing and research for a Melbourne Uni Podcast for the show 'Upclose'  The link is, http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/174It's about 2...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:13:00 GMT

Maximum Arousal & Extreme present:

Maximum Arousal & Extreme present:"An EXTREME Night Out with TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM, ROBERT VINCS TRIO and THE ANTRIPODEAN COLLECTIVE."Sunday 20 April 2008The ToffSecond Floor, Curtin House252 Swanston...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:25:00 GMT

Latest review of Devic Kingdom from www.animalpsi.com/index.php?entry=entry080126-091428

The second segment of Extemes' Anthripodean series showcasing local Australian experimentalists, 'Devic Kingdom' by Robert Vincs offers an expansive view of the saxophonist's (not to mention the saxop...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:49:00 GMT

latest Review of Devic Kingdom from www.tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-robert-vincs-devic-king

Extremely areally: A glimpse into an artistic future that lies ahead of us.The Victorian Highlands in Australia are called Snow Country". Yes, we are talking about Australia here, the continent most ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Check out this event: CD Launch for Devic Kingdom

Hosted By: Robert Vincs When: 11 Oct 2007, 08:30 PMWhere: Famous Blue Raincoat Cafe25B Vernon StreetSouth Kingsville, VIC AustraliaDescription:Robert Vincs Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:12:00 GMT

Latest Review of Devic Kingdom from Textura.com

Devic Kingdom's fifteen pieces typically pair Robert Vincs' woodwinds with exotic backings suggestive of ancient cultures (gamelan, African, etc.), making for jarring juxtapositions that are provocati...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:05:00 GMT

Review of Devic Kingdom, Backwards by Scott Tinkler and Extreme Records

Extreme is a record label based in Melbourne releasing genre defying experimental works that dip into and out of electronic, soundtrack, world / ethnic, ambient, free jazz, noise and musique concrete,...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:41:00 GMT

A meaningful definition of music (for me)

For me, French philsopher Deleuze articulates my feelings about my music through his construct of a 'Body Without Organs' (BwO) Deleuze states,' A BwO is made in such a way that it can be occupied, p...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:48:00 GMT

Review of Devic Kingdom

I really don't know where to start, but let's do it by saying this' a really particular release for many reasons. Saxophonist Robert Vincs assembled a fifteen tracks recording which combines different...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:04:00 GMT