Arrington de Dionyso uses performance as a vehicle for driving through the
nameless territories held between surrealist automatism, shamanic seance,
and the folk imagery of rock and roll. Arrington performs on the bass
clarinet, jaw harps, and his voice with a distinctly multiphonic ability
inspired by Tuvan throatsinging and the ecclesiastics of Albert Ayler and
Don Van Vliet. Pushing the envelope between musicality and pure energy,
between shamanic ecstacy and lunacy, he enwraps rooms with resonant sound.
He tours constantly, and has performed or/and recorded with notable
improvisers throughout the U.S.A., Canada, Italy, France, Israel and
Japan. He presents workshops on improvising with the voice in
conjunction with his travels around the world.
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ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO: WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Unleashing the Voice in Creative Music: From Raw Expression to Refined
Technique: A performance / workshop with Arrington de Dionyso
The human voice is the oldest instrument of artistic expression and our primary means of day-to-day communication. Cultivating an awareness of vocal ability and understanding the process for removing vocal limitations is a useful undertaking for any person. The purpose of this workshop is to help individuals free their voices. Participants will leave the workshop with an enhanced understanding of the expressive capacity of the voice across cultures, and the tools to expand their own voices beyond everyday speaking and singing.
In this workshop we will explore the voice as an instrument of the body and soul. Participants will receive instruction in extended techniques used by contemporary musicians and sound poets, while gaining awareness of multiphonics as practiced in a number of traditional and non-traditional settings, with particular emphasis on Tuvan throat singing. Instruction in these enriching techniques will be accompanied by discussion of aesthetic concerns related to the musical cultures covered.
The workshop will be limited to 12 students, so that each participant may have the opportunity to perform for each other in an intimate, supportive environment. This workshop is excellent for those working in interdiscliplinary fields, with interest areas in music, dance, theater, poetry, visual arts, healing sound, and ethnomusicology.
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EVENTS' PROGRAM @ KÜNSTLERHAUS STUTTGART ************************ 5. November 2009, 15 Uhr Michael Parsons: "Walk" performance somewhere in the city (precise informations will come later)
5. November 2009, 19 Uhr Keith Rowe: Konzert und Gespräch / at the gallery
7. November 2009, 19 Uhr The Great Learning - Paragraph 7, Dirigent: Jean-Jacques Palix / at the gallery Ekkehard Ehlers: "Innocence" Konzert / at the gallery
Luke Lukas is back with an album full of that gleeful gloom that made us love him at first sight. His trustworthy 4-tracks and him go their separate ways so he's now presenting 12 perfectly arranged folk songs to us. Luke reveals himself as a kind soul, but like the western movies taught us, a dreadful killer always hides under every placid looking Texan.
"Leaving his strongly lo-fi sound that impressed us the first time, he treasures the recipe, packing in this new plain, delightful work a caring love for vocals, which are worthy of Neutral Milk hotel, with a touch of Chordettes feel."Daniele Dileo - Lab Magazine
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