The link for the latest album :
www.aucourantrecords.com/catalog.php?op=detail&cid=23
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Erdem Helvacioglu is one of the most renowned electronic music composers of his generation in Turkey. His music has been performed and broadcast all around the world. His compositions have been included in prestigious festivals such as: The San Francisco Tape Music Festival, Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Musica Viva Festival, Primavera en La Habana and Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival. ***************************************************************He has received numerous international awards for his electronic music including prizes from Luigi Russolo, Insulae Electronicae and MUSICA NOVA Electroacoustic Music Competitions. ***************************************************************His album “A Walk Through The Bazaar” was judged “outstanding” by a number of music magazines. Besides this album, his compositions have been included on various labels like chmafu nocords, quiet american, and/OAR, vox novus for various compilation albums, such as “ctrl-alt-del”, which also included works by Scanner, Kim Cascone and Merzbow. ***************************************************************He has collaborated with artists Mick Karn, Kevin Moore, John Wilson, Kazuya Ishigami, Ros Bandt, Jacob Young, Craig Green and Saadet Turkoz.
***************************************************************He has received commissions from artists and organizations such as the 2006 World Soccer Championship, 2010 Istanbul International Classical Music Festival, 2009 Novelum Festival, 2010 Bregenz Contemporary Music Festival, Bang on a Can All Stars, Todd Reynolds, Kinan Azmeh, Margaret Lancaster, Cem Duruoz and Mesut Ozgen.
****************************************************************His sound installations have been included at galleries like Los Angeles Track 16, Indonesia Soemardja, Köln Museum für Angewandte Kunst, London Menier and the 10th International Istanbul Biennial.
***************************************************************His film music has been included at Cannes, Sarajevo, Locarno, Seoul, Sao Paulo, and Sydney film festivals.
***************************************************************Helvacioglu received the “Best Original Soundtrack” award in the 2006 Mostramundo Film Festival.
***************************************************************His solo album “Altered Realities” has been included in the Best 20 Albums of 2007 lists in All About Jazz, Textura and Cyclic Defrost magazines. . http://www.newalbion.com/NA131/index.htm
***************************************************************Besides his electronic music works, he also continues to compose for theatre, film, multimedia productions. Helvacioglu performs his music worldwide and produces major acts in Turkey.
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
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The “Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami” calls for sound artists, composers, performers, instrumentists and ensembles, to submit Works to be performed at the Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami 2009 that will take place October 20th-25th 2009, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The “Encuentro de Arte Sonoro TSONAMI” its a showcase and exchange platform for the work of national and international artists that gather around sound in its many manifestations; Music, Performance, Multimedia, Sound Installations, and other manifestations that don..t have a place in mainstream or traditional communications media, and that does not pursue commercial or lucrative ends.