Variations Remixes by: Kent Macpherson, Karl Muller, Roger Mills, GintasK, Dariusz Roberte, Robbie Rowlands, Steve Law, Audio_Z, Ed Osborn, Matt Rosner, Jonas Olesen, Francisco Lopez, Jacques Soddell, Jacob Kirkegaard and more soon to be released online.
Join in and make some bridges sing, or tune your ears to listen next time you walk across.....
Singing Bridges includes collaborations with musicians, composers, visual artists, VJ's, designers, software developers, engineers, architects, and theatre directors including:
Lasse Kaikkonen, Mari Keski-Korsu, Michael Bates, Ben Fink, Ion Pearce, Trevor Brown, Luka Dekleva, Jonathan Nichol, Pelle Gustavasson, Stephen O'Brien, Rashid Annan, Nazli Tabatabai, Jon Drummond, Derek Thompson, Peter Wellings, Sophea Lerner, Mika Meskanen, Matthias Fritsch and many more!
Influences
Steve Reich, John Cage, The Futurist Manifesto, Joyce Hinterding, Boards of Canada, Mum, Pj Harvey, Nigel Helyer, Minit, Keith Jarrett, Bob Dylan, Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Boulez, Stockhausen, Shostakovich, Laurie Anderson, Diamanda Galas, Bjork, Sparklehorse.
Sounds Like
Jacob Kirkegaard, Francisco Lopez, Gintas K, Camilla Hannan, Mouse on Mars, Kraftwerk, rx:tx, Scape, Tosca, Yma Sumac, Musique Concrete, Pierre Henry, Christian Zanesi, Michael Rusenberg, Sonic, Aphex Twin, Lawrence English, Thembi Soddell, Bruce Mowson, Christian Zanesi, The Pink Twins, Ubin, David Kristian, Minit, Einsturzende Neubauten.
Singing Bridges is a global urban sonic sculpture, listening to the sound of bridge cables and hearing the voice of each bridge as a unique musical experience. I imagine them as instruments in a Global Bridge Symphony. I first started recording bridge cables in 1995 on the Anzac Bridge while it was still under construction, ('The city is our temple, the electronic networks our religion, and the sound of the bridge cables is the voice of the divine') and since then have recorded and played on bridges with many wonderful people from Australia to the USA, Finland, Slovakia, UK, Thailand, Holland, Germany, France, Vietnam and other places that I've momentarily forgotten in the constant jetlag. Singing Bridges have been heard at festivals and performances in Helsinki, Copenhagen, New York, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Ljubljana, Glasgow, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, London, Sydney and more still to come....
Related activities include: creating musical scores from architectural bridge drawings, collaborative compositions; exploring the possibilities of wireless technology for streaming live on bridges; and the application of musical frequency in cables to the installation and tensioning process with vibration engineers (those kooky dudes).
Last year I completed a public art project for Brisbane City Council with a permanent sound installation on The Eleanor Schonell bridge, featuring accelerometers attached to two cables and an interactive touch-screen on the bridge for pedestrians to hear the sound of the cables live. I am developing a series of permanent installations to be placed on bridges with speakers built-in along the walkway for people to listen to the cables as an ambient soundscape while walking past, and the sound streamed online and used for local radio transmission. Upcoming Projects include: Debut performance of Galaxy Radio in a dark moody bridge cabaret; the Global Bridge Symphony, and artist residency with Program Initiative for Art and Architecture, Berlin 2008.
Singing Bridges: Vibrations and Variations, a CD of bridge compositions with remixes by widely renowned international and local artists working in experimental sound and electronic music is available from http://sonicartstar.singingbridges.net
KAT FRANKIE | SUSIE ASADO Samstag, 7. November Ballhaus Ost Pappelallee 15. P'berg. 7€ | 20Uhr (pünktlich!) :) k. - - - P.S. Here's a link to facebook if you'd like to RSVP or spread the word (you'll need to log-in): http://lnk.ms/2sJH8 thanks. :)
Hi SingingBridges Don't miss the opportunity to play at the world's biggest festival for upcoming bands! Play at the best and biggest venues in your country. Sign up your band today at www.emergenzabaltic.com Hope to see your band ON stage! All the best Emergenza Festival
:: KAT FRANKIE and BAND - DEUTSCHLAND TOUR 2009 :: Berlin Concert Date: Mi. 23. SEPTEMBER Volksbühne im PRATER // Kastanienallee 7-9, Berlin // As an addition to Kat's band, this concert will also feature Heidi Mockert on Bassoon (das Fagott) // Support: Lian Ray (formerly of Rhesus) // 20 Uhr // Tickets: www.volksbuehne-berlin.de Other dates: 10. Sept: BREMEN - Moments | 11. Sept: JENA - Cafe Wagner | 12. Sept: AUGSBURG - Hempels | 13. Sept: ULM - Cat | 17. Sept: MÜNCHEN - Babalu | 18. Sept: ILMENAU - BC Club | 19. Sept: LEIPZIG - Moritzbastei ---
Kotelett & Zadak http://www.myspace.com/kotelettzadak march. http://www.myspace.com/djmarch Irie Electric http://www.myspace.com/irieelectric Astma http://www.myspace.com/djastma Familie Humbold http://www.myspace.com/humboldin http://www.myspace.com/kttnkrssll
SHOW
Anna Anderecke http://www.myspace.com/annaanderegg Jenny Nefertiti Rebuka Grazwodka http://www.myspace.com/rebellentanz Peg Bandi Paul Fassbinder http://www.bottinelli-music.com Zani Golden Budha Tasogare World http://www.myspace.com/tasogareworld Bureau Machine http://www.myspace.com/bureaumaschine Merlin Herve Eddie Egal Messi Nesin + special Guest
Kat Frankie performing solo in June:
Mittwoch, 17. June
Bang Bang club
Neue Promenade 10, Berlin
Sbhf Hackescher Markt | 21 Uhr | 7€ (AK)
supported by Mowat www.myspace.com/mowatmusic
Vibrö N°5 - The Plastic People Issue Dominique Petitgand, Angus Carlyle, François Martig & Philippe Petitgenêt, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, James Beckett, Jacob Kirkegaard, Frank Rothkamm Dominique Blais, Andrea Williams,Jodi Rose & Erik Minkkinen, Radio-Continental Drift Radio, Matmos
Hi SingingBridges Don't miss the opportunity to play at the world's biggest festival for upcoming bands! Play at the best and biggest venues in your country. Sign up your band today at www.emergenzanordic.com Hope to see your band ON stage! All the best Emergenza Festival Nordic
Thanks for the add, Jodi. I heard your stuff in my audio production class and it blew me away. Cant wait to hear it again at Liquid Architecture. Cheers.
Hello! Berlin Show! Mai 29. @ Bang Bang! with band! and Kitty Solaris! (we are playing first.) :) k.
______ KAT FRANKIE
MAY TOUR GERMANY - REMAINING DATES
Presented by Rote Raupe and soundmag.de
29.05. Berlin: Bang Bang club - with Band!! And Kitty Solaris
30.05. Bielfeld: Movie (with Alina Simone - Kat plays first)
31.05. Hamburg: Mobile Blues Club
