TRONDHEIM JAZZORKESTER & KIM MYHR: Kim Myhr (guitar), Sidsel Endresen (vocal), Kari Rønnekleiv (violin), Christian Wallumrød (piano, harpsichord), Michael Duch (bass), Clare Cooper (harp, guzheng), Jim Denley (flutes, saxophone), Klaus Holm (clarinet), Espen Reinertsen (saxophone), Eivind Lønning (trumpet), Martin Taxt (tuba), Ingar Zach (percussion), Tor Haugerud (percussion)
JIM DENLEY/KIM MYHR- Jim Denley (saxophone, flutes, electronics), Kim Myhr (guitar, simple mechanics)
MURAL - Jim Denley (saxophone, flutes), Kim Myhr (guitars, harp), Ingar Zach (percussion)
THE SILENCERS - Benoit Delbecq (piano), Kim Myhr (guitar), Nils Ostendorf (trumpet) and Toma Gouband (percussion)
MURMUR - Klaus Holm (saxophone), Kim Myhr (guitar), Martin Taxt (tuba) and Tor Haugerud (percussion)
DISPARITION DE L'USINE EPHEMERE - Philippe Lauzier (reeds, tubes), Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba), Kim Myhr (guitar), Martin Tetreault (turntables)
Kim Myhr (b. 1981 in Oslo) is a musician and composer in the field of improvised and contemporary music. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston from 2003 to 2005 and has since then worked in many different settings with performances throughout Europe, Australia, Asia and North-America.
The consideration of nothing is important in his music: to take no existing element for granted and to build music from nothing and with simple building blocks, questioning the very foundation of his thinking about music. Deconstructing it, then constructing. Why is there music, and not nothing?
For more info or bookings, please contact kim@kimmyhr.com
"it's impossible to miss the long, slow pulses that run through each piece, giving them all a satisfying logic, or indeed the didgeridoo and hollow-log effects that lend the music an immediately identifiable provenance. (..) a kind of sonic vernacular that plugs into what can only crudely be called a collective unconscious."
Brian Morton, The Wire Magazine
"Silence and sound define each other, although small enough musical sounds can blur the line between the two, creating that intensity of intermittent silence you might find in a rainforest. This is the area inhabited by Jim Denley (alto sax, flutes and electronics) and Kim Myhr (acoustic guitar, simple mechanics), whose free improvisations have the spontaneity, surprise and capacity to delight of birdsong. There is a gentle underscore of rustles and pops, out of which more strident sounds may suddenly burst, such as Denley's luxuriantly breathy flute on Sonic Rockart, which is like some exotic bird, far above in the canopy. Immerse yourself in it on a still night, or use it ambiently."
John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
"Systems Realignment helps to save improvised music from stagnation, and takes freedom seriously."
Arild Andersen, Aftenposten
"Denley/Myhr's "Systems Realignment" is unashamed experimentation with alternative sound solutions for acoustic guitar and alto saxophone/flutes (...) refreshing. (..) A duo with a great will for renewal."
Terje Mosnes, Dagbladet
Hi Kim! First of all thanks for helping me finding you! Love the sounds here! I..ll be off to Norway next monday, the 21st until the 5th of October! I..ll be playing with "Fundbureau"! Will you be around those days? Would be nice to meet you personally! Greetings from Brussels,
"five years and counting" - schraum label festival !
On
september 11th and 12th Berlin based label schraum will celebrate its
fifth birthday at Weisepuff - a new venue in Berlin-Neukölln. We invite
you to listen to some of the great acts who released music on our small
label during the last years...
*********** fr sept 11th
UTE VÖLKER SOLO accordeon solo
AXEL HALLER SOLO electric bass & objets trouvés
Torsten Papenheim's TRU CARGO SERVICE Christian Biegai - altosax Matthias Müller - trombone Dave Bennett - guitar, clarinet Torsten Papenheim - guitar, banjo Berit Jung - double bass Christian Marien - drums
*********** sa sept 12th
HUGHES / SCHERZBERG / WIESE John Hughes - double bass Lars Scherzberg - alto- and sopraninosax Nicolas Wiese - electronics
HOTELGÄSTE Michael Thieke - clarinet, altosax, zither Dave Bennett - guitar, radio Derek Shirley - double bass
oh mister kim, so glad to be here, thanks for the invitation!!! love your pieces!!! do you have some recordings of "the silencers" (delbecq is a master!!!) and also from "mural"??? if you want to listen to my last trio go to www.insubordinations.net/releasescdr07.html ... and if one day you will try to do something by exchanging files by the net, i will be here (it will be a pleasure for me)!!! best, bruno.
