La Jovenc

Bio:

ENGLISH------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovanni Dal Monte has composed original scores for classic silent movies (Nosferatu by Murnau, Lulu, die buchse der `Pandora by Pabst) and soundtracks for the television and the film industry (for instance, his music is performed in the latest two films (Otto and LA Zombie) by cult director Bruce LaBruce, alongside that by such musicians as Cocorosie and Antony and the Johnsons).--------------------------------------------------- He has created compositions for exhibitions in museums and art galleries, short films, the theatre and dance companies. Under the name of La Jovenc, Giovanni Dal Monte has his music distributed by labels like the British White Label Music, the Swiss Trepok, the German Crippled Dick Hot Wax, the Norwegian Origo Planet and the Spanish Storung.-------------------------- Barry Adamson, who together with Angelo Badalamenti has composed many soundtracks for David Lynch’s films, has defined his music "superb" and John Zorn has written he really appreciates La Jovenc's music. --------------------------------------The wish to get rid of the stereotypes typical of electronic music (usually considered a means, not a goal) has led La Jovenc to the re-elaboration into contemporary patterns of the essence of jazz, the classical repertoire, Sicilian folksongs, the rhythms of Gnawa music from Morocco… In a few words, any kind of music he feels attracted to.---------------------- At the same time, he has explored the glitch trends of today's electronic music, by making sampled birds and insects sing for example, thus creating original tango or boogie rhythms; or even by making the human body “play”, for instance by recording its physiological sounds according to polirhythmic patterns, with humour and inventiveness.------------------------------------------ Giovanni Dal Monte was awarded the Avantgarde Italian Prize in 2006 and the Ixem Prize in 2007. He has played at the IxMae Festival in San Francisco and the Storung Festival in Barcelona, together with artists like Murcof, Scanner, Kangding Ray etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESPANOL------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovanni Dal Monte ha compuesto musica original para clasicos del cine mudo (Nosferatu de Murnau y Lulu,el vaso de Pandora de Pabst) y bandas sonoras para la televisiòn y el cine (entre otras, aparece en las ùltimas dos pelìculas -Otto y LA Zombie-del director ìcono Bruce LaBruce, junto a musicos como Cocorosie y Antony and the Johnsons).------------------------------------------- Ha creado musica para exposiciones en museos, instalaciones en galerias de arte, cortometrajes, producciones teatrales y compañìas de danza. Bajo el nombre de La Jovenc es distribuido por la britànica WhiteLabelMusic, por la alemana Crippled Dick Hot Wax, por la noruega Origo Planet, por la suiza Trepok y por la española Storung.------------------------------------------------- Barry Adamson, que junto a Baladamenti ha firmado muchas de las bandas sonoras de las pelìculas de David Lynch, definiò su mùsica como “soberbia” y John Zorn ha escrito que aprecia mucho la música de La Jovenc.------------------------------------ La voluntad de salir de los clichès de la mùsica electrònica, aunque considerada un optimo medio pero no un fin, ha llevado a La Jovenc a reelaborar en clave contemporànea las raìces del jazz, el repertorio clàsico, los cantos populares sicilianos, los ritmos gnawa del Marruecos.... es decir, toda la musica que le haya fascinado.----------------------------------------------- Al mismo tiempo ha explorado las tendencias glitch y conretas de la mùsica electrònica de hoy dia, haciendo cantar y tocar insectos y aves arregladas en improbables tangos y boogies por ejemplo, o si no haciendo sonar los ruidos del cuerpo humano en sus actos fisiològicos segùn fòrmulas polirìtmicas con humor e inventiva.------------------------------------ Giovanni Dal Monte ha ganado en 2006 el premio Avanguardia Italiana y en 2007 el premio Ixem. Ha tocado en los festivales IxMae de San Fransisco y en el Festival Storung de Barcelona junto a artistas como Murcof, Scanner, Kangding Ray, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITALIANO------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Giovanni Dal Monte ha composto musiche originali per classici del cinema muto (Nosferatu di Murnau e Lulu, il vaso di Pandora di Pabst) e colonne sonore per la televisione ed il cinema (tra le altre, appare nelle ultime due pellicole -Otto e LA Zombie- del regista-icona Bruce LaBruce, accanto a musicisti come Cocorosie ed Antony and the Johnsons).-------------------------------- Ha creato musiche per esposizioni in musei, installazioni in gallerie d’arte, cortometraggi,produzioni teatrali e compagnie di danza. Sotto il nome de La Jovenc è distribuito dalla britannica White Label Music, dalla svizzera Trepok, dalla tedesca Crippled Dick Hot Wax, dalla norvegese Origo Planet e dalla spagnola Storung.------------------------------------------ Barry Adamson, che assieme ad Angelo Badalamenti ha firmato molte delle colonne sonore per David Lynch ha definito la sua musica “superba”e John Zorn ha scritto di apprezzare molto il lavoro de La Jovenc.-------------------------------------------- La volontà di uscire dai cliché della musica elettronica, considerata un ottimo mezzo ma non un fine, ha portato La Jovenc a rielaborare in chiave contemporanea le radici del jazz, il repertorio classico, i canti popolari siciliani, i ritmi Gnawa del Marocco.. cioè ogni musica che l’abbia affascinato.-------------------------------------- Nello stesso tempo ha esplorato le tendenze glitch e concrete della musica elettronica odierna, facendo cantare e suonare uccelli ed insetti campionati in improbabili tango e boogies per esempio, oppure facendo suonare i rumori del corpo umano nei suoi atti fisiologici secondo formule poliritmiche, con humor ed inventiva.-------------------------------------------- Giovanni Dal Monte ha vinto nel 2006 il premio Avanguardia Italiana e nel 2007 il premio Ixem. Ha suonato , tra l’altro, nei festival IxMae di San Francisco e Storung di Barcellona, assieme ad artisti come Murcof, Scanner, Kangding Ray etc.DISCOGRAPHY------------------------------------------------------------------------ SULLA NATURA DELLE COSE -2002 -GIOVANNI DAL MONTE LO-FI APOCRYPHA -2003 -JEAN DE LA JOVENC BIRDS MAKE LOVE WITH ELECTRIC LADYBUGS -2004- GIOVANNI DAL MONTETHE OPPOSITE OF ORANGE - 2005- LA JOVENC SUPERANIMA -2009- LA JOVENC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------compilations: STORUNG2(2007) OTTO,OR UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE (2008) CHRONIK1 (2009)

Member Since:

dicembre 11, 2006

Members:

Jean de La Jovenc, aka Giovanni Dal Monte www.myspace.com/giovannidalmonte

Influences:

....oh no!!! what can i say? from billie Holiday to Bjork? From Stockhausen to Gorecki? from Hendrix to Matmos? from Mingus to Lachenmann? ethnic,pop,classical...Gnawa, ragas, sufi ? Please..... Eno, scott,reich, ligeti,britten,varese?...handel, haydn, strauss's lieders, mozart...??? did they influence my music or should i say they first have feed my mind? i don't know. **** and I would also say..lately silence is my preferred sound. Everykind of music can bother me, mine first! I think there are not only musical influences, but life experiences, culture context, literature, inclinations..which contribute to create an artistic dimension. The way to perceive and use memories, love, hate, our fears.. and especially limits, they gave us the form (shape?)..and as we suppose, form is substance. How could we get the meaning of Picasso or Reich for example, without contemplate first their visible form? ******* And then paintings, colors..perfumes...relationships.. However, La Jovenc's music it's experimental, electronic, sometime jazzy and sometime concrete music, but warm, ritual and apocryphal. It cames from somewhere in the past, it's here and now for a while and i don't know where it will goes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------A new video "free from the men of god" from the album "Superanima", director Pier Giorgio De Pinto. Initially conceived as critic to the unbelievable subordination of the Italian democracy to the vatican, the concept could be extended to all the similar realities in the world. -The men who manage religions, the men of god, manage power, money, makes the wars..and the believers of all the religions accept..and somewhere, sometimes, often, their believing become law also for the ones who don't believe...it becomes prevarication -they speak of freedom and tolerance of cult...why not to revindicate the freedom of not believing and the liberty of criticism? -Everyday now in the newspapers and in the television in italy today the men of god make to know what is good and what is wrong, and the democracy follows their suggestions...we are becoming the iran of the west...a teocratic country. -Can we tell it, or is a "racist offence" to the vulnerable, caring , loving billions of prevaricating believers of all the world who wants me dead because of their religion, their men of god, their prejudice, their racism? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The video "Sicilian yell for Ayaan Hirsi Ali" from the album "Superanima".Director Pier Giorgio De Pinto.Dedicated to all the women, men, gays, lesbians, to all who have different politic opinions who are persecuted all over the world by laws, dictature, religions and corrupted states. From north to south, from east to west

Here is the video of Devis Venturelli for the song "Going Home"

Sounds Like:

nobody else you can see some extracts from La Jovenc live set on Storung festival in barcelona , may 2007 -- from "several sad saxophones": from"going home": from "dedicated to H.L.": from "not in a baths mood": some links: http://www.discogs.com/artist/La+Jovenc http://www.lastfm.it/music/La+Jovenc http://www.lastfm.it/music/jeandelajovenc http://virb.com/search/all/la+jovenc/1 http://LaJovenc.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/user/JeanDeLaJovenc

Record Label:

Storung-CrippledDickHotWax-Origo-Trepok