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The BLAGE series : concert/installation performances, site-specific and curated and improvised by Simon and guests
by Simon James Phillips (2011)
Audio Sample
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Performance by Liz Allbee, Tony Buck, Werner Dafeldecker, B.J. Nilsen, Simon James Phillips, Arthur Rother from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 133. |
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 133.
Library shelf no. CD 3210 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The Blage Series is a project of
Simon James Phillips where he curates and performs one off,
site-specific performances. He forms a new ensemble for each
performance, and creates a concept that is specific to the
performance space. A mix between concert and installation.
For example, the 3rd in the series was an extended installation
and performance piece curated by Phillips for the opening of the
Tanz im August Festival in Berlin. It was a one-off, five hour
uninterrupted improvisation with an ensemble of six of Berlin's
most visible experimental artists - Tony Buck (drums and
percussion), Werner Dafeldecker (double bass), BJ Nilsen
(electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet), Arthur Rother (guitar) and
Simon James Phillips (piano). The ensemble was placed in the
centre of a large dance studio and the audience, free to come and
go, were admitted only once the work had begun - the five hour
duration unknown to the audience. The ensemble created expansive
sonic atmospheres that incorporated outside concrete noise,
extended techniques and a sense of gradual overlapping thematic
development. Communicative and responsive yet with a continual
sense of consensual disconnection between the artists.
Blage 3 (a reduced version) has been released as a
double CD set on Mikroton Recordings.
Work Details
Year: 2011
Instrumentation: Various site-specific settings (small ensemble or solo).
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Liz Allbee, Tony Buck, Werner Dafeldecker, B.J. Nilsen, Simon James Phillips, Arthur Rother — 11 Aug 11. Podewil, Berlin
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
improvisation, microtonal, electronic, echtzeitmusik, microsound, minimalism
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Improvisations
Performances of this work
11 Aug 11: Podewil, Berlin. Featuring Liz Allbee, Tony Buck, Werner Dafeldecker, B.J. Nilsen, Simon James Phillips, Arthur Rother.
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