A L'ARME! Festival Vol. XII FINALE – Day 2
Concert Performance Festival
Økse © Ziga Koritnik
Ephemeral Fragments © Dana Schmidt
I like to sleep © Sigrid Erdal
Ticket Prices
Day ticket: 30 Euro (plus pre-sale fees)
Festival pass (3 Days): 75 Euro (plus pre-sale fees)
Doors: 6 pm
“Økse” is Danish and translates into English as “axe”. In its Danish pronunciation, however, it also calls to mind the word “Ashé” from the African Yoruba religion, where it describes the universal energy of life. And just as this energy flows through all that lives, so does the music of Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen’s new quartet, which opens the second evening of A L’ARME! – bringing an intuitive, authentic, and spiritual sound.
What follows is an audiovisual world premiere: the electro-acoustic formation Ephemeral Fragments by Berlin-based synthesizer virtuoso Korhan Erel and Essen-based master improvisers Emily Wittbrodt on cello and Florian Walter on tubax meet the Berlin A/V team “1:∞” around Lena Czerniawska and Emilio Gordoa for the first time.
Since the very beginning of the festival, A L’ARME has maintained close relationships with the Scandinavian creative music movement. In addition to “Økse” and Paal Nilssen-Love, guitarist and bassist Nicolas Leirtrø from Trondheim is another Scandinavian favourite included in the festival finale. „Powerjazz to the people!“ is the motto of I Like To Sleep, currently one of Norway’s most exciting newcomers.
After sharing the stage with Paal Nilssen-Love and Keiji Haino on the opening evening, Sofía Salvo presents her newest quartet project Yexxen on Friday – a supergroup between composition and deconstruction that brings together the London and Neukölln noise-punk underground at Radialsystem.
Multi-instrumentalists Morten Joh Olsen and Anders Hana have enjoyed cult status in Europe and beyond as the industrial noise duo Moha! since the 2000s. They recently celebrated their comeback on the international stage under the new name Naaljos Ljom. Their Nordic folk concept combines drum machines, microtonally tuned guitars and modular synthesizers with traditional Scandinavian instruments such as the Langeleik and Jew's harp - and concludes the second day of the festival with a danceable finale.
→ To the complete programme of A L'ARME! Festival Vol. XII FINALE
Biographien
Seit 2012 hat das A L’ARME! Festival neue Perspektiven auf Jazz und experimentelle Musik eröffnet, ungewöhnliche Kollaborationen ermöglicht und eine Generation von Hörer*innen geprägt. Mit einem Programm aus Musik, Kunst und Performance, das den Geist der Zeit einfängt und Entwicklungen vorwegnimmt, ist A L’ARME! zum Brennglas aktueller Tendenzen, zum Verstärker von Kontrasten und internationalen Referenzpunkt für transdisziplinäre Improvisation geworden. Diese Errungenschaften werden das Festival überdauern – als Erinnerung, als Haltung und Möglichkeitsraum.
Programme
Set 1
Økse
Savannah Harris (US) – drums
Val Jeanty (US) – electronics
Mette Rasmussen (NO/DK) – alto saxophone
Petter Eldh (SE/DE) – double bass, electric bass, electronics
Set 2
Ephemeral Fragments & 1:∞ Gordoa / Czerniawska (Premiere)
Korhan Erel (DE) – synthesizer
Florian Walter (DE) – tubax
Emily Wittbrodt (DE) – cello
Emilio Gordoa (MX/DE) – snare, electronics
Lena Czerniawska (PL/DE) – drawing
Set 3
I like to sleep
Amund Storløkken Åse (NO) – vibraphone, electronics
Nicolas Leirtrø (NO) – baritone guitar
Øyvind Leite (NO) – drums
Set 4
Yexxen (Premiere)
Sofía Salvo (AR/DE) – baritone saxophone
Claire Nico (CA/DE) – lap steel guitar
Guido Kohn (AR/DE) – electric bass
Bobby Glew (UK/DE) – drums, electronics
Set 5
Naaljos Ljom (Aftershow)
Anders Hana (NO) – mouth harp, fiddle, Hardangerfiddle, langeleik
Morten Joh (NO/DE) – analog synths, drum machine, Norwegian folk drum
A L’ARME! Open Air Deck 6 – 10 pm
Cashmere Radio
Live Show: Pattern Dissections DJs
A L’ARME! Concert Films Public Viewing
Natural Italian Wine Bar
Credits
An event by Louis Rastig and Karina Mertin/ABOUTNOW. In collaboration with Radialsystem.
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. With the generous support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
Media partnerships: taz, tip Berlin, The Berliner, Cashmere Radio/Pattern Dissection, Bpigs, Rausgegangen, rbb Radio 3.
“Økse” is Danish and translates into English as “axe”. In its Danish pronunciation, however, it also calls to mind the word “Ashé” from the African Yoruba religion, where it describes the universal energy of life. And just as this energy flows through all that lives, so does the music of Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen’s new quartet, which opens the second evening of A L’ARME! – bringing an intuitive, authentic, and spiritual sound.
What follows is an audiovisual world premiere: the electro-acoustic formation Ephemeral Fragments by Berlin-based synthesizer virtuoso Korhan Erel and Essen-based master improvisers Emily Wittbrodt on cello and Florian Walter on tubax meet the Berlin A/V team “1:∞” around Lena Czerniawska and Emilio Gordoa for the first time.
Since the very beginning of the festival, A L’ARME has maintained close relationships with the Scandinavian creative music movement. In addition to “Økse” and Paal Nilssen-Love, guitarist and bassist Nicolas Leirtrø from Trondheim is another Scandinavian favourite included in the festival finale. „Powerjazz to the people!“ is the motto of I Like To Sleep, currently one of Norway’s most exciting newcomers.
After sharing the stage with Paal Nilssen-Love and Keiji Haino on the opening evening, Sofía Salvo presents her newest quartet project Yexxen on Friday – a supergroup between composition and deconstruction that brings together the London and Neukölln noise-punk underground at Radialsystem.
Multi-instrumentalists Morten Joh Olsen and Anders Hana have enjoyed cult status in Europe and beyond as the industrial noise duo Moha! since the 2000s. They recently celebrated their comeback on the international stage under the new name Naaljos Ljom. Their Nordic folk concept combines drum machines, microtonally tuned guitars and modular synthesizers with traditional Scandinavian instruments such as the Langeleik and Jew's harp - and concludes the second day of the festival with a danceable finale.
→ To the complete programme of A L'ARME! Festival Vol. XII FINALE
Biographies
Seit 2012 hat das A L’ARME! Festival neue Perspektiven auf Jazz und experimentelle Musik eröffnet, ungewöhnliche Kollaborationen ermöglicht und eine Generation von Hörer*innen geprägt. Mit einem Programm aus Musik, Kunst und Performance, das den Geist der Zeit einfängt und Entwicklungen vorwegnimmt, ist A L’ARME! zum Brennglas aktueller Tendenzen, zum Verstärker von Kontrasten und internationalen Referenzpunkt für transdisziplinäre Improvisation geworden. Diese Errungenschaften werden das Festival überdauern – als Erinnerung, als Haltung und Möglichkeitsraum.
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