Diatribes + Jason Kahn + Christian Weber

(4tet, batterie-électronique-synthé analogique-contrebasse - CH)


"Libertée magnétique, interaction, intensité et fluctuation, souffles, frémissements, crépitements, roulements, masses, fracas, chaos, entre free jazz et électroacoustique. Matière sonore construite, déformée, s'arrachée de l'emprise de la raison, implose et redevient le rêve derrière nos paupières."

Diatribes:hecate ensemble farouchement libertaire, voit le jour dans les sous-sols genevois en hiver 2004. Dans un jeu sans restriction, sons, rythmes, (mélodies) et bruits se côtoient sporadiquement, s'imbriquant jusqu'à se faire oublier. Free jazz, acoustique, électronique, la formation se veut capable d'explorer l'infime comme l'intense, en s'appropriant les langages de la musique improvisée et expérimentale de notre époque. Initialement un trio, diatribes est devenu un duo étendu et polymorphe, fidèlement incomplet et assoiffé de rencontres, étirant son spectre en intégrant des musiciens invités à chaque concert.

Jason Kahn:hecate Jason Kahn's work includes sound installation, performance and composition. He was born in New York in 1960, grew up in Los Angeles and relocated to Europe in 1990. He currently lives in Zürich. He has given concerts and exhibited sound installations throughout Europe, North and South America, Japan, Mexico, Korea, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Kahn performs both solo and in collaboration, using percussion, analog synthesizer or computer in different combinations. He composes for electronics and acoustic instruments. For larger groups of directed improvisation he has devised a system of graphical scores. Kahn creates his sound installations for specific spaces. The focus of these primarily non-visual works lies in the perception of space through sound.


Christian Weber:hecate Double bassist Christian Weber is fast becoming one of the most interesting players on the European elektroacoustic Improv scene. Although he's a good free improvisor, he seems to prefer to work with predetermined structures, albeit ones that are either hidden or very discreet. Christian Weber’s arco drones are rich and lustrous, and when he drops individual notes in to the mix they detonate like honey bombs.“

http://diatribes.dincise.net
http://www.jasonkahn.net
http://www.christianweber.org