Friday, November 9th, 6pm
When Tobacco Smoke Smells Also of the Mouth Which Exhales It
JAMES FEI, KATO HIDEKI & ED TOMNEY
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For this work, each performer derives a score solely from the sound effect and Foley events in a film of their choosing. Preserving the timing of the original events, these sounds are performed on either amplified props or analog electronics. Divorced from all visual and narrative elements, the incidental sounds are no longer functional but nonetheless retain a cinematic quality. The odd timing, long pauses and unidentifiable sound associations contribute to a skeletal remain, erased of all that viewers usually pay attention to in experiencing film. – James Fei
JAMES FEI (b. Taipei , Taiwan ) moved to the US in 1992 to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. He has since been active as a composer, improviser and electronic musician. Works by Fei have been performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble and Noord-Hollands Philharmonisch Orkest. Recordings of his works can be found on Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan , CRI and Organized Sound. In addition to writing concert music for conventional and electro-acoustic ensembles, Fei also creates sound installations and performs on saxophones and live electronics. Fei joined the faculty of Mills College in 2006.
KATO HIDEKI (Kato:family name; Hideki: given) is a Japanese-born composer/bassist/multi-instrumentalist, who lives in NYC. He is the co-founder of Death Ambient with Ikue Mori & Fred Frith. His other groups are: Green Zone with Otomo Yoshihide & Uemura Masahiro; OMNI wtih Nakamura Toshimaru & Akiyama Tetsuji. His compositions include: solo bass piece Turbulent Zone, Mystic Ship of Life, (commissioned by the Kitchen, NYC) and Tremolo of Joy for his quartet with Charles Burnham, Briggan Krauss & Calvin Weston. Kato collaborates with Nicolas Collins and is a member of Analogos.
ED TOMNEY is a composer and visual artist who worked extensively with modular analog synthesis, electro-acoustic sound design, Foley art and tape composition. His early electronic groups and the robotic ensemble "The Mechanical Guitar Orchestra” performed in the early New York downtown scene and venues throughout the U.S. and Europe . The majority of his recorded works merge specifically instrumented sound archives with modular synthesis and automated acoustic sculptures. He currently exhibits mechanized sound-environments, performs with Ron Kuivila in the project “Sophisticated Filters" and with the analog synthesis collective "Analogos" at Diapason.
This exhibition is generously supported by the Greenwall Foundation.
Additional support for White Noise IIwas received from the Experimental Television Center 's Presentation Funds program. The Experimental Television Center 's Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
The New Composers Series has received generous support from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and is produced by White Box with the collaboration of the Electronic Music Foundation and in association with Diapason Sound Art Gallery and New Wilderness Foundation Inc.
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