I’m your body

The programme «I'm your body» focuses on Ensemble Nikels' ongoing search for a homogeneous fusion of acoustic and electronic sounds in the intimate realm of chamber music performance.
Stefan Prins' works offer a progression from a purely electronic starting point, in which only a recording of the group can be heard, to a quartet sound with similar material played live, concluding with a part in which the material is played backwards. This part of the concert ends with a large ensemble piece in which similar musical material is used in a constellation of soloist, chamber music group, ensemble and electronics.
On the other hand, Daniel Zea's piece offers another digital evolution, where instruments such as keyboard and drums trigger digital sounds, embodying the duality between analogue and digital sources, while supported with video footage to expand the realm of media exploration.

With

Ensemble Nikel: Brian Archinal (percussion), Yaron Deutsch (electric guitar), Antoine Françoise (keyboard), Patrick Stadler (saxophone); Ensemble Students: Seraina Ramseier (flute), Louis Luciat (oboe), Rebecca Minten, (bass clarinet), Kip Cleverley (trumpet), Saki Sudo (trombone), Natacha Pensuet (accordion), Ioanna Boultadaki (violin), Alessia Arnetta (viola), Clara Dietze (violoncello), Pietro Barcellona (double bass), Lennart Dohms (conductor), Maxime Le Saux (sound), NN (light)

Program

Stefan Prins (*1979): «FLESH+PROSTHESIS #0-2» (2012-2014) for amplified quartet and tape

Stefan Prins: «I am your body» (2014) for amplified quartet, ensemble and 4-channel soundtrack

Daniel Zea (*1976): «Borracho digital» (2018) for sampler (using glitches and use of glitches and stolen video game sounds), electric guitar, saxophone, percussion and real-time text generator

Info

The concert will be followed by a discussion with the audience.

Duration

60 minutes, with break

Prices

CHF 35.-/25.-/15.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey and children under 12 years.

Links

→ www.ensemblenikel.com
→ danielzea.org
→ stefanprins.be
→ hkb.ch
→ sonicspacebasel.ch