Kukuruku Recordings curate their second event at Cafe Oto and present an intriguing combination of three extraordinary solo sound artists, all dealing with issues of in situ performances and space resonance.
Saxophone virtuoso John Butcher, Greek reductionist cellist Nikos Veliotis and Swiss Kiko C.Esseiva (portable musique concrete lab) shall contribute to an evening of extended -echniques instrumentalism ans essential soundscaping. The event will also introduce Butcher's and Esseiva's very recent solo LP releases from Kukuruku Recording.
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NIKOS VELIOTIS
Since the late '90s Veliotis has pushed the boundaries of sound using unorthodox cello techniques, floating long sustained sounds or silences and multirateral abstract visuals, overlays of digital trash and other digital found material. He has performed in international festivals in Asia, Europe and North America, also a member of CRANC (with Angharad & Rhodri Davies), LOOPER (with Ingar Zach & Martin Kuecher) and MOHAMMAD (with ILIOS & Coti K).
"Veliotis is the Greek emperor of the restrained cello" [Sound Projector]
"...a cross-pollination of Phill Niblock, Glenn Branca and Iannis Xenakis occuring during the Chernobyl disaster." [Touching Extremes]
www.nikosveliotis.com
JOHN BUTCHER
Jihns Butcher's work ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and explorations with feedbacks and extreme acoustics. He is well known as a solo performer who attempts to engage with a sense of space. In 2011 he received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. Recent collaborative projects include the quintet Anemone with trumpeter Peter Evans, the wind trio The Contest of Pleasures with Axel Dorner and Xavier Charles, Way out of Northwest with Tosten Muller and Dylan van der Schyff, and a very new trio with Gino Robair and John Edwards.
KIKO C. ESSEIVA
Lausannebased Kiko C. Esseiva is a Swiss underground sound experimentalist and outsider music composer. His music is a combination of several "traditional" electroacoustic techniques with a touch of art brut practices and use of recycled material. He often live-performs with a multitrack reel to reel deck creating diffused and expending sonic layers and noisy atmospheres. His solo works have previously been released by Hintel Zimmer, Tilt Recordings and Echomusic. He is also the first half of "VAGUE", a duo with his partner Scillia Lorage.
