Førstkommende søndag, på Soria Moria: treblås- og gitarimpro, pluss fantastisk og uforutsigbar låtskriver! Vi gleder oss big time.
Jim Denley and Kim Myhr met in Sydney in early 2007, and their first cd “Systems
Realignment” was recorded six months later. Since then the duo has done
numerous concerts in Europe and Australia. “Systems Realignment” is not
only a completely new take on guitar/saxophone combinations, but an
attempt to rethink their fundamental musical methodology. There is an
interest in materiality, almost at a primitive level, without being
embarrassed to work with resulting harmonic structures. Frequency and
rhythm is examined, but not within conventional grids. Perhaps the
positivity of the result, comes from the project not rejecting other musics,
but embracing elements from a vast range of sources ranging form
traditional to contemporary and electronic music. The result is a lush and
surprising flurry of acoustic, electronic and mechanical gestures.
Jim Denley (born 1957) is considered one of Australia’s foremost improvisers of new music with a career spanning over three decades. He started playing the flute at age 11, and later picked up the alto saxophone. An emphasis on spontaneity, site-specific work and collaboration has been central to his work. He was recently awarded a Fellowship by the Australia Council and is currently working towards a paradigm shift in the notion and perception of the saxophone; to establish its relevance to ancient and current traditions in Australian music, and to extend its range with the addition of innovative electronics and miking. Denley has worked extensively in Europe, Australia and America, notably with groups like Machine for Making Sense, Lines and MURAL, as well as duo projects with Axel Dörner, Clayton Thomas, Joel Stern, Peter Blamey and Kim Myhr. Jim Denley also runs the record label Splitrec.
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