Current Activities & New Projects | April 2008

The Music of Phill Niblock

Crash Ensemble of Dublin, will be hosting a concert celebrating the music
of Phill Niblock this April 23rd at 7pm in Temple Bar Galleries, Dublin 2. The concert will feature guest appearances by Niblock specialists Susan Stenger and
Amsterdam based Trio Scordatura. The evening will be held in the presence
of the composer himself, featuring an interview by Bob Gilmore at the start
of the evening and live visuals and electronics by the composer during the
concert.

The concert program consists of: Hurdy Hurry (for hurdy gurdy); Sweet
Potato (for clarinets); G2-4,4 (for guitars); Tow by Tom (for two orchestras, both recorded parts and live parts by two ensembles); PK&SLS (for flute); Disseminate (for orchestra, recorded and two ensembles live)

IGNM - Internationale Gesellschaft fuer Neue Musik - Basel

"Dust" - Konzert der IGNM Basel
"Drone"-Konzert mit Phill Niblock und Kasper Toeplitz
Samstag, 26. April 2008, 19.00; www.ignm_basel.ch
Offene Kirche Elisabethen, Basel

Mitglieder des "Ensemble Phoenix Basel": Christoph Boesch, Floeten; Daniel Buess, Schlagzeug; Daniel Stalder, Schlagzeug; Maurizio Grandinetti, E-Gitarre; Juerg Henneberger, Orgel; Thomas Peter: Ton/Klangregie Program

Phill Niblock: STOSSPENG (2007) fuer zwei Gitarren in Stereo
Kasper Toeplitz: DUST RECONSTRUCTION (2007) fuer flexible Besetzung -
Fassung fuer Orgel, Floete, Schlagzeug, E-Gitarre, E-Bass und Elektronik
Kasper Toeplitz: UNFINISHED METAL WAVES (2006) fuer grosses Tam Tam mit 2
Spielern und Elektronik

Phill Niblock: a set of music and images - "Early . . . May"
http://www.ensemble-phoenix.ch/saison.html#

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April 29, 20:30 (8:30pm) - Les Trinitaires - Trintaires Street - Metz
[France]
Organized by FRAGMENT : info@fragment-asso.com / www.fragment-asso.com
with the festival Musique Action

Phill Niblock / Thomas Ankersmit [USA / Nederland]
Marc Baron / Bertrand Denzler / Jean-Luc Guionnet / Stephane Rives
[France / Switzerland]


Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Sets by Both: Phill Niblock und Thomas Ankersmit
Konzert im ZKM_Kubus, Karlsruhe, Germany, 20 Uhr
Music, Video: Phill Niblock
Electronics, Saxophon: Thomas Ankersmit
Eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe


A n g e l i c A 1 8 - festival in Bologna Italy, May 8 - 13, 16 - 17
on May 9, Friday, at Teatro Duse, Bologna, 9:30pm
Phill Niblock + Thomas Ankersmit (Stati Uniti, Olanda)

Incontri & Ascolti (a lecture/demo?):
sabato 10 maggio - ore 12 - Museo della Musica - Bologna
Phill Niblock

Plus - Alessandra Celletti + Hans-Joachim Roedelius / The Magic ID
(Germania) -Kai Fagaschinski clarinetto; Margareth Kammerer voce,
chitarra; Christof Kurzmann elettronica, voce; Michael Thieke clarinetto
/ La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela (Stati Uniti), played by Charles Curtis
violoncello, elettronica / Perlonex & Charlemagne Palestine (Germania,
Stati Uniti) - Charlemagne Palestine pianoforte; Ignaz Schick elettronica,
oggetti, giradischi; Joerg Maria Zeger chitarra, elettronica; Burkhard
Beins batteria, percussioni, ogge / Pierre Henry / Lawrence D. "Butch"
Morris / and others, and at other locations and other days

 

Experimental Intermedia | March 2008

You can find the March diary here

 

Current Activities & New Projects | February 2008

The continuing tour:

Phill Niblock Music and images by PN from the series "the Movement of
People Working"
Orfeus, Audiovisual Festival Prague, Intermedia Institut Prague (FAMU)
http://www.iim.cz

February 15th, 19.30 & 22.30 Uhr; Edith-Rus-Haus for Medienkunst,
Katharinenstrae 23, D-26121 Oldenburg, Germany; fon: +49 (0)441 - 235 32 08;
info@edith-russ-haus.de
www.edith-russ-haus.de curated by Jens Brand & Sabine Himmelsbach

MUSIC

15. February 2008, 19.30 n 22.30 Uhr, three sets
Sabine Schaeeffer & Joachim Krebs - "Sonic Lines niRooms" (1999) &
"TopoSonic Tunnel2 (2005); sonic work for 4 channels:
Sukandar Kartadinata - "Die By The Sword" (2007), Music for 2
Computersystem, Videogame, Forced Feedback Joystick and Live Electronics
Phill Niblock - Hurdy Hurry (1999); Harm (2003); Zrost (2004); Sethwork
(2003) and Films fom the "Movement of People Working" series and Feb 22 - Guy De Bievre; hans w. koch; Stevie Wishart

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23five Incorporated, San Francisco, presents Activating the Medium XI: The
Instrument
Feb 2 features ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI; JASON KAHN; TIM CATLIN and FRANCISCO
MEIRINO

February 22 (Friday, 5pm) is a free lecture at the San Francisco Art
Institute by PHILL NIBLOCK.
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut Street, San
Francisco, Free to public

February 23 (Saturday) PHILL NIBLOCK (New York) + THOMAS ANKERSMIT
(Netherlands), San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut St,
San Francisco, 8PM www.23five.org

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Feb 27 - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California - a lecture
/ demo by Phill Niblock and Thomas Ankersmit , curated by Mark Trayle
24700 McBean ParkwayValencia, California 91355 www.calarts.edu

14 concerts throughout the month of February at Sound in Space Festival @
Sea and Space Explorations, 4755 York Blvd, LA, CA 90042

Some of the participants throughout the festival include Mark Trayle,
Ulrich Krieger, Michael Pisaro, Art Jarvinen, Clay Chaplin. Curators: Aaron
Drake, Clay Chaplin, Sara Roberts, and Lara Bank

February 27 - Phill Niblock and Thomas Ankersmit
http://www.soundinspace.org

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Thursday, February 28 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California - Phill Niblock and Thomas Ankersmit; Mitchell Brown; Tom Recchion. A Hertz-Lion Production in Association with Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice California 310 822 3006 http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

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Seven Concerts, Presented by Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks, and The TankFirst Thursdays at 10pm October of 2007 to April of 2008. http://www.rasbliutto.net/sevenconcerts

The Tank is located at 279 Church Street between Franklin and White
http://www.thetanknyc.org

March 6, Thursday, Phill Niblock, Music and Images

and ongoing:

Unnamable Name - January through March 2008 An installation within the
book-stacks organized by Ithaca/NYC based artist Todd Ayoung; Participating
artists include: Martha Rosler, Phill Niblock, Johan Grimonprez, Elizabeth Cohen, Jane Jin Kaisen, Ayisha Abraham, Greg Sholette, Rit Premnath, Kim Asbury, Buzz Spector, Dread Scott, Janet Koenig, Toby Greenberg, Katherine Liberovskaya, Kenseth Armstead, David Diao, Jacob Tell, Mierle Ukeles, Jenny Polak and Jeff de Castro with a Catalogue essay by Jelena Stojanovic and opening music by Chris White.

The opening reception will be held in conjunction with the Light In Winter Festival and take place from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM on Friday, January 18th in the book-stacks and the Borg Warner Community Room, Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-4557
http://www.tcpl.org/exhibits/unnamablename/index.html

 



Touch | Publishing & Licensing

Phill Niblock is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2].

 

Discography & Reviews

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Other Phill Niblock releases may be found at Forced Exposure [USA]

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