EVENT

PETER SZELY (AT)
Saturday - January 26th, 2008
20:30 hrs.

COM.POST #1
At this moment our first guest Peter Szely is working in DE PLAYER on his soundpiece about Rotterdam as a city of migration, about leaving and arriving. The field recordings of four walks or boattrips in the different wind-directions will serve as a frame for his 8 channel soundpiece. Recordings of immigrants, playing their native instruments here in Katendrecht, will be processed through the computer and used as musical elements for 'Rotterdam: An Electric Poem'.

Reinaart Vanhoe is going to accompany Peter on the trips and meetings with his camera, generating images to go with the composition. Also joining in: Katendrecht-based rapper/MC UNORTHADOX

In addition, we will screen some films from the city-archive, to refresh our historical memory on the subject of migration and for sheer fun.
films by: André van der Hout, RTV Rijnmond and more..

And last but not least: extraordinary cuisine by Ieke & Gabrielle!

date: saturday, january 26th
location: DE PLAYER, tolhuisstraat 107-bg, Rotterdam
time: 20.30 uur
price: 6,00 euro
info & reservations: info[at]deplayer[dot]nl
telephone: 010-7860045

PROGRAM:
20.30 h. ouverture: 'soundwalks' & video's
21.15 h. documentary: 'Vergeten Verhalen: Allochtonen'
21.30 h. presentation: 'Rotterdam, an Electronic Poem', featuring UNORTHADOX
22.30 h. video-installation: 'Een huis in Nederland'

Many thanks to: Sala, Het Rechthuis, Rotterdam; Gemeente-archief Rotterdam; Stichting Holyfire Revival Ministries International; André van der Hout, RTV Rijnmond and Ericson Alimasi.

ABOUT PETER:
Born 1969, he studied Computer Music and Elektronic Media in Vienna.
He works in the range of (sound)-installations, sound architecture, intermedia arts, radio arts,
compositions, sound environments for theatre, concerts, performances as well as media and
acoustic interventions in public spaces, curatoring activities

listen to theme 7 of 'Processing Other Perspectives'

Austria's Mosz label has long been pushing their special brand of minimal experimental music, and this latest from Szely (his second album) is no different. Although instantly recognisable as electronic music, Szely also manages to embed a number of acoustic instruments into his compositions, often thanks to some quite fabulous collaborators; Nina Erber, Nik Hummer, Wolfgang Kopper, Martin Siewert and others pop up to add their special touch to the proceedings and the results are highly rewarding. The album begins with the Kraut-rock influenced rhythmic throb of 'Theme 1' which has Szely's layers of digital noise placed over thick beats and chopped bass. 'Theme 2' takes this still further with an even more percussive number which at times could be mistaken for free jazz, albeit filtered through a chain of digital effects. The results are at times noisy and at others almost ambient and subdued, but 'Processing Other Perspectives' is never less than arresting...

bio Peter

http://www.szely.org/
www.myspace.com/szely
www.tonspur.at
http://www.syl-eckermann.net/mirrorcells/installation.html
http://www.syl-eckermann.net/mirrorcells/index.html