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Tonight – 10 June 2013, Gesture Piece* will be performed at Uganda, Jerusalem this time around by Eyvind Kang, Jessika Kenney, Robbie Avenaim, Christoph Heemann and special guests.
*Update: Gesture Piece has now changed its name to Notations – info here
There’s a very nice feature by Colm McAuliffe in today’s Sight and Sound magazine – thanks Colm!
Many of our more complicated or longer form pieces are first prepared by preparing lists of content from the media that we source from, and then ordering these lists by mood, subject matter, visual similarities, pitch and form. These lists of paper then become the process-led “score” for the piece that follows. Here are some pictures of the score to Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another).
Gesture Piece* will be performed by an entirely new set of improvisers at another edition of Tectonics Festival, this time on 8 June 2013 in Tel Aviv at the venue Levontin 7. The performers this time around will be Alex Drool, Assif Tsahar, Robbie Avenaim, Christoph Heemann, Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney.
*Please note: The film for live improvisers Gesture Piece has now changed its name to Notations
People Like Us will perform Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another) at Only Connect Festival of Sound on Saturday 8th June 2013 at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
DO or DIY will be doing a fill-in radio show between 7pm and 8pm NY time on 1st May on WFMU!
Tune in live at http://wfmu.org or at 91.1 fm in New York, at 90.1 fm in the Hudson Valley.
Alternatively if you miss the show live you can find the show archive at http://wfmu.org/peoplelikeus – it will also download automatically if you are subscribed to the DO or DIY podcast.
18-20 April 2013
TECTONICS FESTIVAL, Reykjavik
Curated by Ilan Volkov, Tectonics brings together musicians from different worlds and backgrounds for an audience that’s open and ready for new experiences and surprises. The festival will include young composers and pioneering figures, chamber music, orchestral music and electronic performances.
People Like Us are currently creating a new work entitled GESTURE PIECE*, which will premiere at Tectonics Festival in Reykjavik. This is a film created for accompaniment by live improv musicians, who in this case will be the following performers: Skúli Sverrisson, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Hlynur Aðils.
Earlier that same evening, People Like Us will perform CONSEQUENCES (ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER).
**Please note: The film for live improvisers Gesture Piece has now changed its name to Notations
People Like Us have revamped the DO or DIY radio stream, and as of Noon EDT on 3rd April 2013 it is now streaming Radio Boredcast!
Radio Boredcast is a 744-hour online radio project that celebrates all things SLOW. And fast too, actually. Crank it up to wind down and enjoy this selection of specially made radio shows by 100 different artists and some WFMU DJs too!
Click and listen to the 24/7 Radio Boredcast stream here.
(Download the little file linked to above – the stream works through iTunes so let your computer launch this application if prompted. If it doesn’t launch then find the small file that you downloaded and double-click on it)
Those of you who already have the DO or DIY stream bookmarked, it will automatically switch over to the new stream for you.
You can also listen to Radio Boredcast shows on demand here.
More on the history of Radio Boredcast here.
Tuesday 19 March 2013
XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, Old Street, EC2A 4AW
£10 | 8pm
People Like Us will play the UK debut of our new live a/v performance “Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another)” in support of our good friends Matmos at London’s XOYO.
Buy tickets now: http://xoyo.co.uk/2013/02/19/upset-the-rhythm-matmos-people-like-us/
Many thanks to all who helped and pledged in the 2013 WFMU Fundraising Marathon. The station made it’s goal and can continue for another year. If you did not pledge or give your support then please consider doing so. WFMU has supported People Like Us a great deal over the past 15 years.
People Like Us will perform Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another) at La Casa Encendida in Madrid on Friday 15 March 2013, as part of the two-day long Play Festival.
https://www.lacasaencendida.
The 2013 WFMU Fundraising Marathon starts on Monday 4 March.
This is always a highly entertaining thing to experience, and I urge you to tune in at http://wfmu.org/ and listen to the DJ tag teaming. There are some great prizes to be won and DJ premiums to be had in return for your pledges.
Please help this AMAZING listener funded station, THE freeform station to stay on the air and in the ether another yea
https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php
Illegal Art have donated many DVDs, CDs and vinyl as prize giveaways, so listen out for chances to win these on the air.
Additionally, People Like Us is featured on Tony Coulter’s DJ Premium: “Out Demos Out! – A Collection of Great Unreleased Tracks”. You can pledge to WFMU to get his Premium, and any other DJ’s too, here.
