ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH (aus/uk/usa/fr )

Konsert - onsdag 26/4, 19:30

Hofs Lifs - Kungsgatan 31, Växjö

Entré 70 kr (ej förköp, biljett betalas på plats)


Ensemble Nist-Nah är en helt unik Gamelan- & percussionensemble med den australienska trumslagaren Will Guthrie i spetsen. Nist-Nah och Guthrie utforskar nya musikaliska vägar inom traditionell indonesisk Gamelan med sina metallofoner, handtrummor, gongongs, trummor och skrotinstrument. Musiken stammar ur Guthries många resor i indonesien och långa studier inom olika sorters Gamelan - från högtidlig Javanesisk Gamelan Sekatan till den repitativa, translika Gamelan Jathilan. 


Ensemblen med sina många musiker samlar några av Frankrikes bästa percussionister och musiker. Medlemmarnas långa och varierade musikaliska bakgrund inom traditionsburen musik, improvisation, frijazz och ännu mer, reflekteras i deras framträdande. 


Medverkande:

Prune Becheau, Charles Dubois, Thibault Florent, Colline Grosjean, Will Guthrie, Amelie Grould, Mark Lockett, Sven Michel, Jennifer Torrence, Arno Tukiman.


Förlyssna på musiken med spelaren längst ner. 


www.ensemble-nist-nah.com


EN


Ensemble Nist-Nah is a hybrid Gamelan / percussion ensemble led by Nantes-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie. Nist-Nah finds Guthrie branching out in new directions, using the metallaphones, hand drums and gongs of the Gamelan ensembles of Indonesia alongside drum kit, other percussions, classic, found and junk. The music presented is grounded in Guthrie’s travels in Indonesia and study of various forms of Gamelan music, from the stately suspended temporality of the courtly Javanese Gamelan Sekatan, to the delirious, thuggish repetition that accompanies the Javanese trance ritual Jathilan, to the shimmering acoustic glitch of contemporary Balinese composer Dewa Alit and his Gamelan Salukat.


Bringing together some of France’s finest, Nist-Nah hosts a wealth of experience and expertise, with it’s members coming from eclectic and mixed backgrounds, from traditional musicians, contemporary percussionists, to noise and free jazz fanatics, presenting a music equally informed by Guthrie’s interests in free jazz, electro-acoustic music and diverse experimental music practices, exploring long tones, extended techniques, and non-metered pulse.


Members:

Prune Becheau, Charles Dubois, Thibault Florent, Colline Grosjean, Will Guthrie, Amelie Grould, Mark Lockett, Sven Michel, Jennifer Torrence, Arno Tukiman.


www.ensemble-nist-nah.com