Israel, being a country of immigrants boasts a culturally rich and diverse tradition. However, more often than not these expressions have been limited to the more traditional arts. The mid-nineties however, have seen a surge in experimental audio work, coming especially from Jerusalem. In addition independent labels flourished
in Jerusalem, a city which is in effect the conflict embodied and has seen many of its young people move abroad or to cosmopolitan Tel- Aviv. Tracing Undercurrents tries to map the cultural and musical diversity of contemporary experimental music…tracing outes in- between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, looking for aesthetic onvergences and differences, and probing the contextual conditions for experimental sound production in Israel. For the first time it brings 11 young cutting-edge performers to The Netherlands whose usical
repertoires range from electro-pop, clicks and cuts, noise, to experimental DJ sets and experimental electronic delicacies. In composition, as in its diversity “Tracing Undercurrents??? is unique and a premiere for Europe.
PROGRAM Fri 21 October
TRACING UNDERCURRENTS: performances Noise and Electronic Soundscapes
20.30 - 22.30 hours, entrance: € 10 (red.€ 8,-)
Finkelstein & Grunewald (Eran Sachs & Aviad Albert)
Panda Porn (Alma Ben Yossef & Tomer Rosenthal)
Seventeen migs of spring (www.zvukoprocessor.com)
TRACING UNDERCURRENTS: panel
16.00 – 18.00 hours, entrance: free
Participants: Eran Sachs (Jerusalem), Osnat Forschmidt (Jerusalem), Ido Govrin (Tel-Aviv), Itamar Weiner&Harel Schreiber (Jerusalem), Kostya Gervis (Tel-Aviv)
Moderation: Nat Muller (NL)
PROGRAM Sat 22 October
TRACING UNDERCURRENTS: performances Independent Labels
20.30 - 22.30 uur, entrance: € 10 (red.€ 8,-)
Blondie (Osnat Forschmidt)
The Models (ak-duck.com: Harel Schreiber & Itamar Weiner)
Duprass (Ido Govrin & Liora Belford)
URLs:
seventeen migs of spring: www.zvukoprocessor.com/
Duprass | Ido Govrin: www.interval-recordings.com | www.duprass.com/
AK-duck: www.ak-duck.com
Miklat Taklitim: www.miklataklitim.com/
TRACING UNDERCURRENTS: SONIC ROUTES BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND TEL-AVIV is
part of “Xeno_Sonic: Experimental Music Mapping in the Middle East???, a project and initiative of Nat Muller in collaboration with De Melkweg. With thanks to Eran Sachs for curatorial support.
TRACING UNDERCURRENTS is kindly supported by VSBfonds, Mondriaanfonds, Fonds voor Amateur en Podiumkunsten, SNAIT Foundation, Stichting Levi Lassen, Fonds voor Podium-Programmering & Marketing, STEIM. The research phase of Xeno_Sonic was supported by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
Editor’s note
For more information, visual material or interviews, contact: Publiciteit Melkweg: Esther Lagendijk | tel: 020-5318167 | fax: 020-5318118 | esther@melkweg.nl