Ted Milton (born 1943) grew up in Africa, Canada and Great Britain. He published some early poems in magazines like Paris Review. In 1969 his poetry was published in the anthology Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain. In the mid-sixties he began performing as a puppeteer, participating in numerous international festivals and appearing on So It Goes, the TV show hosted by Tony Wilson. He contributed a short scene for Terry Gilliam’s film Jabberwocky.

In the late seventies he began to play alto-saxophone and founded the group Blurt. The first single “My Mother Was A friend Of An Enemy Of The People” was soon followed by the live album In Berlin (1981). Since then Blurt released more than twenty records. While living in Brussels in the mid-nineties, Milton started making book-objects with found materials. These were shown on several exhibitions and have been taken up in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris as well as in the British Library.

http://www.liveatdot.com | http://www.tedmilton.com

http://www.tedmilton.net |  http://www.myspace.com/tedmiltonblurt

Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born February 1, 1964 in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer. He has his own label named Jazzland Records. In the 1990s, Bugge has made a transition from Nordic jazz traditions exemplified by the ECM record label to a style sometimes referred to as “future jazz” or nu jazz. He has played with Jan Garbarek.

Bugge Wesseltoft interview

http://www.buggesroom.com

JUNGES RUSSLAND · AMERIKANISCHE AVANTGARDE | MUSIK AUS ARMENIEN UND ZENTRALASIEN
The complete programme as PDF (514 kb)

D/B Recommendation:

Mittwoch 25. 3. 2009 | 19.00 Uhr | Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie
Steve Reich / Drumming für acht kleine Trommeln, drei Marimbas, drei Glockenspiele,
Männer- und Frauenstimmen, Pfeifen und Piccoloflöte (1971) /
Gesamtaufführung / Ictus Ensemble Brüssel / Heather Cairncross /
Micaela Haslam, Stimme (Synergy Vocals)

Donnerstag 26. 3. 2009 | 22.00 Uhr | Haus der Berliner Festspiele
alva noto + michael nyman
S ONIC A RT S LOUNGE
pretty talk for george brecht – sparkie the opera [1978 revisited]
Multimedia Performance (2009) UA /AW
Carsten Nicolai / Michael Nyman Performer

Freitag 27. 3. 2009 | 22.00 Uhr | Haus der Berliner Festspiele
ALVIN LUCIE R | PORTRAIT
S ONIC A RT S LOUNGE
Alvin Lucier / Coda Variations für Tuba (2005) – kurze Fassung
Twonings – für Violoncello und Klavier (2006) DE
Opera with Objects – für einen oder mehrere Performer (1997)
Trio für Klarinette, Tuba und Violoncello (2009) UA /AW
In Memoriam Jon Higgins für A-Klarinette und Sinus-Generator (1984/1987)
Robin Hayward – Tuba, Charles Curtis – Violoncello, Anthony Burr – Klarinette/Klavier, Alvin Lucier – Performance

Or c h e s t e rmus i k • K a m m e rmus i k • Mu s i k t h e at e r
P e r f o r m a n c e s • I n t e r m e d i a • S o n i c Ar t s L o u n g e
Q u e r k l a n g : S c h ü l e r k o m p o n i e r e n

Karten+Infos (030) 254 89 100 | www.maerzmusik.de

http://www.myspace.com/electrofreakyegyptianlover

Greg Broussard (born August 31, 1963), better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover is an American electro musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was an important part of the L.A. dance music and rap scene in the early 1980s.

The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamms Army doing dances at the L.A. Sports Arena. He began recording around Los Angeles in 1982 as a member of the Radio Crew. In the early days of hip hop, albums were rare, so most of The Egyptian Lover’s successful recordings were 12″ singles. He would eventually release some of the earliest rap LPs, which was especially unique for being west-coast based, but they were less popular than his singles. But on the strength of containing an alternate mix of his most popular single “Egypt, Egypt”, 1984′s On the Nile was moderately successful.

After a break in the early 1990s, Egyptian Lover returned in 1994 (see 1994 in music) with Back from the Tomb. His last full-length album in over ten years. Although his own version is more unfamiliar to modern ears than the newer covers of the song, Egyptian Lover’s “I Need a Freak” has subsequently become “Lolafalana” popularized by Esham, and more notably, “Cherry Pie” by Insane Clown Posse.

Mulatu Astake and the Heliocentrics

http://www.myspace.com/heliocentrics
Good luck trying to categorize their music. Led by the relentless drummer Malcolm Catto, the UK collective’s objective lays quite a ways beyond what ordinary listeners know or expect. In an alternative galaxy, where the orbits of Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz, Psychedelic, Electronic, Avante-Garde and Ethnic music all revolve around “The One” – that’s where you might find The Heliocentrics.

http://www.myspace.com/mulatuastatke
Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger. He is known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in 1943 in the western Ethiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston, where he was the first African student at Berklee College of Music. He would later combine his jazz and Latin music influences with traditional Ethiopian music.

the heliocentrics@cargo in london,april 2008

“Malcolm Catto’s band turns traditional funk on its head with his syncopated drums tying up ’60s psychedelia and free jazz into chaos-on-the-one.” – URB Magazine

Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics Interview

Mulatu Astatke – Yekermo Sew

http://www.ethiojazz.com

A genre-defying set of music intricately woven through the mind (and hands, having played all the instruments!) of Squarepusher. We think this versatile album is up there with his best, skillfully showcasing his talents as both musician and producer.“as incomparably awesome as ever” – Drowned In Sound /7.6 out of 10 – Pitchfork: read review / “His most human, most loveable set yet” – NME

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