HKM+
"[...] the "present" constitutes the distributed musical material, in which the "new" implies the "past", with which the "yet to come" has to have a mutual background with [...]"

HKM+ is an ensemble for electroacoustic improvisation which consists of ludger hennig - software instruments, christof knoche - bass clarinet / electronics and markus markowski - prepared guitar/ software instruments. originally formed as a trio, the ensemble extends its line-up by guest musicians to allways renew its musical language expressed in the ensembles name by a +/plus.

the ensemble extends musical improvisation with electroacoustic instruments that are connected to a network based on audiosignals and network communication. the aim of this project is to create transient- and spatial situations in this musical network through improvised musical articulation.

the musical material of each of the performers is distributed to each of the clients of the improvisation network. the transformation of the sounds is realized by self-programmed electroacoustic instruments. an electroacoustic language arises in which the musical vocabulary and musical gesture is affected, influenced, and manipulated by each of the participating soloists.

for concerts, the ensemble is positioned in the middle of the space. a multiple loudspeaker setup is positioned around the ensemble or arranged acousmatically within the space.

by spatialisation of the sounds through multiple loudspeaker configurations, each soloist is enabled to use different methods to project the sounds into the space. spatialisation becomes part of musical improvisation & improvised spaciousness.

HKM+ played in New York, Berlin, Lodz, Sidney, Geneve, Lausanne ...


foto by josef horbik at Philharmony Lodz (PL)






FRANKS FARM
on FRANKS FARM also improvised and composed music is played by dietmar paetsch (doublebass, e-bass, electronics), sergey chutkow (drums), markus markowski (doshpulur, e-git, software instruments). the farm workers usually get help by other musicians. founded in 2009 FRANKS FARM started in 2011 to play music that moves in between north african percussion and mongolian lute sounds to modern fusion and nu-jazz grooves.

the current lineup is paetsch, chutkow, markowski, ingo bohne (ngoni, djembe, percussion), ralph keller (congas, sax), uli sobotta (euphonium).





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