Focusing microphones on specific details as if they were video cameras, Gavois and Klöfkorn carefully record more than 70 soundchecks by all kinds of bands. Picking up particular sounds – like fingers drumming on the keyboard of an organ, or a pick flicking across the strings of an unplugged electric guitar…
If you are into fragmented sounds, unfinished pieces of music, musicians tuning their instruments, adapting their style to a room (tone), preparing themselves to face another audience , sometimes nervous and tense or excited, funny or drunk, playful and highly concentrated, who are all great artists, and you consider sound checks themselves musical works…
Then you are going to love: Gavois Klöfkorn‘s presentation of a musical radio piece made from soundchecks; an intimate glance behind the scenes, another angle on music-making and concerts from over 70 soundchecks by bands, ensembles, musicians, artists, and composers.
Making use of the microphones like others would use video cameras; Gavois and Klöfkorn carefully choose what to record, and time when and how they change the angles and physical perspectives of their recordings. Picking up details like fingers drumming on the keyboard of an organ, or the sound of a pick flicking across the strings of an un-plugged electric guitar, seagulls attacking trombones, and other ambient sounds merging and complimenting the acoustic environment beyond the instruments and musicians.
The recordings were made at more than 70 soundchecks by bands of all kind, in venues from; open air festivals, pedestrian tunnels, boats, punk clubs and concert halls. Across Europe in D, B, NL, SE.
Proudly featuring;
Begayér, Sourdure, Tintin Patrone, Stina Fors, there are no more four seasons, Moor Mother, Olof Melander, Mouse on Mars, Quartabê, Daniel Voigt, Das Kinn, Hildegard von Binge Drinking, Sascha Brosamer, Julia Bünnagel, Rotterdam Presenta, Mariá Portugal, Udo Moll, Lightning Bolt, Horse Lords, Rym Nouioua, Fatigue Suspecte, Zbigniew Chojnacki, Nuances d’engrais, Sextoysnoise, Moral Bombing, Cryptborn Horror, Tony Goodshank, Leslie Graves, Nina de Heney, Isidora Edwards, Frauke Berg, Timo Hein, Les Marquises, Joss Turnbull, Sharif Sehnaoui, Sofia Jernberg & Resonanz Ensemble, Ståle Storløkken, J. Zunz, De Stoeltjes, Converge Blood Moon, Rosa Vertov, Marc Alberto, João Orecchia, Duma, Martin Khanja aka Lord Spike Heart, Sam Karugu, Dezeffe, Moineau Ecarlate, Stakattak, Somaticae, Midi, Blanco Teta, Schlammpeitziger, Laila Sakini, De Snuitkever, Seppe Gebroeurs, Bloedneus, Panda Fort, Loré Lixenberg, George Kentros, Matthias Petersson, Tolouse Lowtrax, Nika Son.
°°°°° Thank you, all artists, organizers, bookers; Tommy De Nys _Kultur-A Liége, Intonal Malmö, Roberto N’ Peyre _Fylkingen Stockholm, Gavin Maycroft _Fasching Stockholm, Schumannhalle Düsseldorf, Maria Portugal, Wolfgang van Ackeren _Lokal Harmonie Duisburg, Toben Piel _Bla Bonn, Sebastian Schwenk _Moers Festival, Casper Munk Engelund _MS Stubnitz Hamburg, _Tinnitus Fastival az Mülheim an der Ruhr, Torsten Krauke _Waggon Offenbach am Main, Soundtripps NRW _Salon des Amaterurs, Achim Zepezauer _Mex Appeal Dortmund, LOCH Wuppertal, Resonanz Ensemble _Resonanraum Hamburg, Monheim Triennale, Philharmonie Harleen, _the crew at OCCII Amsterdam, Peter Daems _Het Bos Antwerpen, Pavilion for Unheard Music Eindhoven, Yvonne McLean, Musikgebouw, Amsterdam, Thea of Gifgrond Tilburg, Meryem Erkus _Ebertplatzkonsert Cologne, Dennis Tyfus _Bruismelk Festival DeNor Antwerpen, Brückenmusik Cologne.
°°The project is partly funded by Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen and Stiftung Kunstfonds.
Marie Gavois and Michel Klöfkorn have been collaborating as a duo for the past 7 years. Gavois is a performance artist and producer, Klöfkorn a filmmaker and sound recordist. They have stayed in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Frankfurt, Gießen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Lagos, New York, and Cairo as artists in residency. Producing films, exhibitions, performances, lectures, and interventions.