Stephen Dorocke

Spennandi tónleikar með bandaríska hljóðlistamanninum Stephen Dorocke í Mengi föstudagskvöldið 3. febrúar. Hefjast klukkan 21.

Sérstakur gestur á tónleikunum: Berglind María Tómasdóttir, flautuleikari og tónskáld.

Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.

Áhugi tónlistarmannsins Stephen Dorocke á alls kyns hljóðarannsóknum kviknaði þegar hann var ungur að árum, þökk sé meðal annars stuttbylgjuútvarpi sem leyndist á æskuheimili hans. Á meðal tónlistarmanna sem hafa haft áhrif á hann og hvatt til áframhaldandi hljóðleiðangra má nefna Sun Ra, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Harry Bertoia, Egisto Macchi, Harry Partch, Derek Bailey, Freddie Roulette og Ry Cooder.

Stephen Dorocke hefur komið víða fram og hljóðritað plötur með tónlistarmönnum svo sem Can.Ky.Ree, The Lofty Pillars, The Handsome Family og Freakwater. Á meðal hljóðfæra sem hann spilar á í tónlistarverkefnum sínum eru gítar, fiðla, mandólín og d'oud, sem er sérsmíðað hljóðfæri Stephen Dorocke, sérstakt afbrigði af arabísku lútunni úd.

Stephen Dorocke býr og starfar í Chicago þar sem hann tekur virkan þátt í öflugri spunasenu stórborgarinnar. Á tónleikum í Mengi mun hann einbeita sér að hljóðlátari blæbrigðum hljóðfæris síns Resophone sem er nokkurs konar umbreyttur gítar.

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A concert with Stephen Dorocke at Mengi on Friday, February 3rd at 9pm.

Special guest: Berglind María Tómasdóttir, flute-player and composer.

Tickets: 2000 ISK

About the artist:

Stephen Dorocke/Risofon, is the ongoing sonic research and exploration utilizing the "Resophone", a modified and sometimes prepared metal body resonator guitar, set up for playing with a steel.

Sonically adventurous at a young age, thanks to the presence of a short wave radio in the family home, Dorocke continues the exploratory traditions of artists such as Sun Ra, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Harry Bertoia, Egisto Macchi,and Harry Partch, as well as Derek Bailey, Freddie Roulette, and Ry Cooder from a guitaristic standpoint. The worldly and cosmic sounds that surround us also influential in the sonic componentry of the Resophonian Dialect.

SD has toured, performed, and recorded with various artists, such as Can.Ky.Ree, The Lofty Pillars, The Handsome Family and Freakwater, playing steel guitar (pedal and lap), guitar, violin, mandola/mandolin, and d'oud, a self designed/built oud variant.

Based in Chicago, and active in the improvisation scene, mostly in small group formats, this upcoming solo performance is a rare event, and will focus on some of the more subtle timbres/textures available within the metallic and wood environment of the Resophone.