Dear Ambiters
I'd be grateful if you could pass this info onto anyone you know who
might be interested. Nicolas Collins is looking for participants to
prepare and perform new versions of John Cage's 'Cartridge Music' and
Nicolas Collins' 'Devil Music' (see below). The workshop and
performance is ideal for musicians and DJs, however no specific musical
skills are required. Places are limited so please contact CCA Box
Office on 0141 352 4900 for advance booking if your interested.
Thanks, Rebecca
THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS
A workshop and concert in Diskless Jockeying
Led by Nicolas Collins
Workshop: Monday 28 October, 7.30pm
CCA 6
�5/�4, places are limited please book early
Diskless Jockeys Concert: Tuesday 29 October, 9pm
CCA 6
Free, places are limited so please book in advance
Nicolas Collins offers a workshop in two vintage pieces of Diskless
Jockeying; John Cage's 'Cartridge Music' and Nicolas Collins' 'Devil's
Music'. Participants will prepare their own version of the Cage score
and perform it using phono cartridges and contact microphones that they
make themselves. They will also perform an extended set of 'Devil's
Music' variations using software that emulates its rusting hardware.
These workshops are ideal for musicians and DJs however no specific
musical skills are required.
In 1938 John Cage composed the world's first piece of music for live DJ
('Imaginary Landscape'). Twenty years later he ripped the needle out of
the record player and transformed it into a versatile musical
instrument, and the non-musician into a virtuoso performer. 'Cartridge
Music' (1960) uses phono cartridges and contact mikes to amplify tiny
sounds to huge volumes, participants create their own score from Cage's
'kit' of transparent overlays, collect objects to amplify, and perform
together as an electronic orchestra.
Nicolas Collins' 'Devil's Music' emerged in 1985 out of the confluence
of his fascination with early hip-hop DJs, a love of the Cagean
splendour of radio, ElectroHarmonix's introduction of the first
affordable, portable samplers, and a simple home-made 'stuttering
circuit'. The performer sweeps the radio dial in search of suitable
material to sample, loop, layer, re-trigger, reverse, de-tune and
re-rhythmitize. Collins has recently recreated 'Devils Music' with
groups of local DJs in Berlin and Karlsruhe.
NICOLAS COLLINS TALK
Monday 28 October, 6pm
CCA 4
�2/�1
Nicolas Collins is a composer and improviser specialising in live
electronic and interactive computer music, often in conjunction with
acoustic instruments. He will be talking about his work, including his
current research in post-Napster music marketing as well as
demonstrating software and home-made instruments.
Nicolas Collins was born and raised in New York; he studied composition
with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with
David Tutor, and has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles
around the world. From 1992-95 he was Visiting Artistic Director of
Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and in 1996-97 was DAAD
composer-in-residence in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief
of the Leonardo Music Journal. In 1999 he joined the faculty of the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is currently Chair of
the Department of Sound.
Nicolas Collins will be leading two workshops of 'Cartridge Music' and
'Devil's Music' on Monday 28 October with a collaborative performance on
Tuesday 29 October.
Rebecca Shatwell
Education Programmer
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3JD
www.cca-glasgow.com <www.cca-glasgow.com>
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Tel: 00 44 (0)141 332 7521 (reception)
Tel: 00 44 (0)141 352 4912 (direct line)
Rebecca Shatwell
Education Programmer
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3JD
www.cca-glasgow.com <www.cca-glasgow.com>
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Tel: 00 44 (0)141 332 7521 (reception)
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