Evening/Morning

January 1st, 2010   |   by Stephan

 

Buschhoven, 2004

Happy MMX

 

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10 Minutes – Digital release on Ash International

December 21st, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

 

 

10 Minutes

Nine webcam movies for handheld devices shot with my laptop’s camera between September and October 2009. The soundtrack is basically what was playing then.

10 Minutes is dedicated to Anna Carolina Mikalef

 

 

Digital Download: 9x .m4v videos for iPod/iPhone

£4.00

Buy from Touch

 

 

I. Crepuscule

light, curtain, wind
audio: Amelita Galli-Curci sings Massenet
78rpm from 1921

 

II. Screen

16mm projector, b/w flicker, projection
audio: Stephan Mathieu

 

III. Eye

light, reflection
audio: Stephan Mathieu plays Sylvain Chauveau (excerpt)

 

IV. Sonnenschatten

light, mobile, shade
audio: Heinrich Isaac
78rpm from von 1928

 

V. Licht

kitchen cabinet, sunlight reflection
audio: (silent)

 

VI. Hoch

garden, picnic gramophone, 78rpm record with bird song
audio: unknown throssle
captured on 78rpm shellac in 1932

 

VII. Sonne

light, mobile
audio: Stephan Mathieu, text by Yoko Ono

 

VIII. Two Dots

empty turntable
audio: François Couperin, “Le Carillion de Chitere”
78rpm from 1934

 

IX. Code

16mm projector, b/w flicker, puzzled webcam
audio: Stephan Mathieu (from “Process”)

 

 

Published by Touch Music [MCPS]
© 2010 Ash International

 

 

 

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November 24.2009 – Flocking at Romaeuropa Festival, Rome

November 23rd, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

A live soundtrack by

Giuseppe Ielasi. computer
Renato Rinaldi. computer
Stephan Mathieu. virginals

 

 

November 24.2009

Romaeuropa Festival

Auditorium Goethe-Institut
Via Savoia, 15
00198 Roma
Italy

 

 

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Goodbye Maryanne

October 22nd, 2009   |   by Stephan

Maryanne Amacher (February 15.1943 – October 22.2009)

 

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Virginals at Steirischer Herbst, Graz

October 19th, 2009   |   by Stephan

Photo by Bernhard Schreiner

 

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October 13.-31.2009 – “10 Minutes” videos in Saarbrücken

October 13th, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

My “10 Minutes” collection of video shorts for handheld devices is on display as part of the Dekalog groupshow in my hometown Saarbrücken.

 

October 13.-31.2009

Galerie Besch
Bismarckstrasse 6
66111 Saarbrücken
Germany

 

 

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42*

October 11th, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

It’s my birthday today, here’s my party record for you –

 

Oh Graveyard, You Can’t Hold Me Always

 

[Side A]

1. Mosby Family Singers. Eternal Life
2. Straight Street Holiness. Group Come On
3. Laura Rivers. Thats Alright
4. Rev. Lonnie Farris. Peace In The Valley
5. Radio Four. Walk Around
6. Joe Townsend. Going Over The Hill
7. White Family. Help Me Jesus

 

[Side B]

1. Silver Quintette. Sinners Crossroads
2. James Carter & Mighty Stars. The You Don’t Know
3. Farris & Williams. In Your Kingdom
4. Traveling Echoes. Looking For A Better Place To Live
5. Brother Willie Eason. Grumblers
6. Sensational Happy Travelers. March Theme
7. Anonymous. We Shall Overcome

 

An out of print item, another brilliant compilation on the fabulous Mississippi Records label.

My favourite track is A4 –

 

Rev. Lonnie Farris’ Peace In The Valley

 

Which is yours?

Enjoy
- Stephan

 

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October 10.2009 – Process in Saarbrücken

October 8th, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

Process
for a Broken Consort of recorded Viols, Virginals and 16mm Loop

 

 

Samstag, 10. Oktober 2009

20.00 ct

Eintritt frei

 

KuBa
Kulturzentrum am Eurobahnhof
Lützelbachstrasse 01
66113 Saarbrücken, DE

 

 

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Steirischer Herbst, Graz

October 7th, 2009   |   by Stephan

Hotel room view

 

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September, October Dates

September 22nd, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

I’m terribly behind with keeping this page updated, so before I’ll probably never do, here’s a quick listing of some upcoming shows.

More infos and a text on my new piece Process will follow soon.

Hope to see you
- Stephan

 

24.09.2009

Process live at Netwerk Aalst, Belgium

 

26.09.2009

Virginals live at Happy New Ears Festival Kortrijk, Belgium

 

02.10.2009

Virginals live at Kino Siska Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

04.10.2009

Process live at Urban Festival Zagreb, Croatia

 

06.10.2009

Virginals live at Steirischer Herbst Graz, Austria

 

10.10.2009

Process live at KuBa/Kulturzentrum am Eurobahnhof Saarbrücken, Germany

 

21.10.2009

Virginals live at Extrapool Nijmegen, The Netherlands

I’ll be supporting Z’EV and KK Null

 

 

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Cranking up strings

September 10th, 2009   |   by Stephan

Photo by Oliver Dietze

 

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Rehearsals for “Process”

September 9th, 2009   |   by Stephan

Part of the installation setup for a broken consort of virginals, transcribed viols and 16mm loop

 

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September 03.2009 – Colorfield Variations + Virginals Recital at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

September 3rd, 2009   |   by Stephan

 

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart presents

Colorfield Variations

 

FFCC00

 

September 03.2009
7pm

 

A guided tour to the collection of classic Colorfield works

 

A talk with Tina Frank, Jörg Scheller and myself

 

Colorfield Variations DVD screening

 

Virginals recital

 

Kunstklub der Staatsgalerie
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 30 - 32
70173 Stuttgart
Germany

kunstklub @ staatsgalerie . de

 

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AL again,

August 22nd, 2009   |   by Stephan

vs Zabriskie Point

 

OK, I promise not to bother you again with this, just love the Lyres Symmetries Seventeen filter :D

 

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AL

August 21st, 2009   |   by Stephan

vs Apple

 

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