Ash 8.8 | Thomas Ankersmit "Live in Utrecht"

CD in Jewel Case – one track, 39:18
Photography by Alexandra Leykauf

Track Listing
1: Live in Utrecht, 39:18

Recorded on November 17th 2007 at Rumor, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Thomas Ankersmit: Serge analogue modular synthesizer, computer, alto saxophone. Pre-recorded saxophone and reel-to-reel parts composed by Valerio Tricoli, with source material by Ankersmit.

Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye.

We are proud to announce the release by Thomas Ankersmit of his concert performed in Utrecht late in 2007. Here is some info about Thomas, who has no other solo CDs available at this time… in fact, Live in Utrecht is his first official CD album release.

Thomas Ankersmit (1979, Leiden, Netherlands) is a saxophonist, electronic musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam, who combines abstract, intensely focused saxophone playing with hyper-kinetic analogue synth and computer improvisation. He also creates installation pieces that use sound, infrasound and "modifications to the acoustic characters of spaces" that disrupt the viewer/listener's perception of the exhibition space and their presence within it. He frequently works together with New York minimalist Phill Niblock and Sicilian electroacoustic artist Valerio Tricoli. Other collaborators, mostly for live performances, have included Tony Conrad, Maryanne Amacher, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm and Borbetomagus.


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May 2010

May 5 - GAS Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden - solo and with Phill Niblock

May 6 - Berghain, Berlin, Germany - solo and with Phill Niblock

May 29 - Tuned City, Tallinn, Estonia - acoustic solo performance inside a hydroplane hangar, plus a lecture about dome acoustics and a presentation of installation pieces

 

July 2010

July 10 - Nuit Bleue Festival, Arc-et-Senans, France - solo performance with Serge analogue synthesizer, computer and multi-channel acousmonium

July 30 - ISEA2010 Festival, Dortmund, Germany - with Antoine Chessex

 

August 2010

August 28 - Météo Festival, Mulhouse, France - solo and with Phill Niblock

 

September 2010

September 18 - Echtzeitmusiktage, Berlin, Germany - solo

 

November 2010

November 30 - Copenhagen, Denmark - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

 

December 2010

December 1 - Bla, Oslo, Norway - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 3 - Deutschlandradio Kultur - Thomas Ankersmit and Valerio Tricoli radio broadcast, premiere of "ECHELON Teufelsberg" a composition commissioned for radio by Deutschlandradio Kultur

December 3 - Oslo, Norway - with Werner Dafeldecker and Sven-Åke Johansson

December 3-5 - All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Minehead, UK - Borbetomagus only

December 6-8 - London, UK - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 8-9 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 10 - State-X New Forms Festival, The Hague, Netherlands - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 13-14 - Lyon, France - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 16 - Cave 12, Geneva, Switzerland - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

December 17 - Nuit d'Hiver Festival, Marseille, France - solo, tour with Borbetomagus

 

2008-2009

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Biography & Photos

Thomas Ankersmit is a musician and artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam.

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Audio Downloads

"Zwerm voor Muziekcentrum" a recent track with Serge analogue modulair synthesizer, guitar pickups, tapes and computer be downloaded here

Other pieces will be available shortly.

 

Discography

Thomas Ankersmit audio releases.

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Contact

info at thomasankersmit dot net


Booking requests can also be sent to Shakti Music