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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