On air from 20h till 23h
Seijiro Murayama (JP, 1957) has been improvising with voice and percussion since 1980. On their US tour in 1982 with Keiji Haino, he was greatly inspired by John Zorn’s music in NY. Murayama currently improvises solo, in duo or trio with Jean-Luc Guionnet, Axel Dörner, Eric La Casa, Klaus Filip, Hugo Abraham, Cyprien Busolini and others. https://urojiise.wixsite.com/seijiromurayama/home
Roger Fähndrich (CH, 1982) writes paradoxical protest songs as Roger F. & The Structure and is the founder of the ‘Centre of Negativity’, a research centre for conversations about difficult emotions. He studied Fine Arts in Bern (CH) and Autonomous Design in Ghent (BE). www.roger-f.com
By playing live as well as discussing, we will try to unfold the improvisation practice that Seijiro has developed since the 1980s and add reflections on art and culture. Since we are a punk improvisation duo, we will ask: What is improvisation? What is punk and what is noise? We will talk about attention and try to see if our practice can serve as a playground to explore new/free/open ways of listening.