Livelooping 2009
More livelooping experiments and adventures as I replaced the heavy hardware by software:
February 28th: Experimental Guitar Evening, Cologne
May 30: Livelooping Festival, Antwerpen
June 6: Livelooping Festival, Rome
Oct 14-16: Y2K9 Livelooping Festival, Santa Cruz
Nov 25: Klangspielraum with Uwe Schumacher, Bonn
February 28th: Experimental Guitar Evening, Cologne (see blog entry)
I first met guitarist Craig Green last May when he played on the Livelooping Festival in Cologne that I had organized. Because he was in Europe for two gigs in Portugal, he had asked me if we could play together again, so he stopped in Cologne first before going to southern Europe and we did an Experimental Guitar Evening, again at the LOFT, again joined by my Cologne based friend Michael Frank. Each of us did a solo set and at the end, we played two improvisations together. Judging from what I heard from the audience afterwards, it was quite a successful and enjoyable evening.
Here is my 21 minute improvisation:
Loft Livelooping Improvisation - (21:38 min, 21 MB)
during the Experimental Guitar Evening @ Loft, Feb 28th, 2009
- Michael Peters @ Experimental Guitar Evening (photo by Sabine)
May 30: Livelooping Festival Antwerpen (see blog entry)
Apparently, keyboard player and livelooper Sjaak Overgaauw from Antwerp, Belgium had been so inspired by visiting last year's livelooping festival in Cologne that he decided to organize such a festival himself. The festival took place in a very nice location in the centre of Antwerp on May 30, 2009. Everything went really well.
This was the first concert where I replaced all my hardware effects with software (except guitar, midi interfaces and controllers of course). My setup was complex and I don't think I got through my set without getting things mixed up but generally, I was happy with the result.
Blog entry | all festival photos | complete recordings
Here are two mp3 excerpts from my improvisation:
Antwerpen Part 1 - (10:21 min, 9.7 MB)
during the Antwerp Livelooping Festival, May 30th, 2009
Antwerpen Part 2 - (3:39 min, 3.4 MB)
during the Antwerp Livelooping Festival, May 30th, 2009
June 6: Livelooping Festival Rome
Just a week after the Antwerp festival, I flew to Fabio Anile's festival in Rome. The festival was wonderful and we had a really good time together. I hope I'll soon be able to post some video material from the gig.
festival website
"behind the scenes" video
photos
Rome Part 1 - XFadelooping - (1:41 min, 1.6 MB)
during the Rome Livelooping Festival, June 6th, 2009
Rome Part 2 - Slow Conga - (5:39 min, 5.3 MB)
during the Rome Livelooping Festival, June 6th, 2009
Rome Part 3 - Fuzzglitch - (4:28 min, 4.2 MB)
during the Rome Livelooping Festival, June 6th, 2009
Rome Part 4 - Three Mellotron Chords - (3:37 min, 3.4 MB)
during the Rome Livelooping Festival, June 6th, 2009
Rome Part 5 - Zarb - (6:52 min, 6.5 MB)
during the Rome Livelooping Festival, June 6th, 2009
- Michael Peters in Rome
- Michael Peters in Rome
October 14-16: Y2K9 Livelooping Festival, Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz livelooping festivals, organized by Rick Walker, are the largest of their kind - this year, about 60 loopers from 8 countries gathered for several days. Please read my blog for a detailed report of this event.
festival page
blog entry
festival sampler video
festival photos
- Michael Peters in Santa Cruz
live @ Pearl Alley Studios, Santa Cruz, October 16, 2009
live @ The Luggage Store, San Francisco, October 15, 2009
Nov 25: Klangspielraum with Uwe Schumacher, Bonn
After about a year, Uwe Schumacher and me met again for another free improvisation concert in the church in Bonn, Germany where he runs a regular concert series called Klang-Spiel-Raum.
Please read my blog for a detailed report of this event.
Here are three video clips that cover about 2/3rds of the evening:
