KODI & PAUSA - BROMBRON 07: IN ONE WEEK
AND NEW TOYS TO PLAY
CD only - releasedate: December 9th 2004
Korm Plastics kp 3018
Korm Plastics is proud to present the seventh
release in the Brombron series. Originally a co-production between
Staalplaat and Extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator Frans
de Waard. In the year 2000 Frans de Waard and Extrapool started
the Brombron project. Two or more musicians become artists in
residence in Extrapool, an arts initiative in Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
with a fully equipped sound recording studio. These artists can
work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a
project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or
the equipment to realize.
Natalie Bruys (Kodi) is foremost a visual
artist who studied at De Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where
she graduated with the production of a vinyl record with her own
music. She then moved temporarily to Berlin where she continued
to produce her own unique blend of soundscaping, plunderphonica
and techno
Lukas Simonis (aka Pausa) has his roots
as an instrumentalist and musical 'activist' in the industrial
music and noise rock of the Eighties ( Throbbing Gristle, the
Residents, Pere Ubu, Sonic Youth and beyond).Being a part of the
Rotterdam jazzbunker scene (a collective that consisted of heavy
drug induced punk rockers, freejazzers, early electronic musicians
and pre-postrock combo's) he discovered the delimited world of
improvisation. In the meantime he played in bands like Dull Schicksal,
Trespassers W and Morzelpronk. At the same time he was writing
for underground magazines like Trespassers W, Opscene, Mondain
Den Haag and the Koekrandt as well as organizing concerts, events
and films, first at the Jazzbunker in Rotterdam later on the Dissonanten
festival, the Dissidenten festival, Popifilm, Dodorama and finally
WORM, a multimedia centre for experimental art. At the moment
Simonis plays in Coolhaven (with Peter Fengler and Hajo Doorn),
Liana Flu Winks (with Nina Hitz and Wilf Plum), ApricotMyLady
(with the Bohman Brothers and Ann Laberge), The Static Tics (with
Henk Bakker) and Vril (with Chris Cutler and Bob Drake). This
sounds like a lot of work (and sometimes it is) but these bands
and projects all exist only a few weeks or months a year. (so
time enough to sit at home).
On 'In One Week And New Toys To Play' Kodi
& Pausa combine their totally different background of rock
and techno, playing the studio's analogue synth collection (aka
the new toys to play) but also guitar, banjo, rhythmbox and a
touch of the city's sounds through their use of field recordings.
website Pausa at http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Elukas/pagina/pausa.html
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KODI & PAUSA - BROMBRON 07: IN ONE WEEK
AND NEW TOYS TO PLAY (CD by Korm Plastics)
The idea behind the Brombron series may be well-known to you:
"In the year 2000 Frans de Waard and Extrapool started the
Brombron project. Two or more musicians become artists in residence
in Extrapool, an arts initiative in Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
with a fully equipped sound recording studio. These artists can
work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a
project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or
the equipment to realize" (promo-info).
For the seventh edition Natalie Bruys (Kodi) and Lukas Simonis
(Pausa) occupied the Extrapool territories. Natalie Bruys started
as a visual artist but nowadays she is more and more involved
in the world of sound and techno. Lukas Simonis wrote history
with bands like Dull Schicksal, Morzelpronk, a.o. ApricotMyLady
(with the Bohman Brothers and Ann Laberge), The Static Tics (with
Henk Bakker) and Vril (with Chris Cutler and Bob Drake) are some
of his more recent collaborations.
Did Kodi and Pausa they feel at home in the Extrapool-studio?
Yes, I think so because they left 10 tracks behind that found
there way to this cd. The title of this cd suggests that both
didn,t work from an underlying concept. It simply describes the
context: being one week in a studio working with the available
possibilities and instruments. And this it. It is difficult to
trace what toys they played with. If I,m not mistaken I hear good
old synthesizer sounds. But also guitar, banjo (!), and several
sounds and voices they took from the environment. In most pieces
the result is more close to soundscape and collage then to music.
The first track shows maybe most clearly the techno background
of Kodi and the guitar-improv style of Pausa. Track 5 is a demented
Residents-like tune. Track 7 combines all these aspects of Kodi
and Pausa and is the most successfull track in my opinion: a childlike
tune, beats and environmental sounds are united here.
Although not all pieces impressed me, the atmosphere throughout
the cd is a pleasant one. Both musicians have a fresh non-academic
approach. Both feel no need to complicate and analyse things endlessly.
Spontaneous music, that's what it is( DM).
Address: http://www.kormplastics.nl (Vital Weekly 457)
On "In One Week and New Toys to Play",
Kodi and Pausa layer quasi-rhythmic elements on bits of vocals,
jittery bleeps and synth-like sounds, short bursts of noise, and
miscellaneous jabber. In general, the compositions have a very
loose structure and tend to jump back and forth, giving the recordings
somewhat of a neurotic feel. Some tracks stand out due to their
song-like structure. The way this wide variety of sounds is given
cohesion is remarkable, and very well done. A fine recording for
its ability to intertwine so many different types of sound.
(Phospor Magazine)
Auch In One Week And New Toys To Play (Brombron 07 / kp 3018)
ist eine Kollaboration. Im Rahmen der von Frans de Waard weiter
betreuten Brombron-Reihe im Nijmegischen Extrapool trafen KODI
& PAUSA aufeinander. Sie, Kodi, eigentlich Natalie Bruys,
ist eine Newcomerin mit einem Kunststudium an der Amsterdamer
De Rietvield-Akademie als Starthilfe und einem Berlinaufenthalt,
bei dem sie ihre eigene Version von Plunderphonie und Soundscaping
weiterentwickelte. Er, Pausa, eigentlich Lukas Simonis, ist ein
alter Hase, seit den 80ern aktiv in der Rotterdamer Jazzbunkerszene,
als Gitarrist von Trespassers W & Dull Schicksal, und als
Festivalveranstalter (Dissonanten, Dissidenten, Dodorama, WORM).
Gegenwärtig spielt er gleichzeitig in Coolhaven, Liana Flu
Winks, ApricotMyLady, The Static Tics und Vril. Und fand dazwischen
die Zeit für einen Spaß wie diesen. Zehn verzwirbelte
Undefinierbarkeiten im bodenlosen Spalt zwischen Noch-nicht-Pop
und Nicht-mehr-Pop und nicht umsonst mit seltsamen Etiketten versehen
wie ,laatbloeier', ,boswachter', ,knutselvriend' oder ,krekelvent'.
Wobei ich mir sicher bin, dass das auch für Holländer
komisch klingt. Und auch wenn die Joyce, der ganz speziell gedankt
wird, nicht der Joyce ist, so springen Kodi & Pause mit Klängen
doch ähnlich um, wie der große Ire mit der Sprache.
Bizarr, grotesk, jedenfalls immer irritierend, verheddern sich
ominöse Samples ineinander, Alltagsgeräusche, Schnippsel
von Sprachlernplatten. Manchem wird mit Elektrogezwitscher, Bleeps
und Glitches auf die Sprünge geholfen, manchem mit Banjogeschrammel.
Manchmal fühlt man sich auf Japanisch nach dem Weg zum nächsten
Pissoir gefragt. Anderes klingt wie Modern Art von Jost Swarte.
Hier übt David Moss an der Finnegan's Wake-Partitur, da klopft
eine billige Drum-machine, es blubbert, knackst und ein Fisch
auf dem Fahrrad fährt durch die schmale Gasse zwischen Nähmachine
und Regenschirm. Nächste Verwandte - Secret Mommy? Tapebeatles?
Nur weniger hysterisch, verhuschter und mit versteckterem Witz.
Ist die Welt so? - Immer öfter.
(Bad Lachemy 46)
Kodi & Pausa - In One Week And New Toys
To Play (CD Brombron)
Kodi è Natalie Bruys (formazione da artista visiva, poi
esperimenti con suoni di matrice plunder e techno), Pausa è
Lukas Simonis (musicista con background industrial e successivamente
influenzato dall'improvvisazione jazz). In questo nuovo lavoro
della serie Brombron i due s'incontrano con tutto il loro repertorio
di suoni svagati, improntati a un forte gusto per il collage.
Ecco dunque synth, chitarra, banjo e samples mischiarsi a rtimi
techno sfrenati. Nonostante le giocose melodie-mostriciattolo
e lo spiccato gusto per lo humour dei due (la voce indolente di
Chicks On Trees, il pop scanzonato di Flashy Toilet), l'album
risente di troppi momenti senza bussola e di eccessive prolissità,
a diluire un'idea di partenza che avrebbe potuto avere esiti migliori
(6/7 - Blow Up 81)
Kodi & Pausa - In One Week And New Toys
To Play (Brombon)
Die heitere Seite der Kormplastics Welt präsentiert sich
aus diesem Gemisch aus klingelnden Sounds, skurrilen Jazzfunkfragmenten,
Field Recordings und verknautschter Spielhölle für alle
die in jedem Licht einen Pixel sehen und dabei vor allem an eins
denken, den Highscore der es einem endlich ermöglicht der
Star der digitalen Operette zu werden. Wild und dennoch irgendwie
Kunst. So mag ich das.
http://www.kormplastics.nl
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