tisdag 18 augusti 2015

IB Expo 2015!



Linnea Olsson - cello & sång
En välkänd musiker för halmstadbor, numera även i resten av Sverige och genom hennes turnéer med Peter Gabriel även internationellt. Linnea var en del av IB 2004 – 2009 och vi är mer än glada att stå på scen tillsammans med Linnea igen!
www.linneaolsson.net       

David Rhodes – gitarr & sång
Denne gitarrist har varit Peter Gabriels gitarrist sedan 1980, men har även hunnit med att spela tillsammans med Paul McCartney, Tori Amos, Roy Orbison, New Order, Paul Oakenfold, Scott Walker, The Pretenders, Youssou N'Dour och inte minst Kate Bush. På egen hand har han spelat in två skivor, den senaste – David Rhodes Band – gavs ut 2014.

Magnus Öström – trummor
Magnus spelade i vad många anser var en av 90-talets viktigaste jazzgrupper överhuvudtaget: Esbjörn Svensson Trio (EST). Trion gav ut 12 album och en DVD, sålde hundratusentals skivor och turnerade över hela världen. Sedan 2011 leder Magnus sin egen grupp och har gett ut två plattor, Thread of Life och Searching for Jupiter, båda med musik komponerad av Magnus.

Hanne De Backer – saxofon
En barytonsaxofonist från Antwerpen som var en av grundarna till performancegruppen Bookers & Hookers som ägnade sig åt absurda och spektakulära framträdanden där musik, teater och litteratur möttes i olika utomhusmiljöer som normalt inte förknippas med scenkonst. Som musiker har Hanne spelat med flera belgiska grupper, t. ex. Dottìr Slonza, Pieter Embrechts, You Rascal You, Nele Needs a Holiday och Admiral Freebee.

Liesbeth Lambrecht – violin & viola
En klassiskt skolad violinist/violast som är lika bra på att spela tango (i Quinteto Astor) som samtida kammarmusik (med Aranis) eller radikal avantgarderock med Present. Liesbeth medverkar på en mängd inspelningar och har turnerat i en mängd länder.

Sist men inte minst: IB. Utan IB, inget IB Expo. Denna halmstadbaserade grupp är välbekant för den lokala publiken, men det är lätt att glömma bort att denna 39-åriga grupp har turnerat i både Europa och Nordamerika, gett ut 11 album och en DVD och spelat med musiker som Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Stick Men), Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Stick Men), Adrian Belew (King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa), Valgeir Sigurdsson, Janne Schaffer, Björn J:son Lindh, David Torn (David Bowie), Mick Karn (Japan), Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree) och Steve Hogarth (Marillion).





IB Expo Academy is a meeting place for young musicians, composers, producers or improvisers independent of musical background or direction. By consciously ignoring musical borders and with sensitive ears, our aim is to encourage young musicians to strengthen their musical identity. Between October 4 – 11, you have the opportunity to develop your creativity in an intense but pleasurable way along with other young musicians. You will work together in a professional working environment in the Swedish region of Halland in a way that enables you to focus completely on your reason for being there: music.

IB Expo Academy 2015 - oktober

Föreläsare:


Klas Assarsson, Kjell Severinsson och Mats Johansson
Tre musiker från Isildurs Bane som har spelat tillsammans sedan många år (Mats och Kjell sedan 1977) och arbetat med ett otal andra musikaliska projekt utöver IB. Ämnen som kommer att behandlas i denna workshop är rytmövningar, vikten av kontinuitet för en grupps samspel samt kompositions- och arrangemangsprocesserna.


Charlie Storm
En självvald doldis, men icke desto mera landets kanske mest originellt musikproducent. Charlie har arbetat som programmerare, tekniker och producent för bl. a. Håkan Hellström, Roxette, Mando Diao och Lustans Lakejer men även arbetat med filmljud och elektronisk ljudkonst. Deltagarna på IB Expo Academy kommer få höra exempel på hur Charlie arbetar med avantgardistiska metoder i popproduktioner, vad en musiker bör känna till vid ett studiobesök och hur en hemstudio kan byggas upp utan att det kostar en förmögenhet.


Stick Men
En tung trio. Basisten/stickspelaren Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Paul Simon och ett oräkneligt antal andra), trumlagaren Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Mr Mister, XTC m. fl.) och Markus Reuter som spelar sitt egenkonstruerade U8-instrument, precis som Levins Stick är Reuters U8 en så kallad ”touch guitar”. Trion kommer till IB Expo Academy för att dela med sig av sina mångåriga erfarenheter och tala om studiotricks, dagens musikliv och hur man kan överleva som musiker genom att spela kreativ musik.


Linnea Olsson
En mångsidig musiker som har klivit fram i rampljuset med två egna album samtidigt som hon har turnerat världen över med Peter Gabriel. Även om Linnea är en formellt utbildad cellist är det som låtskrivare och sångerska som hon har gjort sig känd, dock alltid med cellon i förgrunden. Om antalet cellister i kulturskolorna har ökat är det sannolikt Linnea vi har att tacka för det.

torsdag 18 juni 2015


What is IB Expo Academy and IB Expo International?
IB Expo is an elaboration of musical group Isildurs Bane (IB), taking the form of a project. The band formed in 1976 and have toured internationally and released music since the 80’s, having constantly used Halland as a base for their musical activities that have involved a wide variety of musical genres and styles, performance spaces and forms of expression.
Since the mid-00’s, IB have given priority to ideas projects in which genre crossing and new technology have played an essential part. IB arranged IB Expo for the first time in 2005 with the aim of exploring communication and human interaction within the field of music, without the aid of a safety net.
In practice, IB Expo, an annual event, is a meeting with slightly more than ten musicians from different backgrounds ethnically, socially and musically. During an intense week, we all work towards two common goals: an internal process of musical self-development and an external process (working with the other musicians; doing clinics and workshops for young musicians; and performing a concert live in front of a paying audience). This working process is at once creative, interesting and rewarding but also demanding.
Beginning in 2010, IB expanded our activities to include educational days that enabled pedagogical meetings between musicians from Halland and guests from Sweden and abroad. Each of these educational days had a specific angle but with a constant focus on the here and now in music.
Starting in 2015, we are moving on and are now organizing our undertakings in three categories:
-       IB (Isildurs Bane), a musical group working on recordings, projects and performances nationally and internationally
-       IB Expo International (the event previously known as IB Expo), where IB meet musicians Swedish and international musicians to do clinics, workshops and concerts during an intense week
-       IB Expo Academy, an international project where young musicians on a skilled level meet to deepen their musicianship, share experiences with the other musicians present and learn from the clinics and workshops
The Academy
IB Expo Academy is a meeting place for young musicians, composers, producers or improvisers independent of musical background or direction. By consciously ignoring musical borders and with sensitive ears, our aim is to encourage young musicians to strengthen their musical identity.
Between October 4 – 11, you have the opportunity to develop your creativity in an intense but pleasurable way along with other young musicians. You will work together in a professional working environment in the Swedish region of Halland in a way that enables you to focus completely on your reason for being there: music.
The working methods are simple. Every participant brings music to the table, presents it to the others and organises small or large groups to play the music and schedules the rehearsals that lead up to two concerts on Friday and Saturday respectively. Besides rehearsals and concerts, you will attend clinics and workshops with internationally established musicians who will be your guest tutors at IB Expo Academy.
There is a strict limit to the number of students we can take on board. The participants are chosen via a principle of selection that stresses a broad representation with regard to music, human and social perspectives. For IB Expo as an organisation, a wide representation from a perspective of ethnicity and gender goes without saying.
We are planning two concerts for the students: Friday October 9 and Saturday October 10. More details when we meet in October! The participants will decide the repertoire for the concerts jointly.
 The repertoire
As a participant at IB Expo Academy, you are an integral part of creating a repertoire for the concerts. You bring a piece of music to the proceedings. This piece of music could be composed by you, by somebody else or it could be a model for improvising. The partakers decide which pieces will be rehearsed and performed. There is no guarantee that every piece of music will be part of the repertoire.
What is required of the IB Expo Academy participants?
IB Expo Academy is a project that emphasizes musical width, equality, openness and creative meetings. We encourage experienced sight-readers as well as skilled improvisers. In order for you to gain as much as possible from your stay with us, we believe you to have most, if not all of, the following qualifications:
-       you are aged 18-25
-       you can play an instrument skilfully
-       you are a good listener
-       you have an open mind set and regard breaking musical barriers as something positive and a matter of course
-       you bring your own instrument(s). The exceptions are large instruments such as a drum kit or a double bass for instance.
       When?
October 4 – 11 2015
Where?
Kulturhuset, Halland, Halmstad, Sweden
How to apply?
Send your application no later than July 31 2015 to:
You application must contain the following:
-       a brief description – no more than one A4 page – of yourself as a musician, composer, improviser or producer (what your have achieved musically, what style(s) of music you have worked within, your musical education et cetera).
-       a short statement of your reasons for attending IB Expo Academy
-       approximately 15 minutes of music that gives us an impression of what you or your work sounds like. The recording in itself needn’t be a professional recording, what’s important is that we can grasp your musical expression
-       tell us if you have any food allergies or if you are a vegetarian, a vegan or if there is something else we should be aware of for practical reasons
How much does it cost?
The course fee is 3 000 SKr (about € 300). All meals and a shared room are included in this. You can apply for a lower fee and help with travel costs. Do not hesitate to get in touch to discuss this with us!
Send your application and any questions you may have to:
Mats Johansson
Producer, IB Expo Academy
Phone: +46 70 950 50 17