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Murcof and .Pig
Wednesday, September 05, 2007, 8pm
Location: Project Artaud Theatre
450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Week-long International festival. NEXMAP presents 2 contemporary cutting edge Mexican artists.
A co-production with the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival - SFEMF.
This performance is made possible in part through a grant from Fonca-Conaculta, Mexican Council for the Arts.
Archival Excerpt (Video)
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Murcof
.Pig
INSIDE OUT (I/O) - Archival Excerpt (Video)
The three musicians conducted a special demonstration in Spanish for 7 Latino teens from the John O'Connell School of Technology afterschool program (JOST).
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Inside Out (I/O)
Press Release
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| Fernando Corona (stage name: Murcof) | ||
| Murcof was founded early 2001 by only member Fernando Corona in Tijuana, México, as an outgrowth of his previous involvement with the internationally-reputed art and electornic movement entitled Nortec Collective. This project is about experimenting with electronic and classical music in their more minimalistic expression, to bring face to face digital precision with acoustic warmth and try and find harmony and complementation between them, in a way as a form of reflecting today's digitalized way of interacting with the world, with each other and even ourselves; a reminder that, regardless of the means, the end user will always be human. And always approaching technology as a tool of expression rather than as an end in itself.
Murcof's music is sparse, minimalist, sample-based electronica. Although founded on complex, at times, abstract, glitchy electronic percussion, Corona's recordings are more melodic and traditionally structured than many contemporary electronic musicians. Many recordings feature orchestral strings sampled from recordings of works by modern composers such as Arvo Pärt. He has a unique way of using silence, it fills his music with intense emotion. There is an obvious influence from film music on his work that can be heard in his use of samples and his dramatic production. This is also evident in the soundtracks he has performed for films such as Fritz Lang's Metropolis (film). murcof.com » Back To Top |
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| Rogelio Sosa (stage name: .Pig) | ||
| Rogelio Sosa (México , 1977) is sound artist, composer and curator of sound art and experimental music. He began his studies in computer music at the Ateliers Upic in Paris and attended the Composition and Computer Music Course at the IRCAM from 2000 to 2001. In 2002 he pursued a masters degree at the Paris 8 University. Actually he resides in Mexico City and he is director of the Radar Festival in Mexico City, and professor at the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana in Mexico City. His work has been presented in Argentina Belgium, Canada, Chili, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Peru and the United States. Sosa has been awarded by the National Fund for the Arts (Mexico) in four occasions, and has received important prizes and distinctions such as SCRIME Electroacoustic Music Prize (Bordeaux, France, 2000); the IMEB Electroacoustic Music Contest (Bourges, France, 2001), the Nuevas Resonancias Award (Mexico, 2001), the Russolo Electroacoustic Music Contest (Varese, Italy, 2002, the EAR Electroacoustic Music Contest (Budapest, Hungary, 2003) and the Grant of the CENART Multimedia Center (Mexico, 2006). In 2000 he was awarded the National Youth Award for the Arts in Mexico.
Rogelio Sosa (México , 1977) es artista sonoro, músico y curador de arte sonoro y música experimental. Realizó estudios de música electrónica en los Ateliers Upic y en el IRCAM. En 2003 terminó una maestría en música y tecnología en la Universidad de Paris VIII. Actualmente radica en la Ciudad de México y es director del festival Radar y profesor de la Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana. Ha presentado su obra en Argentina, Alemania, Bélgica, Canadá, Chile, Cuba, España, Estados Unidos, Francia, Holanda, Hungría, Italia, México y Perú. Ha recibido cuatro veces becas y apoyos del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Dentro de los premios y distinciones más importantes que ha recibido se encuentran el Premio Nacional de la Juventud en Artes (México, 2000), el Premio SCRIME (Bordeaux, Francia, 2000), el concurso IMEB (Bourges, Francia, 2001), el Premio Nuevas Resonancias (México, 2001), el Premio Luigi Russolo (Varese, Italia, 2002), el concurso EAR (Budapest, Hungría, 2003) y el Apoyo a la Producción e Investigación en Arte y Medios del Centro Multimedia (México, 2006). » Back To Top |
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| Andres Solis (stage name: .Pig) | ||
| Andres Solis.- Born in Mexico City, december 1971. During a four year period he studied at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Strongly influenced, encouraged and directed by Clarence Barlow he begins to explore some computer assisted composition techniques. Since, he has focused on the use of electronic and digital tools to create music. He then moves to France to achieve a post graduate degree (D.E.A.) under the supervision of Horacio Vaggione at the University of Paris 8, Saint Denis. He has worked closely with different soloist and written music for non conventional instruments, such as: the MiRe (MIDIfied Recorder) developed and played by Cesar Villavicencio, Hans Andre Stamm’s Enharmonic Organ and Trimpin’s electro-mechanical interface. A strong attraction for visual and cinematic art has also involved him in different museographic, video-art, installation and film projects. He was recently invited to perform with the N.O.N.E. ensemble and Pauline Oliveiros at the “Visiones Sonoras” Festival in Mexico City. He is currently a collaborator for avant-garde and electronic music in the Rolling Stone magazine [Mexico] and performing, along with Rogelio Sosa, live electroacoustic music with their latest improvisation project entitled “ .PIG”.
Andres Solis.- México D.F., diciembre de 1971. Durante un periodo de cuatro años estudia en el Conservatorio Real de La Haya bajo la tutela de Clarence Barlow, quién lo motiva a explorar algunas técnicas de composición asistida por computadora. Desde entonces se ha enfocado en el uso de herramientas electrónicas y digitales para crear música. Posteriormente se muda a Francia en donde obtiene un post-grado (D.E.A.) bajo la dirección de Horacio Vaggione en la Universidad Paris 8, Saint Denis. Ha trabajado con diferentes solistas y escrito música para instrumentos no convencionales como: el MiRe (Recorder MIDIficado) desarrollado y ejecutado por Cesar Villavicencio, el Organo Enharmónico de Hans Andre Stamm y la Interfase Electro-Mecánica de Trimpin. Paralelamente, una fuerte atracción por las artes visuales y cinemáticas lo ha llevado a colaborar en diferentes proyectos de video-arte, museografía y cine. Recientemente fue invitado por el ensamble N.O.N.E. al festival Visiones Sonoras para participar en una presentación con Pauline Oliveiros. Actualmente, junto con Rogelio Sosa, improvisa con medios electroacústicos en el proyecto “.PIG”. Eventualmente colabora en la revista Rolling Stone [México] y algunas otras publicaciones en donde escribe artículos y reseñas sobre música electrónica y experimental. » Back To Top |
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| San Francisco Electronic Music Festival | ||
The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival is an artist-run organization founded in 1999 by a committee of eight, Bay Area, electro-acoustic music and sound art practitioners. Its mission is to provide a highly visible public forum for the diverse community of composers and sound artists working with electronic-based technologies in the Bay Area. |
