Apotome Live – Pt.1

29th Jan 2021 29th Jan 2021 20:30 21:00

Faten Kanaan with Nene H, Tot Onyx, Enyang Ha, Tyler Friedman, Lucy Railton

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  • Khyam Allami

    IQ/UK

    Khyam Allami is an Iraqi-British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, researcher and founder of Nawa Recordings. Primarily an Oud player, his artistic research focuses on the development of contemporary and experimental practice based on the fundamentals of Arabic music, with a focus on tuning and microtonality.

  • Louis Chude-Sokei

    US

    Louis Chude-Sokei is an English professor at Boston University and the director of its African American Studies Program. His work focuses on race, immigration and cultural conflicts and exchanges.

  • NÂR

    LB

    Lebanese multi-instrumentalist and singer/spoken word performer Nadia Daou uses a variety of instruments including electric guitar, synth, guembri, and karakeb.

  • Taeyoon Choi

    KR

    Taeyoon Choi is an artist and educator based in Seoul and New York. He explores the poetics of science, technology, society, and human relations.

  • Elvin Brandhi

    UK

    Combining field recordings, surface noise, and musical instruments, Elvin Brandhi produces sprawling sonic environments to get lost in, setting the stage for improvised vocals. Besides her solo material, Brandhi is a nomad across collaborative projects such as Villaelvin and Yeah You.

  • Taeyoon Choi

    KR

    Taeyoon Choi is an artist and educator based in Seoul and New York. He explores the poetics of science, technology, society, and human relations.

  • Floating Sound Nation

    PH

    Floating Sound Nation is the project of Filipino musician Apex Chuidian, who builds intense ambient soundscapes using unexpected sound palettes.

    • Photo: Max Jurisch

    Long in the works, Khyam Allami's »Apotome« will be unveiled during CTM 2021. This web-based software environment was developed in collaboration with creative studio Counterpoint. Apotome was created as a tool to help counter the cultural asymmetry embedded in modern music-making tools, which share a bias inherited from Western music theory and culture. With this technological experiment in progress, the artists point towards more liberated, creative, inclusive, and culturally balanced music-making processes.

    Apotome will be showcased at CTM 2021 in various ways, including this live streamed concert in which Allami and New York-based composer Faten Kanaan premiere new works. MIDI signals from the composers via Apotome will be sent individually to synth musicians Enyang Ha, Nene H, Tot Onyx, and Tyler Friedman, who in turn modulate the compositions’ timbre, sounds, and other parameters in a shared live composing process. Cellist Lucy Railton contributes an additional layer of live improvisation.

    The work is shown as part of CTM's trans/local performance series, which features commissioned works that will be live streamed from the silent green Betonhalle venue. Each performance unites a Berlin-based artist with creators in other parts of the world, who explore ways of remote collaborative work and performance.