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Computer music is often thought of as incomprehensible sounds that nobody can understand, apart from some isolated nerds. A concert by the POW Ensemble is something completely different, however: here, ‘real’ music is being made! The musicians use improvisation, live processing, electronic and acoustic instruments such as oud and saxophones. The POW Ensemble can be regarded as the chamber ensemble of the 21st century, using computers as musical instruments.
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POW Ensemble: Homage to Hazard Live, Amsterdam 2008
by Mark Corroto
Life is short, jazz is eternal, and at the cabaret the show must go on. When the house band is the POW Ensemble, the scene could best be described as Dada Star Wars meets Spike Jones in 1931 Berlin. Actually, Homage to Hazard Live was captured in Amsterdam at Bimhuis in June of 2008. Organizer, band member and composer/saxophonist Luc Houtkamp is keen on the experimentation of the New York Downtown scene of the 1990s, where improvising ...
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POW Ensemble Homage to Hazard live X-OR FR 14 Field Recording
Han Buhrs, vocals, backing vocals, voice, live electronics Luc Houtkamp, computer, live electronics, tenor saxophone Guy Harries, vocals, backing vocals, flute, fife, computer, keyboards Wolter Wierbos, trombone, vocals Nina Hitz, cello
Live in het Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 26 juni 2008 Special guest: Joseph Bowie, trombone, vocals
All About Jazz review: www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32364
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