Au sein de la scène laptop, peu de musiciens explorent avec autant dácuité que la Japonaise Keiko Uenishi, alias O.Blaat, les implications de la mobilité de l’instrument et de son rapport à l’extérieur. Suite directe d’un travail de plusieurs années passées à transformar comptoirs de bar, manteaux, tables de ping-pong et autres sièges en tout …
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Una giapponese a Brooklyn, dopo anni di progetti felicemente in bilico fra arte, musica e live performance, sotto la luce esile dei riflettori delle scene alternative di downtown, nascosta dietro lo schermo di un powerbook: per Keiko Uenishi (in arte O.Blaat) è adesso arrivata l’ora di un confronto oltre la cerchia stretta d’ammiratori definita dal …
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Unter dem seltsamen Künstlernamen O.BLAAT veröffentlicht die in Brooklyn lebende Japanerin Keiko Uenishi mit Two Novels: Gaze/In the Cochlea (Crónica 012~2004 + data track/quicktime) erstmals Beispiele ihrer Powerbookperformances. Die Konstrukte, die sie mit einem speziellen “tapboard.effector.soundsystem” entwirft, hat sie bereits auf Festivals, in Museen, Galerien und Clubs von New York bis Wien, von Bordeaux bis …
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Une nouvelle sortie sur le label portugais Cronica, ne faisant que confirmer la qualité de celui-ci, il est vrai très pointu, et à la croisée de différents styles musicaux. Ambient, noise, electronica, et ici une fusion plus originale encore, mélangeant ambient, minimal-techno, et musique improvisée puisqu’il s’agit en l’occurrence de plusieurs concerts enregistrés l’année dernière …
This is the first solo offering of Keiko Uenishi a sound artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. Among her collaborations emphasizes her participation in Marina Rosenfeld’s 17 piece guitars/laptop orchestra under the name ‘Sheer Frost Orchestra 2000’ and in the laptop and electronica quartet along side to Ikue Mori, Kaffe Matthews and Marina …
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Just like the first volume, I really like the title of this work. In this first volume Autodigest delt the compression of music, the new volume is about ‘all the audiences ever recorded and has them share one hour of hysterical, progressively apocalyptic applause’. And that’s what you get: people clapping their hands, cheering, shouting. …
I wonder just how angry Mr. Eric Satie (the turn of the century composer) would be if he were allowed to live and see what has become of his legacy. Mr. Satie, well perhaps, was first and perhaps foremost in asking for and then making music like…err…as furniture to fill a place and make it …
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O. Blaat is our old friend Keiko Uenishi, former tap dancer and early member of the downtown scene. She has been booking an unusual international cast of electronic(a), DJ’s and sonic manipulators for the Sub-Tonic Lounge weekly for a few years, as well as helping organize electronic(a) festivals upstairs at Tonic on occasion. Besides all …
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O.Blaat c’est qui, c’est quoi? O.Blaat c’est tout simplement Keiko Uenishi, artiste basée à New York et qui est surtout connu pour ses créations sonores interactives qui ont fait le bonheur de bien des salles et d’évènements artistiques. Ainsi on l’a vu se produire à travers les Etats Unis et l’Europe (Allemagne, Autriche et France). …
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Sometimes it happens: from ruthless music generators a pulsating living organism comes to manifest itself, leaving questions and doubts behind, letting people have a glance to an uncertain definition of future without panic – instead confirming one’s will to go over the easy paybacks of “educated” instrumental voices. Seaming together three different live exhibitions, @C …
