NOTCH08 Festival Hong Kong
NOTCH Festival 主旨是將北歐聲音與影像文化，與中國藝術圈子融合，他們前衛與未來派的獨特表演方式，為觀眾帶來全新體驗。
NOTCH於06和07連續兩年在北京、上海和廣州三地舉行，反應熱烈。而今年10月第一個星期，將會舉行NOTCH08，除原有三個國內城市外，香港亦會成為其中一站。
今年NOTCH08主題是"Comma Coma"，是沒有停頓的Coma，於過去的一年，我們經歷過疫症、經濟、物價等問題，應該如何面對？很多人都沒有答案，而NOTCH08正是借助北歐與本地音樂人與藝術家，提供一個展望未來的視野。
NOTCH08 帶來了6個北歐與香港單位，各自從哲學體系中表現出獨特個性。音樂上橫跨Free Jazz、Improvisation、Electro-acoustic、Avant Garde、Psychedelic Folk、Indie-Pop 等不同風格，再配以視覺表演輔助，當中參與單位全部是從北歐與香港圈中嚴選出來，形成匯合多元化文化藝術的經歷。
NOTCH Festival fuses cutting edge Nordic audiovisual culture with China’s emerging local scene, pushing the audience to rethink their contemporary and future role via the theme of “contemporizing the future” and the practice of “de-futurization”.
Following the successful debut and follow-up efforts in 2006 and 2007 in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, NOTCH08 will return to the 3 cities during the 1st week of October in 2008. In addition, Hong Kong will join as the 4th city to participate in NOTCH08.
The theme for this year’s NOTCH08 is “Comma Coma”, that is “non-stop coma,” the overwhelming state we are facing in a year of natural disasters, stock market crisis and price increases of oil and food. How will we cope with it? Many people have no idea. NOTCH08 aims to present a vision toward the future via participating Nordic and local artists’ artistic expression that we should start reducing, not consuming more resources to lessen our burden on the fragile earth. It also reflects NOTCH’s cultural meaning: notch , or grooveas primitive human’s method of recording. Every single notch has its own unique social value.
NOTCH08 selects 6 Nordic and Hong Kong artists with diverse identities as “evangelists” of NOTCH and Hong Kong philosophy. The music spans across genres of Free Jazz, Improvisation, Electro-acoustic, Psychedelic Folk, Sound Art, Avant Garde Rock, Indie Pop, along with accompanying visual performances. The artists’ identities include composer, player, sound artist, sound engineer, DJ, producer, label master, curator, graphic designer, new media artist, photographer, illustrator, VJ, space designer, poet, writer and film director. Artists are chosen from the current Nordic and local cultural scene , stimulating a meeting of multi-cultural experiences.
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Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (National Day)
Time: 14:00 - 21:00 (Nordic visual arts exhibition / video and film screening)
17:00 - 23:00 (music concert)
Location: HITEC Auditorium (3/F., 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong)
Ticket Price: HK$320 (Advance) / HK$380 (At Door)
(Advance tickets available at the outlets below from Tuesday 16-Sep)
Ticket Outlet:
1) White Noise Records
Address: 1/F, 4 Canal Road East, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
香港銅鑼灣堅拿道東4號1樓
Tel: 25910499
2) Kubrick-bc
Address: Shop H2, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St., Yaumatei, Kowloon
九龍油麻地眾坊街3號駿發花園H2地舖
Tel: 23848929
Total Information, Ticketing Reservations or programme Enquiries:
White Noise Records
Tel : +852 25910499
Email : whitenoise@netvigator.com
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NOTCH08 (Concert) Line-up:
Nordic artist:
Tape (Sweden) -- Seamless blending of acoustic and electronics, mind purifying.
Myspace : www.myspace.com/tapesthlm
Webpage : www.tape.se
Efterklang (Denmark) -- Fairytale epic, reverb from Copenhagen.
Myspace : www.myspace.com/efterklang
Webpage : www.efterklang.net
Kemialliset Ystävät (Finland) -- Psychedelic Folk, leading group from Fonal label.
Myspace : www.myspace.com/kemiallisetystavat
Webpage : www.kemiallisetystavat.com
Hong Kong artist:
Kung Chi Shing 龔志成 with guests musicians -- Renowned Hong Kong contemporary composer and performer.
Webpage : www.kungmusic.net
Peter Scherr (American/HK) with guest Dickson Dee ￡ professional bassist/composer and focus on all creative music concepts with different musicians.
Webpage : www.peterscherr.com
Dickson Dee's myspace: www.myspace.com/dicksondee
Dickson Dee's pages: www.dicksondee.com/about.asp
John Lee 李耀誠 -- self-taught percussionist from Hong Kong, one of the top and unique "frame drum / throat singing" performer. His preview solo performance was indeed the most memorable all the times.
Webpage : www.johnleeframedrum.com
NOTCH08 (Nordic Visual Arts Exhibition):
Showcasing the latest visual culture of Nordic countries, some Nordic visual artists are featured in the exhibition, Nan Na (DK) with her imaginative illustration for Danish music group Efterklang, Klas Augustsson (SE) with his retro-futuristic visual approach for Stockholm based record label Hapna, Jan Anderzen (FI) with his psychedelic collage for his own avant garde folk group Kemialliset Ystävät. Instead of running it in a traditional gallery and the music of Efterklang, Hapna, Tape and Kemialliset Ystävät can be heard live at NOTCH08 HK plus video and short film screening.
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Program Highlights:
* Six different music genres of group and Artist, over 20 renowned musicians from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Hong Kong to spanning multiple genres present “de-genre” live performances.
* 3 representative Nordic labels: Häpna (SE), Fonal (FI) and Rumraket (DK)
* Nordic visual art exhibition, video/short film screening to displays the visual culture behind Nordic’s music movement
it’s great to see such solid good show, but also sad to see such diminished scene in Hong Kong we are living….also impressed with the attitude of both Tape and Efterklang playing their music….
having also been Quangzhou Notch show last night…..surprised with the good set up of the show and the amazing performance of shinning….pictured herewith some photos and video clicks for your sharing….
The venue
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=B9V8xod7Hq0 http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3Bu-_hRcY http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=C2OH-wqLO2A http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=uykTQJ6KdW4 Shinning
Nils Petter Molvaer
Diskjokke
(Archive 5 October 2008)
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