dBâle electronic music festival basel

interfaces-instruments-installations

30 may - 1 june 2008

Imprimerie

St. Johanns-Vorstadt 19-21

4056 Basel

Bent Leather Band – Joanne Cannon and Stuart Favilla

Stuart Favilla and Joanne Cannon, the Bent Leather Band, (Melbourne, Australia) have been developing electronic music and instruments together for over fifteen years. Their musical perspective encompasses the paradigm of live ensemble improvisation and the nature of playability [developing expressive practicable instruments] and considers that these two elements should be in governance with a musical language. Since 2001, their ensemble the Bent Leather Band has toured nationally and internationally with notable performances and shows at Metronome [Barcelona], SARC [Belfast], and at IrCam's Espace du Projection [Paris] for Festival Agora and Festival Resonances. Their work on Grainger has been recognized with a number of International prizes including winners of the 2004 Karl Szucka Preis and the IAWM New Genre Prize, and as finalists in the program music category for 2006 Bourges Prize. They are currently research officers attached to Victoria University's Centre for Telecommunications and Microelectronics where they are researching new instrument technologies, extended instruments and musical microstructure.

Joanne Cannon is one of Australia's leading bassoonists and experimental musicians. Her work is recognized for its combination of improvisation, experimental instruments and computer interaction. Joanne began her career as a professional Orchestra musician, but felt the bassoon was limited in this setting. She left the orchestra to pursue composition and improvisation and or over 15 years she has developed new frontiers, extending the bassoon's capabilities, developing microtonal and multi-phonic techniques, and through the composition of scored works for the virtuoso. She has also developed a number of spectacular digital wind controller instruments including the leather Serpentine-bassoon and Contra-monster. A polished performer, Joanne has presented a number of solo shows and her work has received excellent reviews in the Double Reed.  Winner of the 2006 IAWM International New Genre prize, Joanne's contribution through Blisters and the Bent Leather Band has gained her global recognition as one of the world's leading meta- [modified] instrumentalists and exponent of live signal processing.

One of Australia's most innovative and creative musicians, Stuart Favilla specializes in synthesizer performance. Stuart studied with notable Australians Keith Humble, Jeff Pressing, Graham Hair, Michael Harvey and Simone de Haan. He has been recognized both for his talent and for the innovations he has contributed to the field of computer music. A composer/performer/instrument-builder Stuart's considerable skill base encompasses virtuosic performance, composition, improvisation, software programming, electronics, music-production, instrument building, teaching and research. A professional musician, Stuart is also an ophthalmic electro-physiologist for the Monash Hospital [Melbourne] and remains Australia's only professional theremin teacher. Stuart has formed and directed Australia's two most successful ensembles in the field of new instruments; Blisters; [1st Prize in the 2004 International Karl Szucka Pries], and the Bent Leather Band [winner of the 2006 IAWM New Genre Prize] and 2006 Bourges finalist in the [Program music category].

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