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REVE GENERAL
Metamorphosis + Volapük (less one..)
Production : Inouï Productions
avec le soutien du Brise-Glace (Annecy, 74), de la DRAC PACA, de la Région
PACA, du Conseil Général du Vaucluse, de la ville d’Avignon, du Forum
Culturel Autrichien, de la Spedidam
2 violins, 2 cellos, 2 guitares,
1 drum set...
28 strings... and some skins
7 musicians, 6 nationalities
(Japan, France, Austria, Russia,
Czech Republic, Turkey)
for one UNIQUE CREATION …
REVE GENERAL !
Statement of Intents
First time I saw Volapük play was in the late nineties, in Czech Republic. They were an inspiration and an influence for
arranging music and also for mixing the sound, because of their unusual line-up, not unsimilar to what we have with
Metamorphosis. Mixing acoustic instruments with drums or amps is always difficult and there are many ways how to
attempt it. The one of Volapük made sense to me and I listened to their albu, Slang!“ many times. Knowing the music
well, I am already hearing in my head how some arrangements would work with the two groups combined. Drums,
bass-clarinet and cello vs. two guitars, violin and cello, not to forget that many members play also other instruments.
This is such a versatile line-up, that just thinking about the possibilities makes a musicians/composers heart pace faster.
I can't wait for it to happen.
Martin Alaçam, Metamorphosis
The idea to create Rêve Général came to my mind last August 2012 when Métamorphosis played (for the second time)
at Gare Aux Oreilles. The Métamorphosis team is really nice to hear and see :
they are absolutly four strong musical caracters, but they are also quite funny guys being abble to drink all night long to
change the world ! This has probably something to see with their slavic culture. Having already had for my part the
pleasure to play with Richard Deutsch (The Music is an art of fight) I am convinced that our musics can
complement itself and grow rich marvelously to create a unique universe, in the incredibly rich tones. By
reflecting it little, I think that Metamorphosis and Volapük is among the rare European groups to have
developed this sparticular style that we call up rock of chamber or contaminated chamber music. Three on
four of the musicians of Volapük answered present enthusiastically to the Rêve Général project. 75 % of
Volapük thus, for 100 % of Metamorphosis. That is going to be hard to negotiate the distribution of liters of
vodka. Never mind ! We are ready to try it !
Guigou Chenevier, Volapük
The combination of those two ensembles, both internationally active and both experimenting with the
possibilities of their mostly acoustic instruments, can lead to a new, very fruitful collaboration. Already the
challenge of combining 2 violins, 2 guitars, 2 cellos, 1 bass clarinet and drums opens a new horizon for
compositions not heard yet, and opens the possibility of trying something completely new. Since both
ensembles are experimenting with the song-format in their own special ways, a combined force of them will
surely lead to something even more interesting than their own works involving artists from france, austria,
japan, czech republic and turkey.
Christoph Pajer, Metamorphosis
Both projects proved to be innovative, for a long period of time, released several albums on well know record-labels,
played on important festivals and have a fan base in their home-countries france, austria, czech republic turkey and
russia. my proposal for the working style -each involved musician comes up with one track. no limitations – shall it be
a fixed score for each instrument or a more free approach. everybody shall have his/her track-idea together before the
first rehearsal. if there are any scores they shall be sent before, to make it possible to prepare. no "meet and let's see
what happens" kind of thing. space for improvisations but in a predefined context. My very personal note is that the
music of volapük was the soundtrack to some important moments in my life. Love the idea to work together on a piece
of music!
Richard Deutsch, Metamorphosis
Calender
March 2013 / june 2014 :
Looking for coproductions, compositions working, etc…
2014 :
august :
First workshop session, les Hauts Plateaux, Avignon (Fr, 84)
17 to 22 november
Second workshop session, les Hauts Plateaux, Avignon (Fr, 84)
24 to 27 november
résidence, le Brise-Glace, Annecy (Fr, 74)
22 november : les Hauts Plateaux / inouï Productions, Avignon
27 november : « Sons d’Automne » du CRR / le Brise-Glace, Annecy
28 november: Théâtre de la Source, Fontaine (38)
30 november : Industriestrasse, Luzern (CH)
2 décember : 26ème édition «Les Guitares » / Théâtre d’Astrée, Lyon
2015 :
Recording and production of cd « Howl »
- 19 september : Festival « Rock In Opposition », Carmaux, (Fr, 81)
2016 :
9 july : Festival MIMI, Marseille (Fr, 13)
11 july: Cour du FRAC, Asso Fragment, Metz (Fr, 54)
13 july: Festival Crossroads, Ostrava, (CZ)
Projects :
République Tchèque : Jazz Club à Opava, Alterna, Brno / Narodi Dum, Usti Nad Labem /
Mala Scena KD Maj, Pelhrimov / Divadlo 29, Pardubice
Slovaquie : Za Zrkadlom, Bratislava / Stanica, Zilina
Autriche : Nachtasyl, Vienne
Italie : Spazio Mavv, Vittorio Veneto / Centro Stabile di Cultura, Schio / Aréa Sismica,
Meldola
Metamorphosis
(Contaminated Chamber Music)
With the excellent musicianship of a modern classical quartet and the high vibrating energy of a
punk band Metamorphosis appeared first time in 1996 on the scene, and found their way very fast to
stages all over Europe. A new style of String Quartet using acoustic and electric instruments and
soundprocessing, blending influences from contemporary music, punkrock, pop and ethnic music in
a so far unheared manner. They recorded their first album "Contaminated Chamber Music",which
was released in 1999 by the Czech label Rachot/Behemot, which was a host for a lot of artists from
the very vital Czech music-scene, such as Iva Bittova or Dunaj. After releasing their first album,
the quartet toured for several years all over Europe, from Belgrad to Paris, from St.Petersburg to
Marseille. Then, the band found a new label (Leo-Records, a host for artists like Sun Ra, Anthony
Braxton, Pago Libre, etc…). Metamorphis played notably at the Knitting Factory in New York
(USA), at the Club Dom in Moscow (Russia), at the Ring Ring Festival in Belgrade (Serbia and
Montenegro), at the Festival Alternativa in Prague (CZ), at Les Nuits Europeennes in Strasbourg (F),
at the Festival des Musiques Innovatrices in Saint Etienne (F), Empty Bottle in Chicago (USA), the
Worm in Rotterdam (NL) etc... Their second cd "Dip" (released 2002, LEO Records),
Metamorphosis released their third album LUFF, already with their new cello player Jan Kavan.
again in cooperation with Leo Records. Leo announced the album as « contemporary-pop-punkethno-composers quartet from Austria, Czech Rep. and Turkey ». Since then Metamorphosis played
many concerts and tours in Russia, France, Czech republic and Austria was featured at the Austrian
and Czech National Radio and got the Sagittarius trophy (CZ) for the best live performance in 2009.
Right now Metamorphosis is working on its fourth album, which shall be released in 2013.
December 2012 works will be exhibited in the Russian Museum in St.Petersburg (a collaborative
work with the Russian glass artist Masha Koshkenkova). Metamorphosis is living today between
Vienna and St Petersburg.
"Their Music can be localized somewhere between the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and the Kronos
Quartet, inspired by the modern classic of Bela Bartok as well as by repetetive minimalsim …"
(Der Standard) "Metamorphosis are executing a successfulcross-polination between the traditional
and the experimental with considerable verve" (The Wire).
To listen to Metamorphosis : http://metamorphosis.bandcamp.com
Volapük
Volapük toured everywhere in the world for17 years (1993 to 2010) : Poland, Italy, Czech
Repubic, Argentine, Holland, Ouzbékistan, Canada, New Zeland, etc… In France like
everywhere else, Volapük played in the most innovative festivals (Victoriaville, Banlieues
Bleues, Vandœuvre-les-Nancy, Macao, Isole Che Parlano in Sardinia, Burgos in Spain,
etc…). Volapük played on the most diverse and strange stages, from squats to sheep folds in
the highest mountains of Provence. Volapük has been mentionned to «Les Victoires de la
Musique» for the music of the choreography by Maguy Marin, "Aujourd'hui Peut-Être".In
2007, Volapük changed radically its way to do music. From totally written stuff, they started
a totally new adventure, experimenting a totally improved set. Impossible perspectives like in
a Cornelis Escher painting. Volapük found a new way to improvise in a band, in a collective
process. Volapük's basic idea is to let always everything open and possible. Since 2010,
Volapük was asleeped. With Rêve Général this is the end of the night, and we can dream
awaked again !
Discography :
Where is Tamashii ? / Orkhestrâ – 2003
PükaPok / Retorr Media 1 – 1999
Le Feu du Tigre / Cuneïform – 1995
Polyglöt / Cuneïform - 2000
Slang / Cuneïform - 1997
To listen to Volapük : http://soundcloud.com/volapuk
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Biographies
Christoph PAJER (CZ)
Christopher Pajer is born in 1974 in Hainburg (Czech Republic). He plays violin, and guitare. He is singing,
composes, sample sounds etc...
He has been part of the following projects :
- concerts (violon et techno) (1994) avec db69 (Tribe musique)
- Leberzirr*ose (1995/96) groupe hardcore
- Metamorphosis (depuis 1996) groupe de musique de chambre contaminée
- Lady Macbeth (1996) musique de scène avec M. Alacam
- BOO (depuis 1997) groupe Tchèque
- ciné-concerts (depuis 1999) sur le film "Extase", avec M. Alacam et R. Deutsch
- Ground/Lift (depuis 2000) electronic rock, with O. Stotz
- lie of performance (2001) multimedia performance with O. Stotz, J. Machacek, S. Marte and G. Müller
- Ennoson + Pajer (since 2001) sampled violin meets live violin GAP (2002), Godwyn-Alacam-Pajer,
improvized music in a "rock-lineup"
- Periferie (2004) Hommage to Alexandr Hackenschmied (Alexander Hammid), multimedia performance
with M. Voitechovsky, M. Blazicek, M. Alacam and Beth Custer
- Battleship Potemkin (2004/05) composition of a new soundtrack to this silent movie classic by S. Eisenstein
- Fields (2006) guest performance with the group Chorovod, music to a dance piece by
choreographer Pierre Naraud.
Discography
-Leberzirr*ose "Demo-lieren", CD, 1995, Zipp Records
-Alacam, Pajer, Deutsch "Lady Macbeth", MC, 1996, self-release
-Metamorphosis "Contaminated chamber music", CD, 1998, Rachot/Behemot BOO
-"BOO", CD/MC, 1999, Indies records, BOO "Listen", CD, 2002, Indies records
-Metamorphosis "dip", CD, 2002, Leo records, Ground/lift "ground/lift", CD, 2003, karate-joe
-Metamorphosis "Love & Napalm", CD - Russian Edition, 2005, Valuable Tube Records
-Metamorphosis "Luff", CD, 2006, Leo records
MARTIN ALACAM (CZ/Turkey)
-Born 20.1.1974 in Istanbul, Turkey
-1996-1999 classical guitar on Vienna State Conservatory – unfinished
-1997: started Metamorphosis, 3 albums (Leo Records) , numerous tours in Europe, Russia, USA.
-1999-2001: SingSing, international eclectic band based in Prague, 1 album on Rachot/Behemot
Compositions for: Theatre music, music for dance, documentary films for Czech Television
animations
-2008 – 2010: SU, duo with Turkish singer Seyran Tanrıtanır, one self-released album
-Various projects with American artist and musician Michael Delia since 2000, concerts in Europe
and a 7 concert tour in the USA in 2011. The present incarnation is a trio with cellist Lucy Fillery
-Numerous improvisational collaborations including Beth Custer, Vladimir Vaclavek, Dave Tucker,
Pavel Fajt and many others.
-Studio work: guest guitarist on numerous albums, including Tara Fuki, Colorfactory, Slede !ivé slede etc.
-Lives in Prague, travels to Istanbul regularly.
Richard DEUTSCH (Aust)
Producer, composer, musician, media artist (as musician part of the critically acclaimed quartet
Metamorphosis (A/CZ/T).
Concerts, tours in Europe and US with appearances on major festivals.
Releases on the British label Leo records.
Beside that, numerous other music-projects. A recent one is «The FrozenOrchestra», a group between Vienna
and St.Petersburg with releases on the Vienna based label «Monkey» Collaborations with Guigou Chenevier
(F), Elio Martusciello (I), Roberto Paci Dallo (I) Kolya Rubanov (Auktyon), Damo Suzuki(ex CAN) and
many others.
Composer of film-soundtracks screened on major European Film-festival (like Film festival Rotterdam). Live
performances on Film-festivals like Viennale/Austria and Diagonale/Austria.
DVD releases of my work by Film-archive Austria.
As media artists collaborations with circus artists, musicians, dancers, software developers.
Creation of custom made software for the use in interactive performances and installations.
Works include «Augmented Reality System» for Samsung (exhibited in themain old-town land
Getreidegasse/Salzburg), sound-environment and technical setup for cross-over projects like interactive
dance-performances in Russia and Austria and performances on several Media-art festivals with circus
artists, musicians and Vj's.
Commissioned work for Vladimir Adzhamov, honored artist of Russia and solo-dancer Mussorgsky Theatre,
Tanz*Hotel/Vienna, Film-archive Austria, etc…
Leading workshops for «Dance In The Augmented Reality space» in Austria and Russia.
Jan KAVAN (CZ)
Composer, musician, software developer, teacher, writer
Studied cello at Conservatory in Teplice (cello) and achieved degeree and later on Ph.D. degree in
Composition at Janacek’s Academy of Performing Arts, Brno. Currently teaching composition,interactive
music and electronic music at JAMU as well as leading software development in a privately held company.
Lectured in many Art universities (USA, Holland, Poland, Germany, Ukraine), most notably at Cal Arts,
CSULB or University of North Texas.
In 1999 founded an contemporary Ensemble Marijan, which performed in many countries and renowned
festivals of contemporary music.
In late 2002 he joined critically acclaimed quartet Metamorphosis (A/CZ/T) and in 2006 recorded together a
new CD called LUFF. Since 2000 performed with tEoRia OtraSu (SK) and cooperated with Vladimir Merta,
Jana Lewitova and many others. In 2002 produced a title track for a British video game Dark Fall 2, one year
later a soundtrack for an archeology-meets adventure Barrow Hill. In 2007 created a video game Ghost in
the Sheet, in 2012 critically acclaimed games J.U.L.I.A, J.U.L.I.A Untold and Vampires! all of them with his
soundtracks. His contemporary pieces are often performed including Concerto for Cello and orchestra,
Biomechanicus for percussion, flute, interactive electronics, dance and video projection, Pallidus for cello
and live electronics, Flim Flam! for chamber Ensemble performed by renowned Ensemble Klang, Gedicht
for children choir and many others
Guillaume SAUREL (Fr)
Cello and composition. Classical studies, but experimenting many other musical ways since 20 years. Plays
and composes for choregraphs Maguy Marin in 89 and 95 ,and Sylvis Guillermin in 2009. Plays with the
singers Michèle Bernard ,Mardjane Chemirani , and Lionel Damei (since 2003) , creating with him the duo
« Zor el Pacha » in 2010. Created collectively the groups : «Volapük» ,«Rien » , « Mr Cheikh » and « Les
Nouveaux Malins ».
Soundtracks for videogames (Disney Interactive). Practice Theatre by compositions and live playing with the
companies : « Tgv » from Charlie Kassab (Fatch!) , « Mises en scene » from Michele Addala (M'aimes tu ? ,
La répartition des mouches , De l'autre coté du rideau) , « Groupe F » (Un peu plus de lumière) , « Cie
Simples Manoeuvres » from Mylène Richard (La passion selon Juette) , « Cie du jour au lendemain » from
Agnès Regolo (Que d'espoir ! And La Farce de Maître Pathelin). Composes and play live on ciné-concerts
with Inouï collective (on films « The Unknown » of Tod Browning ,and « Greed » of Erich von Stroheim).
Since 2008 with Nicolas Chatenoud ,creates the duo « Archipass » , (ciné-concerts on films « The man with
camera » of Dziga Vertov , and « Maciste » of Borgnetto).
Takumi FUKUSHIMA (Fr/Jap)
Since 1989, she practice and to search her own music. She participated the Europe tour of AFTER DINNER
on 1989 and 1991. She was member of group RALE since 1992 until 1999.
She played also group VOLAPUK since 1999 until 2010. She work also for dance company, theater
company in france.
Discography
After Dinner: Paradaice of réplica (1989)
Arminius: Arminius (1992)
Rale: Az Zahrmi (1998)
Duo Dominique Lentin/ Takumi Fukushima (1997)
Volapük: Polyglot (2000)
Solo Takumi Fukushima, Yumé (2009)
Duo “ITSUNOMANIKA” Paolo Angeli +Takumi Fukushima (2010)
After Dinner: Live Editions (1991)
Rale: Rale (1994)
Rale: Twilighy/Soumrak (2000)
Volapük: Where is Tamashii (2003)
Guigou CHENEVIER (Fr)
Drums, percussions, composition. Guigou Chenevier played for 13 years in Etron Fou Leloublan (from 1973
to 1986), and for 17 years in Volapük (from 1993 to 2009). Besides that, he has been active with the bands
Les Batteries, Body Parts, Encore + Grande, Barbarie Légère, Octavo, Buga Up etc... He had the opportunity
to play (in these bands or beside them) with Han Buhrs, Rick Brown, Nicolas Chatenoud, Christiane Cohade,
Pierre Coiffard, Tom Cora, Délices Dada, Richard Deutsch, Nick Didkovsky, Stefano Fogher, Laurent Frick,
Fred Frith, Takumi Fukushima, Emmanuel Gilot, Fred Giuliani, Dominique Grimaud, Karine Hahn, Charles
Hayward, Mark Howell, Serge Innocent, Farid Khenfouf, Gilles Laval, Laurent Luci, René Lussier, Lionel
Malric, Michel Mandel, Albert et Claude Marcoeur, Maguy Marin, Elio Martusciello, Phil Minton, Ted
Milton, Ann Rupel, Guy Sapin, Guillaume Saurel, Franck Testut, Claire Truche etc...Guigou Chenevier
appears on more than fifty albums (notably on 6 by Etron Fou Leloublan, 5 by Volapük, 3 by Les Batteries
and 4 solo albums). Since 1990, Guigou Chenevier is the artistic leader of Inouï Productions. Nowadays he
plays mostly with Les Phasmes, Le Bal Inouï and Le Miroir et le Marteau and with the shows Musiques
Minuscules, Nanouk l'Esquimau, l'Art résiste au Temps, Résister à la Chaine, and soon with Le Cabinet du
Docteur Caligari, Le Contraire de Un and with les Mutants Maha.
Emmanuel Gilot (Fr)
He toured in France and Europe with Mama Béa, Alain Bashung, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Daniel Humair,
Que d’la Gueule, Fred Frith etc... Then he became the sound designer for several danse and theatre shows :
Royal De Luxe, Helter Skelter, Maguy Marin… Since many years, he is the sound engeneer of the festivals :
Mimi (Marseille), Miminor (Russia in 2002), Gare Aux Oreilles (Vaucluse, 12 editions between 2002 and
2013). He teached sound for different companies (ADDM 4, Adiam 83, CNPT). Since 2008, Emmanuel
Gilot joigned the program team of the Inouï Collective and he is engaged on the artistic level of the creations
of the Collective.. He is also following these projects on the road. In 2009, he invented a direct amplification
system for Les Phasmes (wood, metal and glass amplified plates). He has been the sound designer of the
theater and music show “C’est l’Enfer“ in 2009/2010. In 2011, he participated to the creation of “L'Art
Résiste au Temps“with the Inouï Collective at the Music Action Festival in Nancy. He participed also to the
cine-concert “Le Bonheur” on the Medvedkine movie in 2011 with 3 musicians of the ARFI collective, 2
musicians of the Inouï team, and Ted Milton. This project was created July 2011 at the Avignon Theater
Festival. End of 2011, he turned to be sound engeneer AND comedian in a show for kids called “Le Cochon
rationaliste“. He also created and built the decor set of this show with Alain Léonési (creation by the Inouï
Collective, October 2011 at the Marmaille Festival).
Inouï Productions : www.collectif-inoui.org
Association pour la promotion et la diffusion des musiques inclassables
Les Hauts Plateaux, La Manutention,
4 rue des Escaliers Ste Anne, 84000 Avignon, tel 09 51 52 27 48
Diffusion
Guigou Chenevier : 06 68 62 23 21 / [email protected]
Jo Thirion : 06 77 61 10 80 / [email protected]
Administration
Marie Wolff
09 51 52 27 48 / [email protected]