Tuesday 24 March 2020, 7.30pm
Tasos Stamou / modular synthesizer system, vocals processing.
Anna Homler / vocals, objects.
The duo of Anna Homler and Tasos Stamou present their current project, which consists of abstract/surreal live electroacoustic songwriting, created by vocal and object improvisations by Homler and electronically synthetic structures by Stamou.
Idiosyncratic vocal art and musical micro-object sound sculpting blend with organic and mechanical rhythmic forms into an ethereal and psychedelic narrative.
Anna is an improvising vocalist from Los Angeles, who sings in a melodic phonetic language. She also plays a wide variety of objects and toys. She is known for release Breadwoman on RVNG.Since 1982, she has collaborated with composers and musicians Steve Moshier, David Moss, Peter Kowald (video extract), Steve Beresford and Ethan James. Better acknowledged in Europe than her home city of Los Angeles, she has collaborated there with such artists as Sylvia Hallett, the Voices of Kwahn, Axel Otto, Frank Schulte, Geert Waegeman and Pavel Fajt. She has performed throughout Europe and the U.S., including appearances at The Kitchen, Dixon Place and the Poetry Project in New York.
Tasos Stamou: is a Greek electroacoustic music composer and performing artist, a music technologist and a tutor, a studio and radio producer.
After migrating in U.K over a decade ago, his sound artstarted being inspired by the idea of nostalgia. His latest albums are combining electronic music with his South East Mediterranean heritage. He has performed in over 300 shows in Europe and in U.S.A in venues and festivals of innovative music (Bent Festival, Incumbate Festival, Supernormal Festival, Café OTO, Seanaps Festival, The Barbican, etc.). He has over 20 releases in independent music labels (Discrepant, Ikuisuus, Moving furniture, Coherent States, KukurukuRecordings, etc.). He has collaborated with several veterans of exploratory music, such as Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Mike Cooper, Savina Yannatou, Adam Bohman, Tomomi Adachi.
Stamou is also leading workshops of improvised music, hardware hacking electronics for music production and workshops for younger audiences introducing contemporary music. In the last couple of years Stamou is also using radio as a medium,
as a podcast radio producer (Stegi Radio), guest producer or creator of radio art pieces.