Archive for September, 2010

Date: September 28th, 2010
Cate: FON 2010, Full of Noises Festival, Residencies
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Hildur Guðnadóttir residency at Lanternhouse

Icelandic celist/composer Hildur Guðnadóttir joined us for a research and development residency at Lanternhouse in Ulverston during September 2010. Best known for her collaborations with Múm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic, Hildur has a rich catalogue of collaborations and projects behind her. As a composer she has written music for plays, dance performances and films, pieces for chamber orchestras, various instruments, voices and electronics. She also recently co-composed a live soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 1980 film In The Shadow of The Sun with legends Throbbing Gristle. Her album Without Sinking was one of the most widely praised records of 2009 and this event was an extremely rare chance for Cumbrian audiences to hear Hildur perform her music live in an intimate venue.

Hildur presented new work and a set drawn from her albums ‘Without Sinking’ and ‘Mount A’ alongside performances from Octopus and Leicester based duo Daidhonau (www.myspace.com/daidono). You can hear some of Hildur’s music plus live sets from the Lanternhouse show over at the Phantom Circuit podcast:

Phantom Circuit #56 (8th Dec. 2010) by Phantom Circuit on Mixcloud

Octopus would like to thank Lanternhouse, Grizedale Arts and Phantom Circuit for supporting this event.

Date: September 26th, 2010
Cate: Events, Video
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FON at Liverpool Biennial 2010

Hildur Guðnadóttir at St. George’s Hall from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir stopped off in Liverpool on her way to the Lake District to perform at the opening ceremony of this year’s Liverpool Biennial. The event was one in a series of co-productions with the Biennial as part of the PRS for Music New Music Plus scheme, for which Octopus member Glenn Boulter was selected as one of 8 producers in the North West.

We also managed to arrange an impromptu live collaboration between Hildur and fellow Touch label mate Phillip Jeck which took place at artist Ted Riederer’s pop-up record shop and vinyl cutting service (see above). Octopus related artists also featured heavily at the Biennial after party with DJ sets from Mr Sushi, Shengi and a turntable performance from Naomi Kashiwagi at the ‘Britain’s largest brick structure’ the Stanley Dock Warehouse.

hildurness.com

biennial.com

naomikashiwagi.co.uk

soundcloud.com/shengi

soundcloud.com/mistersushi