concert

Helm’s Live follows and is related to the recent release -for PAN- of his third album, Impossible Symmetry, acclaimed as one of the surprises of the electronic experimentalism of 2012. A methodical work acting on a controlled chaos, working partially on  muted rhythm tracks in an obsessed sonic texture; a slow lava flow consisting of a mass of indecipherable acousmatic sources and environmental recordings. The effect, in listening, is that of a continuous suspension, a disorientation in respect to the direction of provenance and the spatial placement of the individual sound elements. Only recently breaking a certain reluctance to perform live, having concentrated primarily on finding a personal solution for composition and arrangement, he went on to mature a thoughtful approach on stage as well, able to balance the inclusion of recognizable, pre-recorded elements from his repertoire, with improvisational aspects, in a process of real-time remix of his materials. We are, in any case, before another rare example of careful and highly articulated manipulation  techniques and appreciation of sound phenomena arising from the history of noise music, of field recordings, of acousmatics, in-between traditional acoustic and electronic music.


saturday 20 april  > 9 pm >  MAMbo