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TRANSCEND A BAD DAY WITH FESTIVAL
Scout London
Sept 17 2012
UK
The Barbican's contemporary music autumn season gets off to a mystical
start this evening with the acclaimed Transcender festival, a series
of concerts that offers a look at transcendental, ecstatic, devotional
and psychedelic music.
The festival, which runs until September 30, explores music designed to
transport the listener, to conjure trances or summon states of ecstasy
and includes artists from Iran, United States, Iraq and Armenia.
Australian cult trio The Necks start proceedings tonight at Village
Underground, while elsewhere on the programme there is a rare
collaboration between Iranian maestro Hossein Alizādeh and one of
Armenia's greatest musicians, Djivan Gasparyan, a celebration of
Iraqi music, the Sun Ra Arkestra led by Marshall Allen, and a hypnotic
multimedia collaboration featuring Oneohtrix Point Never.
Chris Sharp, music programmer at the Barbican, said: "Transcender has
always roamed freely in search of transporting musical experiences and
its fourth year is no exception, exploring music from Iraq, Iran and
Armenia - and including Jazz - for the first time. If there is a path
that connects the bewitching melodic tendrils of Maqam-al-Baghdadi,
the cosmic energy of Sun Ra's Arkestra, and the hypnotic meditations
of Oneohtrix Point Never, this is the place to find it."
http://www.scoutlondon.com/2012/09/17/transcend-a-bad-day-with-new-festival/
Scout London
Sept 17 2012
UK
The Barbican's contemporary music autumn season gets off to a mystical
start this evening with the acclaimed Transcender festival, a series
of concerts that offers a look at transcendental, ecstatic, devotional
and psychedelic music.
The festival, which runs until September 30, explores music designed to
transport the listener, to conjure trances or summon states of ecstasy
and includes artists from Iran, United States, Iraq and Armenia.
Australian cult trio The Necks start proceedings tonight at Village
Underground, while elsewhere on the programme there is a rare
collaboration between Iranian maestro Hossein Alizādeh and one of
Armenia's greatest musicians, Djivan Gasparyan, a celebration of
Iraqi music, the Sun Ra Arkestra led by Marshall Allen, and a hypnotic
multimedia collaboration featuring Oneohtrix Point Never.
Chris Sharp, music programmer at the Barbican, said: "Transcender has
always roamed freely in search of transporting musical experiences and
its fourth year is no exception, exploring music from Iraq, Iran and
Armenia - and including Jazz - for the first time. If there is a path
that connects the bewitching melodic tendrils of Maqam-al-Baghdadi,
the cosmic energy of Sun Ra's Arkestra, and the hypnotic meditations
of Oneohtrix Point Never, this is the place to find it."
http://www.scoutlondon.com/2012/09/17/transcend-a-bad-day-with-new-festival/