BJNilsentag:,2010:/92010-03-02T16:22:42ZBJNilsen lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden, Born in 1975. He has been active with experimental music and sound since the early 1990s with various constellations. Since 1999 he has been releasing records as Hazard on the UK labels Ash International and Touch, making music and sound for documentary film, television and commercials. He is focused on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as experienced through sound, sometimes electronically treated.Movable Type 3.35Iceland Hits Danube April 28th - May 8th 2010tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2010://9.24842010-03-02T15:59:12Z2010-03-02T16:22:42ZDonau Festival April 29th Collaborative event with Stilluppsteypa & Ingólfur Arnarsson & BJNilsen & Franz Graf. May 8th Hildur Gudnadóttir & BJNilsen...bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.com
Donau Festival
April 29th Collaborative event with Stilluppsteypa & Ingólfur Arnarsson & BJNilsen & Franz Graf.
May 8th Hildur Gudnadóttir & BJNilsen]]>
Interview with BJNilsen on headphonecommutetag:www.bjnilsen.com,2010://9.24782010-02-23T12:44:06Z2010-03-02T16:15:44ZAn interview with BINilsen on headphonecommute can be read here...Fieldwww.field.nu
here]]>
TO:77 - BJNilsen "The Invisible City"tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2010://9.24112010-01-04T11:36:10Z2010-01-04T11:36:28ZFieldwww.field.nu
Track listing:
1. Gravity Station
2. Phase and Amplitude
3. Scientia
4. Virtual Resistance
5. Meter Reading
6. Into Its Coloured Rays
7. Gradient
8. The Invisible City
About this release:
Recorded and Mixed during 2008-2009 in Berlin.
All tracks composed by BJNilsen using Tape Recorders, Computer, Organ, Acoustic Guitar, Electronics, Viola, Subharchord. Field recordings from; Sweden, Iceland, Norway, UK, Japan, Portugal and Germany. The Subharchord was recorded in the EAM Studio @ Adk, Berlin. Viola played by Hildur I. Gudnadottir.
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye
Published by Touch Music [MCPS]]]>
Sonic Acts - The Poetics of Space | 25-28 February 2010tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23962009-12-24T14:00:33Z2009-12-24T14:01:19ZSpatial explorations in art, science, music and technology 25 – 28 February 2010 in the Paradiso, de Balie, NIMk and STEIM, Amsterdam Programme Overview The thirteenth Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam is entirely dedicated to the exploration of space in performative and audiovisual art, film, music and architecture. Sonic Acts XIII - The Poetics of Space examines the importance of physical space in times of far-reaching technological developments, and the physical and psychological impact of spatial designs. Concerts / Performances / Films The evening programme in the Paradiso comprises a wide-ranging exploration of the spatial dimensions of image and sound and examines the relationship between spatial architecture and the listening ear and how our brains process sensory input. Events include immersive audiovisual performances, highly intensive listening experiences, experiments with spatial sound, multi-screen projections and films that extend beyond the screen and pure light. With performances and films by Jürgen Reble & Thomas Köner, Haswell & Hecker, Fred Worden, Paul Sharits, Anthony McCall, Takashi Ito, Yann Beauvais, Bruce McClure, Optical Machines, Annea Lockwood, Jacob Kirkegaard, Barry Truax, BJ Nilsen, Eric La Casa, Gilles Aubry, Hildegard Westerkamp, a tribute to Maryanne Amacher, TeZ, Francisco López, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfland, Paul Prudence, Hans W. Koch and Yutaka Makino. Conference The three-day conference in de Balie forms the heart of the festival. Besides lectures and presentations, the comprehensive programme also features interviews, film screenings and short performances. An international gathering of theorists, artists, researchers, composers and critics will shed light on different aspects...Fieldwww.field.nu
Spatial explorations in art, science, music and technology
25 – 28 February 2010 in the Paradiso, de Balie, NIMk and STEIM, Amsterdam
Programme Overview
The thirteenth Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam is entirely dedicated to the exploration of space in performative and audiovisual art, film, music and architecture. Sonic Acts XIII - The Poetics of Space examines the importance of physical space in times of far-reaching technological developments, and the physical and psychological impact of spatial designs.
Concerts / Performances / Films
The evening programme in the Paradiso comprises a wide-ranging exploration of the spatial dimensions of image and sound and examines the relationship between spatial architecture and the listening ear and how our brains process sensory input. Events include immersive audiovisual performances, highly intensive listening experiences, experiments with spatial sound, multi-screen projections and films that extend beyond the screen and pure light.
With performances and films by Jürgen Reble & Thomas Köner, Haswell & Hecker, Fred Worden, Paul Sharits, Anthony McCall, Takashi Ito, Yann Beauvais, Bruce McClure, Optical Machines, Annea Lockwood, Jacob Kirkegaard, Barry Truax, BJ Nilsen, Eric La Casa, Gilles Aubry, Hildegard Westerkamp, a tribute to Maryanne Amacher, TeZ, Francisco López, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfland, Paul Prudence, Hans W. Koch and Yutaka Makino.
Conference
The three-day conference in de Balie forms the heart of the festival. Besides lectures and presentations, the comprehensive programme also features interviews, film screenings and short performances. An international gathering of theorists, artists, researchers, composers and critics will shed light on different aspects involved in working with space, centered on the theme: how does technology change our experience of space, how do artists investigate this in their work, and how do they enhance or modify the spatial experience?
With: Brandon LaBelle, Daniel Teruggi, Raviv Ganchrow, Barry Truax, Naut Humon, Christopher Salter, Branden W. Joseph, Marcos Novak, Dirk Hebel & Jörg Stollmann, Trace Reddell, Roger Malina, Jacob Kirkegaard, Edward Shanken, Yolande Harris, Robert Whitman, HC Gilje, Michael J. Morgan, Hildegard Westerkamp, Philip Beesley, Eric Kluitenberg, Duncan Speakman and Fred Worden.
The Electric Wheel of Fortune ! tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23902009-12-17T19:20:36Z2009-12-17T19:31:10ZGjöll, Evil Madness, Stilluppsteypa & BJNilsen, Amfj, Stereo Hypnosis, Biogen, Franz Pomassl @ Amsterdam. Hafnarstræti, Reykjavik Aðgangur er 1000kr með traustvekjandi. Húsið opnar klukkan 21.00...bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.com
Gjöll, Evil Madness, Stilluppsteypa & BJNilsen, Amfj, Stereo Hypnosis, Biogen, Franz Pomassl
@ Amsterdam. Hafnarstræti, Reykjavik
Aðgangur er 1000kr með traustvekjandi.
Húsið opnar klukkan 21.00
Atmospheres 3 | Cafe Oto, London, 7th December 2009tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23602009-11-10T11:01:26Z2009-11-10T11:02:11Z
2007 and 2008.
Buy tickets for Atmospheres 3 in the TouchShopAtmospheres 3 micrositewww.cafeoto.co.uk]]>
Are the birds gonna eat us, Mommy?tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23492009-11-03T07:23:22Z2009-11-03T07:41:47ZTakes part of the Soundwalk Editions monthly archive for October....bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.com
Soundwalk Editions monthly archive for October.
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'Defeat' - cassette release on iDEALtag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23392009-10-27T17:05:15Z2009-11-10T11:03:28ZNew extremely limited edition of a new cassette-only release on iDEAL Recordings: www.idealrecordings.com...Fieldwww.field.nu
www.idealrecordings.com]]>
Sound installationtag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.23112009-10-11T07:52:26Z2009-10-11T08:38:44ZBJNilsen "Solid Curtain" Two recordings of two separate thunderstorms passing over Berlin. Recorded on May 31 and June 6th 2009 and distributed over a 4.2 system. October 1st-4th 2009 Botanic Sounds, Gothenburg Sweden...bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.com
Botanic Sounds, Gothenburg Sweden
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The Short Night LP version available nowtag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.22192009-08-14T09:33:38Z2009-08-16T10:18:15Z BJNilsen - The Short Night Touch # TO:75 LP [Vinyl LP] LP - 7 tracks - 48 minutes Vinyl version edited and remixed in Berlin, July 2007. Track listing: A1. Front A2. Finisterre A3. Pole of Inaccessibility A4. Viking, Cromarty... B1. Black Light B2. Icing Station B3. Viking North...bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.comBJNilsen - The Short Night
Touch # TO:75 LP [Vinyl LP]
LP - 7 tracks - 48 minutes
Vinyl version edited and remixed in Berlin, July 2007.
Track listing:
A1. Front
A2. Finisterre
A3. Pole of Inaccessibility
A4. Viking, Cromarty...
B1. Black Light
B2. Icing Station
B3. Viking North]]>
Upcoming live eventstag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.22182009-08-14T09:13:46Z2009-12-01T13:08:04ZAusland, Berlin September 12th Diffuse field recordings of a fierce storm ">www.ausland-berlin.de/streifenjunko-bj-nilsen Happy New Ears Festival, Kortrjik, Belgium September 27th. BJNilsen and Hildur Gudnadottir will perform the last Happy New Ears concert ever! www.happynewears.be The Drone People, Gothenburg, Sweden October 2nd http://www.nefertiti.se/program/?view=823 Steirischerherbst, Graz, Austria October 13th Performing alongside "South" film by John Aitchinson www.steirischerherbst.at Akousma, Montreal Canada November 18th Surround mix of The Short Night www.reseauxconcerts.com Next Festival, Bratislava Slovakia December 4th http://nextfestival.sk Support for SUNN O))) in Manchester Islington Mill, UK December 8th and Bristol Trinity Church, UK December 9th www.islingtonmill.com bristol trinity church...bjnlsenwww.bjnilsen.com
www.ausland-berlin.de/streifenjunko-bj-nilsen
Happy New Ears Festival, Kortrjik, Belgium September 27th.
BJNilsen and Hildur Gudnadottir will perform the last Happy New Ears concert ever!
www.happynewears.be
The Drone People, Gothenburg, Sweden October 2nd
http://www.nefertiti.se/program/?view=823
Steirischerherbst, Graz, Austria October 13th
Performing alongside "South" film by John Aitchinsonwww.steirischerherbst.at
Akousma, Montreal Canada November 18th
Surround mix of The Short Night
www.reseauxconcerts.com
Next Festival, Bratislava Slovakia December 4th
http://nextfestival.sk
Support for SUNN O))) in Manchester Islington Mill, UK December 8th and Bristol Trinity Church,
UK December 9th
www.islingtonmill.combristol trinity church
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The Suffolk Symphony | August 22nd 2009tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.22082009-08-11T09:43:53Z2009-08-11T09:44:42ZFrom August 15th - 24th, Touch will be away on a residency at The Aldeburgh Music Festival [curated by Faster Than Sound]. We are working on a new project, The Suffolk Symphony. Details below… Faster Than Sound presents The Suffolk Symphony by Touch, featuring Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Mike Harding and Philip Marshall. 8pm – 11pm, Saturday 22 August Hoffmann Building: Britten Studio and Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape Tickets: £10.00 Box Office: +44 (0)1728 687110 Book tickets online Faster Than Sound bring more imaginative experiments with sound and image to the Snape Proms with The Suffolk Symphony, a specially commissioned residency and new work by leading sonic and visual production company Touch. Inspired by the historic coastline of Aldeburgh and its surrounding area including Aldeburgh Music's Snape Proms and its history, Touch will create a new audio-visual symphony from scratch, using only locally sourced sounds and images. Beginning on 16 August, Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Philip Marshall and Mike Harding will go on a week-long treasure hunt to unearth old records, field recordings, home-made sounds and images to create a new multimedia Suffolk Symphony, culminating in its first performance on the 22 August. Following the offer of an Aldeburgh Residency by Faster Than Sound’s creative producer Joana Seguro, Mike Harding responded with the idea of creating a new multimedia work purely from locally sourced sound and image. Mike and BJNilsen went on an exploratory field trip in May to make initial field recordings which are being made into...Fieldwww.field.nu
Faster Than Sound]. We are working on a new project, The Suffolk Symphony. Details below…
Faster Than Sound presents The Suffolk Symphony by Touch, featuring Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Mike Harding and Philip Marshall.
8pm – 11pm, Saturday 22 August
Hoffmann Building: Britten Studio and Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape
Tickets: £10.00
Box Office: +44 (0)1728 687110
Book tickets onlineFaster Than Sound bring more imaginative experiments with sound and image to the Snape Proms with The Suffolk Symphony, a specially commissioned residency and new work by leading sonic and visual production company Touch. Inspired by the historic coastline of Aldeburgh and its surrounding area including Aldeburgh Music's Snape Proms and its history, Touch will create a new audio-visual symphony from scratch, using only locally sourced sounds and images. Beginning on 16 August, Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Philip Marshall and Mike Harding will go on a week-long treasure hunt to unearth old records, field recordings, home-made sounds and images to create a new multimedia Suffolk Symphony, culminating in its first performance on the 22 August.
Following the offer of an Aldeburgh Residency by Faster Than Sound’s creative producer Joana Seguro, Mike Harding responded with the idea of creating a new multimedia work purely from locally sourced sound and image. Mike and BJNilsen went on an exploratory field trip in May to make initial field recordings which are being made into vinyl to be used in the performance, plus to kick start the project website www.thesuffolksymphony.net. The artists are already busy exchanging ideas in preparation for the residency in August, with Jeck drawing inspiration from the work of Benjamin Britten, especially his Simple Symphony, and Jon Wozencroft planning to describe the special place of Aldeburgh on film, shot in real time during the residency.
Directed by Mike Harding with sound by Philip Jeck and BJNilsen and images by Jon Wozencroft, the whole week will be documented for an interactive website by Philip Marshall. The residency will feature workshops and presentations by Philip Marshall and Mike Harding, including interviews with the other artists and a Touch showcase, culminating in the performance which will take place in the recently converted industrial space of the Hoffmann Building. The Suffolk Symphony will be subsequently released through Touch.
The interviews by Mike Harding during the residency will include a discussion with his partner Jon Wozencroft about his vision for Touch, now nearly 30 years old, and an assessment of the changes which have occurred in that period. Philip Jeck will discuss his work, particularly the method behind his live and recorded output, which eschews conventional instrumentation. BJNilsen assesses how field recordings have developed as source material for his work, and Philip Marshall describes the way artists communicate their ideas online and how this affects the relationship between them and their audience. Each interview lasts for one hour, including a 15 minute Q & A session, and dates and times will be shortly be announced via the website.
www.thesuffolksymphony.netwww.fasterthansound.comwww.aldeburgh.co.ukBook tickets online]]>
Art's Birthday 2009tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.17452009-01-07T10:16:34Z2009-08-14T09:32:51Z electronic performance & silent disco radio action with Brandon LaBelle & BJ Nilsen Carl Michael von Hausswolff Friday, January 16, 20:00 at Maria am Ostbahnhof Stralauer Platz 34/35 (an der Schillingbrücke) Berlin and broadcast live on Deutschland Radio http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/artsbirthday/891892/ http://www.clubmaria.de/...Fieldwww.field.nu
electronic performance & silent disco radio action
with
Brandon LaBelle & BJ Nilsen
Carl Michael von Hausswolff
Friday, January 16, 20:00
at
Maria am Ostbahnhof
Stralauer Platz 34/35 (an der Schillingbrücke)
Berlin
and broadcast live on Deutschland Radio
http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/artsbirthday/891892/
http://www.clubmaria.de/
]]>
Current Activities | Winter 2009tag:www.bjnilsen.com,2009://9.17312009-01-02T13:10:28Z2009-01-02T13:24:08Z"The music will not be broadcast" Brandon LaBelle & Benny Nilsen Live at Maria am Ostbahnhof Club, Berlin, January 16, 20:00, with CM von Hausswolff & live on-air with Deutschland Radio iDEAL presents CLUSTER and BJNilsen Friday, February 6 Nefertiti Jazz Club, Göteborg, Sweden Touch presents... Saturday 21st February Tráfo, Budapest, Hungary with Hildur Gudnadottir, Jon Wozencroft & Mike Harding...Fieldwww.field.nu
"The music will not be broadcast"
Brandon LaBelle & Benny Nilsen
Live at Maria am Ostbahnhof Club, Berlin, January 16, 20:00, with CM von Hausswolff & live on-air with Deutschland Radio
iDEAL presents CLUSTER and BJNilsen
Friday, February 6
Nefertiti Jazz Club, Göteborg, Sweden
Touch presents...
Saturday 21st February
Tráfo, Budapest, Hungary
with Hildur Gudnadottir, Jon Wozencroft & Mike Harding]]>
Project Gentilitag:www.bjnilsen.com,2008://9.17032008-12-11T09:44:39Z2008-12-11T09:45:39ZOtto-Suhr-Allee 82 / Berlin / Germany / U8 - Richard-Wagner-Platz 13 December, 17:30 - 20:00 / performances at 18:00 Darri Lorenzen | out of here (performance) BJ Nilsen | balanced loop (performance)...
Darri Lorenzen | out of here (performance)
BJ Nilsen | balanced loop (performance)
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Akousma, Montreal Canada November 18th
Surround mix of The Short Night
www.reseauxconcerts.com
Next Festival, Bratislava Slovakia December 4th
http://nextfestival.sk
Support for SUNN O))) in Manchester Islington Mill, UK December 8th and Bristol Trinity Church,
UK December 9th
www.islingtonmill.com
bristol trinity church
]]>
Faster Than Sound presents The Suffolk Symphony by Touch, featuring Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Mike Harding and Philip Marshall.
8pm – 11pm, Saturday 22 August
Hoffmann Building: Britten Studio and Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape
Tickets: £10.00
Box Office: +44 (0)1728 687110
Book tickets online
Faster Than Sound bring more imaginative experiments with sound and image to the Snape Proms with The Suffolk Symphony, a specially commissioned residency and new work by leading sonic and visual production company Touch. Inspired by the historic coastline of Aldeburgh and its surrounding area including Aldeburgh Music's Snape Proms and its history, Touch will create a new audio-visual symphony from scratch, using only locally sourced sounds and images. Beginning on 16 August, Philip Jeck, BJNilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Philip Marshall and Mike Harding will go on a week-long treasure hunt to unearth old records, field recordings, home-made sounds and images to create a new multimedia Suffolk Symphony, culminating in its first performance on the 22 August.
Following the offer of an Aldeburgh Residency by Faster Than Sound’s creative producer Joana Seguro, Mike Harding responded with the idea of creating a new multimedia work purely from locally sourced sound and image. Mike and BJNilsen went on an exploratory field trip in May to make initial field recordings which are being made into vinyl to be used in the performance, plus to kick start the project website www.thesuffolksymphony.net. The artists are already busy exchanging ideas in preparation for the residency in August, with Jeck drawing inspiration from the work of Benjamin Britten, especially his Simple Symphony, and Jon Wozencroft planning to describe the special place of Aldeburgh on film, shot in real time during the residency.
Directed by Mike Harding with sound by Philip Jeck and BJNilsen and images by Jon Wozencroft, the whole week will be documented for an interactive website by Philip Marshall. The residency will feature workshops and presentations by Philip Marshall and Mike Harding, including interviews with the other artists and a Touch showcase, culminating in the performance which will take place in the recently converted industrial space of the Hoffmann Building. The Suffolk Symphony will be subsequently released through Touch.
The interviews by Mike Harding during the residency will include a discussion with his partner Jon Wozencroft about his vision for Touch, now nearly 30 years old, and an assessment of the changes which have occurred in that period. Philip Jeck will discuss his work, particularly the method behind his live and recorded output, which eschews conventional instrumentation. BJNilsen assesses how field recordings have developed as source material for his work, and Philip Marshall describes the way artists communicate their ideas online and how this affects the relationship between them and their audience. Each interview lasts for one hour, including a 15 minute Q & A session, and dates and times will be shortly be announced via the website.
www.thesuffolksymphony.net
www.fasterthansound.com
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Book tickets online]]>