http://www.bjnilsen.com/ BJNilsen 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. en Copyright 2010 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:59:12 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Donau Festival April 29th Collaborative event with Stilluppsteypa & Ingólfur Arnarsson & BJNilsen & Franz Graf. May 8th Hildur Gudnadóttir & BJNilsen]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/iceland_hits_danube.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/iceland_hits_danube.html left Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:59:12 +0000 here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/interview_with_binilsen_on_headphonecommute.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/interview_with_binilsen_on_headphonecommute.html left Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:44:06 +0000 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]]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/to77_bjnilsen_the_invisible_city.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2010/to77_bjnilsen_the_invisible_city.html left Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:36:10 +0000 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. http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/sonic_acts_the_poetics_of_space_2528_february_2010.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/sonic_acts_the_poetics_of_space_2528_february_2010.html left Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:33 +0000 Gjöll, Evil Madness, Stilluppsteypa & BJNilsen, Amfj, Stereo Hypnosis, Biogen, Franz Pomassl @ Amsterdam. Hafnarstræti, Reykjavik Aðgangur er 1000kr með traustvekjandi. Húsið opnar klukkan 21.00 http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_electric_wheel_of_fortune.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_electric_wheel_of_fortune.html left Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:20:36 +0000 2007 and 2008. Buy tickets for Atmospheres 3 in the TouchShop Atmospheres 3 microsite www.cafeoto.co.uk]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/atmospheres_3_cafe_oto_london_7th_december_2009.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/atmospheres_3_cafe_oto_london_7th_december_2009.html left Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:26 +0000 Soundwalk Editions monthly archive for October. ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/are_the_birds_gonna_eat_us_mommy.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/are_the_birds_gonna_eat_us_mommy.html left Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:23:22 +0000 www.idealrecordings.com]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/defeat_cassette_release_on_ideal.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/defeat_cassette_release_on_ideal.html left Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:05:15 +0000 Botanic Sounds, Gothenburg Sweden ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/sound_installation.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/sound_installation.html left Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:52:26 +0000 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]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_short_night_lp_version_available_now.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_short_night_lp_version_available_now.html left Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:33:38 +0000 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 ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/upcoming_live_events.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/upcoming_live_events.html left Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:13:46 +0000 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 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]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_suffolk_symphony_august_22nd_2009.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/the_suffolk_symphony_august_22nd_2009.html left Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:43:53 +0000 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/ ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/arts_birthday_2009.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/arts_birthday_2009.html left Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:16:34 +0000 "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]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/current_activities_winter_2009.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2009/current_activities_winter_2009.html left Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:10:28 +0000 Darri Lorenzen | out of here (performance) BJ Nilsen | balanced loop (performance) ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/project_gentili.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/project_gentili.html left Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:39 +0000