USA 1982: We Stood Like Kings plays Koyaanisqatsi
"Crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance, a state of life that calls for another way of living."
USA 1982. Koyaanisqatsi. Or the ambitious meeting between a legendary American movie and the intense, powerful as well as touching and fragile music of Brussels-based post-rock quartet We Stood Like Kings, inspired by the likes of Pink Floyd, Chopin and Mogwai. With their previous releases BERLIN 1927 (Symphony of a Great City – Walter Ruttmann) and USSR 1926 (A Sixth Part of the World – Dziga Vertov) and after more than 150 concerts in 15 countries, the four young musicians have now become a reference in their field on the European scene. They will present their latest soundtrack USA 1982 at 1000Fryd in Aalborg. A mind-blowing experience that appeals to all your senses.
Judith Hoorens, piano
Philip Bolten, guitar
Colin Delloye, bass
Mathieu Waterkeyn, drums
Movie directed by Godfrey Reggio
Length: 85 minutes
We Stood Like Kings - USA 1982 (teaser) from We Stood Like Kings on Vimeo.
Dans & Lær vil gennem dansabel musik videregive evnen til at genkende fuglestemmer. Vi mennesker har det nemlig med at tage fuglene for givet. Hvis vi smuldrer et daggammelt brød, kommer de flyvende helt af sig selv. Hvis vi banker en hullet kasse op i et træ, flytter de straks ind. Og hvis vi bevæger os ud i en skov, giver de ganske uden opfordring en forrygende koncert. Alt for længe har fuglene måttet nøjes med sparsom menneskelig opmærksomhed.
Nu skal vore bevingede venner have den anerkendelse, de fortjener! Besøg Dans & Lærs officielle hjemmeside www.dansoglaer.dk
Non Nomen er en duo fra Aalborg, der skaber elektronisk musik på et plan, som er både visuelt følsomt, støjende og har kontrolleret kaos over sig. De 2 drenge formår at levere sin musik igennem et følelsesregister, der står meget stærkt og intenst i det store lydbillede af en energisk synthesizer, en følsom guitar, aggressive beats og en melodisk vocal. Non Nomen's musik har en melankolsk udfoldelse, og duoen er ikke bange for at rode med lyden og lade sig inspirere af det dystre undergrundsliv.
Jon Tobiaz Niemi Poulsen from Denmark and Finland. Au2pilot makes electronic music, and is known by his ideology to consciously avoid any type of recognizability in terms of genre or predictability. Inspired by the woods, plants, smells and animals. As an artist he insists on choosing his own path, regardless of the outcome: order or chaos, is doesn't matter. Sounds must never sound constructed – and the goal, after hours of composition efforts, is to feel unwound – using sound outbursts as therapy.