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Dendriet is a network of musicians in The Hague (.nl) that perform with networked electronic and acoustic instruments. The word dendriet, or dendrite, is also the name for the receptors of a nervecell. Dendrites are typically branching branches. You'll find these fractal shapes in ice, in metal chrystals in limestone, and likewise, in our performance setups. Please do check out our homepage by clicking the stone. You too are invited to join the discussions.
26.1.04
Francisco Lopez
Saturday the 31st of January Spanish sound art phenomenon Francisco Lopez is lecturing at STEIM in Amsterdam. Here is a nice quote I found on Lopez's site :
"Which are the most interesting spaces where you like to perform?
FL: I can tell you first which ones are the worst: music clubs. Probably a paradox caused by social behavior and its rampant non-respect for a non-utilitarian approach to music. It seems that a lot of people like to have some kind of "music" as a background for their activities, especially the ones that have to do with nightlife. Not that they care much for what they're listening to, but rather just one more element of the "decoration" of many places. Music clubs -even the ones featuring live music- have generally the worst sound systems. Systems designed to blast and overcompete the chattering of crowds; systems designed for traditional electronic instruments like guitars and amplified drums; systems designed for the traditional presentation of frontal sound coming from a frontal stage. Then it's the absurd separation between the ones producing the music on stage (the band or the artist) and the one controlling (the sound guy) what the band is listening on stage -through monitors- and what the audience is really hearing -through the main speakers, so the band never really knows what's actually happening with what they're doing, at least at a phenomenological level. This is an historically more or less direct translation from the tradition of opera/ theater onto rock/pop culture and then onto electronic culture (laptops/DJs on stage). And then it's the bar, which is obviously great for drinks, hanging out and chattering with friends, but too bad for music, at least the kind of music I'm interested in creating live.
Now, where can you find (or be able to get) a non-crappy, non-frontal sound system, a quiet dry environment, with flexibility for the set up and -what's even more essential- a focused mood in the audience?: modern theaters. Paradox again: the translation of theater conditions into music-devoted spaces gives rise to the worst conditions, whereas the incursion of music into the realm of modern theaters (meaning an open large space with flexible organization of the sound system and the audience) offers the best possibilities. To be sure, this is a very subjective perspective, based on my personal endeavour to create intense, rich, immersive experiences in sound, which optimally require surround systems, darkness, quietness and comfortable seats/matresses for the audience. This kind of flexible environment offers also the opportunity (although very few take advantage of it) of overcoming the classical separation of stage/sound board, by simply being in the middle of the sonic field, with the audience." (from loop, chile)
STEIM is located in de Utrechtsedwarsstraat in amsterdam.
"Which are the most interesting spaces where you like to perform?
FL: I can tell you first which ones are the worst: music clubs. Probably a paradox caused by social behavior and its rampant non-respect for a non-utilitarian approach to music. It seems that a lot of people like to have some kind of "music" as a background for their activities, especially the ones that have to do with nightlife. Not that they care much for what they're listening to, but rather just one more element of the "decoration" of many places. Music clubs -even the ones featuring live music- have generally the worst sound systems. Systems designed to blast and overcompete the chattering of crowds; systems designed for traditional electronic instruments like guitars and amplified drums; systems designed for the traditional presentation of frontal sound coming from a frontal stage. Then it's the absurd separation between the ones producing the music on stage (the band or the artist) and the one controlling (the sound guy) what the band is listening on stage -through monitors- and what the audience is really hearing -through the main speakers, so the band never really knows what's actually happening with what they're doing, at least at a phenomenological level. This is an historically more or less direct translation from the tradition of opera/ theater onto rock/pop culture and then onto electronic culture (laptops/DJs on stage). And then it's the bar, which is obviously great for drinks, hanging out and chattering with friends, but too bad for music, at least the kind of music I'm interested in creating live.
Now, where can you find (or be able to get) a non-crappy, non-frontal sound system, a quiet dry environment, with flexibility for the set up and -what's even more essential- a focused mood in the audience?: modern theaters. Paradox again: the translation of theater conditions into music-devoted spaces gives rise to the worst conditions, whereas the incursion of music into the realm of modern theaters (meaning an open large space with flexible organization of the sound system and the audience) offers the best possibilities. To be sure, this is a very subjective perspective, based on my personal endeavour to create intense, rich, immersive experiences in sound, which optimally require surround systems, darkness, quietness and comfortable seats/matresses for the audience. This kind of flexible environment offers also the opportunity (although very few take advantage of it) of overcoming the classical separation of stage/sound board, by simply being in the middle of the sonic field, with the audience." (from loop, chile)
STEIM is located in de Utrechtsedwarsstraat in amsterdam.
