Photo: Dorothea Tuch
SPOR X TURKIS: ONLY BIRDS KNOW HOW TO CALL THE SUN AND THEY DO IT EVERY MORNING
25/5/2024
Doors: 20:30 // Concert: 21:00-22:00
ONLY BIRDS KNOW HOW TO CALL THE SUN AND THEY DO IT EVERY MORNING - BY KAJ DUNCAN DAVID
This piece tells a story of the transition from pure vocal sound to meaning as a musical gesture. Inspiration comes from glossolalia in various forms; in infants who have not yet learned to speak, in states of consciousness where speech takes on a completely new and mystical dimension, and in that found in artificial intelligence, which can speak but still does not understand what it is saying.
"Only birds know how to call the sun and they do it every morning" weaves together these stages in a sci-fi-like concert, created by composer Kaj Duncan David and Brazilian writer and performer Maikon K. The vocal part makes use of vocoder and talkbox to create an artificial song between sense and nonsense, while the electronic sound is performed by a quartet of synthesizer, EWI, MIDI guitar, and MIDI percussion.
CREDITS
Composer: Kaj Duncan David
This work was commissioned by Scenatet and Frequenz Festival and premieres at SPOR (Aarhus) and Frequenz (Kiel) in May 2024. Supported by Koda's Cultural Funds, Danish Arts Council, Creative Europa, @Sounds Now
ONSTAGE
Kaj Duncan David - Song, piano and electronics
Scenatet: Vicky Wright - EWI, electronics
Mikkel Schou - MIDI guitar, guitar
Matias Seibæk - MIDI percussion, synthesizer
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ABOUT SPOR FESTIVAL
SPOR's vision is to thematise, actualize and promote the contemporary music and sound art, nationally as well as internationally. SPOR creates a platform for stronger connections to the international sound art and music scenes - and therefore fruitful exchange which can inspire artists and further develop the Danish contemporary music.
The main activity of SPOR is the annual festival, which was held in 2005 for the first time, taking place each year in May in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Since June 2007 Anne Marqvardsen and Anna Berit Asp Christensen have been the festival directors of SPOR.