Marko Karlovčec (SLO)

http://www.myspace.com/markosinai

Marko Karlovčec is a musician (saxophone, no-input effect units, mixer, guitar) whose work is influenced by the legacy of free-jazz, noise, hardcore, historical avantgarde and contemporary improvisation. He is mainly active on the slovenian “alternative” and improvising scene. Lately he has been playing in a duo with renowned slovenian singer, dancer and actress Irena Tomažin with whom he self-released a live cd titled »That which happens is itself dripping red«, made some concerts and also composed and executed an open-form composition (called “Excremental Sun Boxes”) in the multimedia center Kibla in Maribor. He performs with a solo recital of no-input elctronics with the name M.K. Internal Uprooting and has released a hand-made and hand-painted cd with the name »Greetings from the sea«. He also cooperates with outstanding vocalist/freestyler/electronic N'toko. Otherwise he plays or has played in improvisational settings with musicians such as Tomaž Grom, Seijiro Murayama, italian duo Mimesys, Jaka Berger…etc. In the past he performed in a dance/music improvised performance with japanese butoh dancer Ryuzo Fukuhara; did some minor multidisciplinary events with poetry, film and paintings; formed and lead the group Sinai which played original arrangements and interpretations of the jewish music of John Zorn…

Marko Karlovčec je glasbenik (saksofon, no-input efekti, mešalna miza, kitara) katerega delovanje zaznamuje raziskovanje zapuščine free-jazza, noisa, hardcora, zgodovinskih avantgard in sodobne improvizacije. Aktiven je na slovenski “alternativni” in improvizacijski sceni. V zadnjem času deluje v duetu s priznano pevko, plesalko in igralko Ireno Tomažin s katero sta v samozaložbi izdala cd “That which happens is itself dripping red”, imela nekaj koncertov in tudi izvedla odprto kompozicijo “Excremental Sun Boxes” v multimedijskem centru Kibla v Mariboru. Nastopa tudi s solo recitalom no-input elektronike z imenom M.K. Internal Uprooting s katerim je izdal ročno oblikovan in poslikan cd z naslovom “Greetings from sea”. Sodeluje tudi z izrednim vokalistom/freestylerjem/elektronikom N’tokom. Igra oz. igral je v improvizacijskih kombinacijah z glasbeniki kot so Tomaž Grom, Seijiro Murayama, Jaka Berger, italijanski duo Mimesys…itd. V preteklosti je pripravil glasbeno-plesni improvizacijski performans z butoh plesalcem Ryuzotom Fukuharo; izvedel nekaj manjših multidisciplinarnih dogodkov s poezijo, filmom in slikarstvom; ustanovil in vodil skupino Sinai, ki je preigravala lastne aranžmaje in interpretacije židovske glasbe Johna Zorna…


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