Programme

• 19:30 • 2 concerts-dinner by Hans Roels & Thomas Teurlai - in harmony with Peter Sattler for the meal
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If you wish to also join the workshop (27+28/06) with Thomas & Clarice, we recommend to select the combo ticket when registering for the workshop.

Toetsingen is a cycle of improvisatory works for a software synthesizer that Hans has been building for several years. This synth (called Mimba) is based on algorithms that mimic physical processes (vibrating strings, air blowing through a pipe, etc.). On purpose the synth doesn’t have a homogeneous timbre; pitch and velocity differences create diverse, multi-layered sounds reminiscent of natural soundscapes or biological processes. Internally, the synth consists of a flexible network of feedback processes with multiple audio outputs at different places within this network.

Toetsingen is a set of composed improvisations, each one based on a different version of this Mimba synthesizer. The pieces are also ‘keyboard music’: the practice of performing on the (piano) keyboard and controlling the choice, loudness, and duration of pressed keys is central to playing with the software synthesizer.

There are two places in the city where you can still daydream in public: laundromats and movie theaters. You always end up there on some other excuse — to do a load of laundry, to catch a flick. But really, deep down, you know the dream is built into the place itself. It’s in the whole setup.

That is something one usually learns after years of drifting. If you want out of the misery of time, you don’t need much: the projection of a glowing square, or the watery tumble of a spinning drum. Everything else is secondary. Superfluous.

Let me repeat it: what a bored body asks for is a screen to dissolve into. Or a machine to merge with. Nothing more.