PHILIP JECK / PIERRE BASTIEN

British turn-tablist Philip Jeck (1952) studied visual arts but has been experimenting with vinyl records as musical instruments since the eighties,inspired by both the hip-hop movement and Christian Marclay’s collages. Using old turntables and mainly obscure vinyls, he creates repetitive and evocative soundtracks, which haunt the individual and collective memories just as a halo of distortions and mutations. After a long stray as a composer for dance and theatre, he now focuses essentially on his experiments and installations with vinyl records, often collaborating with other artists such as Jah Wobble, Jacob Kirkegaard and Janek Schaefer.

listen to the track ’Wipe’ (from the album ’7’) on www.kwadratuur.be

www.philipjeck.com

Born in Paris, where he studied French literature, Pierre Bastien (1953) lives in Rotterdam. Since the late seventies, he has been a composer for several dance companies just as he patiently developed his dream project : “Mecanium”, a mechanical orchestra. Built out of mechanic elements and recycled engines, it reproduces the sounds of traditional instruments from all around the world; from African drums to the Indonesian gamelan, from the kora to the thump-piano.The resulting miniature symphonies, both futuristic as well as somewhat dada, are emphasized by melodies for wind and string instruments performed by Bastien himself.

www.pierrebastien.com