Stories from The Organ Safari @ Orgelpark, Holland Festival 2010

Organ Safari is an ongoing project which was started in year 2008 by Lithuanian composer and artist Arturas Bumšteinas (b. 1982). Since then he is traveling around Europe and recording sounds of various organs in churches, concert halls, record stores, streets, music schools and other locations. From these collected recordings artist has built an extensive sound archive which serves as an important source for his various acoustic and electronic compositions, improvisations and collaborations that involve other musicians. Stories from the Organ Safari is one of such collaborations which was specially prepared to be performed in Orgelpark - the unique and beautiful venue in Amsterdam, home for various organ species.

Performers:
Arturas Bumšteinas (musical direction, live electronics, field recordings)
Goska Isphording (pipe organs of the Orgelpark)
Anton Lukoszevieze (improv on cello and kanklės)
Antanas Dombrovskij (laptop)
Dominykas Vyšniauskas (guest appearance on flugelhorn)
Algirdas Biveinis, Alexander Ivanov (additional organ sample material)

Sound engineer: Clare Gallagher
Recording engineer: Bert van Dijk
Project production: Orgelpark and Holland Festival
Publisher: New Music Communication Center (www.nmkc.lt)
CD design: Laura Klimaitė

Category:

Music

Tags:

• organs
• orgelpark
• holland
• festival
• electronics
• improvisation
• kankles
• cello
• sound
• installation