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AWICHAS Is a new project by Bolivian-born, Brazilian-raised vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, drawing from Andean traditions where sound is a link between worlds, deeply tied to ecology, community, and cyclical time. Working with both acoustic and electronic sounds, Ibelisse is joined by sound artists and musicians Jochem van Tol, Frank Rosaly, Jacob Maskell-Key, Julia Werner and Lida Brouskari. As an ensemble, they present a multimedia concert, combining microtonal flute data from ancient Andean rituals and translating it into electronic instrumentation, drums, and voices. Here, subversive memories of the mountain’s overground, repetitive rhythms, and trance-inducing tonalities meet, melt, and converse with the underground echoes of the city’s nightly club music. For the development of this music both Jochem van Tol and Ibelisse have been part of Art in residencies in Bolivia and in EMS (Electronikmuzikstudion) Stockholm, Sweden. Where they composed the base scores for this music in Buchla 100 and 200 synthesizers, marrying therefore opposite instrumentations in which both acoustic and electronic music play an equal role. Ibelisse is deeply fascinated by the ancient practices of her ancestors in the Andes, on how sound was considered a connector of worlds and as a centre part of their existence, merging intimate relationships in relation to their environment, community and orchestrated sonic calendar. With this in mind she aims to create -together with her ensemble- music that converges this knowledge into shapeshifting, electronic informed and ritual based music.
This project is supported by Amsterdamse Fonds voor de Kunsten, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Culture moves Europe, Horizon Cultuurfonds, EMS Elektronmusikstudion - Sweden, GRASpunt residency - Asko Schönberg, Space is the Place productions 2025 and Molk Factory in Amsterdam - The Netherlands.
Credits: Composition, voice, synths: Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti Composition, field recordist, synths, electronics: Jochem van Tol Drums, percussion, electronics: Frank Rosaly Drums, percussion, electronics: Jacob Maskell-Key Synths, keys: Lida Brouskari Voice and percussion: Julia Werner
Mentions for Reference: Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui Cerro Rico - Potosí Tuni Condoriri - Cordillera Real Isla de La Luna - Lago Titicaca Illapa time - Tata Santiago Virgen de Urkupiña - Quillacollo - Cochabamba Phujllay - Tarabuco - Sucre Suyna Qamani - Qara Qara - Oruro EMS Elecktronmusikstudion - Sweden
Field recordings and songs per order of appearance: 1) Tuni Condoriri glacier - Cordillera Real 2) Isla de La Luna - Lago Titicaca 3) Phujllay - Virgen de Urkupiña Quillacollo Cochabamba 4) Sonic Character 11 - Buchla synthesizer 100 and 200 - EMS Sweden 5) Sonic Character 32 - Buchla synthesizer 100 and 200 - EMS Sweden 6) Sonic Character 28 - Buchla synthesizer 100 and 200 - EMS Sweden 7) "Thunderdome" song 8) "Awichas" song
Project link: https://ibelisseguardiaferragutti.com/AWICHAS
gather (formerly FEM*_ MUSIC*_) is a participatory and non-hierarchical project which began in 2016 and which deals with the topic of Feminism in contemporary music production from various perspectives. / gather (ehem. FEM*_MUSIC*_) ist ein einzigartig partizipatives und möglichst hierarchiearmes Projekt, das seit 2016 existiert und sich mit dem Thema Feminismus im gesamten Feld der Produktion zeitgenössischer Musik unter verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten beschäftigt.