In the contemporary music world, turntables and CDJs cannot be missed in a festival about technology. For this concert, Brussels organisation Another Way to Play led by Soumaya Phéline has brought together five turntablists who experiment with the relation between DJ and public, and their wish to collaborate horizontally. Their durational set will be preceded by a lecture-performance by Mariam Rezaei.
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Lecture performance
In this lecture performance, Mariam Rezaei will give some deeper insights into her work and turntable skills.
Mariam Rezaei is a composer, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music and hip-hop. Described by The Wire as “one of the most technically adept and creatively daring artists to use the turntable as a musical instrument,” Rezaei uses a digital vinyl system, allowing her to manipulate an expansive range of samples in real time. In addition to her mastery of classic turntablist skills, Rezaei has pioneered several techniques of her own, including free juggling, turntable sines, needle dripping, and needle weaving.
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Papilloneer Orchestra was born two years ago from a simple desire by Soumaya Phéline Abouda: to decontextualize the DJ turntable and assign it an instrumental and experimental role. By inviting four other DJ and sound artists to collectively conceive several movements of improvisation, Papilloneer Orchestra unfolds as both a musical performance and a space for research and transformation of the imaginaries connected to sound, gesture, and stage presence.
Anina, Gomar, Jano, Oeryo, and Soumaya Phéline inhabit the listening space through a scenography designed to adapt to the typology of each venue and to engage the audience in a shared, wandering mode of listening. In turn, the size of the orchestra remains open and undefined: by inviting local artists to join the performance, or through open calls for participatory jam sessions, each iteration is conceived as a moment of learning and dialogue.
Papilloneer, a contraction of [papillonner] and [Pioneer], refers to the fluttering movements of performers, sounds, and gestures, while also asserting a pioneering stance in the search for new artistic forms. The project situates itself within the legacy of DJ and turntablism cultures,referred to as CDJism: treating turntables as expressive instruments.
© Vera Marmelo
