Jaap Blonk
Jaap Blonk (* 1953 in Woerden , Netherlands ) is a Dutch composer , singer and sound poet .
Live and act
As a musician, Blonk is self-taught . He studied mathematics , physics and musicology (albeit without a degree). Temporary work in what Blonk calls well-organized systems such as offices brought him to Dadaist activities. Blonk began playing the saxophone , composing, and reciting poetry.
Blonk specialized in performing sound poetry, incorporating his enthusiasm for improvisation . He is the founder and director of Splinks , a 15-member ensemble that operates on the borderline between new music , computer music and free jazz , and the avant-garde rock trio BRAXTAAL , with whom he produced the LP together with Jürgen O. Olbrich and Commissioner Hjuler "Capital" made a profit. He also worked with improvisation musicians such as Mats Gustafsson , Cor Fuhler , Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Maja Ratkje . With Paul Dutton , Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton and David Moss he founded the group Five Men Singing , which performed at the festival in Victoriaville.
Among other things, Blonk recorded the Dadaist Ursonate by Kurt Schwitters . The record released in 1986 , which is sometimes regarded as the best setting of the original sonata ever, was initially banned and withdrawn from circulation by the Schwitters heir Ernst Schwitters, whereupon Blonk purchased an audio cassette under the pseudonym Reverof Zrem (backwards: "Merz forever" ; "Merz" was a pseudonym of Kurt Schwitters) put into circulation as a bootleg . After the death of Ernst Schwitters, the recording from 1986 was reissued together with another recording from 2003. In 2013 he recorded the album BPA -4 Hugo Ball: Six Sound Poems 1916 (Six Sound Poems, 1916) with Damon Smith . In 2020 he released the album New Start with Jaap Blonk's Retirement Overdue .
Blonk took part in various festivals: u. a. Berlin Music Biennale 1999, Witten Days for New Chamber Music 2002, Rheinisches Musikfest 2002, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2002. Blonk was guest teacher at many institutions, e.g. B. the School of Poetry in Vienna and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago . There are also exhibitions of his scores .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the review on Sonoloco Record Reviews
- ↑ Andy Hamilton: Jaap Blonk's Retirement Overdue: New Start. London Jazz News, August 15, 2020, accessed August 17, 2020 .
Web links
- Blonk's homepage
- MP3 files and other downloads from Jaap Blonk, including the Ursonate
- Jaap Blonk speaks Hugo Ball's "lament for the dead"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blonk, Jaap |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer, singer and sound poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woerden , Netherlands |