EDA ERSINK HEAD TRIO
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Jordan Glenn - drums
Ben Davis - cello
Pseudomellifluous quasisoliloquy with bent eardrum hammerhead wrapped in a 1960’s chewing gum commercial stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Dedicated to the memory. Foursquare and seven and possibly even more. Way more.
EDA ER presents a new work, "I belong to nothing; I belong to everything" for vocals and electronics:
"This piece focuses on sense of belonging, displacement, migration, and security that have always been questions that I’ve been seeking answers for myself. In I belong to nothing; I belong to everything, I will challenge myself, as a performer with my personal struggle, and let it speak and transform through the sound. I use electronics and my vocals, both of which I will relate to the concept, embracing them and deconstructing them simultaneously, under this title to free myself from the lexicons that I’m used to have and to find a way to find sense of belonging inside the sound. I will be structuring the performance around the poems that I wrote by deconstructing them using my vocals alongside electronics. I will try to play around the boundaries by using improvisatory approach in abstract and poetic form of a structure." -- E.E.
EDA ER, a native of Istanbul, is a composer, sound artist and singer currently based in San Francisco Bay Area. She primarily explores the potential of expressivity and narrativity in her music. Eda’s music evolved around exploring the possibilities of singing, composing, combining analogue and digital electronics, video, theatricality, and storytelling. She is interested in building augmented experiences centered on music by using multimedia tools. She has had the pleasure of working as a composer with notable groups, musicians, organizations, and ensembles, including Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Multilarérale, Kugoni Trio, Hermes Ensemble, Hezarfen Ensemble, Atlas Ensemble, Vertixe Sonora, Ensemble Suono Giallo, Nordic Trombone Quartet, Eco Ensemble, Nicolas Isherwood, Christine Cornwell, Tom Collier, IKSV International Theater Festival, Gaudeamus Festival, Festival Mixtur, Ikincikat, Mamut Art Project, Clout Theater, A corner in the world and Berika Collective. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the klank.ist, and besides composing and producing, she performs electronics, vocal and visuals. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition with a Designated Emphasis on New Media at the University of California, Berkeley in the Music Department, CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies) and BCNM (Berkeley Center for New Media).
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass