Album NL on z6 label
Electronic and Soundtrack (Abstract, Modern Classical, Experimental)
FACES is the name of the group; TIJDLUS is the name of the project. Tijdlus is a collaboration between cinematographer Joost Van Veen, electronosonorist/composer Huib Emmer, improviser/no good sonofabitch/songwriter Lukas Simonis (all NL), cellist Nina Hitz (CH) and fortepiano player Kaoru Iwamura (JAP). Images & Sounds are equally important in TIJDLUS (‘timeloop’) and they were created simultaneously whilst developing the material for the project. Van Veen generated the images; Emmer & Simonis – strongly influenced by the band – wrote the compositions. Although composed, the music uses a wide range of techniques & styles: improvisation, baroque music, etc. Similarly, the visuals draw on images from different times and different places – most of the footage comes from archives.com and some of it was specially shot on location for this project. TIJDLUS tells a story through its use of association, but you can also watch & listen to the songs – 1 by 1 - on their own merits. The musicians & the filmmaker come from various backgrounds too: Emmer is a composer working in the fields of composed & electronic music; Hitz plays old music, new music and works a lot with dancers; Iwamura is definitely OLD school (by that I mean baroque; this project is actually the first time she has played a ‘modern’ instrument – the ARP Odyssey); Simonis is an eclecticist pur sang and Joost van Veen is an experimental filmmaker who has been awarded several prestigious prizes.
Faces , album by | |
Nina Hitz vc, NL cello, voice | |
Huib Emmer g, b, eg, *1951 NL guitar, electronics | |
Lukas Simonis g, voc, NL guitar, voice | |
Kaoru Iwamura org, syn, spinet, synthesizer, organ | |
Joost Van Veen visuals |
Red Bol design |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Lento | Faces | 1:35 | |
2 | Klangfarben | Faces | 5:38 | |
3 | Where's The Pilot? | Faces | 5:07 | |
4 | Beat #1 | Faces | 4:39 | |
5 | Film Zonder Hoop | Faces | 4:21 | |
6 | Das Medium Ferihummer | Faces | 6:14 | |
7 | Beat #2 | Faces | 4:42 | |
8 | Roads To Romance | Faces | 4:52 | |
9 | Black Horses | Faces | 4:50 | |
10 | Slow Attention Spam | Faces | 4:57 | |
11 | Coprolalia | Faces | 4:57 |