Transformation of Sound - Japan

2010 - 2011

今回は、スゥエーデンのJapanstiftelsen in Swedenの支援で、2010年8月23日から9月19日、2011年2月1日から28日までの各1か月間来日。日本の即興、近代アーティストたちと出会い、共同で演奏活動をする予定である。

With kind support from the Japanstiftelsen in Sweden, Joel Grip will travel to Japan to play and meet with Japanese improvising and contemporary artists during two months the coming year;

August 23 - September 17, 2010 and February/March, 2011

Joel Grip（ヨエル　グリップ）

スウェーデン・ストックホルム出身。ダブルベース奏者と、音楽プロデューサーとして、Peeping Tom、Eve Risser TrioやSNUSに参加。その他ヨーロッパ各地、アメリカ、アジアでもソロ、デュオ、グループで情熱的、個性的な音楽を提供する。

2004年設立のumlaut　Recordsレコード会社の代表兼プロデューサー。創造的な形で、音楽家団体の組織作りをし、国際的にプロモーションを展開する道を作った。また、スゥエーデンのダラ・フローダーで、8年前から「Hagenfestenフェスティバル」を毎年開催。主催者の一人として活動し、人々との交流を深めている。

以前アメリカのバルティモアにも滞在し、活動をしたことがある。現在はフランスのパリに在住し、ヨーロッパの即興音楽プロデューサーとして、音楽の新しいシーンに大きな役割を果たしている。

共同活動者

Evan Parker、沖　至、Sven-Ake Johansson、秋山　徹次、Barre Phillips、Richard Hart、藤谷　由美、Joe McPhee、大島　洋子、柿崎　順一、Hermann Keller、Axel Dörner、 Fred Lonberg-Holm、Mats Gustafsson、Sten Sandell、Raymond Strid、Niklas Barnö、中谷　達也、Alan Silva、福島　青衣子、Eve Risser, Didier Lasserre、Sofia Jernberg、その他多数。

More info about the project Transformation of Sound - Japan

The aim for this project is to open up for a creative exchange between a new generation of contemporary improvising artist, active in Europe and Japan. With the double bass, Joel Grip will do research about the Japanese improvised and contemporary art scene by organizing sessions, concerts, discussions, and performances, all over Japan. An exchange where the improvisation and the very personal creativity will be in focus. All meetings between the artists will be documented and put in file for possible further collaboration.

The project will continue after the two-month long period in Japan is over. With focus on a new generation of active artists, in a region of Japan that seems to be most suitable, this project aims to establish a collective which will have the possibility to stand in direct contact with collectives in Europe.  Sweden – where the record label Umlaut Sweden and the festival Hagenfesten are amplifiers of new music, poetry, dance and visual art – is already in close collaboration with collectives in Paris (Umlaut France) and in Berlin (Umlaut Berlin). The establishing of an Umlaut Japan would not only open up for a professional interactive meeting place online (www.umlautrecords.com), but first and foremost make possible an artistic creative exchange and further on ease what for independent artists is extremely demanding, to make oneself heard. Under the great umbrella of Umlaut Records, the around 40 active members of Umlaut Sweden, Umlaut France, and Umlaut Berlin, are ready to include a Japanese collective in effort of continuing braking the borders between us, and helping making ourselves heard on each side of the globe. By doing this we would in an effortless way reach a greater audience and most importantly, learn how to listen to and understand different cultures and expressions. 

This project would be an important step in the continuous development of contemporary cultures in general, but also play an important role for the individual creativity of each artist.