WorldService Project

英国 Britain

时间 Time

2015.10.25 21:20 – 22:20

场地 Venue

华侨城创意文化园北区B10现场 B10 Live, North District of OCT-LOFT

演出者 Artists

Dave Morecroft – 键盘 Keyboard /人声 Vocals / 作曲 Compositions

Tim Ower – 萨克斯 Saxophones

Raphael Clarkson – 长号 Trombone

Arthur O’Hara – 贝斯 Bass

Harry Pope – 鼓 Drums

“……原始和朋克到令人跺脚……一个令现场狂热躁动的有趣乐队……极富创意……”

——John Fordham，《卫报》（英国）

“……并不仅仅是简单挑战爵士的定义——他们把它追逼至偏僻巷尾，揍得满地找牙，然后还要叫更多的兄弟过来！”

——Cormac Larkin, 《爱尔兰时报》（爱尔兰）

“……一个野蛮粗暴与黑色幽默的迷人结合。铜管乐器制造出大块溢出的自由噪音，还带着一丝具有讽刺意味的多愁善感，在诸如《Requiem for a Worm》的曲目中展现得淋漓尽致，而现场听他们演奏只会更加震撼！剃刀般锐利的节奏锋芒已被打磨抛光，这支乐队的演奏手法极为高超娴熟。行乐风格的起承转合，仿佛漂移过弯一般，你能闻到拉紧手刹时橡胶过热燃烧的味道。”

——Matthew Wright, 《Jazzwise》（英国）

WorldService Project是英国朋克圈和爵士圈的典型代表之一，他们已经在15个国家演出过，包括一些重要的音乐节，如伦敦爵士音乐节（London Jazz）、斯洛文尼亚的卢布尔雅那爵士节（Ljubljana Jazz Festival）、瑞典的于默奥爵士音乐节（Umeå Jazz Festival）、芬兰的坦佩雷爵士音乐节（Tampere Jazz Happening）、法国的Jazz sur son音乐节、英国的布雷肯爵士音乐节（Brecon Jazz Festival）等，并在美国的17个州里进行了为期35天的巡回演出，还在德国布尔格豪森举办的2014年新晋欧洲爵士大奖（Young European Jazz Award）中获得提名。

由键盘手/作曲家Dave Morecroft领衔，WorldService Project通过黑暗而戏谑的方式构筑乐章——他们操纵着复杂的节奏和韵律，音乐中充满了直截了当的莽撞，又有一丝诡异的不和谐贯穿其中。而有时，他们又会在常见于重型摇滚音乐中的狂暴节奏之上，叠加20世纪古典曲中的乐句，使其音乐拥有了更为丰富的层次。

“…stompingly raw and punky…a riotously entertaining live-band…highly creative…”

— John Fordham, “The Guardian” Newspaper (UK)

“…aren’t simply challenging the definition of jazz — they’re chasing it down a side street, wrestling it to the ground and calling for back-up.”

— Cormac Larkin, “The Irish Times” Newspaper (IE)

“…a mesmerising combination of brutality and dark humour. Their live sound, blending bleeding chunks of free brass noise with the ironic sentimentality of tracks like ‘Requiem for a Worm’, has only got better. The razor-sharp rhythmic edges are polished, the ensemble is painfully slick, and you can smell the rubber burning from their stylistic handbrake turns.”

— Matthew Wright, “Jazzwise” Magazine (UK)

WorldService Project is one of the leading exponents of the British punk/jazz scene, having played in 15 countries around the world, including major festivals (London Jazz, Ljubljana, Umea, Tampere, Jazz sur son, Brecon Jazz), a 35 days tour of America taking in 17 states and being nominated for the Young European Jazz Award 2014 (Burghausen).

Led by pianist/composer Dave Morecroft, WorldService Project’s music speaks through dark, playful building passages, winding through dissonance, complex rhythmic manipulation and downright silliness. Other times it draws on the language of 20th Century Classical composers layered over boisterous grooves more commonly found in albums by heavy rock artists.

网站 Website

http://www.worldserviceproject.co.uk/

脸书 Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/WSP/167984746174

Albert Hera

意大利 Italy

时间 Time

2015.10.25 20:00 – 21:00

场地 Venue

华侨城创意文化园北区B10现场 B10 Live, North District of OCT-LOFT

演出者 Artist

Albert Hera – 人声独唱 Vocal Solo

Albert Hera是一位无论在独唱还是合唱中都能展现精彩即兴的出色爵士音乐家。他可以被描述为“声音的叙述者”，因为他曾经以传统世界音乐为艺术课题进行了深入研究，尤其着重于人声与合唱的实践，并且通过自创的拟声语言，模仿并重新创作了来自大自然的传统声音与节奏，以及那些来自异国他乡的语言和音乐，光是听到，就让人对那遥远国度的绮丽风光产生无限遐想。他总是在无止尽地探索，并深深扎根于爵士乐，用声音织就一个又一个迷人的故事，每每令人惊叹。也正因如此，一个全新的音乐流派因他而生：史诗爵士（Epic Jazz）。

Hera的热情与他想要超越传统限制的渴望，使他不断深化在声音上的探索。从2005年起，他参与了众多相关项目，包括国际语音矫正双年会（Biennial International Conference of Phoniatrics）和声音疗法“艺术声音（The Artistic Voice）”，并与国际专家Dott. Franco Fussi、Alfonso Maccarini和Alfonso Borragan合作，积极地投入研究，以更好地理解发声产出的构造与功能。Hera持续不断地进行着自我内省与对声音的钻研，科学与艺术的结合，使他的演唱始终充满活力，并且以一种稳定而快速的状态不断进化。

由于其技术与风格兼具的杰出能力，以及在人文与教育上异常敏锐的感受力，他也被认为是意大利最负盛名也最有实力的声乐导师之一。他的声音治疗诊所在意大利甚至是海外都拥有极高的人气。

2009年，他与注明爵士音乐节Bobby McFerrin的歌剧项目“Bobble”[1]中与之合作，首次亮相于德国罗拉赫的Stimmen音乐节。2010年，他再次应McFerrin之邀，跨刀其野心巨作《VOCAbuLarieS》，在全部的7首曲目中参与演唱了其中的4首，这张专辑获得了3项葛莱美提名，并在有色人种促进协会形象奖[2]（NAACP Image Awards）中被评为“最佳世界音乐专辑”。

这段合作经历为Hera开启了一扇新的艺术之门。他是第一批将CircleSongs工作坊[3]引进意大利的声乐家之一，并为这种特殊的艺术表演形式建立了一套自己的方法，将他的研究成果、教学经验和艺术取向都结合其中：人声即兴成为了一种有效的方式，让歌手得以更广泛而深入地探索声音的无穷可能，并提升对声音的控制力，而这种方式并不过多地着重于外在技巧，而是更多地基于歌手自身的情感来源，以及一起唱歌时产生的、最为简单纯粹的快乐。至今为止，他已经在意大利的多个剧院举办了CircleSongs的音乐会，在观众和评论家之中都广获好评。

Albert Hera拥有两张个人专辑，《Positive Consciousness》（2005） 和 《AriA》（2011）。其它重要的合作还包括：作为特别嘉宾参与了2012年伦敦无伴奏人声合唱音乐节（London A Cappella Festival）；同年，继Paolo Fresu、Antonello Salis、Tullio de Piscopo和Stefano Bagnoli等享誉国际的重要艺人之后，受爵士钢琴家Diego Baiardi邀请，作为唯一的男歌手参与其最后一个项目“Bonne Nuit”。

[1] “Bobble”是由Bobby McFerrin发起的即兴歌剧项目。在这个项目里，McFerrin与许多不同的出色歌手合作，以一种超越文字的共通的音乐语言进行演唱，重新演绎古老的巴别塔传说。

[2] 有色人种促进协会形象奖（NAACP Image Awards），是由美国有色人种促进协会颁发的，旨在奖励有色人种在电影、电视、音乐、文学领域的杰出贡献的奖项。

[3] “Circlesongs”一词最早被Bobby McFerrin用于他1997年的专辑《Circlesongs》，是一张由12位音乐家参与的即兴人声作品。而后McFerrin将其发展为一种多方位的即兴人声工作坊。

Albert Hera, an amazing jazzman specialized in solo and choral improvisation, could be described as a “Sound Teller”: he has focused his artistic research on the study of traditional world music, with particular attention to vocal and choral practices. Using invented onomatopoeic languages he imitates and reproduces the traditional sounds and rhythms of nature, language and music of specific countries drawing suggestive pictures of those remote landscapes. His incessant exploration, his strong root in jazz music and his amazing ability to interweave intriguing sound-tales lead to the creation of a new musical genre: the Epic Jazz.

His passion and need of going beyond formal restrictions lead him to a continuous deepening of voice possibilities. Since 2005 he has taken part to the Biennial International Conference of Phoniatrics and Voice Therapy “The Artistic Voice” and actively contributed to researches directed to a better understanding of the anatomy and function of vocal production, in collaboration with international experts as Dott. Franco Fussi, Alfonso Maccarini and Alfonso Borragan. Putting art to use in science, Hera continuously feeds his introspective and vocal research, attitude that makes his singing always dynamic and in constant, rapid evolution.

In reason of his great technical-stylistic competence and of his remarkable human and pedagogical sensitivity, he is considered one the most capable and reputed singing teacher in Italy. His clinics are highly required in Italy and, recently, also abroad.

In 2009 he collaborated with the renowned jazzman Bobby McFerrin to his project “Bobble”[1], first presented at the Stimmen Festival. In 2010 he was again invited by McFerrin to sing in 4 of the 7 tracks included in his ambitious opera “VOCAbuLarieS”, nominated to three Grammy Awards and winner of the Image Awards[2] as best World Music Album.

Thanks to this encounter he found a new artistic impulse. He was one of the first vocalists to carry in (and across) Italy CircleSongs[3] workshops. He worked a lot to build a personal approach to this particular kind of artistic performance and he found in it a unique opportunity to combine his research, pedagogic and artist interests: vocal improvisation becomes a way to improve the singer’s ability to explore the incredible range of voice possibilities and to increase his/her sense of control, not much drawing on external technical tips as on his/her own emotional resources and on the simple, pure pleasure that comes from singing together. So far Albert Hera has realized CircleSongs concerts in many Italian theaters, with great consent from both audience and critics.

He has personally produced two albums, “Positive Consciousness” (2005) and “AriA” (2011). Other significant collaborations see him as special guest in the London a Cappella Festival 2012 and as the only male singer invited to take part to the last project of the jazz pianist Diego Baiardi, “Bonne Nuit” (2012), next to artists of international importance such as Paolo Fresu, Antonello Salis, Tullio de Piscopo, Stefano Bagnoli etc.

[1] Led by Bobby McFerrin, “Bobble” is an improvised opera based on the ancient and classically operatic tale of the Tower of Babel, sung in a universal language beyond words. In this project McFerrin collaborates with many other virtuosic singers.

[2] NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

[3] In 1997 Bobby McFerrin gave the name of “Circlesongs” to one of his music albums which contains eight pieces composed by an organic of twelve voices with an improvisational main matrix. Later he developed “CircleSongs” into a kind of improvisational vocal workshop, which cultivates and develops the skills required for ensemble singing, and also builds the fundamentals of musicianship.

网站 Website

http://www.alberthera.com

CircleLand 声音工作坊

CircleLand Vocal Workshop

by Albert Hera（意大利 Italy）

时间 Time

2015.10.25 14:00-16:00

场地 Venue

华侨城创意文化园北区A3+ A3+, North District of OCT-LOFT

演出者 Artist

Albert Hera – Vocal workshop

语言 Language

英文 English

现场配有中英翻译 With Chinese-English interpreter

报名方式

请以“Workshop-你的全名”为标题，发送邮件至melon@b10live.cn，并在邮件中注明以下信息：

1.性别

2.年龄

3.手机号码

4.想要参加此次工作坊的原因

报名截止时间：2015.10.22 24:00

本活动唯有报名成功者方可参与。

报名成功与否你都将收到回复，请静候回信。

CircleSongs的根本是旋律的构筑，不需要冗余的语言，而是遵从内心深处原始而模糊的渴望来发出声音，以此来组成基本的音素，并串联成乐曲。那些声音会唤起所有的感官记忆——山川河流，气息味道，音乐，和未曾谋面的异乡人。以这样的方式，我能感受到这些声音的不同性格，或者更准确地说是不同色彩，就和在具象艺术里的色彩一样 。我的音乐不会被语言束缚，而是变成一种人类共通的艺术表达，这让我得以把我的音乐理念传达得更深更远……”

什么是CircleSongs？

CircleSongs是一种即兴合唱的形式。参与者中的一位进行即兴独唱，同时也作为指挥者逐步引导和分配其他参与者加入和声——参与者们站成一个圈，按声部和特定节奏型来分组，以无意识间产生的音素来组成乐句，并如念诵祷文一般将它们反复吟唱。乐曲的和声结构就是通过这些不同乐句之间的相互影响被创造出来的。

接下来，指挥者会发出视觉信号来掌控各个声部，围绕自己的即兴演唱来塑造和呈现整体和声。CircleSong的体验并不局限于声音的维度，也涉及了物质领域（动作和节奏）、认知领域（记忆和注意力等）和社会情感方面（聆听、协调和合作）等不同的层面。

由此带来的体验，是灵魂深处的全情交融。基于自身的情感和经验，参与者被激发出更多的感知力，对和声作品里的节奏、声音组合、表演甚至是人类学层面的内容产生更新鲜、更敏锐的认识。

什么是CircleLand？

CircleLand是一个对歌手、音乐家和作曲家开放的工作坊， 参与者希望通过这个活动来拓宽自身音乐与文化的视野，而这个活动本身的设计，就是为了使参与者能够通过相互分享和声音实验来激发自身的创造力，丰富内心的“艺术调色盘”。
Albert Hera出生于意大利北部的皮埃蒙特，他曾在Bobby McFerrin（迄今为止CircleSongs最伟大的倡导者）、Roger Treece、Rhiannon、David Worm和Joey Blake等艺术家的门下学习，并成为第一个把CircleSongs引进意大利的艺术家。通过经年累月的实践和练习，Hera以CircleSongs为基础构建了自己的艺术项目和教学项目。结合他本身在声音研究方面的经验，他继续通过有针对性的训练来提升自己的艺术修为。那些训练专为打磨他的听觉能力而设计，让他得以更好地理解在西方音乐文化体系之外的另类韵律。与此同时，训练中也运用诸如喉声唱法或多声咏唱，又或是身体律动和姿势变化等方式进行了实验，最终目的是为了让他更自由地施展歌喉，激发出更美妙的声音作品。

在这里，技术完全是为自然的表达而服务的：CircleLand首先是一个工具，这是最重要的一点。它可以激发创造力，让人更好地相互倾听，更好地协调自己的声音与节奏的关系，由此而全面提升参与者的认知力、好奇心和敏感度——而这些都是培养艺术才能的关键因素。

How to Sign Up

Please send an e-mail with the title “Workshop – YOUR NAME” to melon@b10live.cn, with the following information:

1.Your gender

2.Your age

3.Your phone number

4.Reason that you want to participate this Workshop

Deadline: 2015.10.22 24:00

Only who receive the confirmation e-mail are allowed to participate.

Please wait patiently for reply.

“CircleSongs are based on the construction of melodies without words, which come about by associating phonemes created with a primarily suggestive aim. The sounds may be reminiscent of landscapes, aromas, tastes, music and distant peoples. In this way, I may seek out the various characteristics, or rather various colours of the voice, just as colours are used in the figurative arts. Not being bound down by a verbal language, my music becomes a form of artistic expression that may be understood by anyone, thus allowing me to take my musical message far and wide…”

What are CircleSongs?

CircleSongs are a form of choral improvisation. A soloist-cum-conductor, through a free improvisation process, progressively creates and allots to the choristers — standing in a circle, grouped by section, specific rhythmic modules — phrases made up of phonemes without a sense of their own which are then repeated in a sort of litany. It is on the interplay between these various phrases that the harmonic structure of the piece is created.

The conductor then makes use of visual signals to handle the polyphonic performance, shaping it around the flow of his/her solo vocal improvisation. The CircleSong experience not only involves the vocal dimension, but also the corporeal sphere (movement, rhythm), the cognitive area (memory, attention, etc.) and socio-emotional aspects (listening, tuning and coordination) between the various sections.

The ensuing experience is one of profound absorption in which the emotional and experiential dimensions become the basis on which to facilitate in participants a new and more acute awareness of the rhythmic, polyphonic, performative and anthropological aspects of choral work.

What is CircleLand?

CircleLand is a choral improvisation workshop open to singers, musicians and composers who wish to broaden their musical and cultural baggage with an activity designed to enhance their own creativity and their own ‘artistic palette’ through a process of sharing and vocal experimentation.  Albert Hera, born in Piedmont, northern Italy, was the first artist to bring CircleSongs to Italy, after studying with artists such as Bobby McFerrin (who remains the greatest exponent of the practice), Roger Treece, Rhiannon, David Worm and Joey Blake. After years of practice, Hera managed to construct his own teaching and artistic project based on the CircleSongs. Integrating his own experiences in the field of vocal research, he continues to enhance his artistic development through specific training designed to hone his listening ability, his understanding of rhythms uncommon in Western musical culture, while experimenting with particular stylistic forms such as throat-singing or multi-phonic chants, the use of body movement and postural destabilization in order to facilitate his expressive freedom and vocal production.

Here, technique is exclusively at the service of natural expression: CircleLand is first and foremost a means by which to activate creativity, to improve reciprocal listening, the management of rhythm and the relationship with one’s own voice, thus concretely heightening participants’ awareness, curiosity, sensitivity and wonderment: all key components for fostering artistic growth.

网站 Website

http://www.alberthera.com/index.php?Itemid=218