Opening week new premises

Published in performances/concerts | on August 22nd, 2012
Opening week new premises
NOTAM has moved to new premises at Myrens Verksted just south of Sagene. Additionally, it is 20 years since we were founded,  and we are using this double occasion to arrange an opening week with concerts, workshops, lectures, art installations and a DJ. Serving of alcohol and snacks in the evenings. Terrace with a view of the Akerselva river! Concerts: EAR (IR), T-EMP, SPUNK, DrOx (Tanja Orning/Natasha Barrett), Victoria Johnson, Potential Music (Anders Vinjar/Silje Marie Aker Johnsen)... read more

Reunion 2012

by , . Published in artistic development, installations, performances/concerts | on August 10th, 2012
Reunion 2012
What happens when chess players get to perform music? What does check mate sound like? Sted: Main Library, University of Oslo Dato: September 7 – 14, 2012 Musicians: Maja Ratkje, Lasse Marhaig, Guttorm Andreasen, Peter Edwards, Asbjørn Blokkum Flø, Ulf Holbrook, Jonas Bartsen Johnsen, Erik Strutz, Eskil Muan Sæther og Anders Tveit Chess player: Simen Agdestein (former grand master & 7 times Norwegian champion), Hans Olav Lahlum (author, chess player and politician), Aryan Tari... read more

Endphase at Ny Musikk

Published in installations, performances/concerts | on September 18th, 2011
Endphase at Ny Musikk
Endphase is a laptop trio consisting of members Alberto Bernal, João Pais and Enrique Tomás. In their performances, the trio intends to surpass the traditional musical conceptions and to create an environment in which several ideas, concepts and approaches can be realized. On October 6 and 7, 2011, Endphase will create an installation and an intertwined concert at Ny Musikk, using the acoustic, social and architectural environment of the Ny Musikk office as sound and conceptual material. In... read more

Relatively tranquil

by . Published in performances/concerts | on September 14th, 2011
Relatively tranquil
As part of Ultima 2011, Bjarne Kvinnsland’s work Relatively tranquil will be premiered on Saturday, September 17. The concert will take place at the event EXIT at Oslo National Academy of the Arts at 6 p.m. The concert will be performed by Rolf-Erik Nystrøm on the saxophone, Eirik Raude and Markus Hernes on percussion, and Kvinnsland on electronics. Anne Grete Eriksen is in charge of the choreography. See complete program for the event Kvinnsland envisions that the concert will show... read more

Electroacoustic Lounge 1

Published in performances/concerts | on August 25th, 2011
Electroacoustic Lounge 1
A relaxed atmosphere, traditional Norwegian food and drink, and comfy chairs are keywords for the first of three electroacoustic lounges produced by NOTAM during this year’s Ultima festival. Music by Kjell Samkopf. Curated by Asbjørn Blokkum Flø. Riksscenen, September 9, 2011 – 6:00 pm Guest: Kjell Samkopf The theme is the relationship between electronic music and found sound objects from nature. Composer and percussionist Kjell Samkopf’s unique ‘sonographic’ works are the main... read more

Electroacoustic Lounge II

Published in performances/concerts | on August 25th, 2011
Electroacoustic Lounge II
This is the second of three electroacoustic lounges at Ultima 2011. This evening’s performances are influenced by Norway’s greatest composer after Grieg, Arne Nordheim, with examples taken from both his electronic works and works for mixed media. Riksscenen, September 11, 2011 – 5:30 pm Hans Josef Groh: Cello Sverre Riise: Trombone Eldbjørg Hemsing: Violin Mats Claesson: Electronics Asbjørn Blokkum Flø: Curator and electronics Cato Langnes: Sound... read more

Electroacoustic Lounge III

Published in performances/concerts | on August 25th, 2011
Electroacoustic Lounge III
This is the last of three electroacoustic lounges produced by NOTAM for the Ultima festival 2011. Taxi Take Away, September 17, 2011 – 12:00 am Curator: Asbjørn Blokkum Flø The Taxi Take Away pub is known for its radical musical profile, with everything from punk and metal to reggae, hip-hop and dance hall, so what better place could there be to stage a concert with some of the most radical electronic music from the past fifty years? No, we are not talking about Roland Kayn’s... read more

Vevnad by Arne Nordheim

Published in performances/concerts | on June 9th, 2011
Vevnad by Arne Nordheim
In connection with the closing of the exhibition ‘Forms of Modern Life‘, which includes two major works by Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) on loan from The National Museum in Oslo, OCA has commissioned the recreation of a recital of Vevnad as originally composed by Arne Nordheim (1931-2010), and now performed with Hans Josef Groh on cello and Sverre Riise on trombone. Asbjørn Blokkum Flø from NOTAM will control the MIDI-file for the disklavier. This recital marks the first and... read more

Schwarz-Johnson at Sound of Mu

Published in performances/concerts | on January 20th, 2011
Schwarz-Johnson at Sound of Mu
The stage is set for an exciting encounter between two live electronic musicians of international standing at Sound of Mu on Tuesday January 25 at 8:30 p.m. Diemo Schwarz is one of the leading figures within the live electronics field, and has developed a number of interesting audio processing tools for programming environments such as Max/MSP, among which FTM og CataRT are the most well-known. Musical projects include Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and theconcatenator. Schwarz is based in... read more

Pierre Schaeffer jubilee

Published in collaborative projects, performances/concerts | on December 5th, 2010
Pierre Schaeffer jubilee
The French composer Pierre Schaeffer would have been 100 years old in 2010. The was celebrated at Caféteatret during Grønland Chamber Music Festival on December 4. Schaeffer is considered the first composer who wrote works consisting solely of recorded material, and he coined the term musique concrète –  concrete music. He was also a brilliant writer and an influential music philosopher. Both his music and the theory supporting it have proved to be milestones in recent music history, and... read more

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