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spring 2008: jon hassell & the voice project
• 100 strong open access choir performs the world premiere In Tsegihi. Norwich Cathedral, 17 May, 2008, 8pm, £19–£5. Part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, 2008.
• Jon discusses the work in issue #291 of The Wire.
• Anglia TV (UK) profiles the choir.
fall 2007: concert dates
The musicians in the concert group, unless otherwise noted are:
Jon Hassell—Trumpet / Keyboard
with:
Peter Freeman—Bass / Laptop
(Shankar / Seal)
Hugh Marsh—Electric Violin >>> MySpace page
(Don Byron / Hans Zimmer )
Steve Shehan—Percussion / Laptop >>> Website
(Paul Simon / Hadouk)
Rick Cox—Guitar / Laptop
(Ry Cooder / Thomas Newman)
DATE: 26oct07
CITY: Frankfurt, Germany
EVENT: Frankfurt Jazz Festival / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Jamie Muhoberac–Keyboard/Laptop [Seal/John Mayer] & Rick Cox) / Video Performance: Kurt d'Haeseleer
DATE: 15nov07
CITY: Genk, Belgium
EVENT: Motivés festival / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Steve Shehan & Jan Bang) / 8p "Gamescape" Premiere (Video performance: Kurt d'Haeseleer) / 10p Maarifa Street Concert / venue: Casino Modern
DATE: 17nov07
CITY: London, UK
EVENT: London Jazz Festival / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Steve Shehan & Jan Bang) / venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Centre)
DATE: 20nov07
CITY: Uppsala, Sweden
EVENT: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress AB / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Steve Shehan & Jan Bang)
DATE: 23nov07
CITY: Courtrai, Belgium
EVENT: "Gamescape performance" / BUDAFEST 07 / Budascoop—Theatre 1 / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Steve Shehan & Jan Bang)
DATE: 24nov07
CITY: Bari, Italy
EVENT: Times Zone festival / venue: Palamartino / Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (JH, Peter Freeman, Steve Shehan & Jan Bang—Live Sampling/Electronics [Nils Petter Molvaer/Punkt])
other news
• Wong Kar-Wai's My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, Nathalie Portman and Jude Law, opens the Cannes Film Festival 16th May. The score is by longtime Jon Hassell collaborator, Ry Cooder (Trespass, The End of Violence, Fascinoma), and includes a short piece co-written by Jon and Ry titled, 'Blue Everything.'
• Jon's distinctive sound also plays a significant role in Harry Gregson Williams' score for The Number 23, Jim Carrey's new psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher.
• The Motivés Festival in Genk, Belgium will feature Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street (the concert group) in a collaboration with video artist Kurt D'Haeseleer in a new work built around the de- and re-construction of the videogame environment (with the cooperation of Ubisoft) on 14th November 2007, followed on the 15th by a Maarifa Street concert.
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