Zanana (za-NAH-nah)
is an electro-acoustic chamber music duo featuring Kristin Norderval,
(voice) and Monique Buzzarté (trombone)
collaboratively composing and performing improvised music blending acoustic
sounds, electronics and live processing. Zanana's inception dates from an all-night
peace vigil concert in the fall of 2002 when Kristin invited Monique and poet
Barbara Barg to join her for an evening of improvised
music and spoken word. Since then Monique and Kristin have continued developing
repertoire as a live processing duo, recording and performing in venues ranging
from concert halls to clubs to abandoned buildings. Zanana uses improvisation
as the foundation of their compositional process. While some works are free
improvisations, some are structured improvisations and some are composed works
with aleatoric elements, all are rooted in the expansive practices of Deep Listening.
Zanana takes its name from a variant spelling of "zenana," the portion
of a house in southwestern Asian countries exclusively dedicated to women.
Holding Patterns is a compilation of live recordings selected from Zanana's
first season of performances. Gasholder Duet is an improvised duo of unprocessed
acoustic sounds recorded live inside the historic Gasholder Building in Troy,
NY. Doorjam and Ghost Dog combine live processing of both the voice and trombone
sampled in real-time with prerecorded soundfiles of ambient recordings made
at the Gasholder Building and prerecorded and electronically processed voice
soundfiles. Flags, Title X, and What a Pretty Dog were recorded live in concert
in New York City. Poet Barbara Barg provides the text for Flags and joins the
duo on spoken word on What a Pretty Dog in honor of Monique's dog Suki, who
was accustomed to hearing this phrase regularly from strangers throughout her
life.
NEW
CIRCLE FIVE - Dreaming Wide Awake
Monique Buzzarté, trombone; Rosi Hertlein, violin/voice; Susie Ibarra, percussion; Kristin Norderval, voice; Pauline Oliveros., accordion. "Spanning three generations, New Circle Five is an acoustic improvising contemporary music ensemble. Diverse musical backgrounds result in unique twists as the five explore the one-time only sonic environment of collective creative improvisations. On this, their debut recording, New Circle Five perform their unique blend of collective creative improvisations from dreams of a non-violent world."
Kristin Norderval is a classically trained singer, improviser, and composer
who performs an eclectic repertoire that spans the renaissance to the avant-garde.
Many works have been written for her, and her collaborations have included work
with choreographers, sculptors, filmmakers and installation artists. Since 1997,
she has also been recording on-site improvisations in unusual spaces, many of
them industrial. She has recorded new works for Koch International, Mode, Nonesuch,
Point, Euridice and CRI.
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