The Expanding Disco Machine
Share The Expanding Disco Machine is a band put together by Katzuma and Original Cultures for the 2010 production From Inner Space. Assembled from local session musicians from Bologna, the band debuted in July 2010 at the From Inner Space live show – the culmination of a month’s preparation and a week’s rehearsals. The band [...]
Artist Blog LDN ’10 – Om Unit Day 4
Share So after having yesterday off to do something people call a job (I call it hanging out with teenagers and making beats/talking about life) we got together to round off the writing and rehearsals, after a banging Turkish breakfast at Olive’s in Hornsey which brought back memories of being 24, fancy free and probably [...]
Artist Blog LDN ’10 – Om Unit Day 2
Share Today I re-discovered the sandwich world deli in Hornsey. Bangin. Oh and we made some more music! It’s all about the art of stitching ideas together at the moment, that and for me trying to let go of my producer perfectionist ears, I have to remember this is supposed to be fun! And it [...]
Artist Blog LDN ’10 – Om Unit Day 1
Share Photo by Charlie Whatley. So after recovering from my 30th birthday party on Saturday night, I awoke early doors this morning to head up to North London to get to the rehearsal rooms for O.C London. As it turned out the rehearsal space was really a communal space in a converted musician live/work space [...]
Original Cultures Bologna ’09 – The Documentary
Share Finally it’s here: the Original Cultures Bologna ’09 documentary. 20 minutes giving an insight into what happened during one sunny week in early June ’09 at the first ever Original Cultures event. For one week we brought together six artists from the UK, Italy and Japan and the fields of visual arts and music. [...]
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‘Original Cultures – The Showcase’ at Corbet Place, March 5 2010
Share Original Cultures London 2010 will close with ‘The Showcase’. As with our first show in Bologna last year, this will feature an exclusive one-hour performance from our seven artists: the musicians Om Unit (UK), Tatsuki (JP), and Tayone (IT) alongside visual artists Ericailcane (IT), DEM (IT), Will Barras (UK) and Hiraki Sawa (JP). The [...]
Original Cultures Remixed vol 1
Share The first Original Cultures remix project is underway and after a couple months’ planning and scheming we can finally reveal some details. Titled Original Cultures remixed vol 1, the remix project is an integral part of Original Cultures’ program of activities (or CEP), more on which you can find here. The remix project is [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 4 video
Share And here we are, a video edit of Day 4 the last day of the Original Cultures pilot. Featuring work from all the artists during our live showcase which took place on the evening of Saturday June 6 at Si, in Bologna. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a direct download in HD [...]
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Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 3
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Workshops day 3
Share We are sorry but this post is not yet available in English. Da Alarico Mantovani. Nuovo ingresso in formazione stamattina: Bruno Briscik, il carismatico violoncellista che fa coppia con Tayone nei Rajasful, è già all’opera con gli altri sul palco del San Leonardo. Quando entro in sala vengo letteralmente assalito da un suono hard [...]
Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 3
Share And again, sitting here in the kitchen with coffee on one side and brioches and panini on the other. It’s the morning of day 4, and even though they say all good things come to an end, I really feel like I don’t want this beautiful experiment to end. Looking back on day 3 [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 2 video
Share And again. Video edit of the day 2 music workshop proceedings during the Original Cultures pilot. Tayone, 2tall/Om Unit and Tatsuki tighten up the music for their showcase and prepare for a seminar and q&a session with the public. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a direct download in HD quality (quicktime format) [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 2
Share And so we continue, day 2 less coffee and cigarettes but just as much adrenaline pumping through my veins and it’s not even midday yet. I’m writing this at the start of day 3, looking back over the second day of the Original Cultures pilot, where the highs were kept and lessons were learnt. [...]
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – 2tall day 2
Share Ok, so take one dangerously introspective bedroom based music producer who debates walking 5 minutes to sainsburys instead of taking the bus for 2 stops and drop him in Bologne and let him loose with other artists to create a selection of live material to be performed 5 days later. We’ve been using our [...]
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Workshops day 2
Share We are sorry but this post is not yet available in English. Da Giorgia Soncin. Da oggi cambio di location, che si sposta dallo studio di Ericailcane agli spazi del Sì in via San Vitale 67 a Bologna, luogo deputato per l’evento conclusivo di sabato sera. E’ da oggi che le idee dei tre [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 1 video
Share Here it is, a short video edit of what happened during the first day of the Original Cultures Pilot at the music workshop. Featuring Tayone, 2tall/Om Unit and Tatsuki. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a HD quality download (115mb) optimised for iTunes and iPod viewing. As usual it should work with all [...]
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Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Music day 1
Share We are sorry but this post is not available in English yet. Da Alarico Mantovani. Ai nastri di partenza il più in palla è Tatsuki: durante la conferenza stampa svoltasi al Museo della Musica dichiara di essere lieto ed orgoglioso di esibirsi qui a Bologna perché Hidetoshi Nakata (ve lo ricordate?), il più celebre [...]
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 2.1
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 2
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 1
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Programme
Share What? Original Cultures Bologna 09 When? June 3 to 6 Where? Bologna, Italy Final programme: • Thursday 4 June @ Sì, via San Vitale 67 Time 18,00: seminar and meeting with musicians Tayone, 2Tall/Om Unit, Tatsuki • Friday 5 June @ Libreria Modo Infoshop, via Mascarella 24/b Time 19,00: seminar and presentation of the [...]
Original Cultures x Museo Musica Bologna
Share We are very pleased to announce that Original Cultures has teamed up with Bologna’s International Museum and Library of Music. As part of this the Museum will be an official supporting partner of our pilot event and Original Cultures will organise a month-long installation and showcase in the Museum during the month of July. [...]
Original Cultures Bologna ’09 – Live showcase
Share The live showcase will close the Original Cultures pilot on the evening of Saturday 6 June 2009. The showcase will include works created by the artists during the workshops in the 3 preceding days, as well as documentation media (video, photo) and more. Taking place in Spazio Si, a modern theater space, the showcase [...]
Pilot – Seminar
Share Seminar session on arts and culture featuring all Original Cultures pilot artists. The seminar will be held at the Modo Info Shop in Bologna’s Via Mascarella on June 5 at 7pm. The seminar is free and open to the public. Led by moderators, the seminar will look at artists’ history/experiences and how they view [...]
