Alongside delicate wave structures and concrete object rustles Hindi + Riis naturally cranks out the crude feedback squeals, throbbing crunch and junk metal crashes characteristic of another stratum of the experimental music scene. Yet, what seems to distinguish their playing are not primarily the specifics of the sounds themselves, but what appears to be the genuine pleasure derived from their crafting.

Coarse music, not for the sake of exotica, but for the genuine love of a heavy jam. With a burgeoning understanding of noise, electro-acoustic improvisation might find itself once again embracing the ecstatic qualities of free music that were once rejected on the basis of excess. How are we to come to terms with the, perhaps vulgar, pleasure of noise while still aiming for the refined aesthetics of contemporary improvisation. Or, one might ask, has such a dichotomy of 'body' and 'soul' been wrongly stated to begin with? Could this be music for fans of Burkhard Beins and Black Leather Jesus alike?

Jassem Hindi (FRA/LEB): lo-fi electro-acoustic material: diverted machines, amplified objects, contact mics, found tapes, no-fi field recordings, no input mixing board.

Jakob Riis (DK/SWE): laptop, MaxMSP, real time processing.

Electronic musician Jassem Hindi and danish laptop musician Jakob Riis first met in southern Sweden during a festival in Ystad september 2006. They quickly decided to continue the cooperation. Their first CD "Trunking" was released on Clinical Archives in January 2010:

Free download of Hindi + Riis Trunking CD

Jassem Hindi at Myspace

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