On his first visit to Iceland experimental musician Alan Courtis will be running workshops\/lectures organized by List \u00e1n landam\u00e6ra at the The Nordic House, the Arts Academy and with institutions people with disabilities on February 3rd and 4th. He will be also playing a concert on February 5th at Mengi. Courtis is known for his over 300 releases worldwide including projects like \u201cUnstringed Guitar\u201d, \u201cGeyzer Music\u201d, a composition for \u201cEnsemble of Newspapers\u201d, etc.\u00a0 and also for his work with people with disabilities in projects like: Reynols, Mumbly Wolfs, Les Harry\u2019s, DNA? AND?, Amplified Elephants, etc. Courtis has toured extensively in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, all around Europe, USA, Australia, NZ & Latin America and has collaborated with musicians like: Keiji Haino, Merzbow, Jim O\u2019Rourke, Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Pauline Oliveros, Phill Niblock Nihilist Spasm Band, Yoshimi\u00a0 (Boredoms), BJ Nilsen, Otomo Yoshihide, RLW,\u00a0 Zbigniew Karkowski, Eddie Prevost, L.A.F.M.S., Makoto Kawabata,\u00a0 Jojo Hiroshige (Hijokaidan), KK Null (Zeni Geva), Daniel Menche, Mats Gustafsson, Uton, Kemialliset Ystavat, Rick Bishop, Culver, Aaron Moore, Lasse Marhaug and also with the Icelandic duo Stilluppsteypa.<\/p>\n
List \u00e1n landam\u00e6ra<\/strong> Mengi —————————————————————————————————— Quotes about Courtis:<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026one of the most active musical minds around\u201d THE WIRE (UK)<\/p>\n \u201c a composer with an insatiable thirst for experimentation and different forms of expression\u201d TOKAFI ( Germany )<\/p>\n \u201ca true mastermind of noisescapes and sonic abstractions\u201d \u201cCourtis has produced brillant work with the relative primitive tools at his disposal\u201d THE WIRE (UK)<\/p>\n \u201cObjet de convoitise outre-manche, la masse sonore ou le bruit sous tout formes, est \u00e9galement un marque de fabrique d\u2019Anla Courtis. Ce disque est tout simplement formidable\u201c REVUE ET CORRIG\u00c9E (France)<\/p>\n \u201cAlready a renowned experimental music collaborator, The Torrid places Argentina \u2019s Alan Courtis in the company of some of the world\u2019s most reputable noisemakers\u201d ROCK-A-ROLLA (UK)<\/p>\n „This guy has one of the most prolific catalogues of any musician living or dead“ \u201d\u2026one of the best pieces of music I’ve heard all year. Absolutely stunning. 9\/10 \u2013 FOXY DIGITALIS ( USA )<\/p>\n COURTIS\/MOORE \u201cBrokebox Juke\u201d ( No-Fi , UK ) was included in THE WIRE Top 50 Records of 2009.<\/p>\n ANLA COURTIS \u201cTRIBUTE TO CALCIUM\u201d Tonschacht. 7\u201d . „Sprung from the bowels of Reynols, guitarist Anla Courtis has produced an incredible melange of guitar,toba violin and tape music called Tribute to Calcium. The sounds roll on like ducks down a cement mountain.Squeedles of upper register amp noise curl along the edge of clouds on one side, the other is more low-down – like elephants on the killing floor. It’s a really great record, and probably the manifestation of a new sort of guitar sound \u201dBryon Colley.THE WIRE.June 2005<\/p>\n „COURTIS\/MARHAUG \u201cNorth & South Neutrino\u201d CD. Antifrost (afro2021) The Antifrost label has put out some of the most challenging records of recent times…“\u00a0 Keith Moline. THE WIRE. May 2004<\/p>\n „Good sturdy experimental music, just the way it should be.\u201d * FF0057 COURTIS \u00ac EATING AN ESTUFA C54 Selective Discography :<\/p>\n Poliestireno Expandido. Matching Head. K7. 1996 audio links:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.thewire.co.uk\/audio\/tracks\/listen_alan-courtis_s-wirecast
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\nAlan Courtis (aka Anla Courtis) was born in Buenos Aires 1972. He has been working in the field of sound-art, electro-acoustic music, drone, noise, improvisation and composition. His written music has been played by ensembles from England, Thailand, Switzerland, Wales, Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, United States and SouthAmerica; he was commissioned by Phoenix Basel Ensemble (Switzerland), \u010cesk\u00fd Rozhlas (Czech Republic) and was artist in residence at EMS (Stockholm), GRM (Paris), Cafe Oto (London), USF (Bergen), etc. He has more than 300 solo releases and collaborations on labels like: Mego, P.S.F., Pogus, SubRosa, RRR, Blossoming Noise, No-Fi, Antifrost, Tonschacht, 267Lattajjaa, Quasipop, Alt.Vinyl, Riot Season, Kning Disk, Beta-Lactam, Prele, Matching Head, 8MM, Public Eyesore, Musica Genera, Porter, Smittekilde, Sedimental, Mikroton, MIE, Monotype, etc. His music has been broadcasted at radios like: BBC (UK), WFMU (USA), SBS (Australia), Resonance-FM (UK), CJSF (Canada), WDR (Germany), Sveriges Radio (Sweden), Radio France, NRK (Norway), RTVE (Spain), WNUR (USA), Radio Nacional (Argentina), etc. Courtis has toured extensively in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Europe, USA, Australia, NZ & Latin America and has collaborated with musicians like: Pauline Oliveros, Phill Niblock, Keiji Haino, Merzbow, Lee Ranaldo, Nihilist Spasm Band, Jim O\u2019Rourke, Yoshimi, BJ Nilsen, Otomo Yoshihide, Stilluppsteypa. RLW, Zbigniew Karkowski, Eddie Prevost, L.A.F.M.S., Makoto Kawabata,\u00a0 Jojo Hiroshige (Hijokaidan), KK Null, Daniel Menche, Mats Gustafsson, Rick Bishop, Toshimaru Nakamura, Thomas Dimuzio, Rudolf Eb.Er, Kouhei, Seiichi Yamamoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, Lasse Marhaug, Rapoon, Uton, Birchville Cat Motel, The New Blockaders, Kaffe Mathews, Jaap Blonk, Gert-Jan Prins, Jazkamer, C.Spencer Yeh, Okyung Lee & Kemialliset Ystavat. His music always has strong experimental sense and usually based on high-skilled techniques of prepared sound, tape manipulations, processing of field recordings, live electronics, objects, cymbals, synthesizers, computer tools, playing traditional (both acoustic and electric) instruments as well as self-built, strange and unusual instruments (eg. unstringed guitar). He holds a degree Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires, where he runs an Music Workshop and Seminar with Fundaci\u00f3n Artistas Discapacitados (Disabled Artists Foundation) andhas also worked on worldwide music projects integrating people with disabilities, to mention a few: Reynols (Argentina) Mumbling Wolves (England), Les Harry\u2019s de l\u2019H\u00f4pital de jour d\u2019Antony (France),\u00a0 DNA AND? (Norway), Creahm (Begium), Club Th\u00e9o Van Gogh (Begium), Institut Ren\u00e9 Th\u00f4ne (Begium), Ampliflied Elephants (Australia), Electroability Stavanger (Norway), Daddy Antogna y los de Helio (Argentina) Bergen Superorkester (Norway), etc. Courtis has composed music for films and has also been coordinating music workshops in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, China & Japan.<\/p>\n
\nIEM Magazine ( Russia )<\/p>\n
\nTHE BEIJINGER ( China )<\/p>\n
\nFrans de Waard\u00a0 VITAL WEEKLY ( Netherlands ) #413<\/p>\n
\nthis is the best Courtis solo joint I’ve encountered, or at least the most memorable. \u00ac typical rough and ready gtr onslaught noise looping and splatter slopped efforts. \u201cnot\u201d \u201cbad\u201d. THURSTON MOORE . FF reviews 2001<\/p>\n
\nPauline Oliveros in the arms of Reynols. JDK. CD. 2000
\nBlank Tapes (w\/ Reynols). Trente Oiseaux. CD. 2000
\nNorth & South Neutrino (w\/Lasse Marhaug) Antifrost. CD. 2004
\nCulver-Courtis. Riot Season. LP. 2004
\nAntiguos Dolmenes del Paleolitico. Sedimental. CD. 2005
\nTape Works. Pogus Productions. CD. 2006
\nReturn of the Stone Spirits (w\/ RLW). Beta-Lactam. CD. 2007
\nLas Sales Fundentes. Om Discos. CD. 2007
\nUnstringed Guitar & Cymbals. Blossoming Noise. CD. 2008
\nLive at Kanadian (w\/Yoshimi & S.Yamamoto) Public Eyesore. CD. 2008
\nBrokebox Juke (w\/Aaron Moore ) No-Fi. LP. 2009
\nMusica Acouscousmatica (w\/L\u2019Autopsie…)Chien Secret\/Komma Null. LP. 2010
\nYagu\u00e1 Ovy (w\/ Daniel Menche) MIE Music.LP. 2011
\nAir Aum (w\/ Tabata & Masami Kawaguchi). P.S.F. CD. 2011
\nThe Torrid. Porter Records. CD. 2011
\nCold Burn (w\/ C.S. Yeh\/O.Lee\/J.Wesseltoft)Feeding Tube. LP. 2012
\n<+> (w\/Gert-Jan Prins). Little Maffia. LP. 2012
\nFlokka Kur (w\/Uton). Musik Atlach. CD. 2013
\nLive at Namba Bears (w\/Makoto Kawabata) Blackest Rainbow. LP\u00a0 2013
\nAseleuch Tendrradero (w\/RLW). Hate and Noise\/Ultra-mail. CD. 2013
\nNijmegen Pulse (w\/BJ Nilsen). Brombron\/Korm Plastics. CD 2013
\nCassetopia. Ini.Itu. LP\u00a0 2014
\nNaranja Songs (w\/Tetuzi Akiyama) Public Eyesore. CD 2014
\nKPPB (w\/Aaron Moore). Earbook Recordings. CD. 2014
\nGolden Circle Afternoon (w\/BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa) Editions Mego. LP. 2014
\nAurantium Lumino (w\/Kazuya Ishigami) Neus-318. CD. 2015
\nB-Rain Folklore. Yogoh Records. CD. 2015
\nBring Us Some Honest Food (w\/Aaaron Moore) Dancing Wayang. LP. 2015
\nOne Day (w\/Lasse Marhaug). TWR Tapes. K7. 2016
\nAntofagasta. Beartown Records. CD.2016
\nCrystal Faisa. Kiks\/GRFR. 10“. 2016
\nMonk Style or Scream (w\/Thomas Dimuzio) Monotype. LP. upcoming<\/p>\n
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