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| WHY NOT LTD: a division of Herbal International 40 copies cdr limited edition. |
| 00017 Roel MEELKOP:: HARAMU/Drempel |
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| Sato Endo / concept and direction
Kim Zieschang / décor and performance Roel Meelkop / sound performance and composition Gigi Suarez and Tawny Andersen / performance Hiroaki Kanai / costume Herman Venderickx / light Premiered in May 2003 at Las Palmas, Rotterdam Co-production: Theater Lantaren/Venster and Kruizenga & Wannenmacher, Rotterdam With support of Dans in Kortrijk, Belgium Recorded live on May 25th 2003 at Las Palmas, Rotterdam by Roel Meelkop Audio mastering by Goh Lee Kwang |
| VITAL WEEKLY ===== number 499 ===== week 44 If I'm not mistaken this is the first Roel Meelkop release that comes on a CDR, but that's not the only thing that is different than many of his previous works. 'Haramu/Drempel' is a live recording of a bigger, multi-media event that incorporated dance, customs, performances and lighting. Meelkop's part was to do the sound design of it all, which if understood correctly means to rework the sound of the participants in this event. So by no means it's the usual computerized treatments of field recordings and electronics, which is the trademark sound of mister Meelkop. In this seventy-three minute piece you hear voices (without hearing what they say), metallic sounds and objects falling to the floor. Somewhere along the lines there is also the usual Meelkopian unearthly rumblings, but it's incomparable to his other releases. More a document of an event, and at that it's perhaps to regret that this is not a DVD(-R) release showing the entire thing. But at 'just' a musical document this is quite nice too. Best to be played as an environmental recording by itself and let it fill your space. (FdW) |