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Jaap Blonk

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Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Holland) is a self-taught composer, performer and poet.
He went to university for mathematics and musicology but did not finish those studies.
In the late 1970s he took up saxophone and started to compose music.
A few years later he discovered his potential as a vocal performer, at first in reciting poetry and later on in improvisations and his own compositions. For almost two decades the voice was his main means for the discovery and development of new sounds.
From around the year 2000 on Blonk started work with electronics, at first using samples of his own voice, then extending the field to include pure sound synthesis as well.
He took a year off of performing in 2006. As a result, his renewed interest in mathematics made him start a research of the possibilities of algorithmic composition for the creation of music, visual animation and poetry.

As a vocalist, Jaap Blonk is unique for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. He performed in many European countries, as well as in the U.S. and Canada, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and Latin America. With the use of live electronics the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension.

Das große Lalu : Jaap Blonk / Alex Nowitz

7 Nov 2009 - 21:00
alex&jaap

Das grosse Lalu

Jaap Blonk (NL) / Alex Nowitz (DE)- solo & duo

In einer absurden Sphäre, wie sie nicht zuletzt von verschiedenen Dada-Künstlern eröffnet wurde, bringen Lautpoesie und Stimmkunst das Geplapper ni