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Pedro Lopes

Submitted by Melodie on Tue, 2015-03-31 17:06.
©Nuno Martins

Hey, there! My name is Pedro Lopes, I’m a turntablist, computer scientist & hardware t(h)inker.

I play turntables like they are full-fledged instruments, which means they can be bowed, percussed, scratched, subversed & hacked. I make my own needles and records using circuit-bending and acrylic cutting. I engage in collaboration with visual artists, performance & improvisors.

I have played in venues such as Transmediale, Serralves Foundation, Casa da Música, OutFest, Rescaldo, Metasonic & Future Places and collaborate with many artists: Carlos Zíngaro, André Gonçalves, Gabriel Ferrandini, Pedro Sousa, Miguel Sá, Hernâni Faustino, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Per Gärdin, Carlos Santos, Manuela São Simão and in ensembles conducted by William Winnant (Zorn’s Cobra), Reinhold Friedl & Ernesto Rodrigues.

Pedro Lopes' website
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hot hands and ears to the ground

13 Jun 2015 - 20:00
13 Jun 2015 - 23:59

An evening of experimental sounds and performance with Pedro Lopes (turntable percussion, PT), Bill Baird (musician & writer US) and Stefan Brunner (guitar & electronics, AUS)

This evening combines contemporary and improvised music, a live action public access television opera and collaborational performances.

Doors: 20:00, start: 21:00

film_Animation // Kazehito.Lopes // Brener&Schurz

18 Sep 2015 - 21:00
18 Sep 2015 - 23:59
Capitalist / Terra Cotta Ricotta

Short Film

 

an animation film. 18 minutes. made in 10 days. by 5 people, with 2 cameras, 1 laptop, no budget. 

from lea lanoe, camille rocher, pierre borel, myle chabert, alex dumont (production kk19>>)

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Concert:

Kazehito/Lopes duo

Kazehito Seki, voice
Pedro Lopes, turntables

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Presentation/Performance:

Alexander Brener, Barbara Schurz

TERRA COTTA RICOTTA (al forno) LOTTA KASCHALOTA BOLOTO

Funny and mysterious presentation of the great apocalypitcal picture book of the same name by Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz, rhapsode and minnesänger.

 

 

Gramophone topologies by Pedro Lopes

15 Dec 2015 - 10:00
21 Dec 2015 - 23:00
Chiara Baldassarri (flickr/sullen_snowflakes), licensed in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The turntablist Pedro Lopes will develop a unique work based on acoustic techniques for experimental music using gramophones: acoustic turntablism.

During these days Ausland will be the place for Pedro's public performances and residency which involves a lot of hand-cranking, broken needles and the constant mechanical noise of gears and clutches that drive those gramophones.

Gramophone topologies by Pedro Lopes

16 Dec 2015 - 20:00
16 Dec 2015 - 23:59

In the frame of his residency at ausland Pedro Lopes will demonstrate his musical idea of turntable percussion, which he has been developing for the last years.
A turntablism solo that lives in between the realm of freely improvised music, percussion sounds and DIY instruments – an acoustic/analog exploration of sounds that often sounds electronic, a way to re-think the role of the turntable as an instrument vs. music player device.

On December 20th, Pedro will present the direct result of his residency at ausland. Featuring his experiments with a new format: gramophones as musical instruments.

Gramophone topologies by Pedro Lopes

20 Dec 2015 - 20:00
Chiara Baldassarri (flickr/sullen_snowflakes), licensed in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Following the event on Dec. 16th, in the frame of his residency at ausland, Pedro Lopes will present a second concert, this time with gramophones. A fully acoustic event!

On December 20th, Pedro will present the direct result of his residency at ausland. Featuring his experiments with a new format: gramophones as musical instruments. A strange acoustic instrument, predecessor to the modern turntable, one of the first playback devices and that does not use electricity. The audience will also have a chance to experience some of the methods and play the gramophones used during the residency.