Borbetomagus (NY free noise) in Beijing, April 18/19

[Josh Feola]

来自纽约的自由即兴/噪音传奇组合Borbetomagus将在北京做两场演出：

hey all, want to announce 2 Beijing shows for Borbetomagus, a legendary free improv/harsh noise band from New York City.

4月18日（星期三），在老What，与中国最杰出的自由即兴吉他手李剑鸿；

they are playing on WEDNESDAY APRIL 18 at What Bar, along with Chinese free improv guitar master Li Jianhong

4月19日（星期四），在两个好朋友，与天津自由爵士萨克斯手/噪音乐手王子衡，以及更多噪音艺术家。

and on THURSDAY APRIL 19 at 2Kolegas, along with Tianjin free jazz saxophonist Wang Ziheng and more TBA

门票60元

both shows 60 RMB.

Borbetomagus相关介绍见下：

more info on BORBETOMAGUS below

-Josh

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Borbetomagus是一支堪称传奇的自由即兴/噪音组合，成员包括Jim Sauter（管乐），Don Dietrich（管乐）Donald Miller（吉他）三人，于70年代中期组建于纽约，1979年发行他们的第一张唱片，并一直活跃至今。 

Borbetomagus用最大声、最自由以及超级暴力的演奏方式改变（或说引领）了自由即兴的噪音之路，被认为是这一领域的先驱之一。有人评价Borbetomagus的音乐是“巨大、压倒性并毫不留情的噪声堆砌”，亦有人称他们是“最著名的无名纽约乐队（The Most Famous Unknown Band From New York）”。 

Borbetomagus影响了很多美国的摇滚、自由爵士及噪音音乐家，但是更多的反馈却是来自当今地下噪音的大本营——日本：著名的日本新迷幻噪音厂牌P.S.F.1993年再版了他们的CD Live at InRoads（这张1982年的现场此前发行的是限量版磁带）；1997年，大阪著名的噪音厂牌Alchemy为他们发行了另一张现场专辑Live in Tokyo；2007年，他们更和传奇的日本噪音组合Hijokaidan (非常階段）合作发行了一张现场专辑Both Noise Ends Burning，那是一段持续了70分钟超大音量、没有桥段、毫无停歇的疯狂听觉体验。 

至今，Borbetomagus已发行了数十张专辑与现场唱片，其中大部分都是他们自己的厂牌Agaric Records自产自销。有时他们也会与其他艺术家合作，包括瑞士自由即兴组合Voice Crack，荷兰的自由即兴大提琴手Tristan Honsinger，德国自由爵士贝斯手Peter Kowald，Sonic Youth的吉他手Thurston Moore等等。 

2012年4月，Borbetomagus将造访北京、上海。 

Borbetomagus are a free improvisation/noise music group. They are cited by critics as pioneers of aggressive improvised noise music. They formed in 1979 when saxophone players Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich joined with electric guitarist Donald Miller. Bass guitarist Adam Nodelman was briefly a member, and they have occasionally collaborated with others. 

Their aggressive music has been described as "a huge, overpowering, take-no-prisoners mass of sound." One extended technique they use is called "bells together" where Sauter and Dietrich place the bells (openings) of their saxophones against one other while playing. 

While the core trio listed above has been responsible for most of Borbetomagus's music, they have collaborated with Swiss circuit bending duo Voice Crack, Dutch cellist Tristan Honsinger, German double-bassist Peter Kowald, and others. In 2006, they recorded a collaborative album with Hijokaidan live at the Festival de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, Canada, and in 2007 their long out-of-print cassette Live In Allentown was released on CD with nearly twice as much material as the original. Sauter and Dietrich have also recorded a duo CD, and a collaborative CD with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore. 

They are considered widely influential on the Japanese noise music scene, as demonstrated by the re-release of their limited Live At Inroads cassette on CD by the Japanese label P.S.F. Records, as well as having a CD released by Osaka-based noise label Alchemy Records. 

They have been influential on many American rock, free jazz, and noise musicians, such as Sonic Youth, Pelt, Thomas Ankersmit, and Kevin Drumm. Miller has worked with Pelt; he now resides in New Orleans, where he frequently collaborates live with Rob Cambre and others on E-Bowed guitars.