Colline / Kalimi
Italy / France
Time
2014.10.20 20:00 – 21:00
Venue
B10 Live, North District of OCT-LOFT
Artists
Giovanni Di Domenico – Keyboards / Electronics
Mathieu Calleja – Drums / Percussion
Colline / Kalimi
Colline / Kalimi is a duo that has two outcomes: an acoustic (Colline) and an electric one (Kalimi). Both have a distinctive, and opposite approach, but the ‘goal’ is the same: sound and energy.
Website
http://mathieucalleja.wordpress.com/kalimi-colline/
Giovanni Di Domenico
Pianist, performer, composer, was born in Rome on the 20th July 1977.
Following his father’s consecutive assignments as a civil engineer he actually lived out his first decade in Africa – until he was five in Libya, from then until his eighth anniversary in the Cameroons and until ten in Algeria. His far off native country was not synonymous with civil unrest as much as with opera, whose arias he would memorize with his siblings in order to practice the language and provide some family entertainment. The condition of expatriate had a strong influence on his education – he clearly remembers the calls of the muezzin, the sound of exotic musical instruments in local markets, the ritualistic expression music took in the streets of Yaoundé, or the songs he heard from his nanny in the Cameroons.
When he finally enrolled in music school – majoring in ‘jazz piano’ – he further built on an encyclopedic technique; rhythm, harmony and tone are informed by non-western traditions yet equally sensitive to Debussy’s “Préludes”, Luciano Berio’s “Sequenzas”, to the “ambi-ideation” heard in Borah Bergman’s Soul Note recordings, Cecil Taylor’s polissemic density, Paul Bley’s bruised transparency and of course, the most radical manifestations stemming from the underworld of pop music, invariably tied together by his own original praxis. A distinction – one would call it generational – he shares with many of the musicians he has crossed paths with recently, of which we could enumerate Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Arve Henriksen, Jim O’Rourke, Akira Sakata, Alexandra Grimal, Tetuzi Akiyama, João Lobo or Toshimaru Nakamura. Di Domenico has founded his own label, Silent Water, home of an eclectic and occasionally unclassifiable production. He lives in Brussels.
Website
http://giovannididomenico.com/
http://www.silentwaterlabel.com/
Mathieu Calleja
French drummer/percussionist Mathieu Calleja is not only a musician, composer but also do some installation. He has met with many great artists: Miguel Angel García, Artur Matamoro Vidal, Toma Gouband, Sanne Van Hek, Xavier Lopez, Giovanni Di Domenico, Frédéric Nogray, Mathieu Garrouste, Matthieu Gayon, Heddy Boubaker, Eric Surmenian, Manja Ristic, Laurent Blondiau, Fanny Lasfarges, Jozef Dumoulin, Sébastien Bouhana…
He has performed in festivals or clubs, such as December Dance 13 (BE), Umbria Jazz Festival (IT), Taoyuan land and Open Air Arts Festival (Taiwan), Festival Internacional de Teatro “Héctor Azar” (Mexico), Tempo Color (BE), B-FIT (Bucharest), Deventer op stelten (Holland), Ancienne Belgique (BE)…
He also creates music for theater, movie and installation.
As a musician:
“Meduses” from Vincent Glowinski and Jean-François Roversi 2013
“White City Spleen” Delta-T Production 2011
“Laissez-moi seule” production théâtre de la Colline 2009 (Paris)
As a composer/Installation:
“Ondulo” Bell Installation from Toma Gouband Mathieu Calleja and Claire de Werbier. Production Carré d’argent and théatre Athenor & Astropi 2013
“Klankenbos Nocturne” Neerpelt Sound Installation 2013
“Balade Sonore” au bord du Gave à Pau 2012
“Disappearing” Author Manja Ristić 2011
Website