[announce] Hörbar / Newsletter November

Mo Nov 3 15:28:28 CET 2025

Liebe Listen, dear lists,
Liebe Freund:innen der Hörbar, dear friends of Hörbar,

Hörbar lädt ein! Hörbar is inviting!
Wir freuen uns, Euch das spannende Programm für November vorstellen zu 
dürfen!
We are excited  to introduce the exciting November program!

*Mi, 05.11.2025, 20:00 Uhr*

*Helge Kaul / Yuri Akbalkan*

*Helge Kaul*

Being an artist on the experimental Swiss label EndTitles, Helge Kaul 
(aka Oblique Noir)is exploring musical crosstalks – between digital 
rigour and analogue aesthetics, between live performance and 
reproductive synthesis. Having a classical music background and a 
long-time experience with modular synthesizers and music electronics, he 
is strongly interested in the convergence of the groundbreaking and the 
well-tried.

*Yuri Akbalkan*
5.1.1:40 for five analogue monophonic tone generators, a stereo digital 
tone generator, and video

This is a new 40-minute version of a composition originally created by 
Yuri Akbalkan (yuriakbalkan) to be performed on the New Stage of 
Alexandrinsky Theatre in St Petersburg a decade ago. Additional versions 
lasting 23 and 70 minutes, with and without video, also exist. 5.1.1 
represents a signal-type structure comprising five analogue signals and 
a stereo pair of digital signals.
In addition to the sound score, there is also a separate score for the 
visual component and its implementation. The visual component is reduced 
to a homogeneous texture-frame interspersed with brief video episodes 
lasting 3 to 8 seconds. Otherwise, a black screen with a running timer 
is displayed. This deliberate visual restraint—an intentional 
deprivation of visual stimuli—is designed to encourage a more nuanced 
and complex auditory perception.
In the Hörbar, a version with the visual component will be performed. 
Original visual realisation by Elena Khurgina.

*Mi, 12.11.2025, 20:00 Uhr**
*

*Hellenica / Eyal Talmor*

Jim Demos aka Hellenica was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada where he 
honed his talents as a multi-instrumentalist performing in noise-rock 
and avant-garde bands in the 90's and 00's. In 2009, Jim relocated to 
Montreal and began his journey composing ambient and experimental 
soundtracks. Over the years he has worked extensively live, performing 
his compositions at several venues and theatres in North America, Europe 
and Mexico using his unique mix of electronics and guitar. Demos also 
collaborates with other musicians in the experimental/improvisational 
tradition that encompasses genres like experimental western, electronic, 
post-rock, dark ambient, and drone. Hellenica has released over 10 
albums independently and on labels Midira (DE) BlwBck (FR) Somewherecold 
(US) Machine Tribe (US) Jeunesse Cosmique (CAN). Since being a musician 
from the age of 18, in various bands, he has supported acts such as The 
Pixies, Peter Walker, Sir Richard Bishop, Tashi Dorji, Uz Jsme Doma, 
Nadja and countless others.

https://hellenica.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hellenicamusic

Eyal Talmor is an experimental musician dealing with unusual behaviors 
of electronics and sound. His improvisational performances centre around 
a synthesizer that, when connected to a normal functioning machine, 
becomes unintentionally influenced by corrupted MIDI data sent back and 
forth, causing it to operate beyond its planned capabilities.
While dealing with the chaotic nature of the involved machines and the 
live setting in real-time, Talmor's setup allows him to reach sounds 
that would be otherwise impossible. The described method makes every 
performance unique and unrepeatable, allowing the musician to research 
stress conditions, chaos, the physicality and behaviors of new sounds 
and their influence on the listener.

Links
https://linktr.ee/crclrk
https://instagram.com/crippleclerk

Mit Unterstützung des Verbandes für aktuelle Musik Hamburg e.V.

*Fr, 28.11.2025, 20:00 Uhr
*

*Trio Li, Müller, del Avellanal Carreño / Edith Steyer / Pascal Marzan*

*Zhuoni Li, Matthias Müller, José del Avellanal Carreño*
Lullabies for Dinosaurs: Sound performance for voices and electronics

What if creatures from the distant past could still hear us? “Lullabies 
for Dinosaurs” is a sound performance for voices and electronics, 
weaving noisy textures, heartfelt melodies, mysterious drones and bright 
synthesised sounds into imagined songs for beings that have vanished.
Through a fusion of live performance, extended vocal techniques, and 
immersive electronic textures, the work invites audiences into an 
evocative sonic journey, exploring the echoes of lost worlds and 
unrealized possibilities.

*Edith Steyer*

Edith Steyer is an improvising and experimental clarinet and saxophone 
player, deeply embedded in Berlin's Echtzeitmusikszene. Their musical 
interests lie in creating spacy and often noisy soundscapes, built upon 
structure, texture, and form. Transparency and density are key elements 
in their music, achieved through the interplay of individual sonic 
events and layered sound.
A defining characteristic of their practice is the integration of the 
Rumberger pickup, embedded within the clarinet's body. This allows the 
instrument to transcend its traditional role, transforming it into a 
percussive sound source. Steyer employs various preparations and 
extended techniques to construct abstract sound images.
Performing for an audience, armed with their instrument and electronic 
devices, Steyer guides listeners through a journey of improvisation. 
This act of artistic expression is also a form of self-exposure, 
venturing into an uncertain future. Each performance carries the 
inherent risk of failure, mirroring Steyer's personal situation: the 
interplay of inner and outer conditions as a psychological and social 
being, and the inherent insecurity of life itself.
https://www.edith-steyer.de/
https://edithsteyer.bandcamp.com/

*Pascal Marzan*

Currently living in London, Pascal Marzan performs on a 10 string 
microtonal guitar.
After studying classical guitar – mainly devoted to the twentieth 
century repertoire – and teaching guitar in several music schools in 
Budapest, Hungary and France, Pascal has dedicated himself to free 
improvisation and the exploration of microtonal tunings of his 
instrument. His playing has been influenced by his interest in the folk 
musics of Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa…
He has recorded guitar duets with John Russell, Roger Smith (Emanem 
records) and a trio with Sabu Toyozumi and Dan Warburton (Improvising 
Beings records)…
https://soundcloud.com/pascalmarzan

Mit Unterstützung des Verbandes für aktuelle Musik Hamburg e.V.

Liebe Grüße and see you at the Hörbar!

-- 
Hörbar e.V.
Association for Experimental Music Hamburg
Brigittenstraße 5, 20359 Hamburg
http://www.hoerbar-ev.de/
contact at hoerbar-ev.de
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