NOIJZU Swiss electroacoustic unit PROJECT DOSSIER 17 December 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Project Description 6 Documentation 10 Biographies 18 Musicians, Contact 1 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Physical musicality is evoked by a habitat, which foreshadows diverse sound spaces. A musical examination focuses on recognition of domesticated and undomesticated sounds, ideologies, networking senses and physical entities. Each sound identifies itself, through varied behaviours. Noijzu is a Swiss electroacoustic unit, formed in late 2017 by Luis Sanz and Urs Heer. Noijzu began as a noise duo, using voice, guitar, objects and drums, within this setup Noijzu released two albums and participated in three compilations. By late 2018 the Chinese clarinetist Shuyue Zhao, resident in Bern, Switzerland, becomes part of the group. The new duo by Zhao and Sanz focuses on acoustic and computer-generated sonic entities. Noijzu blends the bass clarinet with digital signals to produce contrasting acoustic dynamics, from minimal to extreme confrontational expressions, creating complex and hyperreal textures. Noijzu's sound has been described as "a symphony of fragmented noise". Zhao and Sanz have been experimenting with various artistic approaches to explore and challenge the limit of musical possibilities. Besides interpreting new compositions as a clarinetist, Shuyue Zhao has been active in improvisation since 2012. In 2018 she has expanded her artistic practice from acoustic clarinet improvisation to combinations of amplified clarinet/bassclarinet and feedback-based electronic sounds. Luis Sanz has been working with video and abstract animations since 2010. In 2014 he included sound in his animations and began exploring electronic and computer music as well as extended techniques on turntables. The varied and different backgrounds have enabled them to explore new forms of artistic dialogue. Noijzu has performed across France, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Myanmar, Indonesia, Java, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. 3 Noijzu, Asia Tour, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, February - March 2020 4 “A guide of Swiss Underground Experimental Music“ Buh Records and The Wire Magazine, October 2019 5 DOCUMENTATION RELEASES 2019 A Guide of Swiss Underground Experimental Music, Double Vinyl, Buh Records, Peru and The Wire Magazine 2019 Atrofia Cerebral [PE] & Noijzu, Split Cassette, Rotova Porojnina Records, Kiev Ukraine 2019 Noijzu, Discordant Seeds, C20, Cruel Bones, Zurich Switzerland 2018 Noijzu, 4 Way Split, CDr , Low Life High Volume, Berlin Germany 2018 Noijzu, El Bien De Ser, C10, Rotova Porojnina Records, Kiev Ukraine SELECTED PERFORMANCES 2020 Le Pneu, Geneva Switzerland 2020 Asia Tour, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Java, Borneo, Singapore, Vietnam 2020 Esoteric Affairs, Raum Station, Zürich 2019 Plein Air à Voltaire Festival, Geneva, Switzerland 2019 Borderline Festival, Atelier Wolimierz, Dolnośląskie, Poland 2019 Nula:Nula, Praha, Czech Republic 2019 w/ Ryosuke Kiyasu, Joel Gilardini, Maxime Hänseberger & Steve Buchanan, Ebrietas, Zurich Switzerland 2019 w/ Purpura, Dave Phillips, Mulo Muto, Svartvit, Umbo, Zurich Switzerland 2018 Adv3nt, Botanischer Garten, Bern Switzerland 2018 w/ Kazehito Seki, ..., Tzii, Radio Rabe, Bern Switzerland 2018 Tour w/ Soft Issues [Leeds, UK], La Maison De L‘enfer, Nancy France 2018 Tour w/ Soft Issues [Leeds, UK], Ebrietas, Zurich Switzerland 2018 Tour w/ Soft Issues [Leeds, UK], LoopHole, Berlin Germany 2018 Tour w/ Soft Issues [Leeds, UK], La Pointe Lafayette, Paris France 2018 Tour w/ Soft Issues [Leeds, UK], Autistic Campaign Festival, Rouen France 2018 w/ Purpura, Luis Alvarado, Duplex Walden, Geneva Switzerland 2018 Defibrylator Festival, Piwiarnia u Bossmana, Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland 2018 w/ Odal [NL], DOM, Łódź Poland 2018 w/ Diego Atucha [AR], Espace d‘exposition, Cinéma Salle Robert Kramer, HEAD Genève Switzerland 6 “Discordant Seeds”, C20, Cruel Bones, Zurich Switzerland, May 2019 7 Asia Tour, Noijzu, Luis Sanz live at Ruang Gulma, Yogyakarta, Java, February 2020 8 “El Bien De Ser”, C10, Rotova Porojnina Records, Kiev Ukraine. June 2018 9 BIOGRAPHIES SHUYUE ZHAO lives and works in Bern, Switzerland. [email protected] Clarinetist, Sound-artist and curator Shuyue Zhao was born in 1990, China, currently based in Bern. Her musical interests have brought her playing the clarinets, piano, various instruments and electronic instruments. As a clarinetist, she interprets music from the old to the new along with Free Improvisation. After seven years of living in New York, where she completed her bachelor and master of music degree at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Mr. Charles Neidich and Ms. Ayako Oshima. In 2015, she began to study with Prof. Ernesto Molinari with focus on Bass and Contrabass clarinet at Hochschule der Künste Bern. During her studies, she worked as the assistant of Mr. Ernesto Molinari and won Eduard-Tschumi-Preis 2017 as the best diploma concert (Solist) for Specialised Master Diploma. In the same summer, she has won the first prize of Concours Nicati. Her interests in historical performance has brought her collaborations with Juilliard415 and worked with Masaaki Susuki and Monica Huggett. As a new music fanatic, She has appeared in New York Philharmonic Biennial, Lucerne Festival, Darmstadt New Music Courses and Impuls Academy, she has worked closely with Helmut Lachenmann, Enno Poppe, Georges Aperghis, Phil Niblock and Richard Barrett. Her solo improvisation project qqq七呛七 has been broadcasted in NTS Radio. Her interpretation of Brian Ferneyhough "La Chute d'lcare" is released under NEOS Label. In 2017, Zhao was admitted to Master of Art Contemporary Art Practice(CAP) in direction Sound art at Hochschule der Künste Bern. In 2018 She joins Swiss experimental group Noijzu as a member. In the same year together with Tizia Zimmermann, founded mm + tt, a Swiss noise duo. In 2018 together with Bern-based Visual/Sound-artist Luis Sanz, founded AMARUS, a platform for music and critical thinking. AMARUS is active in hosting lectures, workshops, public interventions and concerts in the city of Bern, Switzerland. Education 2017-2019 Hochschule der Künste Bern, Master of Arts Contemporary Art Practice 2015-2017 Hochschule der Künste Bern, Master of Arts in Specialized Music, Performance ''Solist'' Diplom, Clarinet Bassclarinet, Prof. E. Molinari 2013-2015 The Juilliard School, New York, Master of Music, Clarinet, Prof. Charles Neidich 2008-2012 The Juilliard School, New York, Bachelor of Music, Clarinet, Prof. Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima Teaching Experience 2016-2017 Hochschule der Künste Bern, Teaching Assistant of Prof. Ernesto Molinari Prize / Competition 2017 1. Preis Wettbewerb Concours Nicati, Bern (16,000. fr) 2017 Tschumi-Preis, Hochschule der Künste Bern(12,000. fr) 2015 The Juilliard School Outstanding graduate prize 2006 1. Prize China National Clarinet Competition 10 Scholarship 2013-2015 The Juilliard School, Full Scholarship covering living cost 2008-2012 The Juilliard School, Full Scholarship covering living cost 2005-2006 Yamaha Asia Music Scholarship CD Release NEOS LABEL EAN: 4260063118258 James Wood - John Cage - Brian Ferneyhough Ensemble VERTIGO der Hochschule der Künste Bern Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain Bands Noijzu MM+TT Secrétariat qqq七呛七- Miao Zhao Solo Project Curator Progr, Bern (Concert Serie "AMARUS") Upcoming / Archive 2021 Rohrwerk, Grossmünster, ZÜRICH 2021 Solo project Miao Zhao, Festival Archipel, GENEVA 2021 Black Water LP Release, Dampfzentrale, BERN 2021 Rohrwerk, EPFL, LAUSANNE 2021 mm + tt, crAsh-test / crAsh-son, GENEVA 2021 "Animal Talking", mit Li Tavor, ZHdK, ZÜRICH 2021 Solo project Miao Zhao, Festival Archipel, GENEVA 2020 qqq七呛七, Artist Residency at Lyseloth, BASEL 11 2020 mm+tt, "It happens when it happens" , Umbo ZÜRICH 2020 Kreation mit Fabrizio di Salvo, IGNM, BERN 2020 Konzertreihe "AMARUS #8", Progr Raum 013, BERN 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Reserviert 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Kunsthaus PasquART, BIEL 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Französische Kirche Saal, BERN 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Einsiedeln Kloster, EINSIEDELN 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Zug Kunsthaus, ZUG 2020 "Blick in den Spiegel der Romantik", Grenchen Konzertreihe, GRENCHEN 2020 Konzertreihe "AMARUS #7", Progr Raum 013, BERN 2020 MM+TT, Catenation, Dampfzentrale, BERN 2020 Luzern Festival, Luzern Festival Alumi ensemble, KKL, Luzern 2020 Secretariat, 9 Years Bourdache, LAUSANNE 2020 Secretariat, Festiwald, FRIBOURG 2020 Pain, Electroaccoustic Composition, ZÜRICH (online , Covid-19) 2020 Noijzu, Sotu Festival, AMSTERDAM (online , Covid-19) 2020 Suspended Gestures, ZÜRICH (online , Covid-19) 2020 Rohrwerk, ZÜRICH (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Ensemble Lemniscate, Aufnahmen Ackermannshof, BASEL (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Ensemble Lemniscate, Moscow New Music Festival, MOSCOW (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Rohrwerk, EPFL LAUSANNE (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Festival Archipel, Clarinet solo performance, GENEVA (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Suspended Gestures, Martina Buzzi, ZÜRICH (cancelled, Covid-19) 2020 Noijzu, Raumstation, ZÜRICH 2020 Transmission, MM+TT, Parzelle403 - Raum für Kultur, BASEL 2019 Ensemble Lemniscate, Ackermannshof, BASEL 2019 Ensemble Lemniscate, La Voirie, BIEL 2019 Ensemble Lemniscate, Helferei, ZÜRICH 2019 White Pulse Marathon, MM+TT, ZÜRICH 2019 MM+TT, Hyperlokal, ZÜRICH 2019 Soapbox013 Nr.3,Pakt, Progr, BERN 2019 Rohrwerk, ZeitRäume,Kunstmuseum,