M. DAVIS MUSIC http://mdavismusic.com Musician / Composer Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Soft Landing http://mdavismusic.com/soft-landing/ http://mdavismusic.com/soft-landing/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:32 +0000 M http://mdavismusic.com/?p=168 Soft Landing is a dance piece put together by the irrepressible battleROYAL using Bombazine Black music played live as the soundtrack. It was launched in Berlin late 2010 and since then we’ve played shows in Paris, Panama City and all over Germany. There are more dates coming up later in the year. Here’s the official rundown:

battleROYAL presents Soft Landing, a gentle research into the future of our rapidly aging society. The piece explores themes of social isolation, independence and loneliness through the world of a generic 75 year-old man and the various interactions he has with himself.

“A fascinating soulful piece that perfectly combines emotions with acrobatic performances and clownesque drafts.” Mia Frick, Volksblatt Liechtenstein

The performance presents moments of ungraspable pasts and foggy memories, producing an experience of the impotence and redundancy of age. The relentlessly gentle execution of Soft Landing produces an oppressive weight of passivity. Its determined and creepy softness and slowness is the work’s uncomfortable, strange power.

“In an ingenious way, battleROYAL defies the laws of gravity.” tanznetz.de

The human marionette systems represent the thin red lines that govern a society both supporting and restricting. They physically suspend the characters on stage, at times giving them a rare sense of freedom.

“(Soft Landing)…fascinates from the first until the last minute.” Torben Ibs, Leipziger Volkszeitung

Soft Landing is set to the live music of  ‘Bombazine Black’. The stunning three-piece Melbourne band that blends glockenspiel and delicate overlays of haunting guitars into a cinematic sound-track.

Concept & Direction: Brendan Shelper (Choreography in collaboration with the dancers)
Assistant Choreographer: Susana Beiro
Dancers: Florian Bücking, Jonathan Buckels, Janine Joyner, Susana Beiro
Music: Bombazine Black
Light: Alesandra Beiro
Costumes: Sophie vom Scheidt
Video: Timm Ringewaldt
Photo (key visual): Jason F. Richter

Supported by the Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein, The Karl Mayer Stiftung, Dr. Peter Goop, Vaduz, Stiftung Fürstl. Kommerzienrat Guido Feger and Dock 11 Berlin.

Tour History

St. Gallen (CH) – 2009
Schaan (LI) – Tanzplan Ost 2010
Zürich (CH) – Tanzplan Ost 2010
Berlin (DE) -  2010
St. Gallen (CH) – Tanzplan Ost 2010
Leipzig (DE) – Lofft Tanzoffensive Opening Performance 2011
Greifswald (DE) – Tanztendenzen 2011
Panama (PA) – FAE Festival international de artes escenicas 2012
Paris (FR) – PSO Les Petites Scènes Ouvertes 2012

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]]> http://mdavismusic.com/soft-landing/feed/ 0 Gersey Album http://mdavismusic.com/gersey-album/ http://mdavismusic.com/gersey-album/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:13 +0000 M http://mdavismusic.com/?p=146 So the new year’s resolution to make four records this year is starting to look a little foolhardy, but three would still be an achievement right? The good news is that I’ve finished all my overdubs for the new Gersey record and it’s now being mixed by the wonderful Tim Whitten in Sydney.  It should be all done by the time the Northern summer hits July rolls around.

Next up is a new record for Bombazine Black and to get the ball rolling I’m booking a few shows around Paris. First up is a little show at Pop In on Thursday 18 July. Come and say hi?

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]]> http://mdavismusic.com/gersey-album/feed/ 0 Happy New Year http://mdavismusic.com/hello-world/ http://mdavismusic.com/hello-world/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:25:39 +0000 M http://mdavismusic.com/?p=1 To celebrate the new year I’ve built this new site. That and the fact that my old site got gobbled up by a lame web host.

This’ll be the home for all my various projects and I’ll do my best to update it as much as possible. My main goal this year is to release, count ‘em, 4 records. Starting with a new Gersey album which coincidentally will be the 4th Gersey album. To celebrate here’s a photo of Danny’s drumkit.

More soon,

M

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