Berlin/Göteborg String Theory

Ideja s The Berlin String Theory (začeta 2007.) bila je izvoditi pjesme prijatelja na klasičarski način (s violinama, čelom... - u kvartetu ili orkestru) umjesto s električnim gitarama i sintesajzerima. Ubrzo se projekt razvio u platformu za različite multimedijske performanse. U drugoj fazi Sebastian Gäbel i Nathalie Barusta Gäbel transplantirali su koncept u svoj Göteborg. 
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Streaming ovdje.

The idea of the musical String Theory was born in Berlin in 2007 and developed by the musician/artist couple Nackt and Chérie of the band Warren Suicide, composers Ben Lauber and Nils Tegen and Party Arty beat poet Yaneq among others. Based on an idea of experimental musical development and grassroots networking outside the existing business structures, The Berlin String Theory was founded, starting out as an impromptu basement event of close friends performing their songs with a string quartet instead of electric guitars and computers, yet in the course of a couple of months developing into a high-output workshop and a major multimedia project involving more than 100 musicians, artists, producers, journalists, designers, technicians, visual artists, a documentary film team, painters and poets, culminating in a sold-out show at Berlin’s famous Volksbühne theater on New Year’s Day 2008.
The musicians Sebastian Gäbel and Nathalie Barusta Gäbel, who participated in The Berlin String Theory, took the project a year and a half later to their hometown Gothenburg, Sweden and gathered an abundance of great artists at Kokokaka Filmstudio for the next leap. José González, Midaircondo, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Pacific!, Studio, Jaqee, Jaw Lesson aka Idiot Wind, Silverbullit, El Perro Del Mar, Fox Machine, Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives), Bow & Arrow and Jmy Haze were among those who made The Göteborg String Theory happen in June 2009. Their original songs were arranged by The Berlin String Theory composers Nackt, Ben Lauber and Nils Tegen for the string quartet Qvartiett and other classical and jazz musicians. Together with the artists the new renditions were rehearsed and documented during a five day workshop and then performed for the first time at Clandestino Festival. The recordings resulting from those intense days in June were subsequently released on the eclectic record label Kning Disk.
The next performance, coinciding with the album release, was at Göteborgs Konserthus the 17th of April 2010. Even more artists joined The Göteborg String Theory on this exceptional evening and premiered their songs in new arrangements: shooting star Anna von Hausswolff, Daniel “Hurricane” Gilbert and noise avantgardists The Skull Defekts featuring hardcore legend Daniel Higgs from Baltimore. Video artists also contribute by visually interpreting the sound pieces produced during the workshop, and these visuals were included in the performance. The concert was broadcast live on Swedish National Radio and gained high critical acclaim, prompting comparisons with Krzysztof Penderecki, Arnold Schönberg and Nico Muhly. The new take on a classical setting was a thunderous success. Some of the live recordings from the show at Göteborgs Konserthus were later released as a limited edition vinyl EP on Kning Disk. So, Berlin was the ignition spark and Göteborg was the explosion: a cross-artistic international Big Bang, involving even more people contributing to this unique project.
The Berlin/Göteborg String Theory orchestra collaborated with José González on yet another occasion – a sold-out European tour in March/April 2011. Nackt had written 11 new arrangements for González’ songs, transforming them into wild expressions of a new musical spirit, and conducted the 25 person orchestra. An outstanding songsmith and world-known artist in his own right, González became a part of the ensemble, performing to ecstatic audiences in 19 cities and garnering critical praise along the way.



Participants: Tocotronic, Kante, Gods of Blitz, Soffy O. & Gina d’Orio, Pitchtuner, Viktoriapark, Nylon, Yaneq, Warren Suicide, Susie van der Meer, Laing, Band Deutscher Mädels, Quarks, Elke Brauweiler, SM Elecktrik, Olli Schulz, Mamasweed, Beatbox Eliot, Klaus Cornfield.

A short film documentary by Olaf Nohr [TrackNField] about the Workshop at Chez Chérie Studio, Berlin 2007. See below. View it here (link to a new window).





With José González

The European tour 2011

This fertile collaboration came to life after the recording workshop in 2009 and the entailing performance at Gothenburg Concert Hall in April 2010 in which José González participated.
José González was booked to inaugurate the annual Gothenburg Culture Festival in August 2010 and asked The Göteborg String Theory to support him on the occasion. Nackt wrote several new arrangements to Josés original compositions and conducted the orchestra. This went so well, that a three week European tour with TGST and José González was planned for March/April 2011, the outcome of which were sold out concerts in 19 cities across the continent. The audience was very positive and welcomed the experience with standing ovations.

The Göteborg String Theory

Recording Workshop 2009

The musicians Sebastian Gäbel and Nathalie Barusta Gäbel, who participated in The Berlin String Theory in 2007, took the project a year and a half later to their hometown Gothenburg, Sweden and gathered an abundance of great artists at Kokokaka Filmstudio for the next leap. José González, Midaircondo, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Pacific!, Studio, Jaqee, Jaw Lesson aka Idiot Wind, Silverbullit, El Perro Del Mar, Fox Machine, Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives), Bow & Arrow, Studio and Jmy Haze were among those who made The Göteborg String Theory happen in June 2009.
Their original songs were arranged by The Berlin String Theory composers Nackt, Ben Lauber and Nils Tegen for the string quartet Qvartiett and other classical and jazz musicians. Together with the artists the new renditions were rehearsed and documented during a five day workshop and then performed for the first time at Clandestino Festival. The documented music resulting from the intense days in June were subsequently released on the eclectic record label Kning Disk.

Performance at Göteborg Concert Hall 2010

The next performance, coinciding with the album release, was at Göteborgs Konserthus the 17th of April 2010. Even more artists joined The Göteborg String Theory on this exceptional evening and premiered their songs in new arrangements: shooting star Anna von Hausswolff, Daniel “Hurricane” Gilbert and noise avantgardists The Skull Defekts featuring hardcore legend Daniel Higgs from Baltimore.
The concert was broadcast live on Swedish National Radio and gained high critical acclaim, prompting comparisons with Krzysztof Penderecki, Arnold Schönberg and Nico Muhly. The new take on a classical setting was a thunderous success. Some of the live recordings from the show at Göteborgs Konserthus were later released as a limited edition vinyl EP on Kning Disk.
So, Berlin was the ignition spark and Göteborg was the explosion: a cross-artistic international Big Bang, involving even more people contributing to this unique project.



Photo: Kim Svensson


Photo: Martin Rörberg



Music Artists

El Perro Del Mar
Midaircondo
Jaqee
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Pacific!
Warren Suicide
José González
Fox Machine
Ebbot Lundberg
Jaw Lesson
Silverbullit
Jmy Haze
Ben Lauber
Studio
Daniel Gilbert
Anna von Hausswolff
The Skull Defekts
Daniel Higgs
Bow & Arrow

 
Artistic Directors

Nathalie Barusta Gäbel
Sebastian Gäbel

 
Visual Art producers

Frida Sjöstam
Per Fridén
Chérie

 
Visual Artists

Albert Sjöstam
Anna Andersson
Anni & Rebecca Heimann
Chérie
Christoffer Fransson
Conny Karlsson
Frank Höhne
Katarina Elvén
Linda Spåman
Linda Tedsdotter
Mary-Anne Norberg
Mattias Nordström
Nanna Van Heest
Studio Seek
Patrik Bengtsson
Ulf Lundén


- www.tgst.org/