Jazz Articles about Phonophani

Phonophani: Kreken

by John Kelman
August 29, 2010

It's been six years since Phonophani, a.k.a. Espen Sommer Eide, released Oak or Rock (Rune Grammofon, 2004), though a 2006 appearance at Punkt provided a rare opportunity to witness the electronic musician at work, as he utilized a wind-driven synthesizer, in conjunction with sound samples on his laptop, to create in-the-moment melodic snippets subsequently processed, reshaped and built into a continuous, ebb and flow of a performance. Working live, of course, presents its own set of challenges, especially for someone ...