Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan
Live performance of Zn'shñ (Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff: electronics) + Morihide Sawada (drums, voice) @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan. (Recorded September 10th, 2010) * N.B.- drums & voice parts are not shown on screen.
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Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan
Live performance of Zn'shñ (Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff: electronics) + Morihide Sawada (drums) @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan. (Recorded September 7th, 2010)
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Zn'shñ's electronic setup: - Biscuit (by Oto Machines) - 2x Sleepdrone 5 (by King Capitol) - Glamour Box (by King Capitol) - Kaossilator Pro (by Korg) - Restyler (by Sherman/Rodec) - Space Echo (Boss RE-20)
Discographic works: * Zn'shñ, "Butoh sweets" (odl.9173-659) July 2010 here * Zn'shñ, "II" (odl.9173-657) Sep 2009 here * Zn'shñ, "++" (odl.9173-656) Apr 2009 here
Live performance of Zn'shñ (Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff: electronics) + Kouhei Harada (computer) @ Shibuya Lush, Tokyo, Japan. (Recorded September 8th, 2010)
Zn'shñ's electronic setup: - Biscuit (by Oto Machines) - 2x Sleepdrone 5 (by King Capitol) - Glamour Box (by King Capitol) - Kaossilator Pro (by Korg) - Restyler (by Sherman/Rodec) - Space Echo (Boss RE-20)
Discographic works: * Zn'shñ, "Butoh sweets" (odl.9173-659) July 2010 here * Zn'shñ, "II" (odl.9173-657) Sep 2009 here * Zn'shñ, "++" (odl.9173-656) Apr 2009 here
[Video 1/3] Zn'shñ + A Qui Avec Gabriel + Cal Lyall @ SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan
[Video 2/3] Zn'shñ + A Qui Avec Gabriel + Cal Lyall @ SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan
[Video 3/3] Zn'shñ + A Qui Avec Gabriel + Cal Lyall @ SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan
Live performance during Test Tone 61: Intersecting Streams of Consciousness @ SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan (Recorded September 14th, 2010). Featuring: Zn'shñ (electronics) + À qui avec Gabriel (accordion) + Cal Lyall (hydrophone)
—Notes from official program—
Specializing in electronics, French artists Zn'shñ (aka Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff) creates expansive soundscapes of the highest order. Under the Odiolorgnette imprint, Zn'shñ has produced albums and soundtracks steeped in minimalist sensibility, influenced by artists such as Ryoji Ikeda and butoh legend Hijikata Tatsumi...
[here] Zn'shñ's sound artistry meets with the sublime accordion playing of À qui avec Gabriel, a Tzadik recording artist with a string of successful collaborations under her belt — joined by improvising artist Cal Lyall, who creates watery ambiances using effected hydrophones (underwater microphones) submerged in strange and hypnotic water sources. * Visuals & projections by Onnacodomo (DJ Codomo, Yasuko Seki and Ruka Noguchi).
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Zn'shñ's electronic setup: - Biscuit (by Oto Machines) - 2x Sleepdrone 5 (by King Capitol) - Glamour Box (by King Capitol) - Kaossilator Pro (by Korg) - Restyler (by Sherman/Rodec) - Space Echo (Boss RE-20)
Discographic works: * Zn'shñ, "Butoh sweets" (odl.9173-659) July 2010 here * Zn'shñ, "II" (odl.9173-657) Sep 2009 here * Zn'shñ, "++" (odl.9173-656) Apr 2009 here
Multi-instrumentalist and noise manufacturer using electronic devices, digital percussives, vinyls, anvils, gongs, sirens, drums, piano...
also (un)known as Ijnveïq de Ernestine, Tlü Ejtko, Phrenq, Qiipnm'id Yorgomnüg... Franck Smith runs the private recording collection Odiolorgnette
and works as an independant artist in electronic fields, experimental audiovisual contexts and soundtrack production...
Member of the dual electronic unit Zn'shñ and co-founder of visual production Rosebruit... Also active under the pseudonym Zviij as a sound artist and noise designer...
