Saturday 24 August 2024, 7.30pm
Ryosuke Kiyasu has been active as a snare drum soloist since 2003 and is also known as a drummer in "SETE STAR SEPT", "Kiyasu Orchestra", Mr. Keiji Haino's band "Fushitsusha". He is also known as a founding member of The Endless Blockade in Canada.
His solo performances have been featured on BBC News (UK national broadcaster) and VICE Magazine, His performance in Berlin in 2018 was a big hit on social media with over 23 million views.
In 2022-2023, the world's largest classical percussion festival "Überschlag Festival", "Dr. Martens Fest 23", "Outsider Art Festival" in Finland, and "Alternativa Festival" in the Czech Republic. He continues to travel around the world and perform in various places.
In 2023, at the Edinburgh Art Festival in England, a short movie of his snare drum performance by a British director was shown as an exhibition and became a topic of conversation.
He also released a collaborative work with the Swedish apparel brand "Our Legacy". He has released more than 200 albums, both solo and with his band.
"The antics on display by Kiyasu aren't merely for entertainment, they serve as an in-your-face reminder that music is not about complexity or the number of instruments used; it's about the connection between the artist and the audience." – Lambgoat
Rainham Sheds is an all-female maximum art-core, art school band on a primitive tip; conceptual skronk noise. They sing about theorists, Art Stars, sex with furniture and reminding themselves that he’s not her dad.
Luciana Rizzo (b. 1990) is a sound artist and musician. Lives and works in Buenos Aires. Studied Composition with Electroacoustic Media at the National University of Quilmes. As a drummer since the age of 16, she found her place in experimentation and improvisation as a language. She has played in various group projects and, concurrently, began developing a solo set based on hybrid drums, samples, and field recordings that move between songs, environments, and improvisations. Lately, she has been dedicated to producing sound documentaries and radio pieces.
This solo set consists of little bells, jingles, and feedback produced using the drum bodies as resonant membranes. It is an acoustic set aiming to broaden the audience's listening experience.
Feedbacks are wild sounds. They can't be fully controlled. They need a margin of risk to exist. That margin has to do with the atmosphere, concentration and with being present. I'm interested in taking on that risk. Playing with the edges.
