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Waterloo to Waterloo on show at Bozar, Brussels' Centre for Fine Arts

2008-09-05T06:07:00.000-07:00

As part of KLARAFESTIVAL 2008, Waterloo to Waterloo, the first Musical Painting, on show at Bozar, Brussels' Center for Fine Arts, from September 5th to September 15th 2008. Every day from 10 PM to 7.30 PM.

The Musical Paintings _ volume 1

2008-06-15T01:23:00.000-07:00

"The Musical Paintings _ volume 1",
a 96-page book,
13 x 14,5 cm,
with a CD containing the soundtrack of the two Musical Paintings as well as a virtual version of the Musical Wheel.
There is also a limited edition with an original screen print by Jean Pierre Muller and a bonus track by Sean O'Hagan.

Click to learn more and/or to order the book.

The Musical Wheel on show at the Brussels Atomium

2008-05-14T00:39:00.000-07:00

OPENING Thursday 15 May 2008 from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm

CONCERT THE MUSICAL WHEEL live! THE HIGH LLAMAS will play at 8.00 pm on Thursday 15 May 2008

SHOW The Musical Wheel will be on show from May 16th to October 19th 2008 The Atomium is open daily from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

ATOMIUM SQUARE B-1020 Brussels T. +32(0)2 475 47 75

The Musical Wheel (Video)

2007-12-26T09:43:00.000-08:00

The Musical Wheel is a Musical Painting, this interactive art form created by artist Jean Pierre Muller (B) and composer Sean O'Hagan (UK) and offering a unique combination of sound and vision.

The Musical Wheel is a triptych of three circular freestanding paintings. Inside the paintings are the Hi Fi speakers and playback hardware that generate the music. By touching the painted panels, the audience interact with the composition the way the studio producer does. They can compose from the eight purposefully performed tracks a unique mix, as the playback progresses.

The theme of the Musical Wheel links the compositional wheels of the painting to the wheels of motor city - Detroit - and the long journey of musical history that passes through that place. For O'Hagan and Muller the fact that this heavy industry was accompanied by music of sweetness and harmony is part of the paradox of pop music's seductive combination of great weight combined with lightness. The roots of white pop in black American soul is here symbolised in the travel of the slaves' descendants, from South to North, from Louisiana and Memphis, through the fields of Kentucky to the factories of Detroit and Chicago.

NEVEN LIVE AT L'ARCHIDUC

2006-01-10T03:17:00.000-08:00

"BEAT THAT JAZZ" NEVEN LIVE AT L'ARCHIDUC SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH - 5 PM

L'Archiduc 6 rue Antoine Dansaert 1000 Brussels Neven are

Jean Pierre Muller: Piano Johan Clasen: Alto Clarinet Joris Preckler: Tenor & Soprano Sax Beatrix Marki: Flute Peter Clasen: Beats & Programming Tariq: Double Bass

Jean Pierre Muller solo show in Brussels

2005-11-17T05:15:00.000-08:00

ZEDES ART GALLERY Jean Pierre Muller 17/11 - 17/12/2005 VERNISSAGE JEUDI 17 NOVEMBRE 2005, 19H

OUVERT: MERCREDI 10H-13H JEUDI - VENDREDI 12H30 - 17H SAMEDI 14H - 18H ZEDES ART GALLERY 36 RUE PAUL LAUERS - 1050 BRUXELLES TEL./FAX: 02 646 00 04

View also : http://www.jpmuller.be

Jean Pierre Muller solo show in Rome

2005-10-15T04:36:00.000-07:00

jean pierre muller circles

via del pellegrino 128 roma a.k.a.

7pm - 10pm preview 15Oct05 up to 28Oct05 http://www.kroitnijz.com

View also: http://www.jpmuller.be

The High LLamas are playing 2 shows in Ireland next week

2005-09-16T04:50:00.000-07:00

Sept 23 Sat Dublin Venue Whelans
Sept 24 Fri Cork Venue An Cr�isc�n L�n in Douglas St

These are 2 of only 3 shows the High LLamas played in 2005. All too rare. Sorry , its a bit late with the notification.

The High Llamas will start recording the follow up to Beet Maize and Corn this month. We expect to deliver the record in January .

Drag City will be releasing the LP world wide hopefully spring 2006 .

Sean has continued to collaborate with Jean Pierre Muller on the Musical Painting projects and the next installation The Musical Wheel is ready and may visit the UK by Dec 2005.

Both Paintings (The Musical Wheel and The Musical Painting ) feature 20 minutes of original composition which we plan to make available for download or for purchase through Duophonic.

Sean has also started recording the follow up Turn On LP with Andy Ramsay and Tim Gane from Stereolab.

Putting the music in the wheel

2005-07-18T05:56:00.000-07:00

This weekend saw Jean Pierre, Sean, Laurent and Dominic assemble to bring life to the Musical Wheel. We shared a day of energy and joy as Dominic affected composition with sound manipulation courtesy of our friend MAX. The Wheel stood proud and busy as the final elements were put in place. A long day, but we're nearly there with Musical Painting #2, the Musical Wheel!

The new High Llamas LP is under way

2005-07-07T05:57:00.000-07:00

Leaving the woody pastoral fields of "Beet, Maize and Corn", the High Llamas want to pay tribute to Laura Negro and Labelle in attempting to cross HL forms and melodies with the exuberance of New York pop gospel from 1968.

Jean Pierre, Laurent and Khalifa have completed the visual and structural stages of the Wheel.

2005-06-07T05:58:00.000-07:00

The Musical Wheel : work in progress

2005-02-15T06:02:00.000-08:00

Presentation of the Musixel Painting project

2004-12-23T05:51:00.000-08:00

Here we see Jean Pierre and Sean with the mayor of Ixelles presenting the Musical Painting to the people of Ixelles/Matonge, the occasion being the launch of the Musixel Painting project. This will be a portrait of Matonge (Matonge is a neighborhood of Brussels, multicultural and alive, taking its name from a neighborhood of Kinshasa). The painting will take the shape of a tunnel inviting participants to enter as contributors or viewers.

Views of the Musixel Painting Project

2004-12-23T05:46:00.000-08:00

The Musixel Painting...

2004-09-29T04:46:00.000-07:00

Laurent Becue and Paco Martinez have built a first model of the "Musixel Painting" (a musical painting for a public space in Ixelles, Brussels). A public presentation of the project will take place in December.

the wheel keeps turning (bis)

2004-09-24T16:11:00.000-07:00

the wheel keeps turning

2004-09-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

Some views of the work in progress

left panel

central panel

right panel

2004-08-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Sean's soundtrack for the Musical Wheel is reaching completion, while Jean Pierre, assisted by Khalifa Faye, is currently painting its first layers.

The mystery of the Musical Wheel

2004-07-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

In a secret laboratory, under the direction of Pr Paco Martinez, the elements for Musical Wheel are being cut and assembled.

THE HIGH LLAMAS IN FRANCE & BELGIUM!!!

2004-05-01T02:10:00.000-07:00

THE HIGH LLAMAS IN FRANCE & BELGIUM!!!

13.O5.04 Cirque Royal, Brussels
14.05.04 Numatrouff, Mulhouse
15.05.04 Strasbourg
16.05.04 Mains d'Oeuvres, Saint Ouen (Paris)

See also http://www.tricatel.com

The wheel is on its way!

2004-04-07T18:16:00.000-07:00

New shape, new crew, new technology...

Dominic Murcott, who plays vibes and electronics in the High LLamas as well as being head of composition at London's Trinity conservatoire, is developing a new interactivity system for the MP, using the Max/Msp program. Dominic is developing the use of Max MSP as part of his post at Trinity. Laurent Becue in Brussels is building the revolutionary structure.

A Musical Painting for everybody?

2004-02-08T17:46:00.000-08:00

The city council of Ixelles (Brussels) has commissioned JP & S to create a Musical Painting in a public Space. The project will be presented in September.

The invention of the wheel

2004-01-15T17:41:00.000-08:00

Sean & JP are currently working on a new Musical Painting project. They want to create a Musical Wheel, a circular triptych depicting no less than the history of the wheel.

Sean O'Hagan about the release of "Beet Maize and Corn"

2003-12-18T02:01:00.000-08:00

I sat down a year and half ago and asked myself... how do you make a different record? How do you make an original record ? Well it's nearly impossible to make a totally original record and the pursuit of this ideal has driven many gifted players away from their intuition and instinct and into a ditch from which they struggle to recover.

You have to like the music you make. Even so I was determined to make a change. And the only way I thought plausible at the time was not to reference anything from the 60's or 70's. Which if you examine it, is what everyone does the whole time. I realised I was listening to French and British impressionists because they had influenced the great early 20th century American pop writers (Gershwin and Cole Porter). The French stuff was woody and odd (Ravel, Debussy). But there was something else bobbing around on the horizon which I could not ignore. That was American dreamy pop ballad writing from the 50's. Frankie Avalon, Dion and the Belmonts, The Platters, The Flamingos, Bobby Darin. And that's where the record landed. France 1910 and Small town America 1959... the twilight between Elvis and The Beatles. There may even be some Rogers and Hammerstein in there or a bit of Kurt Weill. I'm sure these elements have not been examined in such close proximity before. Happy campers.

None of the music on this record is totally original but the context is fresh to my way of thinking. And there is no room for funny electronics or strange new sounds.

Anyway there you have. A different bag of potatoes from the last lot but they're still potatoes. And let's not get too serious about it all. I still love a tune and a chord change like never before. I still love a tune that makes you smile.

~ Sean O'Hagan

THE MUSICAL PAINTING ON SHOW IN BRUSSELS

2003-07-01T02:26:00.000-07:00

THE MUSICAL PAINTING

ON SHOW IN BRUSSELS

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Opening on Thursday, July 3
18.00 - 22.00

: From July 4 to September 3 (on request) :

MASDA
Rue Deschampheleerstr. 24/26
1081 Brussels
Belgium

Tel : 00 32 2 412 05 12