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11th February 2008

Karl Bartos & AudioVision will headline BLOC 2008 with an incredible full live AV show. United Kingdom, Hemsby (Norwich), 14th-16th March.

Karl Bartos was an original member of KW’s ‘classic’ line up from 1975 to 1990. He took part in creating some of contemporary music’s most significant and influential works like: “Radio-Activity”, “Trans Europe Express”, “The Man Machine”, “Computer World”, “Tour de France”, “Electric Cafe” and “The Mix”; thus, altering our perception of sound.

This solo performance is comprised of a magnificent full live audio-visual show. He will be joined on stage by Mathias Black and Robert Baumanns performing in perfect harmony with the machines (Karl says hopefully). His stage-show is an awe-inspring set of bigscreens, projections and lighting. We are thrilled and honoured to be hosting this rare UK performance from a true legend of electronic music.




AudioVision - VISUAL MUSIC

Experience Electro come to life in a performance of the actual creation of music usually confined to pre-programmed reproduction.

Karl Bartos performs as lead singer and keyboarder - he demontstrates the emotion of sound.

AUDIO

Watch engineer and technical director Mathias Black while he is creating the head-on blasting live sound on the left side of the stage. In his sound studio - the so called Klang Regie - he is processing and mixing pre-arranged tracks with real time-material. Black is also lending his voice to the vocoder, another essential element of Karl Bartos art. Blacks vocoder tracks add their distinctive language and perspective to the performance of AudioVision.

VISUALS

On the right side of the stage visual artist Robert Baumanns has set up his mobile TV studio - the Bild Regie. Baumanns is a virtuoso of image real time processing and mixing. Through an electronic triptych of three large screens you can participate in the act of creation: Films, video loops and animated pictograms blend and morph mirroring the surrealistic flow of information within our media. Intertwining visuals and music, AudioVision has roots in the classic forms of cinema as well as media art and clubbing culture.

Karl: Our concerts are multi-sensory experiences, but if you close your eyes you might see your own genuine movie. While recordings invariably define a one way communication channel live gigs are, of course, two way interactions with the audience. The act of people sharing a particular spot in time and space makes each live concert unique. That means a lot to me, because it reminds us that everything, however valuable, must pass.