MUSICAL PERSPECTIVES
In english
TEXTS
- Case studies in the invention of some Experimental Musical Instruments (EMIs) by an improvisor. 10 minute talk with images and sounds (youtube link with time code included), for Technologies and Improvisation: Tools and theories for uncertain futures, February 8th, 2018 at Campus Lindholmen, Gothenburg.
- Scanned interview published as a fanzine in connection with the sound exhibition Ghost Operations for amplified objects, modular synthesizer and Bassbox speaker installation, at 'ohrenhoch, der Geräuschladen' (The Noise Shop), Berlin, with Eliad Wagner and Johannes Bergmark. Original english text here, with sound samples. 2013
- Tribute to Damian Bisciglia, 2012.
- Composer's Radio: “Be(A)ware of the Sixties”, written and presented by Jamie Fawcus, produced by Paulina Sundin. #3 Interview with me about half-way in + Beware Of Aesthetic Ethics (2009) a piece with a Micro Moog drone which is influenced by sounds from my Platforms of amplified objects, recorded at SAMI studio in Stockholm, published (contrary to what the program notes say) by suRRism Phonoethics in Peak the Source - 'Volume 1-3' / sPE_0100. Duration: 8 min. 2012
- What is experimental music? What is an experimental music festival? Inquiry response for a panel discussion at Chomsky bar, initiated by Viestarts Gailitis of the Skanu Mezs Festival in 2012.
- Interview mit Klingding in english, translated and introduced in german, after the concert at the Stark Bewölkt concert series at Hörbar, Hamburg, solo and with Gregory Büttner, Heiner Metzger and Helge Meyer. Also heard are parts of Muzak Blocker and excerpts from the concert. 2012.
- Interviewed in Kuala Lumpur after a concert at Findars, organized by Herbal International, Kuala Lumpur, malaysia, 2012.
- Muzak Blocker! – an audio perfume for self-defense, 2011.
- questions, questions... answered by Johannes Bergmark – to an inquiry in Patricide 4 (The Sound of Surrealism) Book & CD, 2011.
- Short lecture and concert at TedX Botkyrka about me as an instrument builder, musician and surrealist, 2010.
- Krzysztof Gutfrański talks to Johannes Bergmark, Intertext, 2010.
Is Music Abstract? (excerpt from the unpublished manuscript Surrealism and Music, ca 1990-2010), for the international surrealist journal Hydrolith. (With over 80 contributors from 17 countries around the world, the book contains drawings, paintings, games, comics, photographs, poetry, prose, theoretical and political writings on a huge variety of subjects, including special in-depth investigations of music, space and myth.) Info and order through Oyster Moon Press.
- The Corn Grinder From The Venus Temple. About sound objects, published in Noisegate # 13, 2006.
- Music is a verb! Christopher Small and the future of the musical ritual., 2004.
- The above article provoked a reply from Thomas Millroth. I replied with the following article: Music Is Nothing, 2004. Original texts published in swedish in Nutida Musik # 1 & # 5, Stockholm 2004. English translations first published in Patricide 4., Conwy, Wales 2011
- "No Music!", 2004.
- The Text-Sound Art Pioneers in Fylkingen 1963 until today! (the full-length text), for the site Ballongmagasinet / Helium #3, 2001.
- Manifesto Against Music, 2000.
- What Is Music?, 1999.
- What is Improvisation and Why Improvise?, 1997-99.
- Played By My Instruments, 1997.
- Call For The Hidden Sounds, 1994-95.
- For A Wild Music, 1993. On the web site of the Surrealist Group in Stockholm.
FACTS & INFO
- Recommended skeptical, surrealist, musical and scientific podcasts, blogs, newsletters and discussion groups, including notes on podcast subscribing and producing.
På svenska + norsk
TEXTER
- Krönika om musikåret 2014, inbjuden av Sound Of Music
- Krönika om musikåret 2013, inbjuden av Sound Of Music (Jag skrev först en annan text men ändrade mig.)
- Intervju med Eirik Kydland i Bergens Tidende, norge 2012
- Om John Cage, slump, Duchamp, tystnad mm, enkätsvar i Soundofmusic 2012.
- Om frekvens, tonhöjd, stämningssystem och humbug, oförkortad version av enkätsvar till Tonsättaren, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares tidskrift, 2012.
- Folkfest med hög hipfaktor – Fire! på Fylkingen, recension i Nutida Musik 2012.
- Egna ljud, intervju i SvD av Ricki Neuman 2011.
- Muzak Blocker! – en ljudparfym till självförsvar, 2011.
- Nicolas Collins bok (med dvd) Handmade Electronic Music, The Art of Hardware Hacking recenserad för Nutida Musik # 4 2010-11.
- Musikåret 2010 Bloggen Sound Of Music bjöd in bl.a. mig att skriva kort om vad som var det musikaliskt viktigaste för mig under 2010. Det gjorde jag här, på 2.805 tecken. Men detta var en förkortning av min ursprungliga text på 22.298 tecken, som kan läsas här.
- Musik är ett verb! A propos Christopher Small och den musikaliska ritualens framtid, 2004.
- Ovanstående artikel föranledde en replik från Thomas Millroth. Jag svarade på hans inlägg med följande artikel, Musik är ingenting, 2004.
- "Ingen Musik!", 2004.
- Debatt om kompositionstävlingar inom Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare, 2003.
- Intervju med mig och Lise-Lotte Norelius om Fylkingen, Tonsättaren, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares tidskrift nr 4, 2002.
- Text-ljudkonst-pionjärerna i Fylkingen (hela texten), 2001.
- Rekonstruktion av Karl-Erik Welins pianodemoleringskonsert från 1964, 2001.
- Manifest Mot Musik, 2000.
- Debattartiklar om improvisation (Improvisatörers rättigheter i fara! och Fri improvisasjon finnes!, 1999-2000.
- Vad är musik?, 1999.
- Vad är improvisation och varför improvisera?, 1997-99.
- Spelad av mina musikinstrument, 1997.
- Åkallan av de fördolda ljuden., 1994-95.
- För En Vild Musik, ur Mannen på gatan 2, 1993.
FAKTA & INFO
- FRIM möter STIM, Rapport från ett möte med Bergmark och Gustafsson (FRIM) och STIM 2001.
- Om stæren og om Oslo Impro, 1997. (norsk)
Po polsku
Auf deutsch
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m o r e i n f o s
In english, translated and introduced in german, at Hörbar. Also heard are parts of Muzak Blocker. 2012.
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This page updated the 16th of April, 2019.