a composers' collective
Friday, January 4, 20:00
Christianskirche am Klopstockplatz
Hamburg Altona
We will play in a concert for our late friend and furtherer Milo Lohse who died last year. Milo was the founder and organizer of the concert series „Forum Neue Musik“ in the Christianskirche. We miss him!
Also participating are Frauke Aulbert, Eva Maria Houben, Daria Iossifova, Heinz Erich Gödicke, Thomas Niese and TonArt Ensemble.
We will play Criss-Cross (2013) for two electric guitars by Alvin Lucier.
Monday, June 4, 20:00
Innenhof Kraftwerk Bille, 53°32’34.3″N 10°02’14.8“E
Kreuzung Anton-Ree-Weg/Basedowstraße/Michelsenweg
Four musicians from the contemporary experimental scene in Paris as guests of Nelly Boyd: solo and in different constellations.
Come see and hear!
Nina Garcia „Mariachi”
Solo: 1 guitar, 1 pedal, 1 amp.
You’ll probably find: feedbacks, cracklings, short circuits, impacts, harmonics, grindings noises, overflowings, notes and quasi perfect chords.
Moshé O’Grady
Harmonic Drone
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Adrien Kanter und Matthieu Philippe De l‘Isle
The loving energy of punk rock and a fascination for the feeling of sound.
And of course Nelly Boyd, this time as a quartet of Moxi Beidenegl, Robert Engelbrecht, Jan Feddersen and Johann Popp.
This concert is part of the Blurred Edges festival. Blurred Edges is supported by Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg and Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.
We will play with Phill Niblock in Mannheim.
Sunday, April 8, 8 pm
Nationaltheater Mannheim/Studio Werkhaus
Roughly two hours of music, and One Large Rose will be part of it, plus other pieces and of course films by Phill. Joining us on guitar etc. is Johann Popp.
Before the concert there will be a talk with Phill at 7 pm.
We are looking forward to playing with him again!
klub katarakt is coming again and Nelly Boyd appears on the Long Night, Saturday, January 20. We will play a new piece:
Jan Feddersen: giration (basse) (2017)
for 5 electric guitars – world premiere
Players are Robert Engelbrecht, Ignacio Fernández-Bollo, Jan Feddersen, Fiona McKenzie and Johann Popp.
Robert Engelbrecht will also perform a new solo piece for baritone guitar and electronics.
Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester will play at Club!Heim im Schanzenpark, Hamburg, on Friday, October 27, at 8 PM.
On the programme:
Jan Feddersen: giration
for 6 electric guitars played with e-bows (2017, world premiere)
Robert Engelbrecht: Nephila
for 8 electric guitars, electric bass and drums (2016, rev. 2017)
Architeuthis
for 8 electric guitars, electric bass and drums (2015)
The line-up for this concert consists of:
Guitars: Ilhan Cicek, Robert Engelbrecht, Jan Feddersen, Markus Lipka, Fiona McKenzie, Johann Popp, Jim Sudmann, Geka Winkler
Bass: Stefan Gretscher
Drums: Johann Wientjes
Live Sound: Tom Fleischhauer
Special thanks to Rückkopplung for amp support!
This concert is supported by the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behörde für Kultur und Medien
Saturday, 20 May 2017, 6pm – Sunday, 21 May 2017, 4am The Nelly Boyd Quartet takes part in ANRISS @ WESTWERK
62 Musicians will transform Westwerk into a multi-coloured kaleidoscope of sounds. Running from 6pm until 4am ANRISS presents every 20 minutes new musical experiences coming from jazz, electronics, songwriting, noise, pop, free music, new music and more…
The Nelly Boyd Quartet will present a set of drones around 11pm.
Musicians:
LQR – Fred und Luna – Veranda Music & Pola – Hoody – Bürgermeister der Nacht – Bechert & Co. – Treppenhaus – Schwester – Wienert, Pozdrowicz, Genchi – Felix Kubin – Steamboat Switzerland – Botschaft – Österheld, Hughes, Lückert – Nelly Boyd – Mark Boombastik – HZweiO – Anton Kaun – Anthill – Heffels – Spröde Lippen – Blenkinsop, Großkopf, Brody – Jakob Ilja – Hadron – plastiq – Blind
We are happy to announce that we invited our good friends from Scordatura ensemble (Amsterdam) to perform their new Harry Partch programme Rose Petal Jam at this year’s Blurred Edges festival!
Save the date: June 7, 2017, 20:00, at the Christianskirche in Hamburg-Ottensen.
More later. In the meantime have a look at their webpage for some info about this great project.
The Nelly Boyd Duo performs again on Thursday, March 2, 20:00 at the MS Stubnitz, together with N and Jan Klare.
We are pleased to have been invited by our friends of Stark Bewölkt for a concert with Gene Coleman at Hörbar on February 15, 21:30. He will play a set with Michael Maierhof and Birgit Ulher. Nelly Boyd will appear as a duo of Jan and Robert, working with (e-)bowed guitars and cello, playing a set of a droney nature.
We are playing at the Greatest Hits Festival at Kampnagel in Hamburg.
Friday, November 18, 18:00, K4
Nelly Boyd plays
Alvin Lucier: Criss-Cross (2013) for two electric guitars
John Cage: Four6 (1992) for any way of producing sounds
Morton Feldman: Durations 2 (1961) for cello and piano
James Tenney: (night) (1971) for percussion perhaps, or…
Players are Moxi Beidenegl, Robert Engelbrecht, Jan Feddersen, Johann Popp
Saturday, November 19, 19:30, K6
Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester plays
James Tenney: Septet for six electric guitars and bass (1981)
Players are Robert Engelbrecht, Markus Lipka, Fiona McKenzie, Johann Popp, Jim Sudmann, Geka Winkler – guitars, Stefan Link – bass, Jan Feddersen – conductor
Before and after us Ensemble Resonanz performs other works by Tenney, Pauline Oliveros and Elliot Sharp.