The Buzz Aldrin Allstars are a collection of like-minded musicians looking to keep the kraut rock tradition alive. The group features members from some of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary groups including Si Schroeder / 3epkano / Halfset / Strands / United Bible Studies / Beautiful Unit.
The shows are improvised explorations, revolving around simple melodies, grooves, and loops. They came together originally in 2010 to work with Spanish film artist Esperanza Collado where they created a soundtrack for Collado’s work Moon. Moon features a screening of 16mm film loops, using multiple projectors (both 16mm and digital), created by Esperanza Collado from footage of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Considering this groups other musical commitments, the BAA have to choose other performances wisely. Since formation in 2010, The Buzz Adlrin Allstars have performed at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011 with The Sea and the Cake; in accompaniment to live gaming during a gaming convention at The Workman’s Club during 10 days in Dublin and alongside Kwoon at The Grand Social. They have alternatively been described as innovative, gifted, exciting, genius. We are honoured to be hosting the second only viewing of Moon since its creation in 2010 and the fifth performance of this constellation of allstars.
The visual element will be improvised by Esperanza Collado and Hector Castells, the musicians will then respond to this play of light and images.
Esperanza Collado is an interdisciplinary artist and curator. In both practices she tends to experiment with new and challenging exhibition formats, focusing on notions of process, the body, materiality, and the folds of representation. She created the international avant-garde art event Márgenes: Experimento y Praxis (Dublin 08 & Madrid 09) and is a co-founder programmer of the Experimental Film Club in Dublin, the first regular forum for artistic and often neglected cinematic works.
Esperanza has lectured Visual Culture at the Dublin Business School, and has delivered talks and masterclasses in art schools and galleries internationally. She is a contributor to Experimental Conversations and other on-line journals specialized in art and cinema.
Hector Castells: He was a good waiter and an ex ashamed journalist. He is now the spanish translator for Bill Callahan’s first novel, Letters to Emma Bowlcut, a secret lyricist & a relentless photographer & visual artist. In 2007, Hector founded Xmas Soup collective, along with Donal Dineen & Guillermo Carrion. Since then he has developed live visual sets for Beautiful Unit, Donal Dineen, Damo Suzuki, Drums of Chaos, Si Schroeder, Solar Bears, Thread Pulls,The Ambience Affair & The Buzz Aldrin Allstars.
More information and details on how to book is available here.
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