Annette Krebs
Annette Krebs (born 1967) is a German composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer.[1]She grew up in Saarland and studied music and painting as a child, earning a diploma in classical guitar at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt/Main in 1992. She is based in Berlin since 1993.
Krebs is associated with the experimental music scene that emerged in Berlin following German reunification in 1990. Commonly referred to as "Berlin reductionism" and self-defined by active participants as "echtzeitmusik" (real-time music), the scene attempted to differentiate itself from dominant styles of improvisation dominated by Free Jazz and Free Improvisation by emphasizing composition over improvisation, both essential elements of unwritten music. The overall aesthetic approach to music which she likens to scientific experiments: “What I and many others are doing is discovering the new rules which apply to this material. If you are a physicist and you have a new material, then you place it in different environments and see how it reacts.”[2]The primary materials in Krebs’ experimentation of sound color and timbre are guitar, computer with max/msp, found objects, radio, and diy-instruments. Her compositions integrate graphic scores, improvisation, recorded voice, field recordings, multi-channel outputs, and digital processing. Krebs is cited as a pioneer of Berlin "reductionism" which is characterized by "quiet unstable sounds, subdued group interaction, renunciation of gesture, and structural uses of silence."[3]
Krebs cites baroque polyphony, especially the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, contemporary visual art, and musicians and artists she has worked with as influences.[4]She has collaborated with Chris Abrahams, Natasha Anderson, Alessandro Bosetti, Burkhard Beins, Sandra Becker, Lucio Capece, Peter Cusack, Chris Dahlgren, Rhodri Davies, Jim Denley, Axel Dörner, Robin Hayward, Marcus Heesch, Charlotte Hug, Sven-Ake Johansson, Christoph Kurzmann, Sachiko M, Kaffe Matthews, Wade Matthews, Chico Mello, Toshimaru Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Bhob Rainey, Michael Renkel, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Keith Rowe, Ignatz Schick, Burkhard Stangl, Taku Sugimoto, Luca Venitucci, Michael Vorfeld, Marc Wastell, Steffi Weismann, and Otomo Yoshihide.[5] Krebs has been featured in numerous festivals and concerts in Europe, Japan, Australia, North America, and Latin Americas, including Donaueschinger Musiktage (D), Amplify (USA), Vancouver New Music (CA), Exposition of New Music, Ostrava Days (CZ), Sonoric Perspectives (SE), Musique Action (FR), LMC-Festival (UK), Dublin Electronic Arts Festival DEAF (IE), Nous Sons (ES), Musique Actuelle (CA), What is Music (AU), Festival International de Música Contemporánea de Alicante (ES).
Selected discography[edit]
- Annette Krebs: Guitar Solo (Fringes Recordings, 2002)
- Taku Sugimoto & Annette Krebs: Eine Gitarre Ist Eine Gitarre Ist Keine Gitarre Ist Eine Gitarre... (Rossbin, 2002)
- Alssandro Bosetti & Annette Krebs: Bosetti Krebs (GROB, 2003)
- Annette Krebs, David Lacey, Keith Rowe, Paul Vogel: Untitled (Homefront Recordings, 2007)
- Robin Hayward & Annette Krebs: Sgraffito (Annette Krebs Self-released, 2007)
- Annette Krebs & Toshimaru Nakamura: Siyu (Soseeditions, 2008)
- Annette Krebs & Rhodri Davies: Kravis Rhonn Project (Another Timbre, 2009)
- Ernst Karel & Annette Krebs: Falter 1-5 (Cathnor Recordings, 2010)
- Annette Krebs & Taku Unami: Motubachii (Erstwhile Records, 2010)
- Sven-Åke Johansson & Annette Krebs: Peashot (OlofBright, 2011)
- Annette Krebs, Anthea Caddy & Magda Mayas - Thread (CD, Album) (Another Timbre, 2012)
- Christian Kesten, Mark Trayle & Annette Krebs: Field With Figures No. 1 - 4 / Rush! (Another Timbre, 2014)
- Liz Allbee, Annette Krebs, Sven-Åke Johansson: Frost (Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu, 2017)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Annette Krebs". Discogs.
- ↑ "An interview with Annette Krebs". www.clivebell.co.uk.
- ↑ Williams, Christopher (7 December 2011). "echtzeitmusik berlin: selbstbestimmung einer szene - self-defining a scene". Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation. 7 (2) – via www.criticalimprov.com.
- ↑ "Composer Profile: Annette Krebs". 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Annette Krebs: Profile". www.japanimprov.com.
External links[edit]
- Official website of Annette Krebs
- Improvised Music from Japan
- http://www.anothertimbre.com/annettekrebs.html Another Tambre artist page]
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