(The theremin artist Barbara Buchholz. Photo: PR) The Theremin in the pop and jazz music? The first to have used the seldom-used original form of electronic musical instruments in the pop field, could not be more Dada-Naive-Desert Blues-Captain Beefheart and the Avant-garde pop-and-surf Kings Beach Boys.
In April 1967, took Beefheart's Magic Band and his then the material for his first official album "Safe as Milk" - as a guest was famous for his recording of the song "Electricity" and "Autumn's Child" The renowned theremin player Samuel Hoffman invited. These two recordings were among the last to Hoffman made - since the early forties, who trained Fußorthopäde and professional violinist was in his bar and entertainment bands, the theremin is popularized, was always to create music and background sounds for horror and sci-fi films have been invited by Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945, German title "Spellbound") to William Beaudine "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" (1966). In particular, the howling, spherical sounds Hoffman contrast to the introductory riff of "Electricity" made this title - of course, in addition to the distinctive, rough vocals Beefheart - an early hallmark of the musician.
previously only slightly in February 1966, the Beach Boys had the instrumental tracks for the song "I Just Was not Made for These Times" (the song was recorded in April) included: the song then appeared in May 1966 the album "Pet Sounds", the eleventh studio album, the High Priest of the surf-pop. On this recording in the studio was the swing trombonist Paul Tanner was involved, which he played the theremin in the advanced Electro-Theremin (with rotary knob for the volume). The overall sound of the songs of this exotic instrument hardly played a role, unlike a few months later appeared Beach Boys single "Good Vibrations". There was Tanner Electro-Theremin hear clearly and counteracted the fresh-awful brash melodic and rhythmic opening sequence of the hit.
As long as these first, rare performances of the theremin in the pop and rock music may well be her - in the jazz tracks can be as good as this instrument does not and can not find such an early stage. This is certainly the fact that the disadvantages of the theremin in jazz particularly serious that it is playable as burdensome and only glissando-like. In any case, similar sounds were available from the end of the sixties synthesizers much easier . Generate
So it is not surprising that the theremin - as exotic and "sound spices" - is not used in contemporary jazz, and even more in the border area between jazz and contemporary concert music, in the swing and bop.
here has distinguished himself above all the Italian multi-instrumentalist Vincenzo Vasi. His contributions in theremin Gianni Gebbias Switters are unmistakable, giving the trio a strong, unmistakable sound, shine with solo performance, achieve an almost typical rock intensity - to explain, but the Vasi feels inspired by Captain Beefheart. Something really special is Vasis Etherguys band, a trio, in There where only three Mini Sten play next Vasi still living in Italy and the Swiss Sabina Meyer also now on the "boots" resident Japanese techno and electronic avant-garde Gak Sato.
By Barbara Buchholz is now one of the most profound theremin players ever comes to Dresden. Together with Lydia Kavina, the grandniece of the inventor, Lev Sergeyevich instrument terms (1896-1993), who called in the west later Leon Theremin, founded Barbara Buchholz 2005, the platform "Touch! Do not Touch! "For the theremin in new music. As a master student of Lydia Kavina she studied in Moscow and is now one of the leading virtuosos in this extraordinary and rare instrument. In the field of jazz and improvised music, she performs in various ensembles, including a trio with Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Jan Bang live electronics. She toured with the Jazz Big Band Graz as part of the production "Electric Poetry & Lo-Fi Cookies" which was recorded on CD. In performances with her solo program "Theremin: Russia With Love" can help Barbara Buchholz is from the artist Pedda Borowski.
Buchholz played on 26 March 2010 with Pedda Borowski to Jazz Festival worlds Dresden 2010th
Mathias Bäumel
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