DIY ethnomusicologist and composer Laurent Jeanneau

aka KINK GONG presents a personal selection of his “Remix" collection along with the archives of his recording of minorities from Asia and Africa made between 1999-2014.

SPECIAL “KINK GONG INVITES GUESTS“ from MAY to OCTOBER 2022 at 20:30

Wed. 25.05.2022// KING GONG XINJIANG

Thur. 09.06 2022// JOKE LANZ

Thur. 14.07.2022// WERNER DURAND

Thurs. 11.08.2022 // SABIWA + L.ORENZO COLOCCI

Thurs. 29.09.2022// GONCZALO CARDOSO (Discrepant label)

Fri. 07.10. 2022// ALAN BISHOP ( Sublime Frequencies label)

Fri. 07.10. 2022// ALAN BISHOP ( Sublime Frequencies label)

Kink Gong, for his last event supported by Musikfonds Berlin, welcomes the American musician Alan Bishop.

Alan has chosen original KINK GONG recordings from Xinjiang/ China, Laos, and Vietnam; he will perform mostly with guitar and voice, in a completely acoustic set.
Before each track, KINK GONG will introduce to you where and when those recordings were made, with photos, videos, music and stories...

The American born Alan Bishop started the label SUBLIME FREQUENCIES in 2003.

It has helped greatly KINK GONG exposure by releasing 8 KINK GONG albums and a DVD on his prolific label. Alan Bishop is also famous for his band SUN CITY GIRLS.

http://www.sublimefrequencies.com.

Join us under the pyramid, on the 4th floor of House 2, in Holzmarkt. (Please be aware that the entrance of the Holzmarket 25 has been moved due to construction side, don't hesitate to ask to the security how to reach IKSK in house 2 

Doors open at 8 // Presentation starts at 8:30 // Drop in possible //

Sliding Scale 10€-25€

Thur. 14.07 2022// WERNER DURAND // 20.30 at IKSK

WERNER DURAND REMIX KINK GONG RECORDINGS FROM ASIAN MINORITIES

WERNER DURAND uses original KINK GONG recordings from south east Asia, but before he manipulates those sound archives, i will introduce to you who, where and when those recordings were made...with photos, videos, music and stories

https://kinkgong.bandcamp.com + https://wernerdurand.bandcamp.com

Come to lie down under the pyramid, on the 4th floor of House 2, in Holzmarkt.

Doors open at 8 // Presentation starts at 8:30 // Drop in possible // Sliding Scale 10€-25€

Thur. 09.06 2022// JOKE LANZ // 20.30 at IKSK

JOKE LANZ TURNTABLES KINK GONG RECORDINGS FROM ASIAN MINORITIES

JOKE LANZ uses original KINK GONG recordings from south east Asia, but before he manipulates those sound archives, i will introduce to you who, where and when those recordings were made...

https://kinkgong.bandcamp.com + https://jokelanz.bandcamp.com/music

Come to lie down under the pyramid, on the 4th floor of House 2, in Holzmarkt.

Doors open at 8 // Presentation starts at 8:30 // Drop in possible // Sliding Scale 15€-25€

KINK GONG IN IKSK

I met Laurent Jeanneau in Paris in 2004 as he had already been on his unconventional DIY path of music composition, recording and performances for 5 years.

I have witnessed his radical passion for the music of minorities from Asia and Africa which brought him to the production of over 160 recordings, released on his own label “Kink Gong“ (Tanzania, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam). He has also released 4 albums on the French label “Akuphone“, 8 albums on “Sublimes Frequencies“ (USA) and 11 of his "Remix" compositions, with “Discrepant“ (UK). 

We are very pleased to welcome Laurent in IKSK, for a monthly listening session with sounds, photos, videos and stories from his KINK GONG production.

Once a month, Kink Gong will invite to listens to a selection of his “Remix Compositions“ and right after he will guide into an archaeologic journey, where we will discover one by one, the original sources of his pieces : the traditional music of the minorities, he recorded during his long and passionate work as DIY ethnomusicologist.

25.05.2022// KING GONG XINJIANG 

KINK GONG will present some of his recomposed tracks from the album XINJIANG released by Discrepant in 2010 based on his original recordings in Chinese Turkestan (Xinjiang) in May and June 2009. In this show Laurent will share a wide collection of his video.

21.04.2020: TIBETAN BUDDHISM TRIP

KINK GONG will present some of his recomposed tracks from the album TIBETAN BUDDHISM TRIP and guide us into an archaeologic journey, where we will discover one by one, the original sources of his pieces : the Tibetan Buddhist rituals in Yunnan and Tibet.

TIBETAN BUDDHISM COLLAGE BY KINK GONG
Most of the Tibetan Buddhist culture accessible in western countries, has been recorded by western people among the Tibetan refugees based around the Dalai Lama in northern INDIA.

Here we are presenting MADE IN CHINA recordings, between 2006 and 2013 of various Tibetan Buddhist cults, it s a collage based on original recordings published on KINK GONG records, including some discreet electronic treatment.

Kink gong will share, as well, stories from his encounters with the musicians of these ethnic minorities and show photos and videos from his private collection.

11.02.2022: Tanzania

KINK GONG will present some of his recomposed tracks from the volume TANZANIA and guide us into an archaeologic journey, where we will discover one by one, the original sources of his pieces : the traditional music of Tanzanian ethnic minorities.

In 1999 he joined James Stephenson in Tanzania, who had been living in the 90s with the HADZAs, some of the last bushmen (hunters/gatherers), he also recorded other tribal music like the DATOGAs and the MAKONDEs. A double CD came out on French label <musiques du monde> in 2003, then in 2015 a recomposed vynil LP on London based <discrepant> and a double LP of raw recordings on American label <sublime frequencies> were released with success (all those products are sold out).
He will share, as well, stories from his encounters with the musicians of the ethnic minorities, and show photos and videos from his private collection. 

14.01.2022: Screening of “Small Path Music“ + ZOMIA album vol 1.

On January 14, we will start our journey into into Kink Gong world, with the documentary “SMALL PATH MUSIC“ who follow his trips in South-East Asia (52 min).

Right after the projection, Laurent will decorticates the film's tracks and present the album

ZOMIA album vol 1.

He will share, as well, stories from his encounters with the musicians of the ethnic minorities, and show photos and videos from his private collection.

More on : Kink Gong 

In the immense world of music, Laurent Jeanneau is without a doubt a unique character. This is due, partly, to his multidisciplinary DIY approach towards music, and also to his adventurous spirit that has been keeping him - and the Kink Gong project - active for several decades so far.
His large collection of ethnic minority music is made of things that are probably completely foreign to most of us. He spent a considerable amount of time recording it, mostly in South East Asia, and releasing the results on his own CDr label, Kink Gong Recordings, as well as occasionally contributing to Sublime Frequencies compilations.He also composes electronic music that manipulates, assembles and reconstructs those recordings, in order to create new soundscapes, which often seem ahead of their time. The results can be found in back catalogues from imprints such as Akuphone, ArteTetra, Discrepant or Atavistic.Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes. 

( from Dragos Rusu for the Attic mag )