ELEKTRORAMA #4: So says the drum / Axel Pulgar THE SCHRANK + Jamsession

Dienstag 15. SeptemberElektrorama #4 So Says The Drum / Axel Pulgar THE SCHRANK“Experimental live music with visuals” So Says The DrumBella Comson - clarinet, whistles, voice, diy electronics Bruna Cabral - drums, percussion-Axel Pulgar THE SCHRANKAxel Pulgar - electronics, visuals, Schrank So Says The DrumSo Says the Drum is a project by Cologne-based Brazilian artists Bella Comsom and BrunaCabral. It is a tribute to the drum as an ancient technology and an encoded language. In Brazilianculture, drumbeats transcend rhythm, becoming a grammar of silence, pulse, and resistance. Theproject explores percussion beyond its purely musical function, approaching it as a medium ofcommunication and collective memory: one that embodies spiritual, healing, and politicaldimensions. So Says the Drum is a live performance that combines ritual, improvisation, andtechnological experimentation to create new forms of transmedial sound art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPzlt8Ck9E Axel Pulgar THE SCHRANKI am Axel Pulgar, a sound and media artist working with experimental electronic music, live performance, and digital image worlds. I approach the computer as an open artistic system, where human knowledge enters into dialogue with nature, emotion, and the body. A central element of my practice is THE SCHRANK, a self-built audiovisual synthesizer that functions as instrument, visual medium, and performative object. I program and construct the machine, but also enter it through my physical presence, creating a continuous feedback between body and system. My work explores machine poetry and sensorial constellations, where sound, image, noise, and movement emerge from primal forms hidden within digital structures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI5yQIkCzk&t=3s Im Anschluss an das Konzert wird die Bühne zur offenen elektronischen Jamsession: Alle sind eingeladen, eigene modulare Synths, Effektgeräte oder DIY-Instrumente mitzubringen und sich an einer kollektiven Improvisation zu beteiligen. Auch DJ-Decks werden bereitstehen – bring your noise and plug in. Auch Visual Artists sind bei der Jam eingeladen, spontan ihre Laptops an unseren Beamer anzuschließen. Eintritt 8/6€ VVK, 10/8€ AK * Einlass 19:30 Konzert 20:00 (2 Sets) Jamsession ~21.30h (Mvz. 3€) Ende ~ 23:30 Unbestuhltes Event Gefördert durch das Kulturamt Köln und der Initiative Musik.*ermäßigt: Studierende, Schüler*innen, Auszubildende, Menschen mit Behinderung, Köln-Pass Inhaber*innen