Magnetic Music

 

Info and background on

Batagraf, Magnetic North Orchestra, Siwan and other projects by Jon Balke

e

13th june Concerts with Svante Henryson, Anders Jormin audun Kleive and Jon Balke at festival omodernt in stockholm This website contains information and media covering orchestral creations by Jon Balke. Emerging from the groups of Radka Toneff, Arild Andersen, Eolen, Masqualero, Oslo 13 and other collective projects, Balke started exploring original orchestral concepts with the album Nonsentration (ECMrecords). In 1992 he established the explosive Jøkleba trio with Audun Kleive and Per Jørgensen , and Magnetic North Orchestra, a 13 piece chamber-orchestral approach to improvised music . Magnetic North Orchestra was active until 2005, touring the world as a unit which included guests like Cikada string quartet, Marilyn Mazur, Rubem Dantas, and others. The music of MNO lives on in various collaboration projects like the 1 Magnetic Book project. In 2007 Balke created Siwan, another orchestral adventure, blending Baroque players and musicians from arab traditions including Bjarte Eike, Kamylia Jubran, Kheir Eddine M´Kachiche, and Pedram Khavar Zamini. Another orchestral adventure is Batagraf, a percussion based forum of players, working in various constellations including dance and poetry. An open project which dives into creative thinking about rhythm, language and electronicshttp://www.festivalomodernt.comshapeimage_1_link_0