Projekter 2025
Paris Peacock
First test w highrez photo, no sound. The filmographic journey will partly have the function of being a graphic score, partly function as visuals on three big screens, one in each side of the stage, and one in the back.
Graphic score sketch #1
Stage plot for Paris Peacock live performances
Stage plot for Paris Peacock live performances
Paris Peacock, WINGBEATS
TORBEN SNEKKESTAD - saxofoner og reed-trompet / PETER BRUUN - præpareret tapan og mikro percussion / SIMON TOLDAM - præpareret flygel / AUGUST WANNGREN - lyddesign
Video by Andreas Omvik
Link to photographer Levon Biss work: MICROSCULPTURE
Link to Paris Peacock NFT-release: WINGBEATS
FEM RUM
Et stedsspecifikt værk for fire elektroniske musikere
FEM RUM samler fire visionære elektroniske musikere - Julie Østengaard (medlem af XYZ Sound Collective), Mads Brauer (Efterklang), Kim Kristensen (Ildvæverne) og Simon Toldam (medlem af ILK Music) - i et banebrydende samarbejde omkring elektronisk og akustisk lyd. Ensemblet vil opføre Simon Toldam´s værk FEM RUM, en stedsspecifik komposition inspireret af den unikke arkitektur og etos i KU.BE, et innovativt kulturelt knudepunkt på Frederiksberg.
Forestillingen fremhæver synergien mellem rum, lyd, arkitektur og ensemblets innovative kunstneriske evner.
ENSEMBLE
Julie Østengaard - modular synth
Mads Brauer - keyboard/elektronik
Kim Kristensen - keyboard/elektronik
Simon Toldam - keyboard/elektronik
Graphic score for FEM RUM, part 1. Composition: Simon Toldam
Simon Toldam Solo FEM SMÅ STYKKER MED TID
Simon Toldam - klaver
Music: Simon Toldam
Video: Andreas Omvik
Sound: August Wangrenn
Recorded in Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany.
FEM SMÅ STYKKER MED TID
(Five little pieces of time)
Simon Toldam - piano
Humans have long been fascinated by time and space – concepts inspiring millennia of artistic exploration and philosophical reflection.
In the space between activities and motions, between sounds and notes, there is time to digest, time to be curious, and time to be present.
Studies in this field with his trio – resulting in the album Omhu (“Best danish jazzalbum of the year 2019”) – has led him to compose material for solo piano, in order to explore even deeper into this musical mindset. The topic for the music is mellemrum, which translates to gap/space, but there´s a Japanese word that describes it even better:
The Japanese concept of Ma has been described as a pause in time, an interval or emptiness in space. Ma is the time and space life needs to breath, to feel and connect. If we have no time, if our space is restricted, we cannot grow. This universal principle applies to every aspect of life.
The music is displaying Toldam´s musical patience and vibrant timbre, and is recorded in the amazing acoustics of Sendesaal in Bremen, Germany.
ILK351LP - Released as transparent vinyl, in a transparent acrylic cover in a limited edition of 77 handmade and handnumbered copies.
credit: Andreas Omvik
Simon Toldam Trio
Knut Finsrud - trommer / Nils Davidsen - bas / Simon Toldam - klaver
Official music video "Illumination" by Mike Højgaard & Simon Toldam Trio. ©2017 Simon Toldam Music by Simon Toldam Simon Toldam Trio is: Knut Finsrud -- drums Nils Davidsen -- bass Simon Toldam - piano Sound: August Wangrenn Visuals: Mike Højgaard Music recorded Live in Sendesaal, Bremen. simontoldamtrio.com simontoldam.com ilkmusic.com
