Julian Bonequi
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Julian Bonequi is a Mexican
artist working mostly with Noise
and Improvisation
and 3d computer graphics
He plays the drums, and experiments with electronics and voice to create a rhythmic environment much richer in atmospheres and harmonic flow situations. He plays in the FOCO Orchestra, and create with Dave Tucker and Ricardo Tejero the project Machinations of Joy
Julian Bonequi established himself in Barcelona within the Spanish improvisation free jazz music scene since 2004, but has since also performed with a wide range of musicians working in diverse musical areas since he lived in Mexico. He has performed as guest with the London Improvisers Orchestra as electronic voice, attracted by the roots of free improvisation
From 1995 to 2000 he participated in several projects of folklore
, Rock in Opposition
and psychodelia in Mexico City.
, psycodelia, stone rock and progressive rock
projects, but always trying to give 100% importance to the freedom that improvisation gives to music.
He played with Humus (band)
that was founded in 1987 by Jorge Beltrán (guitar, keyboards) and Victor Basurto the full fledged bassist. Both of them, are formers musician of many other important Mexican bands, as Frolic Froth
, Smoking The Century Away
, Euphoric Darkness, Loch Ness
and Semefo. Since 1997 Westminster became more or less the permanent drummer of Humus, who was preceded by Julian Bonequi (1998–2000) when Jorge Beltrán invited Bonequi to made important contributions to different albums(not yet released).
In 1999 he met Decibel (band). Decibel were a rare exception to the prog acts of the 1978 period in Mexico, and were well versed in European groups such as Faust
, Magma
, Gong
, and the Italian prog masters Il Balletto di Bronzo
. The lineup centered around keyboardist Carlos Robledo and the bassist Walter Schmidt
. So he found finally a place for improve his skills and experiment more. With them Julian Bonequi perform in the First International Festival of Progressive Rock in Mexico City, with Magma and Gong also in the program.
And the next year, in March 2000 in a concert in the Museum Ex-Teresa Arte Actual in the historic centre of Mexico City, they celebrated the 25th anniversary and present the CD release named Fortuna Virilis, in addition to a retrospective with the work done since 1974. This concert is included in the three-disc box Fiat Lux, and it was the last time Decibel, this legendary Mexican band of Rock In Opposition play together without Javier Baviera, or Jaime Castaneda
, but with Julian Bonequi on drums and Juan Carlos Ruiz on bassoon, former musician of Nazca
, and leader of Culto Sin Nombre
The same year, in 2000, the Israeli Label, MIO Records produced a 3-disc box called Fiat Lux. The complete recordings. 1977 - 2000, which contains all the studio albums of Decibel, and plus live material and rarities of unedited material. And a small booklet of 28 pages with pictures of the beginnings of the band. Also this box contained the 25th anniversary concert at Ex-Teresa Arte Actual.
With Metaconciencia Julian Bonequi recorded the first album "Bestiario
" in 2003 published by the French record label MUSEA
Records. The critics received well this music work. A rhythm section perform a colourful and warm instrumental rock with multiple influences: Seventies Progressive rock, jazz-rock, Mexican music The music presented in Bestiario is quite intensive all of which is accompanied by quite an extraordinary drumming.
In the edition of the Festival Hurta Cordel, celebrated the last week of January 2009, FOCO was conducted by New York experimental jazz composer& musician, William Parker, and they present together in the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. In 2010 the conductor was the improviser legend, Keith Tippett.
. Audition Records documents the development of Improvisation in Europe by both native musicians and international ones who have settled here— musicians whose curiosity extends their sonority concepts all over the world.
Julian Bonequi, resident artist at NK
Projekt in 2010, an artist run independent non-profit organization that is dedicated to Sound Arts in Berlin, taking part in the creation and support of a "culture" with a focus on experimental music. Bonequi announced NK as new collaborator of Audition Records, and they decided together to publish selected concerts and performances in agreement with the artists.
announced a new collaboration with re:kontruKt Istanbul Label after a recording with Korhan Futacı (voice, sax, zurna), Umut Çağlar (guitar), Barlas Tan Özemek (guitar) & Yasemin Mori (voice on track 4 & 5), catalogued re044: The Sun, the Moon & the Stars. Umut Caglar is the curator and project manager of re:konstrukt label.
as part from one of the strongest scenes happening in Vienna and working hard since eleven years ago in Austria. Conversations with Dieb13
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Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
artist working mostly with Noise
Noise
In common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound. In both analog and digital electronics, noise is random unwanted perturbation to a wanted signal; it is called noise as a generalisation of the acoustic noise heard when listening to a weak radio transmission with significant electrical noise...
and Improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
and 3d computer graphics
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
He plays the drums, and experiments with electronics and voice to create a rhythmic environment much richer in atmospheres and harmonic flow situations. He plays in the FOCO Orchestra, and create with Dave Tucker and Ricardo Tejero the project Machinations of Joy
Julian Bonequi established himself in Barcelona within the Spanish improvisation free jazz music scene since 2004, but has since also performed with a wide range of musicians working in diverse musical areas since he lived in Mexico. He has performed as guest with the London Improvisers Orchestra as electronic voice, attracted by the roots of free improvisation
From 1995 to 2000 he participated in several projects of folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
, Rock in Opposition
Rock in Opposition
Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music...
and psychodelia in Mexico City.
Early life
Since 1995 he played in a lot of punkPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, psycodelia, stone rock and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
projects, but always trying to give 100% importance to the freedom that improvisation gives to music.
He played with Humus (band)
Humus (band)
-Early history:Humus was founded in 1987 by Jorge Beltran as a one man band, where he played all instruments in home recordings made through the ping pong recording technique. He chose the name "Humus" based the earthy, humus-like sound caused by sound degradation caused by the reduction mixing...
that was founded in 1987 by Jorge Beltrán (guitar, keyboards) and Victor Basurto the full fledged bassist. Both of them, are formers musician of many other important Mexican bands, as Frolic Froth
Frolic Froth
Frolic Froth is a psychedelic band formed in Mexico City by members Victor Basurto and Arturo López of Loch Ness, and Jorge Beltrán from Humus...
, Smoking The Century Away
Smoking the Century Away
Smoking The Century Away is a psychedelic band from Mexico. It was conceived by Jorge Beltran and Victor Basurto as a special project that would detach from the sound of previous bands they had played and recorded with in the past, namely Loch Ness, Humus, Frolic Froth, and Semefo.All these bands...
, Euphoric Darkness, Loch Ness
Loch Ness
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
and Semefo. Since 1997 Westminster became more or less the permanent drummer of Humus, who was preceded by Julian Bonequi (1998–2000) when Jorge Beltrán invited Bonequi to made important contributions to different albums(not yet released).
In 1999 he met Decibel (band). Decibel were a rare exception to the prog acts of the 1978 period in Mexico, and were well versed in European groups such as Faust
Faust (band)
Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...
, Magma
Magma
Magma is a mixture of molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets. Besides molten rock, magma may also contain suspended crystals and dissolved gas and sometimes also gas bubbles. Magma often collects in...
, Gong
Gong
A gong is an East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat metal disc which is hit with a mallet....
, and the Italian prog masters Il Balletto di Bronzo
Il Balletto di Bronzo
Il Balletto di Bronzo was an Italian progressive rock band from Naples. They formed in the mid 1960s, and released two albums, Sirio 2222 and Ys, before disbanding in 1973....
. The lineup centered around keyboardist Carlos Robledo and the bassist Walter Schmidt
Walter Schmidt
Walter Schmidt is a retired male hammer thrower from West Germany, who was one of the leading athletes in his discipline in the 1970s, setting two world records. He ended up in fifth place at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:*...
. So he found finally a place for improve his skills and experiment more. With them Julian Bonequi perform in the First International Festival of Progressive Rock in Mexico City, with Magma and Gong also in the program.
And the next year, in March 2000 in a concert in the Museum Ex-Teresa Arte Actual in the historic centre of Mexico City, they celebrated the 25th anniversary and present the CD release named Fortuna Virilis, in addition to a retrospective with the work done since 1974. This concert is included in the three-disc box Fiat Lux, and it was the last time Decibel, this legendary Mexican band of Rock In Opposition play together without Javier Baviera, or Jaime Castaneda
Jaime Castañeda
Jaime Alberto Castañeda Ortega is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for a Colombian team called UNE-EPM.- Palmares :...
, but with Julian Bonequi on drums and Juan Carlos Ruiz on bassoon, former musician of Nazca
Nazca
Nazca is a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the name of the region's largest existing town in the Nazca Province. It is also the name applied to the Nazca culture that flourished in the area between 300 BC and AD 800...
, and leader of Culto Sin Nombre
The same year, in 2000, the Israeli Label, MIO Records produced a 3-disc box called Fiat Lux. The complete recordings. 1977 - 2000, which contains all the studio albums of Decibel, and plus live material and rarities of unedited material. And a small booklet of 28 pages with pictures of the beginnings of the band. Also this box contained the 25th anniversary concert at Ex-Teresa Arte Actual.
With Metaconciencia Julian Bonequi recorded the first album "Bestiario
Bestiario
Bestiario is a book of 8 short stories written by Julio Cortázar.-Stories:* “Casa tomada”* “Carta a una señorita en París”* “Lejana”* “Ómnibus”* “Cefalea”* “Circe”* “Las puertas del cielo”* “Bestiario”...
" in 2003 published by the French record label MUSEA
Musea
Musea Records is a non-profit [for the label's bands] musician-owned French record label dedicated to progressive rock. It was founded in 1985 by Bernard Gueffier and Francis Grosse, along with a small team of friends - Daniel Adt, Alain Juliac, Alain Robert, Thierry Sportouche, Jean-Claude...
Records. The critics received well this music work. A rhythm section perform a colourful and warm instrumental rock with multiple influences: Seventies Progressive rock, jazz-rock, Mexican music The music presented in Bestiario is quite intensive all of which is accompanied by quite an extraordinary drumming.
Spain/London
Since 2007, based in Barcelona, he played as drummer and percussionist with the FOCO Orchestra of Madrid. An active member of the Collective of Spanish improvisers Musicalibre and the FOCO Orchestra. Guest of London Improvisers Orchestra (2008–2009) in the 10th Anniversary of LIO and in Freedom of the City Festival at Conway Hall (voice/electronics).In the edition of the Festival Hurta Cordel, celebrated the last week of January 2009, FOCO was conducted by New York experimental jazz composer& musician, William Parker, and they present together in the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. In 2010 the conductor was the improviser legend, Keith Tippett.
Berlin
Edu Comelles ( Coordinator and Creator of Audiotalaia ) a Catalan Sound Artist living in Valencia, and Julian Bonequi ( Project manager and curator ) living since 2010 in Berlin. They decided to create Audition RecordsAudition Records
Audition Records is e-magazine project born in Berlin in 2010. Audition Records focusing efforts on publishing and promoting artists working on sound improvisation and electroacoustic music....
. Audition Records documents the development of Improvisation in Europe by both native musicians and international ones who have settled here— musicians whose curiosity extends their sonority concepts all over the world.
Julian Bonequi, resident artist at NK
NK
NK may refer to:*Nagorno-Karabakh*Natural killer cell*Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews*New Kingdom*North Korea*Northrup-King Seed Company*Nippon Kaiji Kyokai*Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden...
Projekt in 2010, an artist run independent non-profit organization that is dedicated to Sound Arts in Berlin, taking part in the creation and support of a "culture" with a focus on experimental music. Bonequi announced NK as new collaborator of Audition Records, and they decided together to publish selected concerts and performances in agreement with the artists.
Istanbul
Audition RecordsAudition Records
Audition Records is e-magazine project born in Berlin in 2010. Audition Records focusing efforts on publishing and promoting artists working on sound improvisation and electroacoustic music....
announced a new collaboration with re:kontruKt Istanbul Label after a recording with Korhan Futacı (voice, sax, zurna), Umut Çağlar (guitar), Barlas Tan Özemek (guitar) & Yasemin Mori (voice on track 4 & 5), catalogued re044: The Sun, the Moon & the Stars. Umut Caglar is the curator and project manager of re:konstrukt label.
Vienna
New documents collected in Vienna are published in Audition RecordsAudition Records
Audition Records is e-magazine project born in Berlin in 2010. Audition Records focusing efforts on publishing and promoting artists working on sound improvisation and electroacoustic music....
as part from one of the strongest scenes happening in Vienna and working hard since eleven years ago in Austria. Conversations with Dieb13
Dieb13
Dieb13 is the performing name of Dieter Kovačič, a Viennese based avant-garde musician. He has also performed under the names Takeshi Fumimoto, Echelon, Dieter Bohlen, and dieb14. After appearing on several compilations documenting the burgeoning Viennese avant-garde scene of the late 1990s, he...
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Krems
From the 14th to 24 February in 2011 Julian lead a workshop for the 8B from the Borg Krems. There he showed the students how to work in Mudbox and what they could do in Maya. As a present he received a bottle of wine.Improvised Music
- Sangre AztecaSangre AztecaSangre Azteca is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Sangre Azteca's real name is not reveal in public, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the...
Recorded at NKNKNK may refer to:*Nagorno-Karabakh*Natural killer cell*Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews*New Kingdom*North Korea*Northrup-King Seed Company*Nippon Kaiji Kyokai*Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden...
- Berlin (2011) - Reptilian Mambo Recorded at The Hodge Podge St. (2011)
- Angry Lords Recorded at NKNKNK may refer to:*Nagorno-Karabakh*Natural killer cell*Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews*New Kingdom*North Korea*Northrup-King Seed Company*Nippon Kaiji Kyokai*Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden...
, Air-Krems, Discordian Records (2011) - Comechingones Recorded at The Hodge Podge St. (2011)
- The Third MindThe Third MindThe Third Mind is a book by Beat Generation novelist William S. Burroughs and artist/poet/novelist Brion Gysin. First published in a French-language edition in 1977, it was first published in English in 1978....
Recorded at The Hodge Podge St. (2011) - Ultraspeißer Recorded at NKNKNK may refer to:*Nagorno-Karabakh*Natural killer cell*Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews*New Kingdom*North Korea*Northrup-King Seed Company*Nippon Kaiji Kyokai*Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden...
, (2011) - ar027 Pandillismo Recorded at Hurta Cordel (2010)
- 044 The Sun, The Moon & The Stars Recorded at re:konstruKt Istanbul (2011)
- arm001 Matarratas Recorded at NK Projekt (2010)
- Tabla y Cuchillo Recorded at Rupprechtstraße 20 (2011)
- Berlin Improvisers Orchestra Recorded at WendelWendelWendel is the name of* Elmarie Wendel , an American actress* Johnathan Wendel , professional gamer also known as Fatal1ty* Joseph Wendel , archbishop of the diocese of Munich and Freising* Wendel Clark, ice hockey player...
, Berlin (2010) - NK Rekordings Recorded at NK Projekt, Berlin (2010)
- Machinations of Joy. "Audiotalaia Netlabel" Music Technology GroupMusic Technology GroupThe Music Technology Group is a research group of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona...
St. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona (2010) - Los Idiotes "A.M.P. Records" Music Technology GroupMusic Technology GroupThe Music Technology Group is a research group of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona...
St. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona-Mexico(2009) - DecibelDecibelThe decibel is a logarithmic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity relative to a specified or implied reference level. A ratio in decibels is ten times the logarithm to base 10 of the ratio of two power quantities...
Fiat Lux, The complete recordings. 1977 to 2000. "MIO Records". Israel (2000) - Hans Tammen - Ursel Schlicht Statements en Mexico. CONACULTA and Fundación BBVA Bancomer (2000)
NetCompilations
- New Weird Berlin Compilation Recorded at NK Projekt (2010)
- Julian Bonequi & Eduardo Melendez. "Sous les pieds Remix Project". Headphonica NetLabel. France(2009)
- Julian Bonequi & Kenji Siratori "Mandorla Autum Net Project" (2009)
NetCollaborations
- Sara Herculano SHHHHH! "A.M.P. Record Label" Spain-Mexico (2009)
- The Beauty Noise Featuring Kenji Siratori "AMP Records" (2009)
Guest/Releases
- Híbridos José Luis Fernández Ledesma "Luna Records" Mexico(2007)
- La Paciencia de Job "Musea Records". Les Classiques du Futur. France(2004)
- Metaconciencia Bestiario, "Musea Records" France (2003)
- Smoking the Century AwaySmoking the Century AwaySmoking The Century Away is a psychedelic band from Mexico. It was conceived by Jorge Beltran and Victor Basurto as a special project that would detach from the sound of previous bands they had played and recorded with in the past, namely Loch Ness, Humus, Frolic Froth, and Semefo.All these bands...
"Nuggetphase Records". The Netherlands(2001)