IGNITE
Casey Moir - Voice and effects
Johan Moir - Double Bass & Objects
Listen: https://hearhererecords.bandcamp.com/album/ignition
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiZLHPcQHmg&list=PLPYQXiFbgWDzow_04fkzORd9D0n7l3do9
A sparkle of sound ignites. Pedals capture, contort and distort. Soundscapes emerge. The bow sings. All things are intricately woven together, captivating space and enticing with intrigue. IGNITE is an organic meeting of the embellished double bass with the amplified extended voice, steered with careful intent through a web of cables, pedals and objects to construct spontaneous composition.
‘the album is a prime example of how music that ventures toward the extreme can remain appealing on multiple levels’ ‘It is also a prime example of genre-breaking avant-garde music’
Avant Music News
Guilherme Rodrigues / Johan Moir duo
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello, Objects
Johan Moir - Double Bass and Objects
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgUr-yvPU40
Listen: http://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mvcScreen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=25501
With the use of extended techniques, preparations, harmonics and multiphonics the duo of Johan Moir & Guilherme Rodrigues dives into a myriad of sound exploration. By letting small sounds and minimalistic movements be central in the music, they dwell in soundscapes where the cello and double bass can intwine, merging as one entity, creating a singular new identity.
Johan Moir and Guilherme Rodrigues met while they were both residing in Berlin 2016 and has since then collaborated together. The duo recorded their debut Album “Hollow Wood” at Studio Boerne in Berlin, which was released at Creative Sources in April 2018.
“Rodrigues and Johan investigate the outer limits of the hollow wood of their instruments, with great focus on detail and remarkable discipline. Their instruments become an imaginative sound generators, producing a rich palette of sounds” “But more often these mad scientists of bows and strings sound as attempting to decipher an incantation to a higher sonic enlightenment, No doubt, they are on the right way. (Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts)
Johan Moir Ensemble
(no longer active)
(no longer active)
Johan Moir - Double Bass, Compositions
Casey Moir - Voice
Naoko Sakata - Piano
Malin Wättring - Saxophone
Carl-Johan Groth - Drums
listen: https://hearhererecords.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-shadows
watch: www.youtube.com/johanmoir
”Johan Moir Ensemble” plays original compositions that draw on influences from European jazz and improvisational music. This said, they are not afraid of mixing the old with the new to find fresh and interesting group sounds that venture into otherwise uncharted territory. Their compositions are based on strong melodies, challenging harmonies, changing dynamics and clear contrasts. The groups’ interactive and intuitive approach allows them to play unhindered and to collectively interpret the essence of a piece.
The group recorded its debut album in November 2014 at Epidemin Studios, which was digitally released in October 2015 and released on limited vinyl April 2016.
Casey Moir - Voice
Naoko Sakata - Piano
Malin Wättring - Saxophone
Carl-Johan Groth - Drums
listen: https://hearhererecords.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-shadows
watch: www.youtube.com/johanmoir
”Johan Moir Ensemble” plays original compositions that draw on influences from European jazz and improvisational music. This said, they are not afraid of mixing the old with the new to find fresh and interesting group sounds that venture into otherwise uncharted territory. Their compositions are based on strong melodies, challenging harmonies, changing dynamics and clear contrasts. The groups’ interactive and intuitive approach allows them to play unhindered and to collectively interpret the essence of a piece.
The group recorded its debut album in November 2014 at Epidemin Studios, which was digitally released in October 2015 and released on limited vinyl April 2016.
SVELIA
(no longer active)
(no longer active)
Casey Moir (SWE/AUS): Voice
Reuben Lewis (AUS): Trumpet
Luke Sweeting (AUS): Piano
Johan Moir (SWE): Double Bass
Aidan Lowe (AUS): Drums
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/svelia
Watch: www.youtube.com/sveliaband
Email: [email protected]
From north to south the members of this band have gathered to form this collaboration of five Swedish & Australian musicians. Together they fuse the spontaneous with the unconventional, composition with open interpretation and allow their intuitive joint expression to intricately weave it all together in some form of coherent chaos.
While on tour in Sweden, Germany and Poland, SVELIA surprised their audiences as they “frame the liberating madness of free expression within the form of song”. In Krakow, Poland it was quoted that “Svelia's music happens on fringes of a variety of styles - radical improvisation is countered by tricky and disciplined compositions, bursting energy by heartbreaking lyricism, hard-edged harmonies by melodies that will haunt your mind in sleep”
SVELIA celebrated the release of their debut album 'Live @ Alchemia' with a tour in Australia in January as well as recorded their first Studio Album at SingSing Studios in Melbourne, which was released in May 2015 and celebrated with an European tour as well as an Australian tour in December 2015.
Reuben Lewis (AUS): Trumpet
Luke Sweeting (AUS): Piano
Johan Moir (SWE): Double Bass
Aidan Lowe (AUS): Drums
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/svelia
Watch: www.youtube.com/sveliaband
Email: [email protected]
From north to south the members of this band have gathered to form this collaboration of five Swedish & Australian musicians. Together they fuse the spontaneous with the unconventional, composition with open interpretation and allow their intuitive joint expression to intricately weave it all together in some form of coherent chaos.
While on tour in Sweden, Germany and Poland, SVELIA surprised their audiences as they “frame the liberating madness of free expression within the form of song”. In Krakow, Poland it was quoted that “Svelia's music happens on fringes of a variety of styles - radical improvisation is countered by tricky and disciplined compositions, bursting energy by heartbreaking lyricism, hard-edged harmonies by melodies that will haunt your mind in sleep”
SVELIA celebrated the release of their debut album 'Live @ Alchemia' with a tour in Australia in January as well as recorded their first Studio Album at SingSing Studios in Melbourne, which was released in May 2015 and celebrated with an European tour as well as an Australian tour in December 2015.
