[Microsound-announce] new release on BiP_HOp ::: Bela Emerson "hespera" [bleep 38]

[Philippe Petit]

bela emerson
« hespera » [bleep 38]

www.bip-hop.com



Excellent: layers of gorgeous, mesmerizing, rumbling hooks

Mark Russell, Mixing It, BBC Radio 3



Bela Emerson is a pioneering electric cellist who performs passionate,  
evocative and completely improvised solo pieces using live processing.  
Her music harnesses many different genres whilst creating noiseworlds  
which are all her own. Bela’s performances are the stuff of legend:  
spontaneous, intense, and exhilarating. She builds layers of rhythm  
and sound from every part of her instrument: sounds are looped, take  
on lives of their own, bounce off each other...the effect, as anyone  
who’s heard her will testify, is mesmeric.

Bela emerges from the DIY arena with Hespera, her fourth solo release  
– the first with BiP_HoP and also the first which comprises self- 
contained studio tracks of seven minutes and under, recorded by Kris  
Weston (aka Thrash) & Grantby.

Bela is a prolific and well-travelled performer who tours extensively  
as a headline act in the UK, Europe, and North America; she’s recently  
also thrilled crowds at Supersonic, Glastonbury, Bestival, and EXPO,  
as well as at many worldwide Ladyfests. She has also performed  
numerous live sessions on Resonance FM, BBC Radio 3, Totally Radio,  
and in Second Life.

In addition to her solo work, Bela has collaborated extensively with  
other musicians – live with Tim Exile, Sten Sandell, Rhodri Davies,  
and  Same Actor (to name but a few), and in the studio with  
Gruenrekorder, Net-Lab, and Strings of Consciousness.  She’s also  
worked with film-makers Tereza Buskova & SchMovies and dancer Anushiye  
Yarnell, plus created many other live soundtracks to film, theatre,  
and cabaret. Studio & live sessions include four with Lianne Hall for  
Radio 1’s John Peel, and recordings with British Sea Power, The  
LoveGods, and Caramel Jack. She also tours worldwide with percussion  
company Stomp.



If anyone really does live by those Things To Do Before You Die lists,  
slot 'see Bela Emerson live' somewhere into the top 50

Julian Owen, Venue magazine



A more captivating, physical performance you are not likely to see

Brighton Source



Bela and her cello exude the intimate intensity of two lovers utterly  
at ease with each other

Jon Seagrave, The Sound Projector

  www.cellobela.com
www.myspace.com/belaemerson



ON THE ROAD:



OCTOBER

thu 16         london, café oto (sprawl event, plus thomas gardner,  
Manuela barczewski) *

fri 17          sheffield, freenoise (plus john russel & the other  
orchestra) *

tues 21        leiden, sub071

wed 22         [day off]

thu   23        amsterdam, occii

fri     24        berlin,  madame claudes

sat    25        berlin,  la moustache

sun   26        leipzig, noch besser leben

mon 27        [day off]

tue   28        krakow, kawiarnia naukowa

wed 29         warsaw, u-f-a

thu   30        [day off/travel]

fri    31         vilnius, xi20



NOVEMBER

sat   01        [day off/travel]

sun  02        wroclaw, crk

mon 03       [day off]

tue   04       prague, v jeleni

wed 05       beroun, jina kava

thu   06       linz, stadtwerkstatt

fri     07        feltre, bandalarga cafe

sat   08        rovato (brescia), c.s. 28 maggio

sun  09         collegno (torino), villa5

mon 10        [day off]

tue   11       [day off]

wed 12        chur, werkstatt (switzerland)

thu   13        geneva, lis vresse

fri    14          lyon, sonic (plus dark dark dark)

sat   15         bordeaux, el inca

sun  16         [day off]

mon 17        barcelona, heliogabal

tue   18         [day off]

wed  19       madrid, little bety

thu   20        oporto, maus habitos

fri     21          lisbon, regueirao dos anjos

fri    28        utrecht tbc

sat 29        amsterdam, perdu

sun 30        leeuwarden, theatre romein


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