October 21 – IMOO #183: TANDEM Trio

Anouck Genthon – violin
Ed Williams – guitar
Tom Malmendier – drums

Taking inspiration from a mix of diverse influences TANDEM meshes contemporary experimental musical influences such as electroacoustic, minimalism and free improvisation.
The trio deploys a large instrumental palette through the improvised gesture, playing music totally oriented towards the present.
Sound and the act of listening constitute the core of this music.

Anouck Genthon is a french violinist improviser and ethnomusicologist based in Geneva, Switzerland. Using her instrument, the violin, in both traditional and extended techniques, her work delves deeply into her own improvised language through sound experience. Active in the field of improvised, experimental and contemporary music, she is actively involved in various projets in France and in Switzerland and she is regularly touring in Europe.
anouckgenthon.com

Ed Williams is a British guitarist and composer active in the Marseille experimental music scene. His approach to improvisation follows on from his training in Classical music theory and Electroacoustic composition.
edwilliams.xyz
edafraux.bandcamp.com

Tom Malmendier is a belgian drummer, obviously self-taught, from the very beginning interested more in sound than in technique, his way to explore and to learn was to play with more and more musicians, everyone who accept actually!
Tom is very active in L’Oeil Kollectif in Liège, Ninglinspo, Nystagmus, Bobby de Nazareth, duo with Cecile Thévenot, duo with Phil Maggi and a lot of other bands…
tomalmendier.wixsite.com