About Sôftìç
Sôftìç plays improvised music accompanied by improvised visuals.
The music ranges from electronic noisescapes over free-jazz to what sounds like improvised classical music.
The band is inspired by the impro-scenes in New York, Berlin and Tokyo, i.e. people like Paul Bley, Jimmy Guiffre,
Ikue Mori, Keiji Haino, Burkhard Beins a.o.
The visuals are created on a computer using home-made software with quick and intuitive controls that
has an abundance of visual possibilities. Besides a lot of "manual" effects/manipulations, the dynamics
in the music can control the picture directly using microphones. Live-video from cameras on stage can also be
used. This allows for a closer dialog with the improvised music than could be accomplished by just playing
videoclips in random order.
Sôftìç is
Anders Hjort Straarup -
piano, keyboards, electronics
Claus Højensgård -
trumpet, guitar
Marc Lohr -
drums, electronics
Kevin Christensen -
visuals
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