For this assignment I have chosen to review Olaf Rupp’s acoustic performance and Atau Tanaka’s much more technological approach to improvisation. I specifically chose to review these two performances because I was fascinated with the way that the artists were able to manipulate their instruments and also the means in which improvisation was carried out.Simalarities [...]
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Andy Shields – Review of Olaf Rupp and Atau Tanaka’s performances
Posted in review, tagged Atau Tanaka, Olaf Rupp on 3 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kanye West and Olaf Rupp Reviews – Project One – John Close
Posted in review, tagged Kanye West, Olaf Rupp, review on 2 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The last concert that I attended involving improvisation was believe or not, the Kanye West concert in Belfast. Of course this was a concert with a planned set-list and during most of the night most of the artists involved were playing their set piece on their respective instruments. But there were a number of factors [...]
Project 1 – REVIEW – Danny McCormack
Posted in review, tagged Cats, Dogs, Olaf Rupp, Pet Food, Rab McCullough on 2 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past 3 months, I have attended a number of concerts in Belfast by a variety of different artists. Although this may not seem strange, and in fact is common within many of my fellow Music Technology students, there has been one noticeable difference in the way that I have appreciated each show. [...]
Review: Atau Tanaka and Olaf Rupp
Posted in review, tagged Atau Tanaka, Olaf Rupp on 2 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the following review I will be comparing the improvisational performances of Olaf Rupp and Atau Tanaka from their performances in the SARC building at Queens. The reason I chose these performances was due to the fact they were widely different from each other, Olaf Rupp playing an acoustic guitar and Atau Tanaka using computer [...]
Review: Olaf Rupp vs Atau Tanaka
Posted in review, tagged Atau Tanaka, Olaf Rupp on 1 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The two concerts I have chosen to review represent the two most contrasting improvisatory performances I have witnessed recently, having only two things in common; both where unrehearsed and without a score, and both were in the SARC centre. Guitarist Olaf Rupp’s performance was one continuous flowing piece, without any real protracted stops or extended [...]
Review: Olaf Rupp vs Andrew Bird
Posted in review, tagged andrew bird, Olaf Rupp on 30 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
During this semester, Andrew Bird and Olaf Rupp performed separately at Queen’s University. The Andrew Bird concert had distinct times when improvisation was a driving force, while the whole of Olaf Rupp’s performance was improvised. The amount and type of improvisation utilized by each performer can be generalized as a set of boundaries, which were [...]
