HAMPUS LINDWALL is another organist featured in the festival programme. The Paris-based musician is titular organist at the Church of Saint-Esprit, an award-winning organ improviser and a collaborator of artists such as Cory Arcangel, Ellen Arkbro and Stephen O’Malley, on whose label Ideologic Organ his most recent release appeared. Influenced by Xenakis, metal and rave, Lindwall’s playing is electrifying and often stubbornly dissonant. Sounds are partly digitally transformed, partly stacked – triggered via MIDI – into stochastic compositions. Through his intensive engagement with the instrument, Hampus Lindwall has developed a practice that consistently leaves traditional ideas of organ music behind.
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