Learn, collaborate, and be considered for a live remix in the PUNKT festival program.
CreaTeMe is proud to continue the collaboration with the PUNKT Festival, one of the most significant European festivals in contemporary electronic music. For this year’s PUNKT Festival, CreaTeMe is offering an intensive workshop for students from our collaborating universities. The workshop focuses on live sampling, live remixing and listening. Up to eight students participating in the Live Remix Workshop will be selected during the workshop to perform a live remix in the PUNKT Festival program on Thursday or Friday.
Workshop for students
The workshop will include:
• Basic introductions to live sampling and live remixing
• Understanding the PUNKT approach towards listening, music technology, collaboration, improvisation and performance
• Learning to improvise and play with music technology in the PUNKT setting
• Access to the full festival program
People involved:
Tobias Grønnborg aka Doglover95
29-year-old multidisciplinary artist, producer, and composer, working under the alias Doglover95. Based in Oslo. Working with experimental music production, composition, mix/master engineering, sound installations, live electronics, performance, writing, visuals, and creative direction. Recognized for genre- bending solo works, live performances, and commissioned pieces for art exhibitions, film, and theatre.
Alessandra Bossa
Alessandra Bossa is an electronic musician/pianist and composer from Italy, performing all over Europe. Bossa is a lecturer at the Department of Popular Music, University of Agder, where she is also conducting her PhD project. Guided by intuition, exploration, and curiosity, with her roots in classical and contemporary traditions, Alessandra Bossa has embraced the possibilities of electronic music and performance art. Unfolding her unique sonic world through improvisation, creative use of devices and processing of live signals, Alessandra bridges avant-garde, jazz and remixing. Bossa is a PhD candidate at the University of Agder and is leading the Live Electronic course.
Jan Bang
Jan Bang is a Norwegian musician, composer and record producer, known from several albums and collaborations over many years with musicians like Sidsel Endresen, Eivind Aarset, Arve Henriksen, Jon Hassell, and Erik Honoré - the latter of which he co-founded the Punkt festival with in 2005. He is one of Norway’s most accomplished and influential producers and the kind of musical innovator and bridge-builder who consistently manages to balance progressive thinking with popular appeal. He is always looking for ways of moving music and people forward, and by creating new meeting places and musical intersections. Bang is a professor of electronic music at the University of Agder, Norway.
Ingri Jordal Østensen
Ingri Jordal Østensen is a vocalist and composer from Bergen. Her recent work explores live processing as an extension of her voice, and she is constantly seeking new possibilities for artistic expression. She is currently studying for a master's degree in vocals/composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music and she holds a bachelor’s degree in rhythmic music from the University of Agder. Alongside her studies, she develops her solo-project and collaborates with various musicians. Recently, she toured in Europe with Jan Bang, Eivind Aarset, Hamid Drake and Even Røstad.
Preliminary schedule
Tuesday 1.9 from 12:00–18:00
• Basic introductions to live sampling and live remixing
• Group work
• Participants will perform live remixes of a student concert in the evening
Wednesday 2.9 09:00–18:00
• Advanced techniques for improvising and playing with music technology in the PUNKT setting
• Group work
• A second live remix of a student concert in the evening
Thursday 3.9 and Friday 4.9
• Full festival program and seminars
• Concerts
• Live remixes with workshop holders Tobias Grønnborg / Doglover95 and Ingri Jordal with guests
• Selected workshop participants will perform in the live remixes
Saturday 5.9
Full festival program
Apply for the workshop
The workshop is open for all students and teachers that wants to come to Kristiansand to learn.
Students will get access to the full PUNKT Festival program.
International students can apply to have their travel and stay covered.