NEWS
Updated 24/10/08
24th October 2008 - Adam Jansch and live laptop improvisation
As part of Scott Hewitt's Inclusive Improv group a selection of music students at the University of Huddersfield convened at CoffeEvolution in Huddersfield for a live laptop improvisation session. Information, including downloads of the patches created during the session, can be found here.
23rd October 2008 - Music: undefined project gets own domain name
Those interested in Adam Jansch's new PhD project can now access it directly from its own domain name: http://www.musicundefined.com.
15th October 2008 - First SOMP concert a success; new piece online
Yesterday's concert under the name of SOMP (or the Society of Music Postgraduates), featuring a new piece by Adam Jansch, was judged a success. The piece entitled A Ghost in the Machine is now available for hearing in the Music Library.
11th September 2008 - Death/Rebirth now available in Huddersfield record shops
The Lost Zoyd's Death/Rebirth is now available in Huddersfield's independent record shop network at a price of £5. Where are they you ask? Here: Radar Records, Spin Records and Wall of Sound Records.
31st August 2008 - Update on 'The Chaos Engine' and new photographs to view
A significant direction change in The Lost Zoyd follow up album 'The Chaos Engine' has been documented at Adam Jansch's Myspace blog. He has also added several of his new photographs to the Photography section.
23rd June 2008 - Adam Jansch: V4 section change - a welcome to Music: undefined
In a major change to Adam Jansch: V4 the Concept Centre section has been replaced by a portal to Adam Jansch's new PhD research project entitled Music: undefined. The project, which should begin this October, will aim to provide a framework within which music with open form can be composed, shared, distributed and disseminated.
22nd June 2008 - The first Adam Jansch interview - translated
As promised a translation of Adam Jansch's first interview, covering part of the relationship between himself and his father, into English has been completed and can be accessed at www.rock6070.com. Many thanks go out to Béatrice André for setting up the interview as well as translating it!
25th May 2008 - Photography at Adam Jansch: V4
As part of a structural change to the Adam Jansch: V4 Media Room the media sections have been rejigged, with the Visual section being renamed Graphic Art and an all new Photography section, replacing the previously incomplete Creative Writing section.
12th May 2008 - Adam Jansch and the PhD
It has been confirmed that come October this year Adam Jansch will be in full research mode having started a PhD at the University of Huddersfield. His research project, unofficially labelled 'Music: undefined', will look at the creation and dissemination of open form music in the digital age.
4th May 2008 - The first Adam Jansch interview
Adam Jansch has been interviewed alongside his father Bert Jansch for an article at www.rock6070.com. Covering subjects from The Lost Zoyd to internet music distribution the interview also focusses on Adam's relationship with his father. Currently in French the interview can be viewed on the web or as a PDF, and will be available in English soon.
2nd March 2008 - The next album of The Lost Zoyd
Having finalised the concept for the next work of The Lost Zoyd, its creation has began. Details are scant thus far, what is known is that it is the sequel to Death/Rebirth and seeks to conclude the plot it laid out. Its working title is 'The Chaos Engine'.
15th February 2008 - Adam Jansch featured in the Frome Times
In promoting his latest album, Death/Rebirth, Adam Jansch has been featured in Frome's ubiquitous journal The Frome Times. For those interested Death/Rebirth is available from Frome's own music haven, Raves from the Grave, for £5.
21st November 2007 - Death/Rebirth is now available on the iTunes Store
Thanks to the help of CD Baby the latest Adam Jansch album, Death/Rebirth, is now up on the iTunes Store for download. Do note the CD version, available from CD Baby or Adam Jansch: V4, is cheaper!
18th November 2007 - Max/MSP downloads added to Adam Jansch: V4
The expansion of Adam Jansch: V4 continues: downloads of the Max/MSP projects featured in the Media Room are up, so anyone interested in Max/MSP should take a look.
17th November 2007 - The Lost Zoyd - Death/Rebirth now available at CD Baby
Death/Rebirth is now available for purchase in CD form or as MP3 download at CD Baby for $10. This purchase option is recommended for those based in the Americas.
12th November 2007 - Adam Jansch: V4 Media Room now open
As of today the Adam Jansch: V4 Media Room is open, with Visual and Max/MSP Projects currently on show.
10th November 2007 - Hydletts Zoo album available for free download
Now available for free download is Adam Jansch's ambient album, Passage Through Mysterious Forests. Made under the name Hydletts Zoo, it is a showcase of Jansch's experimental side, created mainly in Max/MSP.
4th November 2007 - The Lost Zoyd - Death/Rebirth release
Adam Jansch's new album, under the name The Lost Zoyd, has been released. Death/Rebirth is the story of one man's escape from the oppressive regime he is forced to endure. Costing £5 it is available via this website through PayPal and should soon be available through CD Baby for those based in the US.
3rd November 2007 - Adam Jansch : V4 is now online
Today sees the latest version of the Adam Jansch website go online. A revised way of viewing information and a clear user interface await, so go and explore. Check out the Concept Centre and free downloads of Jansch's older work.
PERFORMANCES
Updated 22/02/09
5th March 2009 - GEMDays 2 at University of Huddersfield.
Adam Jansch's Vortex will be opening the Thursday night of GEMDays 2 in the University of Huddersfield's Phipps Hall at 7.30pm, with the main (acousmatic) stage being taken by electroacoustic composer Barry Truax. Admission is free.
27th November 2008 - Laptop improvisation at CoffeEvolution, Huddersfield.
As part of Scott Hewitt's Inclusive Improv coffee shop series Adam Jansch will don his Max/MSP hat in a laptop improvisation session at CoffeEvolution in Huddersfield town centre. It starts at 7pm, so come listen and relax.
14th October 2008 - SOMP 1 at the University of Huddersfield.
The Society of Music Postgraduates, or SOMP, showcase a gamut of pieces in their first concert of the 2008 academic year at St. Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, and Jansch's A Ghost in the Machine will be amongst them. The concert begins at 1.15pm.
10th March 2007 - Geronimo at Arch 1 in Waterloo, London.
As part of a special and slightly impromptu line up, Adam Jansch will be bass player for Geronimo, a quintet put together by Chris Dowding. Expect the unexpected as they play at the Arch 1 bar just outside Waterloo station.
14th December 2006 - Breath of Light begins.
Breath of Light is the name given to a light installation conceived by Rebecca Nassauer and designed by Adam Jansch. It will be running for 3 months in the reception courtyard at the Royal Brompton Hospital in South Kensington, London.
12th October 2006 - Third EMS Concert at Goldsmiths.
For the first Goldsmiths' Electronic Music Studio Concert of the new academic year Adam Jansch will be breaking out a special multi-speaker version of 'The Passage Through Mysterious Forests', part of the experimental album Passage Through Mysterious Forests by Hydletts Zoo.
3rd October 2006 - Music for Dance at Laban, Deptford.
Hear Adam's music as backdrop to a dance performance choreographed and performed by Sarah-Louise Spies at Laban in Deptford.
12th August 2006 - Goldsmiths Composers at The Space, Docklands.
Organised by the MMus Composition Studio students of Goldsmiths College, The Space hosts a multimedia concert featuring an interactive installation, dance and surround sound pieces. To this Adam Jansch brings 'Vortex', his multi-channel soundscape, played previously at Goldsmiths College.
15th June 2006 - Second EMS Concert at Goldsmiths.
Goldsmiths College's Great Hall again plays host to the Electronic Music Studio Concert, of which Adam Jansch's Vortex surround sound piece (previously called 'X') makes up part.
26th March 2006 - Telegraph Hill Festival - Open Studio.
As part of the Telegraph Hill Festival, in New Cross London, Adam Jansch's living room will be opened up to public to showcase his work. Details of what he will show are unknown, but it will be audio-based. Also, his housemates Nicholas Allott and Jui Chu Hsu will have their own works on show.
24th February 2006 - EMS Concert at Goldsmiths.
Adam Jansch will be having his first multi-speaker piece played at the Goldsmiths' Electronic Music Studio Concert. Come to the Great Hall for 7.30pm to hear pieces by the students of Goldsmiths, including Jansch's 'X'.
12th June 2005 - The Inventec Encounter play at Invention Arts, Bath.
A special one this, a one-off gig put together by Adam Jansch and Pee Wee Ellis will occur at Invention Arts in Bath. Called The Inventec Encounter, the gig will consist of a range of pieces written specially for the event and also include a live set by the astounding Graham Garside on guitar.
26th March 2004 - Three Piece Suite at Electric Spring, Huddersfield.
Taking place during Huddersfield's Electric Spring festival will be Three Piece Suite, an electronic live performance by Adam Jansch, Keith Forryan and Christina Lockwood that will be slightly different.
BIOGRAPHY
Updated 15/10/08
Born in London in November 1981, Adam Jansch grew up around music, being the son of influential acoustic guitarist Bert Jansch. Through school he performed in various bands playing keyboard, guitar or bass guitar.
In 1997, after moving to Frome in Somerset, Adam became bass player for rock band 77th Cow, headed by Alastair O'Kane. This proved to be an excellent introduction to performance outside of the school setting and led, in 1998, to Adam forming Bellefield with fellow Cow guitarist Matt Keen and new boy Nick Baron on drums. The trio performed from home town Frome all the way to Totnes in Devon, and recorded a five-track EP entitled Rode.
At this time Adam had started a Music Technology course at City of Bath College and created a solo project. In 2000 the Rev Forty project was born, and over the next two years three LPs were realised: The Day Stars Collide (2001), Conquering Green Mountain (2001) and One Certain Dark (2002).
2001 saw Adam start an undergraduate degree in Music Technology at the University of Huddersfield and the introduction of previously unconsidered approaches and techniques saw him change his musical direction. The underdeveloped ideas of Rev Forty became disillusioning and Adam mothballed the project. During this time Adam collaborated with fellow student Nick Dawe on The Flat 39 Project and had also been keeping up on the bass guitar, having performed with his father on several occasions. Also, his bass playing had made its way onto two of his father's albums: Crimson Moon and Edge of a Dream.
2004 was a significant year for Adam, having completed his degree, composed a new album and performed more than he ever had. For a university project Adam set himself the task of writing a 30-minute album using Cycling 74's Max/MSP programming language as the main composing tool. Written under the name Hydletts Zoo, Passage Through Mysterious Forests (2004) is an ambient and minimal work whose electronic underpinnings produce a haunting and unsettling atmosphere.
On the performance side, Adam was the regular bass player for Battered Soul, a covers band organized by Andrew Lindo. He also started up The Nursery Crymes, managing to secure a slot at Glastonbury Festival's Avalon Café stage. Finally a performance as part of the Electric Spring Festival in Huddersfield saw Adam and fellow students Keith Forryan and Christina Lockwood perform Three Piece Suite, an electronic music performance played out on the set of a living room.
In 2005 Adam took the opportunity to continue studying, taking up a Masters in Studio Composition at Goldsmiths College, London. Notably, perhaps his strongest piece came from this period, the menacing multi-speaker Vortex. More significant though was the creation of The Lost Zoyd, a replacement for the obsoleted Rev Forty, and a consolidation of old and new pieces has produced the first album of the new project: Death/Rebirth (2007).
Following his time in London, Adam moved back to Huddersfield to continue his studies, developing ideas first conceived at Goldsmiths, leading to the foundation of the Music: Undefined project. Investigating open form music within a digital framework, the project will be Adam's main focus for the next three years, alongside other musical and artistic ventures.
CV
Updated 15/10/08
STUDIO MUSIC PROJECTS
The Lost Zoyd (2004 - present)
Hydletts Zoo (2004 - present)
Rev Forty (2000 - 2003)
MUSIC PROJECTS
Geronimo (2007): Bass guitar
The Inventec Encounter (2005): Composition, electronics and bass guitar
Battered Soul (2003 - 2004): Bass guitar
The Flat 39 Project (2003): Vocals and bass guitar
Bellefield (1998 - 1999): Song writing, bass guitar and vocals
77th Cow (1997 - 1998): Bass guitar
SESSION MUSICIAN
Bert Jansch: Bass guitar and keyboards
ALBUM ARTWORK
The Lost Zoyd: Death/Rebirth
Hydletts Zoo: Passage Through Mysterious Forests
Rev Forty: Three albums
Bert Jansch: Two albums
Alternative Electronic: Two University of Huddersfield compilations
WEB
Adam Jansch : V4: The Adam Jansch Website
Aldivina: Website for performance artist Julie Thérond
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS
Breath of Light (2007): Light installation
Sarah Spies at Laban (2006): Music for dance performance
Three Piece Suite (2004): Multiple-piece electronic performance
