Mn'JAM experiment

ABOUT

Mn'JAM experiment is a multi-medium performance that places visual arts and music at the same level in an environment where performers' interactivity goes way beyond instruments and music and reaches out to the visual and digital world.

If you zoom in on the music, you’ll find a mix between empirical and rationally constructed elements; between acoustic, electric and electronic instruments; urban rhythms and traditional melodies, vocal loops and guitar solos, turntables and acoustic drums.

Concentrating on the visuals in the performance, they are analogously a product of pre-composed material and live manipulation, mostly carried out by the guy behind the turntables. He is able to instantaneously control the images using the turntables and a series of pads and buttons thus not only syncing the visuals with the music in real time but also being able to improvise and “comp” visually.

Overall, the combination and correlation between sound and image makes this performance a clear-cut synthetic experience.

In a nutshell, this project is shaping the future of performances when it comes to roles and possibilities within musical settings and is literally a groundbreaking platform in jazz.

M has a live looping workshop exploring looping with a band and new harmonic and rhythmic possibilities Click to know more →

M workshop

JAM has a workshop where audio and images made by the participants are used in the actual live show! Click to know more →

JAM workshop

If you want to have access to the live show and/or album Press information Click to know more →

Press

This black PVC sleeve cover is based on the visuals of the head-bopping opening tune R2D2. You also need the sleeve to decode the text. Click on image to buy →

This cover is an emulation of the Moiré effect (created when sliding off the cover) present in the third tune, Fairytale. Click on image to buy →

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Our CD/DVD combo is now here on sale via PayPal. You just have to choose the artwork you like the most (the content is the same in both).

VIDEOS

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PHOTOS

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@ Splendor - Amsterdam, NL

Album "Live with a boom"

Album "Live with a Boom"

Mn'JAM experiment - promotional photo

@ Gokarna - Jazzmandu festival, NEPAL

@ Splendor - Amsterdam, NL

Album "Live with a Boom"

@ Splendor - Amsterdam, NL

Caption from DVD "Live with a Boom"

@ Grounds - Rotterdam, NL - Photo by iKia.nu

@ Grounds - Rotterdam, NL - Photo by iKia.nu

@ Gokarna - Jazzmandu festival, NEPAL

Mn'JAM experiment - promotional photo

@ Gokarna - Jazzmandu festival, NEPAL

29.09.2017 CAIRO JAZZ FESTIVAL, Cairo, EG

30.09.2017 ROOM ART SPACE, Cairo, EG

01.10.2017 BETON7, Athens, GR

25.03.2017 JAZZTIVAL, Alkmaar, NL

13.04.2017 MLADI LADI JAZZFESTIVAL Prague,CZ

02.05.2017 JAZZLAB, Hamburg, DE

26.11.2016 Grensverkenningen festival, Haarlem, NL

06.11.2016 So what's next festival, Eindhoven, NL

28.10.2016 Grounds, Rotterdam NL

26.10.2016 Jazzmandu Finale, Nepal

25.10.2016 Jazz at Patan, Jazzmandu Nepal

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11.12.2017 JAZZ MOZAIC FESTIVAL, Sibiu, RO

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07-09.12.2017 INDIA TOUR, tba...

sorry no link here :(

19.08.2016 Jazz in de Gracht, Den Haag, NL

24.06.2016 Nutshuis, Den Haag, NL

28.02.2016 B10live, Shenzhen, China

27.02.2016 Dutch Residence, Hong Kong

26.02.2016 Orient Foundation, Macau

25.02.2016 Fringe Club, Hong Kong

24.02.2016 Tokuzo, Nagoya, JP

23.02.2016 Urban Guild - Kyoto, JP

21.02.2016 Saravah - Tokyo, JP

20.02.2016 Saravah - Tokyo, JP

GIGS

22.10.2016 Jazz Bazaar, Jazzmandu Nepal

18.10.2016 Splendor, Amsterdam NL

15.09.2016 De Kroepoekfabriek,

Vlaardingen, NL

11.09.2016 Theater Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL

09.09.2016 Parnassos Cultuurcentrum, Utrecht, NL

08.09.2016 Laak Theater, Den Haag, NL

02.09.2016 Rietveld Theater, Delft, NL

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Mn'JAM experiment released the official video clip of R2D2, the first tune of their CD/DVD "live with a Boom". This video clip is a quirky but instructive way of showing what is behind the question: "How would an algorithm made specifically to generate music hits function?"

At Kathmandu University School of Arts Centre for Art and Design JAM gave a workshop about the use of visual digital art in music, its synchronization, the role of "Visual Artist as a Musician" and integrating concepts within Music - Visual Art - Artwork Design - Authoring

At KJC (Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory) during Jazzmandu festival Mn'JAM gave a workshop about their philosophy and practical application in contemporary jazz of elements like live looping with a band, synchronized/live visual art in musical settings, etc.

At FlowerMusic school in Hong Kong, M conducted a live looping workshop. Participants were exposed to Mn'JAMs compositional concepts but mainly got a chance to learn how to use the loop station by looping "stuff" themselves.

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