Belgian Music Days - KL-EX

L'Ensemble KL-EX (Klangexperimente) a été fondé en 2018 par trois compositeurs issus de la communauté germanophone : Paul Pankert, Christian Klinkenberg et Wolfgang Delnui. Une recherche incessante de sons nouveaux et inhabituels est à la base de ce trio. Dans ses projets innovants, l'ensemble ne se limite pas à un seul genre. KL-EX joue de la musique électronique et improvisée, est actif dans le théâtre musical et n’hésite pas à avoir recours à la technique mixte. En tant que véritables expérimentateurs, les compositeurs remettent en question les traditions musicales et recherchent de nouvelles formes de communication. Pendant les Belgian Music Days, KL-EX proposera au public de nouvelles œuvres.

The composers and instrumentalists of the collective “KL-EX” present sound experiments that play with the concepts of roots and transformation. These roots are anchored, depending on each individual’s universe, in baroque music, memories of old cartoons, or electronic music.

The young Gregor PANKERT uses the electronically transformed violin in combination with a DJ set. He mixes the rhythms and sounds of the instrument and CDs while renewing the visual experience of the live performance.

In “Loslassen” by Wolfgang DELNUI, the transitions between different violin playing techniques weave a fragile and poetic world full of delicacy.

Partita Ritardata by Paul PANKERT unfolds a series of baroque dances with delay effects and fine variable transpositions that lead to microtonality effects.

Christian KLINKENBERG proposes music in combination with the animated film by Nicole ERBE from paper silhouettes. He relies on excerpts from cartoons that are abstracted by graphic notation and transmitted to musicians for reinterpretation.

These different pieces are linked with excerpts from the “Wohlprepariertes Klavier” by the (Flemish) composer Paul CRAENEN. In the tradition of Bach’s “Wohltemperiertes Klavier” and John Cage’s works on the use of the piano, he creates studies in which the sound of the instrument is treated by “ring modulations” and evolves through micro-variations in a fast tempo.