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D I K T A T

Latest: Tour de Force (Coherent States CS7)

DIKTAT is a Dutch/French/Taiwanese electroacoustic alliance, that combines the idiomatic of EAI (Electro Acoustic Improvisation) with extreme contrapuntal thinking, the asymmetry of free declamation and the spontaneity of associative, surrealist collage. The playback and manipulation of a multitude of (often voice based) lo-fi cassette tape recordings (either found or custom made) on in several cases badly degraded vintage equipment, and the occasional use of odd home-built electronic contraptions, provide the threads, that, through the double bass's thrust and control, its steer and its stitch, are woven into a tense, coherent & multi-layered sonic fabric of varying narrational density. There's no sound without story. There are no stories without sound...
Diktat has been active since 2006, originally with Parisian based double bass player Jean Bordé, since 2013 with Shih-wen Lee on double bass, who is originally from Taiwan, but currently based in Brussels.

2006-2023 :


Jean Bordé - double bass
Emmanuel Rébus - dictaphones
Rinus van Alebeek - dictaphones
Harold Schellinx - dictaphones

2023-... :


Shih-wen Lee - double bass
Harold Schellinx - dictaphones
Emmanuel Rébus - dictaphones
Rinus van Alebeek - dictaphones

r e a d

  1. - Diktat rules in Brussels (2023)
  2. - Three days of residency at Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels (2023)
  3. - Een Band zonder Eigenschappen. De rituele mogelijkheidsmuziek van Diktat (Gonzo (Circus) Magazine 2023, in Dutch)
  4. - Rage, rafts & refugees (2018)
  5. - Speculative Dancing (2014)
  6. - Audio Monitoring the Watergate Hotel (2012)
  7. - Diktat outside/inside the Manufactured Normalcy Field (2012)
  8. - Magnetic Remanence (2012)
  9. - (I can't get no) Immediate Satisfaction (2011)
  10. - 'Komm raussi!' (2011)
  11. - 'Where ist Ausland?' (2011)
  12. - Alle utopieën zijn van gisteren (De Optimist 2011, in Dutch)
  13. - Diktat à La Machinante (2010)
  14. - Diktat @ SOP and Le Grand Cirque (2009)
  15. - Diktat: Sturm der Liebe (2009)
  16. - Diktat met double Swiss (2008)
  17. - Diktat and Boezem (2007)
  18. - Diktat in Breda (2007)
  19. - Diktat in Den Haag (2007)

b u y

Diktat in Amerika [Staaltape Audiozine #2]


"Sturm der Liebe" [bootleg]

This DVD contains the full 50 minutes long video montage of 'Sturm der Liebe' footage taken from YouTube that was projected during the july 13th, 2008, DIKTAT Big Band performance at La Comète 347, Paris X. The DVD's soundtrack consists in the full live recording of the 'Big Band' performance. All SdL television footage was used without permission. For collectors, limited & numbered edition.

contact

hars7 [at] mac [dot] com

performances

  1. ... a r c h i v e d
  2.  /\.op.46./\  [11_1st, 2023 ] {with Shih-wen Lee on double bass} Ravenstein Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
  3.  /\.op.45./\  [11_1st, 2023 ] {with Shih-wen Lee on double bass} Parc Royal, Brussels, Belgium
  4.  /\.op.44./\  [10_31th, 2023 ] {with Shih-wen Lee on double bass} Haekem Theatre, Brussels, Belgium
  5.  /\.op.43./\  [05_13th, 2023 ] {with Shih-wen Lee on double bass} Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels, Belgium
  6.  /\.op.42./\  [05_12th, 2023 ] {with Shih-wen Lee on double bass} Les Ateliers Claus (studio), Brussels, Belgium
  7.  /\.op.41./\  [02_03rd, 2018 ] with Michael Ghent La Générale Nord-Est, Paris, France
  8.  /\.op.40./\  [11_02nd, 2014 ] Volkspaleis / Zuiderstrandtheater - The Hague, Scheveningen (the Netherlands)
  9.  /\.op.39./\  [01_15nd, 2014 ] with Anne-F Jacques (d) - Centre d'Animations des Places des Fêtes, Paris XIX, France
  10.  /\.op.38.o.11./\  [10_03rd, 2012 ] Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  11.  /\.op.37./\  [10_02nd, 2012 ] Incubator Arts Project, New York, USA
  12.  /\.op.36.o.10./\  [10_02nd, 2012 ] Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Pl, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  13.  /\.op.35./\  [10_01st, 2012 ] Panoply Performance Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  14.  /\.op.34.o.9./\  [09_29th, 2012 ] Watergate Hotel, Washington DC, USA
  15.  /\.op.33.o.8./\  [09_29th, 2012 ] Bethesda Marriott Suites, Bethesda MD, USA
  16.  /\.op.32./\  [09_28th, 2012 ] Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington DC, USA
  17.  /\.op.31./\  [09_27th, 2012 ] Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, USA
  18.  /\.op.30.o.7./\  [09_27th, 2012 ] Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem PA, USA
  19.  /\.op.29./\  [09_13th, 2012 ] Trash Vortex, Ivry s/ Seine, France
  20.  /\.op.28./\  [01_17th, 2012 ] La Générale Nord-Est, Paris, France
  21.  /\.op.27./\  [07_19th, 2011 ] Sucked Orange Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  22.  /\.op.26.o.6./\  [07_19th, 2011 ] Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany
  23.  /\.op.25./\  [07_18th, 2011 ] Staalplaat store, Berlin, Germany
  24.  /\.op.22.o.5./\  [07_18th, 2011 ] Wachtturm, Berlin, Germany
  25.  /\.op.23.o.4./\  [07_18th, 2011 ] Lohmühlenbrücke, Berlin, Germany
  26.  /\.op.24.o.3./\  [07_18th, 2011 ] Rütlistrasse, Berlin, Germany
  27.  /\.op.21./\  [07_17th, 2011 ] Ausland, Berlin, Germany
  28.  /\.op.20./\  [02_27th, 2010 ] La Machinante, Montreuil, France
  29.  /\.op.19./\  [12_14th, 2009 ] Café de Paris, Paris XI, France
  30.  /\.op.18./\  [03_13th, 2009 ] - "Friday 13th: Le Grand Cirque". DIKTAT meets NOZAL CUBE and BROCANTE SONORE. La Comète 347, Paris X, France
  31.  /\.op.17./\  [03_09th, 2009 ] - Unplugged live@SONGS OF PRAISE, Radio AligreFM, Paris XI, France
  32.  /\.op.16./\  [02_21st, 2009 ] - with Anthony Carcone (g.), Les poissons noiseux / rue de la Glacière, Paris XIII, France
  33.  /\.op.15./\  [11_29th, 2008 ] - DIKTAT meets BROCANTE SONORE, La Petite Rocquette, Paris XI, France
  34.  /\.op.14./\  [11_15th, 2008 ] - with Anthony Carcone (g.), Le CLeUB, Paris XI, France
  35.  /\.op.13./\  [07_15th, 2008 ] - "Unplugged", la Veilleuse, Paris XX, France
  36.  /\.op.12./\  [07_14th, 2008 ] - "Branché" (Placard XI), with Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (s), Elena Dunkelman (voc), Yoko Miura (toy-piano), la nouvelle Générale, Sèvres, France
  37.  /\.op.11./\  [07_13th, 2008 ] - "Big Band" (Sturm der Liebe / Orage d'Amour), with Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (s), Elena Dunkelman (voc), Yoko Miura (p), Pascal Marzan (g), Anthony Carcone (g), Frantz Loriot (v), Comète 347, Paris X, France
  38.  /\.op.10./\  [06_15th, 2008 ] - DIKTAT meets JEUDI, l'Ogresse, Paris XX, France
  39.  /\.op.9./\  [11_09th, 2007 ] - DIKTAT meets BUG, La Comète 347, Paris X, France
  40.  /\.op.8.o.2./\  [09_30th, 2007] - Academiesingel, Breda, the Netherlands
  41.  /\.op.7./\  [09_29th, 2007] - BUTT Festival, Electron, Breda, the Netherlands
  42.  /\.op.6.o.1./\  [09_08th, 2007] - On the beach, Scheveningen, the Netherlands
  43.  /\.op.5./\  [09_07th, 2007] - Ground Two Festival, King Kong, The Hague, the Netherlands
  44.  /\.op.4./\  [04_29th, 2007] - La Générale, Paris XX, France
  45.  /\.op.3./\  [12_15th, 2006], with Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (s) - Rotonde de Choc, Paris X, France
  46.  /\.op.2./\  [12_08th, 2006] - Gallerie Immanence, Paris XV, France
  47.  /\.op.1./\  [04_07th, 2006] - Project 101, Paris IX, France