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Michel Waisvisz (1949-2008)

june 20, 2008.

"Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night after fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months.
He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director for 27 years. He left us on a day when artists and friends from around the world gathered downstairs to perform for a full-house season-closing concert ..."

STEIM June 19, 2008 ...

On monday july 14th, 2008 parisian Radio Aligre FM's indispensable Songs of Praise emission will be dedicated to Michel Waisvisz and his work. Part of this tribute will consist in the performance of a Cracklebox Sinfonietta, live in the Radio Aligre studio. For this live tribute we want to bring together as many 'parisian crackleboxes', and their players, as possible. Now we know the whereabouts of quite a few, but surely not of all crackleboxes here in Paris. So if you are in or near the french capital on july 14th, have a cracklebox and are willing to bring it along with yourself to Radio Aligre (Paris XI) and participate in the Cracklebox Sinfonietta, please leave a note or send an email ...

(added june 24th, 2008: The picture (click to enlarge) shows Michel Waisvisz in the early 1970s. It was illustrating the 1972/73 programme of Psychopolis de Vrije Academie (Sociaal Creatief Centrum voor Visuele Communicatie), The Hague (the Netherlands). The text in the bottom-left corner reads: "... dit is uw leraar ...", or, in english: "...this is your teacher..." :: From the archives of Yvonne Oerlemans, Amsterdam.)

[ Classic album: Michel Waisvisz - Crackle (LP, 1978) ( Mutant Sounds ) ;
Read: Michel Waisvisz - Touch Sound (WMMNA)
Michel's crackleboxes in public action : Ministry of silly crackles ]

[ Barraques à freaks (Rue 89) - Attention au son, les Crackle Boxes passent à la radio (july 9th, 2008) ]

[ Next related SB-entry: Michel's Song of Praise ]

tags: michel waisvisz, cracklebox, kraakdoos, songs of praise, steim

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