Album: JNNK
Artist: Janneke van der Putten
Format: 12” vinyl, 180 gram
Release date: 21 June 2023
Limited edition: 500
Labels & catalogue numbers: Aloardi (ALO69) + Idraola (IDRA03)
LP debut of the Dutch vocalist Janneke van der Putten. Her voice emerges from deeper grounds, shaping the acoustic aura of architectural and natural spaces, exploring the limits of vocal techniques through site-specific performances. Becoming siren, becoming storm, a rose of resonance for a new world.
Music and performance by Janneke van der Putten, except where indicated. All tracks are one-take recordings without electronic effects or overdubs. Artwork design by Margarita Milova (@mares_llamas). Inner sleeve quote by Jelena Vuksanovic. Photos by Gabriëlle Barros Martins. Artistic and sound production by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta. Supported by Espaces Sonores / HEAR and Music Support Rotterdam. Produced by Idraola, The Netherlands, 2023. Published by Aloardi (ALO69) and Idraola (IDRA03).
A1: Attacked and over-tuned
Recorded live (ambisonic) and mixed (binaural) by Tom Mays in the electroacoustic studios of the Haute École des Arts du Rhin (HEAR), Strasbourg, 27.01.2020
A2: In cycles
Recorded live by Armand Lesecq at Le Cube / HEAR, Strasbourg, 20.01.2020
B1: Voice and Space I (ft. backing vocals by Anaïs Barbier)
Recorded live by Mehdi Hivert at Château d’Eau de Wesserling, Husseren-Wesserling, 9.11.2019
B2: Acoustic reflections of one voice in a church (ft. music composition by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta) Recorded and composed live by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta at Sankt Gertrud church / Raumklänge – Ortsbezogene Musik, Cologne, 7.08.2015
play at 33 1/3 rpm
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Biography:
Janneke van der Putten (Amsterdam, 1985) is a visual artist and vocalist based in Rotterdam. Her voice is her main tool, guiding her through physical and sonic explorations in different landscapes. In her site-specific performances she uses extreme vocal techniques and architectural features to relate with the here and now. Janneke is autodidact in various extended vocal techniques and studied North-Indian Dhrupad singing with Amelia Cuni and Marianne Svašek (Berlin & Rotterdam, 2009 – 2014). She completed her MMus in Artistic Research, Royal Academy of Art & Royal Conservatoire (The Hague, 2013) and her BDes in TXT (Textile), Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam, 2009). Solo exhibitions include: ‘All Begins with A’, TENT, Rotterdam, 2015; ‘Directed to the Sun’, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, 2017; ‘Quitsa’, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, 2017; and duo-show ‘[to]’, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart, 2020. Her solo debut album ‘JNNK’ will be released on the June 21st Solstice 2023. Her previous album was made together with Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta (PE) for their project ‘Invisible Architecture’ (Aloardi, 2015). Other composers Janneke collaborated with are Siavash Akhlaghi (IR), Werner Durand (DE), Yvan Etienne (FR), Philemon Mukarno (ID/NL), Rory Pilgrim (UK) and Marcus Schmickler (DE). In 2023 she is working as performer and research associate with Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (IN) as part of the exhibition ‘Terra Libera’, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede.
www.jannekevanderputten.nl
www.instagram.com/jannekevanderputten
