{"id":502,"date":"2014-11-17T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2019-12-15T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T16:49:00","slug":"contemporary-collective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=502","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"CC promo cards2\" width=\"501\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-1024x729.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-1123x800.jpg 1123w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-898x640.jpg 898w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CC-promo-cards2-640x455.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no borderline between jazz and contemporary classical music.<br \/>\nThere is only a small gap between mindsets, a tiny little opening of space for the NOW \u2013 a universe for the improvising musician.<br \/>\nThis is where the Sid Hille Contemporary Collective operates.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114654969\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Contemporary Collective started out as a spin-off from the Sid Hille contemporary\/jazz Collective which included a string quartet. In March 2014 Sid organized a concert in Helsinki&#8217;s Temppeliaukio Church. The string quartet wasn&#8217;t available for the date, so Sid decided spontaneously to play&nbsp;the concert as a quartet:&nbsp;bass clarinet, guitar, piano and cello.<\/p>\n<p>The musicians improvise freely on&nbsp;the basis of a &#8216;Parameter chart&#8217;.<br \/>\nThe essence of the performance lies in&nbsp;the chemistry and communication between the musicians and their capability to take musical risks.<br \/>\nDaring to&nbsp;be in the NOW, listening closely to each other and the surrounding space, responding accordingly. Anything might happen!<br \/>\nAnd it does!<\/p>\n<p>Guitarists are known to have large assortments of effects, but also cellist Markus Hohti is using various&nbsp;electronic devices to enhance and manipulate&nbsp;the sound of his cello.<br \/>\nSid has&nbsp;been experimenting&nbsp;with the use of live electronica already during&nbsp;his solo project&nbsp;<a title=\"ONE, vinyl release on SatnaMusic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.satnamusic.fi\/wp\/recordings\/attachment\/one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;ONE&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;(released on vinyl in 2011). With the Contemporary Collective his arsenal of instruments has been growing&nbsp;continuously, now including the theremin, electronically enhanced&nbsp;percussion instruments, various odd synthesizers such as the iPod, MicroBrute and MiniKorg &#8211; of course all additional&nbsp;to the piano.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s first ever concert was such a success that&nbsp;SatnaMusic decided to release it on CD under the title <a title=\"Outer Space on SatnaMusic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.satnamusic.fi\/wp\/recordings\/attachment\/outer-space-cover-pic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Outer Space&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;in October 2014.<br \/>\nCritic Timo V\u00e4h\u00e4silta wrote: &#8216;Outer Space is one of the best live improvisation recordings I have ever heard&#8217;. <a href=\"http:\/\/jazzrytmit.com\/wp\/s8-levyarvostelut\/c29-levyarvostelut\/sid-hille-contemporary-collective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(JR, Feb 9th, 2015)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Outer Space\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-300x266.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-1024x908.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-901x800.jpg 901w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-721x640.jpg 721w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic-640x567.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Outer-Space-cover-pic.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sid Hille &#8211; piano, Rhodes, percussion &amp; electronica<br \/>\nTeemu Viinikainen &#8211; guitar &amp; effects<br \/>\nHeikki Nikula &#8211; bass clarinet<br \/>\nMarkus Hohti &#8211; cello &amp; electronica<\/p>\n<p>The Contemporary Collective has toured extensively in Finland and Germany (30 concerts in 2015, including Berlin and the Musiktage Donaueschingen-festival) and has received raving reviews&nbsp;(see the <a title=\"Reviews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.satnamusic.fi\/wp\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reviews<\/a> page).<\/p>\n<p>In May 2016 a new page was turned when drummer Mika Kallio joined the band. Now a&nbsp;quintet, the band performed a new program called &#8216;WARP&#8217; which was conceived in a similar fashion as the &#8216;Parameter Chart&#8217;: eight stages in an ongoing 45-minute improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some excerpts from &#8216;WARP&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/168485950\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/187554125\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check the <a title=\"Gigs 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gigs calender<\/a> for upcoming concerts in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Download&nbsp;our electronic press kit (EPK), band pictures, technical riders etc from our Dropbox&nbsp;<a title=\"EPK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/yenlf17d9i28l4j\/AAChM1xDSD4d1_S_8VyMAakHa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no borderline between jazz and contemporary classical music. 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