Cycles: Overtones and Glottis Attack

Pre-release of the solo debut album ‘JNNK’ with a digital track of the performance ‘Cycles: Overtones and Glottis Attack’. It is released on 22.04.2023 in a limited edition of 100 postcards, designed by Margarita Milova. Artistic production by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta. Produced by Idraola, The Netherlands, 2022.

In an intuitive and physical way, Janneke van der Putten explores her voice as a sound texture. She has specialized in extended vocal techniques, producing two or more sounds simultaneously: basic tones, harmonics, interferences – like glottic attacks – and spatial reflections. Van der Putten uses architecture as a natural sound amplifier and as a trigger for echoes or other sonic effects. Wandering in space makes the sound move and generates a dynamic listening experience. Her rhythmic and conceptual approach to singing is inspired by the cycles of the breath, the body and the earth. Her performances are often performed without electrical amplification. In this way, she focuses on the exploration of space itself: how it sounds, whether it is lit or not, and where the audience is located.

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Music and performance by Janneke van der Putten. The track is a one-take recording without electronic effects or overdubs. Recorded live by Matthieu Fuentes at Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg / Physique(s) du son – Haute Écoles des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, 29.03.2018.

Original photo by Gabriëlle Barros Martins. Design by Margarita Milova.
Original photo by Gabriëlle Barros Martins. Design by Margarita Milova.