RECORDARI and Show Pony

Different art forms and target groups

Verena Barié is a globally active recorder player, electronic composer and media artist. Her projects strive to combine different art forms and audiences from all over the world.

With her program RECORDARI, Verena Barié explores contemporary music for recorders and electronics, delving into the space for improvisation designed by graphic scores. The pieces from the program have never been heard on the recorder before and Barié expands the range of the instrument with live electronics and her sound installation 'senza manuale'.

SPIRAL

The core of the program is the performance of SPIRAL by Karlheinz Stockhausen and an arrangement of John Cage's FOURsix including field recordings and organ pipes. The recorder led Barié early on to the intersection of music, new media and performance art. She is based in Cologne and works as a curator at LTK4 – Sound-Based Arts Cologne and LTS4 x Licht.Ton.Sicht. As chairman of the Cologne Association for New Music (Kölner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik eV), Barié helps shape the cultural life of Cologne's independent music scene through musical and artistic events and cultural-political involvement.

Laura Nygren

Show Pony is the alter-ego of American double bassist Laura Nygren. Show Pony was created after years of quietly singing with her instrument at home and writing songs about heartbreak, atoms and the absurd. Her debut EP, written in collaboration with No Compliments, was released in May 2021 during Rewire. Laura Nygren is an American double bassist, singer, electronic musician and producer based in the Netherlands. She enjoys the music of the moment, today's artists and today's melodies.

Laura is a lover of chamber music and orchestral playing and has performed with Sinfonia Rotterdam and the Berlin ensemble stargaz e. She is the founder of the new music trio TROMPO, the indie folk duo Woo Girls, and has her experimental pop act Show Pony. Laura actively collaborates with artists from all music genres. She toured with singer Soap & Skin and participated in writing sessions with Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and Simon Tong (The Verve). Laura's work often explores feminism and technology through ecological phenomena. Keywords: vocals, strings, synthesizers and beats