myrmyr is a collaboration by Marielle Jakobsons and Agnes Szelag to create improvisational electroacoustic music. myrmyr's music rides on the tension between the slightly cacophonous to flowing melodies, using strings, voices, field recordings, live sampling and their computer programming skills. Exploring many musical genres, they never play the same set. With performances based on reaction and often invoking the element of surprise, the duo keeps themselves and the audience on their toes.
myrmytes
Stemming from the electroacoustic collaborations of the duo myrmyr, this work explores group improvisation and composition and the territories in-between. Various forms of notation and conducting are employed to guide the myrmytes on their three-part adventure, which weaves in and out of interaction with electronics that Marielle and Agnes programmed.
myrmyr is Agnes Szelag and Marielle Jakobsons, joined by Kristine Barrett (voice), Ben Bracken (electric guitar), MaryClare Brzytwa (flute), Alicia Byer (clarinet), Shayna Dunkelman (vibraphone), Steini Gunnarsson (guitar), Rob Gwin (bass), Kanoko Nishi (koto), Tara Rodgers (live sound), Aram Shelton (bass clarinet), Norman Teale (bass).