S8 Improv Collective [hu]

According to their own definition, S8 Improv Csoport (where Csoport means Collective is Hungarian) plays "free music". They are formed in the fall of 2006 from members of post rock and improvisational groups: László Juhász (1980) - tabletop violin, selected objects, laptop electronics; Gábor Kiss (1976) - guitar, selected objects; Márk Kiss (1977) - guitar, selected objects; Szilárd Szokol (1973) - percussion, selected objects; Árpád Tóth (1979) - bass, violin, various electronics.

Their improvisative music is based on the playful exploration of the sounds and noises of their instruments and household objects, and rarely based any pre-given points of references, but sometimes they use found sounds. The music is completed with screening by Szilárd Szokol of amateur and professional Super 8 films that defy modern digital technology.

The group is closely connected to the online magazine Improv.hu that deals with free improv music with singular depth in Hungary.
They are one of the winners of Ultrasound Foundation's "What is Music? 2007" competition with their piece entitled Vurt.

S8 Improv Collective - lineup
László Juhász - tabletop violin, selected objects, laptop electronics
Gábor Kiss - guitar, selected objects
Márk Kiss - guitar, selected objects
Árpád Tóth - bass, various electronics
Szilárd Szokol - analogue and digital visual

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www.improv.hu/s8collective
www.myspace.com/s8csoport

www.improv.hu