New release from Håkon Berre : Mirror Matter

Mirror Matter is drummer and sound artist Håkon Berre’s solo project. Mirror Matter presents Håkon sitting on the floor with his expanded and diverse floor-setup. Using a “gran cassa” as a habitat for his vast diversity of trash and objects, he juggles scrupulously with materials such as metal, plastic, cardboard, paper, wood and expanded polystyrene on top of the horizontally lying bass drum. In this project Håkon focuses mostly on friction / bodies in motion, where he works on a micro level with different objects and their possibilities for friction / vibration, and the resonance it subsequently produces on a receptive sounding board. In addition, the sound is processed electronically using contact microphones and computer software. Ultimately, the acoustic sounds blend in with distortion pedals and synthesized drum machine beats.

Håkon Berre (b. 1980, Norway) has established himself as one of the most interesting drummers on the Danish scene for improvised music. His inventive and energetic drumming has brought him to numerous clubs and festivals all around the world, and can be heard on a discography spanning 44 albums, many of them released on Barefoot Records, where Håkon is one of the co-founders. Håkon has composed and arranged music for theater performances and art exhibitions, and has exhibited several interactive sound installations at art museums in both Denmark and Germany. Håkon is active as a co-leader in numerous bands, both as a composer and as an improviser. Collaborations include artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Phil Minton, Axel Dörner, Peter Friis-Nielsen, John Tchicai, Jamie Branch, Liudas Mockunas, Fred Lonberg- Holm, Susana Santos Silva and Peter Evans.