{"id":547,"date":"2017-03-14T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:33:16","slug":"incense-of-music-no-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/en\/2017\/03\/14\/incense-of-music-no-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Incense of Music 14 &#8211; Sugar &#038; Yes Soeur!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"547\" class=\"elementor elementor-547\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7983b9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7983b9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae3c3f3\" data-id=\"ae3c3f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f052b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"29f052b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"iom-concert\">\n \n  <p class=\"iom-title\">Incense of Music 14<\/p>\n  <p class=\"iom-program-title\">Sugar &amp; Yes Soeur!<\/p>\n  <p class=\"iom-subtitle\">An olfactory concert \u2013 <strong>Monday, 17 April 2017, 8 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-musicians\">\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/alexandre-bouvier-composition-sound-design\/\">Alexandre Bouvier<\/a><\/strong>: live electronics<\/p>\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/gregoire-simon-violin-viola-electronics\/\">Gr\u00e9goire Simon<\/a><\/strong>: live electronics<\/p>\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/boram-lie-cello\/\">Boram Lie<\/a><\/strong>: cello<\/p>\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/david-eggert-cello\/\">David Eggert<\/a><\/strong> (guest): cello<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <p class=\"iom-incense\">Incense: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/grapefruit\/\">Grapefruit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/galbanum\/\">Galbanum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n  <p class=\"iom-location\">Palais im Roten Salon, Volksb\u00fchne Berlin \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volksbuehne-berlin.de\/praxis\/incense_of_music_no_14\/?id_datum=11565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volksb\u00fchne link<\/a><\/p>\n \n  <p>Sugar and Yes Soeur! are two ensembles from Berlin and Paris experimenting with sounds between pop and classical music. Live and in the studio, they interact with computer-generated and classically instrumental structures. Sugar sees itself as a hybrid psychedelic project between classically inflected chamber music and a pop band. Yes Soeur! focuses on live electronic music and narrative forms; their repertoire ranges from concert performances to danceable club sound. Yes Soeur! are in high demand in the contemporary French dance scene and currently collaborate with various renowned choreographers and dance companies: \"L\u00e2che\" by Cie 2minimum (2015), \"School of Moon\" by the company Shonen (2016, Ballet National de Marseille), \"Turning\" by Alessandro Sciarroni (2016, Op\u00e9ra de Lyon).<\/p>\n \n  <p>For Incense of Music, Sugar and Yes Soeur! share the stage together for the first time. A diverse, sensory sonic journey awaits. <a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/grapefruit\/\">Grapefruit<\/a> (Citrus paradisi) and <a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/galbanum\/\">galbanum<\/a> (Ferula erubescens or galbaniflua) will be burned simultaneously with the concert.<\/p>\n \n  <p><em>For guests who are particularly sensitive to smoke, this event is not recommended.<\/em><\/p>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-video-wrap\">\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Dr04vAPwFM\" title=\"Incense of Music 13 \u2013 live\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-video-wrap\">\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kyofK1HgwPw\" title=\"Incense of Music 13 \u2013 live\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n    <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Photo-Yes-Soeur-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yes Soeur!\">\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n    <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16933940_10155076467744337_1375453997_n-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar\">\n  <\/div>\n \n  <h2 class=\"iom-section-title\">Artists<\/h2>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-artist\">\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/gregoire-simon-violin-viola-electronics\/\">Gr\u00e9goire Simon<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 live electronics<\/p>\n    <p>Gr\u00e9goire Simon, born in 1986 in Paris, lives and works in Berlin and Paris. He studied violin at the Conservatoire National de Paris (CNSM) and viola at the Berlin University of the Arts. Between 2012 and 2015 he was a member of the Ensemble Intercontemporain Paris. Since 2011 he has played in the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. Alongside his work as an instrumentalist, Gr\u00e9goire Simon experiments as a music producer with his electro-acoustic duo Yes Soeur!.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"iom-video-wrap\">\n      <iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/199145326\" title=\"Yes Soeur!\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-artist\">\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/boram-lie-cello\/\">Boram Lie<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 cello<\/p>\n    <p>Boram Lie, born in Marburg, studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Conservatoire de Musique Gen\u00e8ve. She is an ensemble member of Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, and plays in the Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble and the Sugar Ensemble. She works across various musical-performative fields as a cellist and performer, and is also active as a dramaturge. With Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, she has worked with artists including Sasha Waltz, Georg Nussbaumer, FC Bergmann, Sabrina H\u00f6lzer, and the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, and has been invited to numerous renowned festivals, including the Sydney Festival, the Holland Festival, Operadagen Rotterdam, Kunstfest Weimar, and the Donaueschingen Musiktage.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-artist\">\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/alexandre-bouvier-composition-sound-design\/\">Alexandre Bouvier<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 live electronics<\/p>\n    <p>Alexandre Bouvier is a composer and sound designer from Paris. He teaches as a professor of computer-aided music at the Acad\u00e9mie de Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and holds further teaching positions in electroacoustics and computer-assisted composition (CRD Dieppe, CRR Aubervilliers, CRR Paris, University of Technology Rouen). As a DJ and electronic music producer, he collaborates with various artists and ensembles, including Shonen, 2minimum, Ga\u00ebtan Brun Picard, Jann Gallois, Cie du point d'assemblage, Mike Sens, Benjamin Kauman, and Joachim Serreau.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-artist\">\n    <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/david-eggert-cello\/\">David Eggert<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 cello (guest)<\/p>\n    <p>Cellist David Eggert was born in Edmonton, Canada. He won first prizes at the Eckhardt-Gramatt\u00e9 Competition for Canadian music in 2006, the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in Zagreb in 2008, and the Domnick Cello Prize for New Music in Stuttgart in 2014. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, North America, and Asia, and has taught at the Bern University of the Arts since 2015. David Eggert is deeply committed to contemporary music and has premiered numerous works, including in collaboration with composers Tristan Murail, Manos Tsangaris, Helmut Lachenmann, Heinz Holliger, and Klaus Huber.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <h2 class=\"iom-section-title\">Incense<\/h2>\n \n  <p><em>Incense of Music does <u>not<\/u> burn incense of animal origin, and we never will \u2014 this has always been part of our guiding principles. Unfortunately, we had to set aside this rule for this one concert, and we take pride in our flexibility. For galbanum of almost every kind and quality contains quite a number of so-called \"foots,\" including beetles and other insects caught by the sticky juices of the plant on a dreamy day. They will be, of course, burned along with it \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-plant\">\n    <div class=\"iom-plant-photo\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/galbanum\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Goli_Lo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Galbanum plant\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"iom-plant-text\">\n      <span class=\"iom-plant-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/galbanum\/\">Galbanum<\/a><\/span>\n      <p>Galbanum is the resin of Ferula galbaniflua (or Ferula erubescens), a member of the giant fennel family that grows chiefly in Persia and regions east of the Aral Sea. Today, the resin is harvested primarily in the mountains of northern Iran \u2014 around 80 tonnes annually \u2014 and contains a water-soluble gum fraction, alcohol-soluble resins, and essential oil.<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2017-04-16-um-17.34.55-1024x640.png\" alt=\"Trade routes\">\n      <\/div>\n \n      <p>Galbanum was traditionally traded through the ports of the Levant, though in difficult times trade shifted to centuries-old alternative routes, such as to Kochi on India's Malabar Coast. Kochi became a hub of intercontinental spice and incense trade after a tsunami in 1341 created a natural harbour basin there.<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Planta_de_cochim_bocarro_1635.jpg\" alt=\"Planta de Cochim\">\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"iom-group-photo-credit\">Planta de Cochim, Bocarro, 1635<\/p>\n \n      <p>Following the founding of the Viceroyalty of Portuguese India, galbanum was increasingly shipped between India and Lisbon rather than solely through Levantine Mediterranean ports. While it never ranked among the most coveted and costly Oriental spices such as pepper, cinnamon, clove, or nutmeg, it found wide therapeutic and palliative use in Europe as a so-called \"mother resin\" \u2014 used to relieve menstrual cramps, induce labour, and support postpartum recovery.<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Carrack_Madre_de_Deus.jpg\" alt=\"Carrack Madre de Deus\">\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"iom-group-photo-credit\">Carrack Madre de Deus<\/p>\n \n      <p>The scent of raw galbanum resin is considered rough and earthy; some writers describe it as outright unpleasant. The Babylonian Talmud (Kareithoth 6b) remarks that galbanum has a bad smell, and yet was numbered among the ingredients of the sacred incense. Indeed, galbanum is an equal component of the holy incense offering (\"Ketoret\") recipe recorded in the Book of Exodus (30:34). According to legend, the torch of Prometheus was fashioned from the woody stalk of a related giant fennel, and Pliny claimed in his Natural History that galbanum, mixed with hogweed, could kill venomous snakes by touch alone.<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Armada_portugaise.jpg\" alt=\"Portuguese Armada\">\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"iom-group-photo-credit\">Portuguese Armada<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pedro_\u00c1lvares_Cabral_in_Retratos_e_elogios_dos_var\u00f5es_e_donas_que_ilustram_a_na\u00e7\u00e3o_portuguesa.jpg\" alt=\"Pedro \u00c1lvares Cabral\">\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"iom-group-photo-credit\">Pedro \u00c1lvares Cabral<\/p>\n \n      <div class=\"iom-group-photo\">\n        <img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2017-04-16-um-17.13.56-1024x640.png\" alt=\"Trade route\">\n      <\/div>\n \n      <p>Galbanum reveals its full depth only when burned or blended into perfume, where it appears as a vivid, \"green\" top note or as an earthy base note alongside musk or pine \u2014 found in fragrances including Chanel No. 19, Guerlain's Vol de Nuit, and Balmain's Vent Vert.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-plant\">\n    <div class=\"iom-plant-photo\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/grapefruit\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grapefruit_Schnitt_2008-3-3-800x752.jpg\" alt=\"Grapefruit\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"iom-plant-text\">\n      <span class=\"iom-plant-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/incenseofmusic.com\/grapefruit\/\">Grapefruit<\/a><\/span>\n      <p>The grapefruit (Citrus \u00d7 paradisi) is a subtropical citrus tree believed to have originated in Southeast Asia or southern China as a natural hybrid between pomelo and mandarin. It bears glossy, evergreen leaves and the familiar round, orange fruit, whose fragrant peel provides the incense material.<\/p>\n      <p>Carried along the trade routes of Arab merchants and later the Crusaders, the orange had reached the Mediterranean by medieval times, and remains associated across many cultures with prosperity and good fortune. The grapefruit itself emerged only around 1750, likely on Barbados, as a spontaneous cross between pomelo and orange, reaching Florida in 1823 and entering commercial cultivation there from 1875. Its varieties fall broadly into white-fleshed and red-fleshed types \u2014 the latter tracing back to the American Ruby Red variety, patented in 1929, from which later selections such as Rio Red and Star Ruby emerged with even deeper red colouring. The fruit known commercially as Sweetie, botanically Oroblanco, is a 1958 Californian cross between pomelo and grapefruit.<\/p>\n      <p>Burned as incense, grapefruit releases a bright, cheerful, sweet-citrus scent. It is invigorating and energizing, and is associated with joy, warmth, and abundance \u2014 often used to counter low mood and create a welcoming atmosphere.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <h2 class=\"iom-section-title\">More Videos<\/h2>\n \n  <div class=\"iom-video-wrap\">\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KkaeHEZkgRU\" title=\"Video\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incense of Music 14 Sugar &amp; Yes Soeur! 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