b-l duo (bertram wee / lynette yeo)

The b-l duo are on a mission to play the creepiest, craziest keyboard music – at least that's how they put it in their own words. Also active in the Singaporean collective weird aftertaste, Bertram Wee and Lynette Yeo combine chamber music with pop, harsh noise and contemporary music in their repertoire. This is also the case with their programme conceived especially for MaerzMusik, which brings to life new compositions for keyboard instruments. In addition to a piece by Sarah Nemtsov for toy piano, mini-synthesiser and two monotrons as well as "Rad" by Enno Poppe – a major influence on the act –  for two keyboards, their selections include works by a new generation of artists: "Sometimes Voices" by British composer Alex Paxton and arranged by Wee for two keyboards, inspired by metal and electronic dance music in equal measure, will be placed alongside Wee's own composition "my body, broken for your amusement" for keyboard and talkbox, which draws on the work of Alvin Lucier to explore the human body as a sonic space. Furthermore, the b-l duo will also be presenting another voice from South East Asia with "To drift, float, but never land" by the young Singaporean experimental music composer Joan Tan. This work for toy pianos and electronics was written especially for Yeo and Wee and demonstrates the textural qualities of their instruments in a uniquely bizarre way.