PETER EVANS trumpet COLIN STETSON saxophones KATT HERNANDEZ violin *record release* What if Evan Parker played the trumpet? A possible answer to that captivating question comes in the personage of Peter Evans and his newly released solo venture on Psi. Evans adapts the familiar Parkerian extended techniques of circular breathing, split tones and multiphonics to a…
Elio Martusciello (electronics) Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics) Luca Venitucci (accordion and electronics) Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to present an evening of new and experimental music featuring the Rome-based ensemble Ossatura and Philadelphia-based Ensemble Noamnesia on Thursday, March 20th, 2008. Ossatura features Elio Martusciello (electronics), Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics), and Luca…
Christian Kesten was born in 1966 and works as composer, performance artist, vocalist and stage director. He lives in Berlin, Germany.His interest lies in thespace in-between: between music and theatre, music and language, between music and the visual arts. His pieces work with the space which opens up between the sound of language and the…
MATTHIAS MULLER with CHRISTIAN MARIEN (trombone; drums) free improv DAN BLACKSBERG (solo alto trombone) free jazz STEVE PARKER (trombone) new and avant garde compositions for trombone LARRY TOFT (trombone) ABOUT THE ARTISTS The collaboration of Matthias Müller and Christian Marien started, when Matthias joined the band "Olaf Ton" in 2003. Playing together in various…
Wolf Eyes really tend to divide folks right down the middle. Love 'em or can't stand 'em. And in typical Wolf Eyes fashion, they're did their very best to annoy the fuck out of everybody with their 'big break' Sub Pop debut. A caustic mouthful of acid, spit right in your eyes (ears?). A head…
As part of the ongoing Soundfield program series called EurEthos the esteemed German composer Helmut Lachenmann visits Philadelphia for the first time. The EurEthos series explores the complex cultural relationships between Europe and the USA through concerts, community dialog and publications. Produced by Soundfield, NFP and Slought Foundation and presented with support from Bowerbird, U…
"Don't ask me what I mean, ask me what I've made." Inspired by this motto, this documentary accompanies the American composer Alvin Lucier (*1931) on concert travels to The Hague (Netherlands) and Zug (Switzerland). The filmmakers invite Lucier to explain and comment on his works: from his early live electronics performances ("Music for Solo Performer"…
BHOB RAINEY soprano sax Boston, MA Bhob Rainey's music has become a model in the world of experimental sound. He is the founder of both nmperign (with trumpeter Greg Kelley) and the BSC, which he also directs; Collaborations with musicians such as Ralf Wehowsky, Le Quan Ninh, Gunter Mueller, and Lionel Marchetti, dancers Nicole Bindler and…
an evening of BUTOH featuring: KATSURA KAN with JACK WRIGHT KRISTIN NAROWICH with TOSHI MAKIHARA Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery often performed in white-body makeup but there is no set style. KATSURA KAN…
curators Jared Burak Mat Rademan Laundry Room Squelchers Big Ocean the Black and Blues Cars Will Burn! Vs. Holy Ghost Color is Luxury Dave Smolen with tinnitustimulus Drums Like Machine Guns Embarker HZL BRD M Ax Noi Mach Mincemeat or Tenspeed Ospreys Pennsylvania Pharmakon Ruined Sanguine Piss Satanized Suicide Magnets with Blue Shift Serpents of…
International Noise Conference on Tour 2008 Philadelphia, 20 Bands, 15 minute sets. No lap tops. No mixers. No droning Curators Jared Burak & Mat Rademan. Precious support pledged by Badmaster, Malleable, Zradio, Deep Fried Tapes, Send Help, Bowerbird and curated by Lowest Fidelity and Breathmint. Show posters by Mark Price, recording and live podcasting by…
Born in 1966 in Freiburg, Carl Ludwig Hübsch began basic training in music at the age of five. He played clarinet in the local traditional band and at the same time started to play drums in Punk and Rockbands. Around 83 he exchanged the clarinet for a tuba. Lessons with W.Erhart from the local orchestra followed.…
Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie uses home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. Originally a drummer he has worked in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation, studio composition. In Australia and France he organizes concerts and also runs the experimental improvised CD label and mailorder service;…
ELI LITWIN / JON BARRIOS / CARLOS SANTIAGO DAVE SMOLEN LIONSHEAD (JULIUS MASRI / BEN REMSEN) plus a special screening of CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL: a new short film by Alex Tyson * CD RELEASE SHOW * Dan Capecchi- Drums Matt Engle- Bass Bryan Rogers- Tenor Saxophone Dan Scofield- Alto Saxophone Philadelphia,…
CHICAGO LUZERN EXCHANGE Josh Berman cornet Frank Rosaly drums Keefe Jackson saxophone Marc Untern tuba Chicago, IL So this is the beast that ought not to be -- a music that is jazzlike in a number of ways but also is more or less measureless, improvised from scratch and without pre-determined harmonic or structural frameworks.…
PIMA Group is a non-profit dance and music company based in Philadelphia that performs and presents innovative live music and dance, developing new approaches to the integration of dance, music and visual art. PIMA Group is currently undertaking a residency with Landmarks Contemporary Projects that will result in an original, site-specific performance piece at the…
Born 1968 in Freiburg, grew up in Hamburg. Since 1996 primarily active as improviser and composer in the areas of experimental and new music. In the process of exploring the piano for new sound possibilities, she has reduced the instrument to strings, resonance board and metal frame. With the help of electronics to manipulate and…
FEATURING: MATTHIAS MULLER free improv trombone CHRISTIAN MARIEN drums DAN BLACKSBERG solo alto trombone STEVE PARKER trombone LARRY TOFT trombone The collaboration of Matthias Muller and Christian Marien started, when Matthias joined the band ton in 2003. playing together in various projects in the following period, they worked on a common musical language, which resulted in their duo-playing in 2006.…
