ENSEMBLE NOAMNESIA: Gene Coleman, bass clarinet Jason Calloway, cello Marina Peterson, cello Evan Lipson, bass Alban Bailly, guitar / accordion Dustin Hurt, trumpet / accordion Aelita: Queen of Mars is a silent film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov made at Mezhrabpom-Rus Film Studio and released in 1924. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel…
POLWECHSEL Werner Dafeldecker (double bass) Martin Brandlmayr (percussion) John Butcher (saxophones) Michael Moser (cello, electronics) Burkhard Beins (percussion) vienna / london Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to announce an evening of new and experimental music featuring Vienna/London-based ensemble Polwechsel on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 from 8:00-9:30pm. Polwechsel features Werner Dafeldecker (double bass), Martin…
A concert program with Ensemble N_JP (Japan/USA), featuring traditional Japanese music and contemporary works by Japanese and American composers. The program will include the US premiere of Andolangen, a music-video composition by Philadelphia composer Gene Coleman, based on architecture by Tadao Ando. Celebrate Japan with a program that focuses on Japanese music, architecture and design…
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…
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.…