Archive: May, 2007

death of a piano

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Moe! Staiano/Moe!kestra! May, 25 2007. The Lab. MOE!KESTA! 10th Anniversary Show. 2948 16th Street @ Capp Street, San Francisco, California.

Moe! Staiano’s Moe!kestra! will celebrate 10 years of orchestrated cacophony with performances of Piece No.1: Death Of A Piano and the new composition, Piece No.9: When Terrie Had Six, based off of conducted improvisational notated performances from 2006 and music from the Ex. A before-show discussion/Q&A with Moe! Staiano will talk about the history and nature of Moe!kestra!. Presented by KFJC. Sponsered by 21 Grand.

The show will also celebrate a new CD release of the Moe!kestra! with “Two Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers“, an album of two performances that features Ches Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt, George Cremaschi, John Shiurba, Scott Rosenberg, Myles Boisen among countless other musicians. Copies, along with the two other Moe!kestra! releases as well as T-Shirts, will be available for purchase.

Musicians for this show will include: Alan Anzalone - Clarinet, Chris Broderick - Clarinet, Alicia Byer - Clarinet, Michael Cooke - Clarinet, Michael J. Dale - Clarinet, Phillip Greenlief - Clarinet, Michael Zelner - Clarinet, Aaron Novik - Bass Clarinet, Dan Plonsey - Bass Clarinet, Scott Rosenberg - Bass Clarinet, Craig Demel - Violin, Angela Hsu - Violin, Dina Maccabee - Violin, Hillary Overberg - Violin, Emily Packard - Violin, Jonathan Segel - Violin, Tara Flandreau - Viola, Charith Premawardhana - Viola, Theresa Wong - Cello, George Cremaschi - Contrabass, Damon Smith - Electric Contrabass, Marianne McDonald - Harp, Kristian Aspelin - Guitar, Michael de la Cuesta - Guitar, Scott Evans - Guitar, Jay Korber - Guitar, Ava Mendoza - Guitar, Pat Moran - Guitar, Bill Wolter - Guitar, Alex Yeung - Guitar, Vicky Grossi - Bass, David B. C. Leikam - Bass, Allen Whitman - Bass, Thomas Dimuzio - Electronics, Travis Johns - Electronics, Norman Teale - Electronics, Jon Brumit - Drums, John Hanes - Drums, Jacob Felix Heule - Drums, Sarah Lockhart - Drums, Sheila Bosco - Drums, Thomas Scandura - Drums, Nathan Hubbard - Percussion, Suki O’Kane - Percussion, Kevin Wiseman - Percussion, Michael Cooke - Saxophone, Phillip Greenlief - Saxophone, Henry Kuntz - Saxophone, Tim Perkis - Saxophone, Jon Raskin - Saxophone, Rent Romus - Saxophone, Jen Baker - Trombone, Loren Means - Trombone, Liam Staskawicz - Trombone, Matt Davignon - Drum machine, Robert Silverman - Theremin.

Hope to see you there! Pass this along and bring eye and ear protection!

Moe! Staiano | 209-814-2524 | moestaiano1 at yahoo.com | moestaiano.com | moestaianomoekestra at myspace

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suzie leblanc

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
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tenna kraft

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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Download “End kun lykke / Vissi d’arte” (mp3)

from “Danish Soprano of the 20th Century”
by Tenna Kraft Label: Danacord Records

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derek bailey | the interview | london 1975

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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Derek Bailey was interviewed by Henry Kaiser on October 21, 1975 at Bailey’s home in London. The interview was transcribed and edited by Henry Kuntz, with final alterations made by Derek Bailey.

Derek Bailey (Quoting from Edgar Allen Poe): “I found it impossible to comprehend him, even in his moral or physical relations. Of his family I could obtain no satisfactory account. Whence he came I never ascertained, even about his age - there was something that perplexed me in no little degree. There were moments when I should have had little trouble imagining him a hundred years of age. But in no regard was he more peculiar than in his personal appearance. He was singularly tall and thin, he stooped much. His limbs were exceedingly long and emaciated. His forehead was broad and low. His complexion was absolutely bloodless. His mouth was large and flexible and his teeth were more roundly uneven, although sound, than I had ever before seen teeth in a human head. The expression of his smile, however, was by no means unpleasing, as might be supposed, but it had no variation whatever. It was one of profound melancholy, of a phaseless and unceasing gloom.”

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variable geometry orchestra | live at zdb gallery lisbon, portugal, april 1, 2006

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Ernesto Rodrigues | violin, viola , direction; Pedro Costa | violin; Guilherme Rodrigues | cello; Hernâni Faustino | double bass; Sei Miguel | pocket trumpet; Eduardo Chagas | trombone; Eduardo Lála | trombone; Miguel Bernardo | clarinet; Jorge Lampreia | flute, soprano saxophone; Nuno Torres | alto saxophone; Rui Horta Santos | tenor saxophone; Alípio C. Neto | tenor saxophone; Rodrigo Amado | baritone saxophone; Luís Lopes | electric guitar; Ivan Cabral | didgeridoo; Jorge Trindade | tapes; Adriana Sá | brazilian harp, electronics; Carlos Santos | electronics; Rafael Toral | electronics; plan turtables; Peter Baastian | poetry; Armando Gonçalves Pereira | melodica; Miguel Martins | melodica, xylophone, percussion; César Burago | percussion; José Oliveira | drums.

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derek bailey | han bennink | Искра1903 | verity’s place

Friday, May 25th, 2007

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ISKRA 1903 Incus 3/4 re-released on emanem

Paul Rutherford / trombone, piano, Derek Bailey /acoustic and amplified guitar, Barry Guy / acoustic and amplified bass.
Recorded: Sides 1 & 2: August 1970 in concert; Sides 3 & 4: May 1972.

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SELECTIONS FROM LIVE PERFORMANCES AT VERITY’S PLACE Incus 9

Derek Bailey / guitar; Han Bennink / percussion.
Recorded; June 16, 17, 1972.

Everything about Iskra 1903 is revolutionary. The music is entirely spontaneous and a-thematic, freed from any compositional mediation. Neither fixed rhythms nor tempos nor any given harmonic system, tonal or atonal (Bailey would refer to it as “non-tonal”), serve as a basis for the way in which sound is organized. At most, the music rests on implied shapes (though frequently the shapes are overlapping, pushing against as well as reinforcing each other). Evan Parker perhaps described this approach best: “Improvisation is a process which defines its own form” (quoted by Steve Beresford in Musics 1). Maybe all that is necessary, then, is that the musicians adhere to some relatively shared principles as to the nature, functions, and ultimate possibilities of sound (which, after all, is all any music is based upon), but here those common beliefs have been expanded considerably; so that any pitch, timbre, rhythmic or tonal reference, or even stylistic allusion may coexist within the same musical space, the one stricture being that it does not exert a controlling influence on the music as a whole.

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derek bailey | lot 74: solo improvisations

Friday, May 25th, 2007

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LOT 74: SOLO IMPROVISATIONS Incus 12

Derek Bailey / guitar.
Recorded: Spring 1974.

Due to the expressive potential of his instrument and his willingness and ability to exploit it to the fullest, Derek Bailey has become one of the most complete musicians in the world today: complete in the sense that Bailey as soloist is now on the verge of creating a music that only a short time back might have been created by several musicians. A comparison of Lot 74 with one of the first sides of ISKRA 1903 (review to follow) is instructive. The range of sound and timbre is naturally greater on the trio date, but Bailey comes quite close to singlehandedly simulating its rhythmic/harmonic complexity.

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moe! staiano | moe!kestra! | 10th anniversary show

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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Moe! Staiano/Moe!kestra! May, 25 2007. The Lab. MOE!KESTA! 10th Anniversary Show. 2948 16th Street @ Capp Street, San Francisco, California.

Moe! Staiano’s Moe!kestra! will celebrate 10 years of orchestrated cacophony with performances of Piece No.1: Death Of A Piano and the new composition, Piece No.9: When Terrie Had Six, based off of conducted improvisational notated performances from 2006 and music from the Ex. A before-show discussion/Q&A with Moe! Staiano will talk about the history and nature of Moe!kestra!. Presented by KFJC. Sponsered by 21 Grand.

The show will also celebrate a new CD release of the Moe!kestra! with “Two Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers“, an album of two performances that features Ches Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt, George Cremaschi, John Shiurba, Scott Rosenberg, Myles Boisen among countless other musicians. Copies, along with the two other Moe!kestra! releases as well as T-Shirts, will be available for purchase.

Musicians for this show will include: Alan Anzalone - Clarinet, Chris Broderick - Clarinet, Alicia Byer - Clarinet, Michael Cooke - Clarinet, Michael J. Dale - Clarinet, Phillip Greenlief - Clarinet, Michael Zelner - Clarinet, Aaron Novik - Bass Clarinet, Dan Plonsey - Bass Clarinet, Scott Rosenberg - Bass Clarinet, Craig Demel - Violin, Angela Hsu - Violin, Dina Maccabee - Violin, Hillary Overberg - Violin, Emily Packard - Violin, Jonathan Segel - Violin, Tara Flandreau - Viola, Charith Premawardhana - Viola, Theresa Wong - Cello, George Cremaschi - Contrabass, Damon Smith - Electric Contrabass, Marianne McDonald - Harp, Kristian Aspelin - Guitar, Michael de la Cuesta - Guitar, Scott Evans - Guitar, Jay Korber - Guitar, Ava Mendoza - Guitar, Pat Moran - Guitar, Bill Wolter - Guitar, Alex Yeung - Guitar, Vicky Grossi - Bass, David B. C. Leikam - Bass, Allen Whitman - Bass, Thomas Dimuzio - Electronics, Travis Johns - Electronics, Norman Teale - Electronics, Jon Brumit - Drums, John Hanes - Drums, Jacob Felix Heule - Drums, Sarah Lockhart - Drums, Sheila Bosco - Drums, Thomas Scandura - Drums, Nathan Hubbard - Percussion, Suki O’Kane - Percussion, Kevin Wiseman - Percussion, Michael Cooke - Saxophone, Phillip Greenlief - Saxophone, Henry Kuntz - Saxophone, Tim Perkis - Saxophone, Jon Raskin - Saxophone, Rent Romus - Saxophone, Jen Baker - Trombone, Loren Means - Trombone, Liam Staskawicz - Trombone, Matt Davignon - Drum machine, Robert Silverman - Theremin.

Hope to see you there! Pass this along and bring eye and ear protection!

Moe! Staiano | 209-814-2524 | moestaiano1 at yahoo.com | moestaiano.com | moestaianomoekestra at myspace

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