Christian Pincock in Albuquerque

From the Spectre Series:

Christian Pincock performs improvised and composed music on valve trombone and a computer-based instrument of his own creation with MAX/MSP. Using a keyboard controller and a system of sensors attached to his trombone he is able to control sampled sounds and integrate them expressively and musically. His work is both dynamic and subtle, drawing from diverse styles such as improvised experimental music, contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz, noise, and electronica.

He has performed internationally in events such as the 9th, 10th and 11th Soundpainting Think-tank in Woodstock, Sweden, and France, the Music Omi International Arts Residency in 2007, the Banff Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music in Banff, Canada in 2006, as well as venues such as The Stone (NYC), Roulette (NYC), Le Petit Faucheux (Tours, FR).

http://www.christianpincock.net/

When: Thursday, April 23, 7:00 PM
Where: ARTS Lab Digital Media Garage. 131 Pine Street NE, Albuquerque
Map: http://artslab.unm.edu/where.html
How much: $5-10 suggested donation goes to the artists.

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2009 Seattle Occultural Music Festival

The lineup from the 2009 Seattle Occultural Music Festival, an event I’d never heard of before, is available:

Friday, May 1 @ 8pm – All ages
The Art Church
2051 NW 61st St @ 22nd
Soriah [Portland]
Stuart Dempster
Vox Vespertinus
Seattle Harmonic Voices
Hanna Benn

Saturday, May 2 @ 8pm – All ages
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Ave
Robin Holcomb
Amy Denio
Sokai Stilhed
Christopher Greenchild

Thursday, May 7 @ 8pm – All ages
Good Shepherd Center Chapel Performance Space
649 Sunnyside N
Seattle Phonographer’s Union
Jason Kopec
Graham Banfield

Friday, May 8 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre
2322 2nd Ave
Voodoo Israel [San Francisco]
Joy Von Spain
Matt Shoemaker
Midday Veil

Saturday, May 9 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre
2322 2nd Ave
Barn Owl [San Francisco]
Bill Horist
Dr. Jones
Riding the Slow Wave of Death

Thursday, May 14 @ 8pm – All ages
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Ave
Wayne Horvitz
Gust Burns & Tyler Wilcox
Michal Szostalo

Friday, May 15 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theartre
2322 2nd Ave
Holy Experiment [New York]
At the Head of the Woods [Portland]
(a) Story of Rats
Paintings for Animals

Friday, May 1 @ 8pm – All ages
The Art Church
2051 NW 61st St

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Sonomu Reviews

From Sonomu:

Mikkel Metal, Peaks and Troughs (Echocord)
Since bursting into notice as the showcase singer Tikiman of Rhythm & Sound´s genre-creating album of the same name, Paul St. Hilaire has guested albums by Pre Fade Listening, The Bug, Mind over MIDI, Radiq, Markus Kienzl, Sub Version, Deadbeat and Sideshow. And those are only the ones I happen to… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:54, 16 Apr 2009

Freiband & Machinefabriek, Oahu (Low Point)
Frans de Waard, critic, label founder and multi-aliased sound artist (Beequeen, Kapotte Muziek, Goem and here, Freiband) and his younger colleague Rutger Zuydervelt, otherwise only known as Machinefabriek, both reside in the Netherlands but choose to imagine their first on-record encounter in the… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:41, 16 Apr 2009

Rapoon, The Library of the Dead (Ewers Tonkunst/Indiestate)
Since the beginning of the current millenium, Indiestate Distribution has been making available a small but quality selection of industrial and dark ambient. It is in fact the label where Cisfinitum and Rapoon famously collaborated as “Mental Travellers”. Ewers Tonkunst is one of its specialist… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:26, 16 Apr 2009

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Rituals in Musicality – Wadada Leo Smith at Firehouse 12

From the New Haven Advocate, previews tomorrow’s Firehouse 12 show.

To describe Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith as a musician with a holistic vision is an understatement. From his earliest days performing blues and R&B in Mississippi to his late-’60s stint as a member of the Chicago organization the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, to his mid-’70s tenure within the nucleus of an improvised music scene in New Haven and in his current position as director of the MFA program in African American Improvisation at Cal Arts, Smith has actively pursued a theory and practice of music that embraces nearly every conceivable element of human life.

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DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mat...
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From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

April 13, 2009
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten & Jawwaad Taylor Band, Local 269
Steve Dalachinsky, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Micah Gaugh, Hakon Kornstad, Sabir Mateen, Jawwaad Taylor, Michael Thompson
Ken Filiano Quartet, Local 269
Michael Attias, Ken Feliano, Tony Malaby, Michael Thompson

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Upcoming RUCMA Shows

From New York’s Rise Up Creative Music & Arts:

Monday, April 20

Beginning at 7:30PM
Interstellar Duos:
A Tribute to John Coltrane’s
Interstellar Space“!
3 Sax/Drums Duos!

Darius Jones alto sax
Jackson Krall drums

Ras Moshe tenor sax
Tyshawn Sorey drums

Ned Rothenberg alto sax
Samir Chatterjee tablas

*Special admission to this show will be $20/$10 for students and seniors

Monday, April 27

7:30PM
Whit Dickey/Rob Brown Duo
Whit Dickey drums
Rob Brown alto sax

9PM
Talibam!
Matt Mottel synthesizer
Kevin Shea drums

All Shows At:

The Local 269
269 East Houston
at the corner of Suffolk Street
F to Second Avenue

Admission: $10 per set / $15 for the night
Students/seniors: $7 per set / $12 for the night

For More Info:
myspace.com/rucmanyc
www.rucma.org
visionfestival.org
www.artsforart.org
tel: 212.254.5420

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Bagatellen Reviews

From Bagatellen:

Jürg and Marianne Rufer – Les Diaboliques: Jubilee Concert DVD
The trio of Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols and Joëlle Léandre – Les Diaboliques – represents a primary factor in the history of Intakt, since they were all present in the label’s very first record (Live At Taktlos) before going on to become one of the most lively expressions in the macrocosm of present-day improvisation. Their [...]

Locrian – Drenched Lands
Doom at its most effective will make the impression upon listeners that relief is a matter of hitting the ‘pause’ button’. With song titles like “Obsolete Elegy In Effluvia And Dross,” and “Barren Temple Obscured By Contaminated Fogs,” one might guess that the latest from Chicago’s Locrian (Andre Foisy, Terence Hannum) seeks [...]

Tony Malaby Cello Trio – Warblepeck
Much to my surprise, Tony Malaby’s cello trio – where the saxophonist is joined by Fred Lonberg-Holm and percussionist John Hollenbeck – sounds remarkably like an updated hybrid of Air and Hemphill on their debut recording. It’s not just because the presence of a cello invokes Abdul Wadud, since Lonberg-Holm’s playing sounds about as [...]

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