Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society At Galapagos Art Space Tomorrow

April 9, 2010 — Mike

From Improvised Communications:

On Saturday, April 10th, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society will return to Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space for the first time since the May 2009 CD release concert for its acclaimed debut recording, Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam). In the year that followed, this 18-piece steampunk big band has seen its star steadily rise thanks to performances around New York and beyond, profiles by National Public Radio (NPR) and a variety of prominent print publications, and honors ranging from nominations for major awards to strong finishes in high-profile critics’ polls.

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Myra Melford’s Happy Whistlings At Firehouse 12 Tonight

April 9, 2010 — Mike

From Improvised Communications:

Tonight, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present an exclusive two-set performance by eminent pianist/composer Myra Melford and her newest ensemble, Happy Whistlings. The two year-old group performs Ms. Melford’s 12-part suite of the same name inspired by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano’s 1982 book, Genesis, the first in his Memory of Fire trilogy. These compositions juxtapose Galeano’s text with notated music as well as improvised settings for various groupings within the quartet.

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Musique Machine Reviews

April 9, 2010 — Mike

From Musique Machine:

Wilt – Cemetery Road / Dead Electroniks
This double disc set celebrates the tenth anniversary of American act Wilt who have over the last ten years brewed up a deep & dark decaying Americana lined mixture of: dark drone matter, downturned post rock weaved with country & folk touches, murky electrionca and windswept ‘n’ creaking cinematics that bring to mind all the sinister & dark connors of the great US of A.

The Skull Defekts + The Sons Of God – Received In Studio Dental, Gothenburg
‘Received In Studio Dental, Gothenburg’ is a very tense, brooding & at times intense mixture of: scuttling, twitching & uneasy improv. And drifting to pressing drone throbs ‘n’ dips to more suffocating noise drone hovers later on in the piece. This collaboration brings together Swedish drone & ritual rock makers The Skull Defekts & two piece performance/noise project The Sons Of God.

Namazu Dantai – Black Lily In A White Pond
‘Black Lily In A White Pond’ is the first release from German based noise maker Sascha Mandler’s new HNW project Namazu Dantai. Mandler’s also in the excellent, but brain screwing noise meets shaman music project Izanami’s Labour Pains.

Encomiast / The Copper Thieves – 139 Nevada
139 Nevada, Central City, Colorado has been the address of the Belvidere Theatre since it opened in 1875. Claims that it’s haunted attracted local musicians Ross Hagen and Neville Harson to make some recordings inside the building, hoping to reveal electronic voice phenomena, perhaps left behind by previous artistes. Unfortunately, the ghosts refused to perform but the combination of an old grand piano resting on the stage and a charged atmosphere prompted further recordings of improvisations with assorted musicians, whose manipulated results occupy the two disks in this set.

Sado-Mania – Permission
The Sado-Mania project brings together Richard Ramirez (Werewolf Jerusalem, An Innocent young throat Cutter, Black Leather Jesus,ect) and Maria Velasquez(Tissa Mawartyassari, Death Carries A Cane, Devil Times Five, Sado-Mania, Torso Law). This project takes it’s name & much of it’s sleeve imagery from Jess Franco’s sleazy women in Prison movie of the same name from 1981. This C30 tape offers up two fairly unchanging yet rewarding sides of HNW matter.

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Newsbits

April 9, 2010 — Mike

The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble’s performance of Elliott Carter, Lukas Ligeti, and others is reviewed.

Kvist Records has put out a CD release of two older Tom Hamilton recordings, Pieces for Kohn and Formal and Informal Music. Hamilton has been composing and performing for over 40 years, and his work with electronic music originated in the late-60s era of analog synthesis.

The Bern Nix Trio, featuring Bern Nix, Francois Grillot, and Jackson Krall will play
Mr. Beery’s, 4019 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage, NY, on April 17th, 2010.

The New York Times also reviews performances by Wayne Horvitz and the Acid Mothers Temple.

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This Week at the ISSUE Project Room

April 9, 2010 — Mike

From the ISSUE Project Room:

04/09 @ 8pm – Turbulence.org Presents: Stephan Moore + Luke Dubois with Todd Reynolds
New works commissioned by Turbulence.org will feature the World Premieres of The Occupants, by Stephan Moore, and Moments of Inertia by R. Luke DuBois. Stephan Moore will present The Occupants, a generative composition with some aspects that can be influenced through single- or multi-user interaction. Moore has used the piece to search for answers to [...]

04/10 @ 8pm – The New Roaratoria: Carlos Giffoni
Carlos Giffoni is a Venezuelan electronic musician who resides in the New York City area since the year 2000. Currently using modular synthesizers, hand made custom instruments, and various types of analog and digital synthesis in the composition of electronic music pieces, as well as improvising live with local and international musicians. His recent solo work [...]

04/11 @ 11am – ISSUE’S FIRST PUBLIC CONCERT @ 110 LIVINGSTON, TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON Q2 – Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2
ISSUE’S FIRST PUBLIC CONCERT @ 110 LIVINGSTON Pre-Renovation Candlelit Performance of Morton Feldman’s Second String Quartet by Ne(x)tworks Q2 to Webcast Entire Performance LIVE: Q2, Classical 105.9 WQXR’s contemporary music stream – in partnership with WNYC Culture – will present a live audio webcast of this rare event. The public will have a chance to attend a rare performance [...]

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