Avant Music News

From New York’s Interpretations:

Robert Dick with Thomas Buckner
Alexei Borisov with Olga Nosova

Thursday, September 23, 2010
8PM at Roulette
20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand)

Two electrifying improvisational duo collaborations from Moscow and New York City. The 22nd season of the Interpretations series begins with two new collaborative endeavors. Innovative virtuosos, flutist Robert Dick and baritone Thomas Buckner celebrate the release of their new CD “Flutes and Voices”. Moscow-based improvisers Alexei Borisov and Olga Nosova will bring their highly idiosyncratic music to the US, touching on elements of noise, sound art, and spoken word, using electronics, guitar, and percussion.

Thomas Buckner and Robert Dick celebrate the release of their new CD “Flutes and Voices”, a collection of dynamic improvisations. For well over three decades, both Buckner and Dick have redefined what is acoustically possible on their instruments. Their activities have helped shape the downtown scene in New York, and affected the course of new music worldwide.

The Moscow-based duo of Alexei Borisov and Olga Nosova is an exciting new project featuring multi-instrumentalist Alexei Borisov, a veteran of the Moscow industrial/electronic scene since the early 80’s, in collaboration with the brilliant young drummer Olga Nosova. Their challenging and powerful music is highly acclaimed among the music lovers in Russia and around the world. Paying homage to both the experimental tradition of Alexei’s countless musical reincarnations and Olga’s instrumental noise background, the duo embrace elements of spoken word, live electronics, noise, electro-acoustic music, and dub.

For more information on the artists:
www.thomasbuckner.com
www.robertdick.net
www.alexeiborisov.ru/bio.html

For more information on Interpretations:
Interpretations Online: www.interpretations.info
James Ilgenfritz, Publicist: james@mutablemusic.com

For more information on Roulette:

20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand)
General admission: $15 ($10 students, seniors, Harvestworks & DTW members)
Free for Roulette and Location One members
For reservations, call 212-219-8242 or visit www.roulette.org

From Time Out Chicago, an overview of this weekend’s multi-site festival:

The Wire’s annual experimental summit is usually the only avant-garde game in town at the onset of autumn. But that was before Spain’s celebrated Sónar festival set up shop in Chicago. The two have wisely joined forces for a mind-expanding survey of “outsider sounds.” Newcomer Sónar leans electro, while the AIMM, now in its eighth year, encompasses everything from free jazz to tightly wound krautrock.

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From New York’s Avant Ghetto:

Avant Ghetto Presents:
Greg Davis + Ben Vida
Geoff Mullen
Lussuria

Tuesday, September 14th 9PM
Free
Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

More about the artists:

Greg Davis(VT)

http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic

Greg Davis plays everything from guitar to khaen to gongs to synthesizer to pine cones to laptop and more. He primarily works as a solo musician but has worked in a variety of musical situations with Jeph Jerman, Zach Wallace (as Sun Circle), Keith Fullerton Whitman, Sebastien Roux, Steven Hess, Joseph Grimm and Akron/Family. Davis has released lots of music on labels such as Carpark, Kranky, Important, Tompkins Square, Tonschacht, Room40, Ghostly and more. He has toured and travelled around the world sharing his openness to all sounds and musical experiences. Davis makes his home in Burlington, Vermont where he works on music, audio mastering and has been active in developing a new scene for other musics. Greg’s recent live sets have focused on a shared meditative drone experience which creates an environment conducive for the practice of deep listening in the present moment with a clear mind free of prejudice.

Ben Vida (NYC)

http://www.kranky.net/artists/birdshow.html

For over ten years Ben Vida has been writing, recording and releasing records. Playing in such bands as Town and Country, Singer and DRMWPN and playing solo under the name Bird Show. He has released records with many labels including Thrill Jockey, Drag City and Kranky. Ben has toured extensively around the United States, Europe and Japan -Kranky Records

Lussuria (NY)

http://www.lussuria.cjb.net/

Lussuria performs Ambient Noise nostalgic for the early days of the genre. Citing pioneers as Halfler Trio, Mlehst, Maeror Tri, and NON, the music of Lussuria fluxuates between collaged soundscapes, hypnotic drones, and noise rumbling. Formed in 2006, Lussuria have released material through such labels as Hospital Productions, Amortout, Destructive Industries, and Razors and Medicine. In addition, have performed stateside and abroad. Currently the project have completed work on a full length due out on
Hospital Productions later this year.

Geoff Mullen (RI)

http://www.rareyouth.org/

I first became aware of Mullen’s guitar excursions through his additions to the excellent Invisible Pyramid box set put out a few years ago by Providence based Last Visible Dog records. In addition to introducing me to the beautiful writing of Loren Eisley, that expansive 6 CD document has yielded countless hours of aural bliss
with Mullen’s contributions being my personal favorites. On that set, Mullen transcended mere Takoma worship with his use of subtle white noise that only enhanced his beautiful acoustic guitar playing. Having followed Mullen’s career since then it is evident the man is a restless creative spirit and one of a handful of guitarists who can still keep things interesting. – Jeff Conklin (Avant Ghetto)

From Baltimore’s Out Of Your Head:

The Contemporary Museum introduced its Mobtown Modern Music Series in January 2008 to fill a void in Baltimore’s vibrant music scene and to serve as a catalyst for musical innovation and the creation and presentation of the new music of our times.

Here’s the full schedule, taken from City Paper:

* Sept. 14 / LigetiFest: A program devoted to the wildly diverse chamber work of late Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti, including his seldom-performed Poème Symphonique for 100 metronome.

* Oct. 6 / Removable Parts: Composer/performer Corey Dargel performs songs from his pieces Removable Parts and Every Day Is The Same Day .

* Oct. 12 / Victoire + Nadia Sirota: Violist Nadia Sirota shares a bill with Victoire, the unconventional chamber group run by Missy Mazzoli.

* Dec. 8 / Agitated Histories: A program of pieces by composer/vocalist Ken Ueno.

* Dec. 11 / Unsilent Night: The annual performance of Phil Kline’s piece for massed boomboxes.

* Jan. 12, 2011 / Glassworks (with the BSO)

* Feb. 23, 2011 / Notations 21: A program of pieces written using unconventional notation, including works by John Cage, Elliot Sharp, and Baltimore composer Will Redman.

* March 9, 2011 / LEMUR + Todd Reynolds: The former stands for League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots; the latter is a violinist returning to the MM stage.

* April 6, 2011 / O Death: The local premiere of Peabody Institute faculty member Oscar Bettison’s roots-infused mortality-minded suite.

* June 1, 2011 / Ayre (with the BSO)

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From Improvised Communications:

On Friday, October 8th, German pianist/composer Jürgen Friedrich and his longstanding American trio mates, John Hébert (bass) and Tony Moreno (drums), will make their debut appearance at Firehouse 12. The group, which has performed and recorded together for more than a decade, will be on tour supporting its fifth and latest recording, Pollock (Pirouet Records). This release pays tribute to the legendary painter Jackson Pollock through both its own artwork and the instinctive nature of the music, especially the collectively improvised title track.

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