The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2011

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The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2011 takes place this weekend:

FRIDAY 8pm
Mauricio Kagel – Antithèse (1962)
Jean-Claude Risset – Sud (1985)
Christian Marclay – Jukebox Capriccio (1985)
Paul Dresher – Other Fire (1984)
bran(…)pos – Pinball Paneer 2 (2010)
Silvia Matheus – Crossings (2006)
Adrian Moore – Superstrings (1999)

SATURDAY 8pm
Pierre Boulez – Étude (1951)
The Art of Noise – Daft (1983)
Maryanne Amacher – Synaptic Island (excerpt) (1998)
Francis Dhomont – Vol d’arondes (2001)
Thom Blum – Post from Rajasthan (2007)
Kyle Bruckmann – Orgone Accelerator (2010)
Cliff Caruthers – Open Door (2011)
Matt Ingalls – poem (2011)
Heather Frasch – Sonic Postcard: Philly (2010)
Ilya Y. Rostovtsev – Understatements.[i] (2010)
Donal Sarsfield – Of Noise Alone (2010)
Dixie Treichel – Interstellar Espionage (2007)

SUNDAY 8pm
Jonty Harrison IN PERSON!!!
diffusing a concert of his own works:
Klang (1982)
…et ainsi de suite… (1992)
Rock’n'Roll (2004)
Streams (1999)
Hot Air (1995)

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Henry Threadgill's No-Groove Groove

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NPR has a short feature on Threadgill’s recent releases and reissues:

Air was a flagship of the 1970s avant-garde, but saxophonist Henry Threadgill, bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall first came together to play Scott Joplin‘s piano music. They preserved his rags’ multiple themes, but swung them in a modern way. That blend of the new and recycled is typical Threadgill. With Air, he sometimes played hubkaphone — a rack of vintage hubcaps — and could make it sound like a giant African thumb piano.

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Touching Extremes Reviews

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From Touching Extremes:

PAUL HUBWEBER & PHILIP ZOUBEK – Archiduc Concert : Dansaert Variations
CÉSAR BOLAÑOS – Peruvian Electroacoustic And Experimental Work (1964 – 1970)
MARCUS MAEDER – Subsegmental
TIM HODGKINSON / MILO FINE – Teshuvah
THOLLEM MCDONAS – Gone Beyond Reason To Find One
TOMAS PHILLIPS – Quartet For Instruments

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

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From Free Jazz:

Lol Coxhill & Roger Turner – Success With Your Dog (Emanem, 2010)
Ches Smith & These Arches – Finally Out Of My Hands (Skirl, 2010)
Rahim Alhaj – Little Earth (Ur Music, 2010)

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RIP Mick Karn

Mick Karn passed away yesterday, after losing his battle with cancer.

Interview with Andrew D'Angelo

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From Ars Nova Workshop:

Ars Nova Workshop begins a New Year of music this Friday night with a concert by AGOGIC, who will be kicking off a 3-night tour in Philadelphia before heading to New York and Chicago.  This new project led by long-time collaborators Andrew D’Angelo and Cuong Vu features two emerging musicians from Seattle’s thriving jazz scene, drummer Evan Woodle and bassist Luke Bergman.  ANW caught up with D’Angelo to talk about this new ensemble, Seattle’s evolving jazz scene, and his upcoming book on surpassing brain cancer.

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