Avant Music News

Guitarist Mary Halvorson will spend the next 10 days touring in the UK and Europe with saxophonist/composer Ingrid Laubrock‘s Anti-House in support of the group’s self-titled debut on Intakt Records.

Here’s the complete tour itinerary:

18 Jan :: Vortex Jazz Club (London, England)
19 Jan :: Club Moments (Bremen, Germany)
20 Jan :: Alter Schl8hof (Wels, Austria)
21 Jan :: Paradox (Tilburg, The Netherlands)
22 Jan :: Club W71 (Weikersheim, Germany)
23 Jan :: Loft (Cologne, Germany)
24 Jan :: Café Wilhelmina (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
25 Jan :: Jazzclub Unterfahrt (Munich, Germany)
26 Jan :: klub Gromka (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
27 Jan :: Porgy & Bess (Vienna, Austria)

N.E.W. + SPECIAL GUEST: LOL COXHILL
WED 19 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

The unstoppable power trio of Steve Noble (Drums), John Edwards (Bass) and Alex Ward (Guitar) return to Cafe OTO… MORE>

BALLOON & NEEDLE
THE NEW KOREAN AVANT GARDE
(THREE DAY RESIDENCY)
THURS 20 JAN ’11 • Films/Workshop • 8PM • £5 films / £10 workshops
FRI 21 JAN ’11 • Performance • 8PM • £8 adv / £10 on the door
SAT 22 JAN ’11 • Performance • 8PM • £8 adv / £10 on the door

Through live performance, screenings and workshops, this three day residency explores the unique sonic and visual world of a group of young South Korean artists and noise makers appearing in the UK for the first time. Within Seoul’s almost non-existent experimental underground, this tight-knit collective has developed a sound, style and approach to creativity outside the influences of their Japanese and European kin, conjuring a distinct vocabulary that reflects the collective spirit of a new South Korean avant-garde…. MORE>

ALCHEMICAL REACTIONS
SUN 23 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

Alchemical Reactions presents the visual and sonic results of collaborations between 7 artists and musicians for an evening of immersive sensory experience that experiments with the language of the film score. Participants include Zoe Dorelli, Karolina Hedstrom, Will Hutchinson, Gabrielle Iwelumo, Nicholas Pankhurst, Kevin Quigley, Marianne Walker, Jussi Brightmore, Miles Copeland, Oli Don, Mrs Alice Iwelumo and Mark Wagner… MORE>

JEAN-DANIEL HÉGÉ + UTE KANNGIESSER + GUILLAUME VILTARD + GRUNDIK KASYANKSKY + DALE BERNING
MONDAY 24 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £4 adv. / £5 on the door

A night of contemporary composition and improvisation with solos and collaborations from double bassists Jean-Daniel Hégé and Guillaume Viltard, Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Grundik Kasyansky (electronics) and Dale Berning (voice, objects, toys)… MORE>

PRIMATE ARENA’S ONE DAY FESTIVAL
W/ ADAM BOHMAN, VALERIO TRICOLI, FRITZ WELCH, DYLAN NYOUKIS, SHARON GAL, DANIEL DAVIDOVSKY, NICO TEEN, TOM ROBERTS, MOSHI HONEN, ALEX (DROOL) YUNOVICH
TUES 25 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £6 adv. / £8 on the door

Curated by Eran Sachs & Alex Drool, PRIMATE ARENA is Israel’s first consistent platform for a wide palette of experimental and improvised music. It touches down at Cafe OTO for collaborations with a clutch of like-minded souls from the UK and beyond… MORE>

NECESSITY + SNORKEL + CREWDSON
WED 26 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5/£7 on the door

Stepping into the void created by an injury to bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas – this night will now be headed up by a new quartet, aptly called NECESSITY, featuring major players on the experimental scene, Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Pat Thomas and Ashleigh Marsh. They’re joined by the improv/electronica and soundart of Snorkel and Crewsdon’s gravity defying electronic music….MORE>

SPRAWL 15TH BIRTHDAY: COMMON OBJECTS + SIMON FISHER TURNER + VIV CORRINGHAM, PETER CUSACK, CLIVE BELL
THURS 27 JAN ’11 • 7.30PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door

Experimental audio event organisers Sprawl celebrate their 15 years of regular, and occasional projects – including mini-festivals and electic music evenings – since 1996, with this very special night featuring a fantastic and unique line-up of performances…. MORE>

ZEA (ARNOLD DE BOER / THE EX) + TEMPERATURES + LITTER
SUN 30 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

Zea is the solo project of The Ex’s Arnold de Boer. Performing solo, armed with a mic, guitar and a sampler, de Boer makes high energy songs with urgent lyrics over punky beats and grimy bass lines. Joyfully obstinate, wonderfully bonkers… He’s joined on the bill by uncategorisable drum/synth and bass/vox duo Temperatures and staccato punk combo Litter…MORE>

THE WORKSHOP SERIES
MON 31 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5/£4 concs

First concert for the new year of experimental improvised music drawn from participants of Eddie Prévost‘s weekly workshop. This month’s musicians are Philip Somervell (Piano), Jamie Coleman (Trumpet), Grundik Kasyansky (Electronics), Arthur Swindell (Trumpet), David Papapostolou (Cello) and Matt Hammond (Guitar) ….MORE>

January 15, 2011
Katie Young Solo, Ibeam
Katherine A Young

January 15, 2011
Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin’s 2+2 Project, Ibeam
Dan Peck Jon Raskin Katherine A Young Nate Wooley Phillip Greenlief

January 13, 2011
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Littlefield
Jon Irabagon Kevin Shea Moppa Elliott Peter Evans

January 13, 2011
Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans Trio, Littlefield
Mary Halvorson Peter Evans Weasel Walter

January 12, 2011
Marc Ribot’s Sun Ship, Le Poisson Rouge
Chad Taylor Henry Grimes Marc Ribot Mary Halvorson

January 12, 2011
Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo, The Stone
Nasheet Waits Tony Malaby William Parker

January 9, 2011
Gaucho, Mercury Lounge
Ari Munkres Dave Ricketts Michael Groh Rob Reich Tamar Korn

January 9, 2011
Marcus Shelby Quintet, Mercury Lounge
Danny Grissett Darrell Green Darren Johnston Faye Carol Howard Wiley Marcus Shelby Mitch Marcus

January 9, 2011
Mitch Marcus Quintet, Mercury Lounge
Andrew Gould Joe Young Leon Boykins Mitch Marcus Sameer Gupta

January 9, 2011
The Nice Guy Trio, Mercury Lounge
Daniel Fabricant Darren Johnston Rob Reich

Roscoe Mitchell 70th Birthday Celebration
Thursday, February 17, 2010

8PM at Roulette
20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand)

Two contrasting settings showcase the innovative woodwind virtuosity of Art Ensemble of Chicago founder Roscoe Mitchell. An iconoclastic soloist and prolific composer, Mitchell’s music has influenced generations of musicians. Electronic music pioneer David Wessel and Roscoe Mitchell, time collaborators, play a set of duo improvisations, followed by the Roscoe Mitchell Quartet, featuring Dave Burrell (piano), Henry Grimes (bass), and Tani Tabbal (drums).

Roscoe Mitchell’s innovation as a solo performer, his role in the resurrection of long neglected woodwind instruments of extreme register, and his reassertion of the composer into what has traditionally been an improvisational form have placed him at the forefront of contemporary music for more than four decades. Roscoe Mitchell is a founding member of the world renowned Art Ensemble of Chicago, and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. An innovator in the field of solo instrumental improvisation and an iconoclastic composer in various settings, Mitchell has recorded over 100 albums and has written hundreds of compositions. His compositions range from classical to contemporary, from wild and forceful free jazz to ornate chamber music.

David Wessel studied mathematics and experimental psychology at the University of Illinois and received a doctorate in mathematical psychology from Stanford in 1972. In 1976, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he moved to Paris to work as member of the team that began the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustic/Musique (IRCAM). In 1988, he joined the faculty at UC Berkeley and founded the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). He is particularly interested in live-performance computer music where improvisation plays an essential role. He has collaborated in performance with a variety of improvising composers including Roscoe Mitchell (a collaboration that dates back to the IRCAM days), Steve Coleman, Ushio Torikai, Thomas Buckner, Vinko Globokar, Jin Hi Kim, Shafqat Ali Khan, and Laetitia Sonami.

Upcoming Interpretations Events:
Thursday February 24, 8PM @ Roulette: Pauline Oliveros Oracle Bones / Sylvia Smith: Percussion Theatre of Stuart Saunders Smith
Thursday March 10, 8PM @ Roulette: Thomas Buckner performs Peter Garland, Michael Byron, Roscoe Mitchell, Petr Kotik, & Fred Ho
Thursday March 17, 8PM @ Roulette: Joseph Kubera & Marilyn Nonken premier Michael Byron & Larry Polansky, plus Christian Wolff

For more information on the artists:
www.akamu.net/
www.artensembleofchicago.com/roscoe.html
cnmat.berkeley.edu/people/david_wessel