Gutbucket Interview: Cascades and Collisions

June 27, 2011 — Mike

From All About Jazz, an interview with a member of Gutbucket:

Over its 12-year career, Gutbucket has resituated its various musical parts like the pieces of a Rubik’s cube. The elements of that cube, the sonic strains, have remained similar–an amalgam of fuzz rock, jumpy jazz, post-serial classicism–but its panoply of shifting color has been redeployed in unique ways on each of the Brooklyn-based quartet’s five CDs, starting with an emphasis on improvisation but gradually incorporating greater degrees of composing.

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New Releases From Leo Records

June 26, 2011 — Mike

From Leo Records:

Anne-gabriel Debaecker / Patrick Defossez / Simon Goubert – Pourquoi Tant De…?
Tran(ce)formation Quartet – Entrance
Telegraph – Telegraph
Evgeny Masloboev / Anastasia Masloboeva – Russian Folksongs In the Key of Winter
Tim Trevor-Briscoe / Nicola Guazzaloca / Szilard Mezei – Underflow

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Monsieur Délire Reviews

June 25, 2011 — Mike

From Monsieur Délire:

PAULINE OLIVEROS, FRANCISCO LÓPEZ, DOUG VAN NORT & JONAS BRAASCH / Quartet for the End of Space (Pogus)
ARRIVE / There Was… (Clean Feed)
CYLINDER / Cylinder (Clean Feed)
OFF SHORE / Off Shore (Kontrans)
KETIL BJØRNSTAD / Early Piano Music (Hubro)
SIGBJØRN APELAND / Glossolalia (Hubro)
HUNTSVILLE / For Flowers, Cars and Merry Wars (Hubro)
ERNESTO RODRIGUES, ANGHARAD DAVIES, GUILHERME RODRIGUES, ALESSANDRO BOSETTI & MASAFUMI EZAKI / London (Creative Sources)
FARMERS BY NATURE / Out of This World’s Distortions (AUM Fidelity – merci à/thanks to Improvised Communications)
DAVID S. WARE, COOPER-MOORE, WILLIAM PARKER & MUHAMMD ALI / Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity – merci à/thanks to Improvised Communications)
LE PELTEUX DE NUAGES / Musique laxative: Trash/MIDI (ind.)
MARTINE ALTENBURGER, FRÉDÉRIC BLONDY & BERTRAND GAUGUET / Vers l’île paresseuse (Creative Sources)
ERIC HOFBAUER AND THE INFRARED BAND / Level (Creative Nation Music/Notable – merci à/thanks to Improvised Communications)
XL TARGET with KJ DAVE DORAN & CHRISTY DORAN / NuBtz ReMix (Unit Records)
OCTOBER EQUUS / Saturnal (altrOck)

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An informal new music festival hits L.A.

June 25, 2011 — Mike
Lou Harrison

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From latimes.com, a quirky set of performances in the coming weeks.

8 p.m. Saturday: New work by Brazilian composer Chico Mello for voices, refretted guitar and string quartet with John Schneider and the Eclipse Quartet. Also included will be a performance of Lou Harrison’s String Quartet Set. Villa Aurora, 520 Paseo Miramar, Pacific Palisades. (310) 573-3603 or infola@villa-aurora.org.

7 p.m. Sunday: A rare performance of Morton Feldman’s four-hour-plus trio “For Philip Guston” with flutist Rachel Beetz, Dustin Donahue and pianist Martin Hiendl. The Wulf, 1026 S. Santa Fe Ave. @203, downtown Los Angeles. (213) 488-1182 or www.thewulf.org.

8 p.m. June 30: Christopher Robert’s “Trios for Deep Voices,” a work for three double basses inspired by music of Papua New Guinea. Roberts will be joined by two bass players from the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. Royal/T, 8910 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 559-6300 or www.angelcityarts.org.

1 p.m. July 3: “The Wulf at @ MOCA Sunday Studio.” A variety of new music performances around the MOCA exhibit “William Leavitt: Theater Objects,” including works by Larry Polansky, John Cage and a number of local composers. www.thewulf.org or www.moca.org.

8 p.m. July 5: Selections from Cornelius Cardew’s epic graphic-notation score, “Treatise.” The Wild Beast, CalArts. www.dogstarorchestra.org.

4 p.m. July 10: “on the hill” and 6 p.m. “in the house”: Performances on hillsides in Lincoln Heights and at Hildestate, 481½ E. Ave. 28, Los Angeles. www.dogstarorchestra.org.

July 11 at 1 p.m.: “A Few Rooms Around Town,” performances in curious venues which include a closet in Los Angeles, a kitchen in Pasadena and a room in Valencia. www.dogstarorchestra.org.

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Marc Ribot lets Caged Funk loose

June 25, 2011 — Mike
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From the Montreal Gazette, Ribot is interviewed and profiled.

Ribot, a leading member of New York’s “downtown scene,” opens his three-night invitation jazz festival series Saturday with the blistering cross-genre trio Ceramic Dog, formed in 2003, whose album title Party Intellectuals speaks volumes. The following night he presents Los Cubanos Postizos (Prosthetic Cubans), founded in 1996, based on the montuno dance sounds of Arsenio Rodriguez. He closes his stand with his newest project, Caged Funk, which debuted last year.

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Bang on a Can Marathon Reviewed

June 25, 2011 — Mike
Bang on a Can All-Stars

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From NYTimes.com:

Listeners at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center had to jump out of the way as the Asphalt Orchestra, a brainchild of Bang on a Can, snaked its way through the large crowd at the annual Bang on a Can Marathon on Sunday. The orchestra, an ebullient, avant-garde marching band that blends performance art with inventive new works and funky arrangements, offered a version of Frank Zappa’s “Zomby Woof” by Peter Hess (the group’s tenor saxophonist); an arrangement of Bjork’s “Hyper-Ballad” by Alan Ferber; and Goran Bregovic’s exuberant “Champagne.”

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Locrian Interview: Confronting Urban Decay with Ambient Metal

June 25, 2011 — Mike

From ALARM Press:

Andre Foisy and Terence Hannum are pleased that their band Locrian defies musical categorization. “We’re not completely at home in a metal scenario or ambient or experimental,” Hannum says. “We’re in a weird place, and I like it.” In addition to playing synth and providing vocals for the band, Hannum is an installation artist who has exhibited at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art and many other galleries since 2003. He and guitarist/bassist Foisy both teach at Columbia College Chicago as adjunct faculty.

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Day 1 of the Undead Jazzfest Reviewed

June 25, 2011 — Mike
David Torn

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From NYTimes.com:

The crowds at Le Poisson Rouge sat on the floor, with plenty of room, while the core members of Tarbaby — the pianist Orrin Evans, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Nasheet Waits — screamed cathartically at the end of every melodic-rhythmic cycle, and while the electric guitarists Marc Ribot, with his band Ceramic Dog, and David Torn, with his own trio, proceeded through their spooky, confrontational sets.

Also, some photos are available.

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DMG Newsletter June 24th, 2011

June 24, 2011 — Mike
John Zorn (cropped version)

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From DMG:

Anthony Braxton Diamond Wall Qt! John Zorn: Ribot/Dunn! Klezmerson! The Thing with Otomo ..and with Jim O’Rourke! Lean Left V2: Andy Moor/Terrie Ex/Vandermark/Nilsson-Love!

Joel Futterman! Nonoko Yoshida Pet Bottle Ningen! Blondy/Denzler Hubbub 2CD! Jon Hemmersam/Michael Jefry Stevens! Chris Dingman/Loren Stillman/Ambrose Akinmusire! Ambarchi/O’Rourke LP! Phillip Greenlief Lost Trio! Lemos’ Controlled Bleeding!

Marc Urselli/Vincenzo Pastano! LP’s from Don Cherry/Krzysztof Penderecki, Albert Ayler, Brute Force, Pinhas/Merzbow! Popol Vuh classics! Erma Franklin! Harry Smith’s Anthology on LP!

..and Much More, of course!

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The DMG Free Weekly In-Store Performance Series Continues With:

Sunday, June 26th – ELI KESZLER – postponed!
6pm: From D to Z – DAVE SCANLON & ZACH PRUITT – Guitars!

Saturday, July 2nd at 6pm: Rare Saturday Duo Set The Wolves!
Featuring: DANIEL LEVIN on cello & Mystery Guest!

Sunday, July 3rd Double-Header:
6pm: BEN STAPP – Solo Tuba with Devices!
7pm: ERIKA DAGNINO – poetry/JEAN CARLA RODEA – voice/SARAH BERNSTEIN – violin!

Sunday, July 10th Double-Header
6pm: Crepuscular Activity – YUKARI- Flutes & CARLO COSTA – Drums!
7pm: KYOKO KITAMURA & JEN BAKER – Voice & Trombone!

Sunday, July 17th at 6pm:
SIMON JERMYN / CHRISTOF KNOCHE / JOE HERTENSTEIN!
Electric Bass / Alto & Soprano Sax / Drums – New Collective Trio!

Sunday, July 24th at 6pm:
RAS MOSHE & THE MUSIC NOW ENSEMBLE!

Sunday, July 31st at 6pm:
JAMES FALZONE – Solo Clarinet!

Sunday, August 7th at 7pm (please note new time):
GL DIANA/BEN GERSTEIN/MIKE PRIDE! – New Laptop/Trombone/Drums Trio!

Sunday, August 14th at 6pm:
DAVID AARON – Solo Sax & World Premier of New Work!

Sunday, August 21st at 6pm:
THOMAS HEBERER – Solo Trumpet & 1/4 Tone Trumpet!

Sunday, August 28th at 6pm:
ANDREA PENSADO & ADRIANA DE LOS SANTOS – Argentinian Duo Performing:
Solos & Duos of Voice, Laptop, Amplified Ethnic Violin & Electronics!

Rare Tuesday Gig – Tuesday, August 30th:
6pm: MURAL with KIM MYHR / JIM DENLEY / INGAR ZACH!
Norwegian/Australian Tabletop Guitar/Extended Sax/Unusual Percussion Trio!

Sunday, September 4th at 6pm:
Music on the Edge (UK Duo w/ CD’s on FMR) Featuring:
SUSIE HODDER-WILLIAMSS – Flute/Alto Flute/Bass Flute & CHRIS CALDWELL – Soprano Sax/C Clarinet/Bass Clarinet!

September 18th at 6pm:
BONNIE KANE & CHRIS WELCOME – Great Sax & Guitar Duo!

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Music and More Reviews

June 24, 2011 — Mike

From Music and More:

Matthew Shipp and Sabir Mateen – SaMa Live in Moscow (SoLyd, 2011)
BB and C – The Veil (Cryptogramophone, 2011)
David S. Ware – Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity, 2011)

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