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Newsbits: Lost Civilizations in DC / League of Composers in NY / John Butcher’s Trace / Dark Ambient in France

English: Ron Anderson at the Silent Barn with PAK
English: Ron Anderson at the Silent Barn with PAK (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On March 24, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project (http://www.soundclick.com/lostcivilizations ; http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852179) , appearing again with Doug Kallmeyer on bass and electronics; Jerry Busher on percussion and Emily Chimiak on violin, perform at DC’s DC9 Club on a bill including Brooklyn’s Onward Chariots (http://onwardchariots.com/) and DC’s Grogan Social Scene (http://grogansocialscene.com/ ) — it promises to be quite a diverse evening!

Joe Merolla (bass), Ron Anderson (guitar), Nonoko Yoshida (sax) Kenny Grohowski (drums) will be playing an improvised set of music at Stuarts Popejoy’s monthly series Aural Dystopia: 8pm: Joe Merolla/Ron Anderson/Nonoko Yoshida/Kenny Grohowski, 9pm: Seabrook/Popejoy/Shea, 10pm: Hock/Smiley/Pitsiokos, 11pm: Louise DE Jensen/Mike Pride, Tuesday, March 19th, JACK – 8pm, 505 1/2 Waverly Ave. Brooklyn NY Price: $10.

From Bang the Bore: “Wire magazine is on good form this month. Not only is Jakob Ullmann featured on this month’s cover, their website is also streaming the entirety of Trace, John Butcher’s excellent sold out 2010 Tapeworm cassette release.”

Dark Ambient artists Arcana, Desiderii Marginis, Sophia, Vestigial, Treha Sektori, and Havan will perform May 11th in France. Le Petit Bain (http://www.petitbain.org/), 7 Port de la Gare, 75013 Paris, France.


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