From Jack O’ The Clock:
THIS THURSDAY!
Fred Frith Trio, Trance Mission, Jack O’ The Clock
1/29/15,
doors 7:30, show 8PM ($20)
Slim’s
333 11th St,
San Francisco, CA
All Ages (6+)Details of Fred Frith Trio European Tour: http://www.jasonhoopes.com/event/fred-frith-trio-european-tour/
FRED FRITH TRIO:
Fred Frith, guitar
Jason Hoopes, bass
Jordan Glenn, drums
Frith returns to his deep roots in this improvising trio with the classic lineup of guitar, bass and drums. Playful, intimate, and bound together by a dark and delicate interplay, the group reminds us what listening is all about. After a lifetime of experience across almost every field of musical endeavor, Fred stretches out in the company of two stalwarts of the vibrant Bay Area music scene, drummer Jordan Glenn and bassist Jason Hoopes. The trio is set to embark on its first European tour in mid-February 2015.TRANCE MISSION:
Stephen Kent – didgeridoo, percussion, cello-sintir
Beth Custer – B flat, alto, bass clarinets, percussion
Peter Valsamis – drums, percussion, electronics
Trance Mission features three extraordinary multi-instrumentalist/composers with mountains of global accolades to their credit. In this new trio incarnation Trance Mission continues the genre-breaking musical traditions they started in the 1990’s. Founded in ‘91 by Kent and Custer this seminal 4th World quartet out of the Bay Area performed extensively on the West Coast and in Europe and created four universally acclaimed recordings released on San Francisco’s City of Tribes label. The music of Trance Mission is as fresh and alive today as it was at its inception and the band’s performances snap, crackle and pop with infectious improvisational spirit and humor. They are currently working on a new release slated for 2015 and booking engagements the world over.JACK O’ THE CLOCK
Damon Waitkus – voice, guitar, hammer dulcimer
Emily Packard – violins
Kate McLoughlin – bassoon, voice
Jason Hoopes – bass, voice
Jordan Glenn – drums
Jack O’ The Clock is a songwriting band with roots in experimental chamber music, American folk, and progressive rock, which began in 2007. The group “presents a fine lesson on what it means to write songs that are at once approachable and human while simultaneously being incredibly profound in terms of timbre, depth of emotion, and harmonic complexity” (Matt DiGiordano, Progulator). “Simply labeling it ‘Americana’ or ‘contemporary folk’ doesn’t come close to unpacking the density and complexity of these intricate structures, which thread the listener through alternative histories of American music… with as much verve, daring, and intellectual passion as Van Dyke Parks…” (Ed Pinsent, Sound Projector, UK).
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