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From Los Angeles New Music:

SCREAM Festival

January 27, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm – REDCAT $20/$16 Student with ID From the REDCAT website: Co-presented with the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music Global music forms meet the digital surge of the 21st century as the Ka… Organized by REDCAT | Type: performance

Rats, Missincinatti, and Just-Intoned Voices

January 27, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Donald R. Wright Auditorium Pasadena Central Library From the Pasadena Creative Music website: Tonight’s concert opens with the world premiere of composer Cat Lamb’s Branches for just-intoned singers performed by a female choir assembled especially for… Organized by Pasadena Creative Music | Type: performance

KaiBorg CD Release Concerts!

January 28, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – Metro Galleries From the Facebook event page: KaiBorg CD Release Concerts! Celebrating the release of their CD, “Harvesting Metadata.” San Diego, Bakersfield, Ventura KaiBorg is: David Borgo: soprano and sopranino… Organized by Jeff Kaiser | Type: performance

Steve Horowitz and the Code Ensemble

January 29, 2010 from 8:30pm to 10:30pm – REDCAT From the REDCAT Website: “If I were hired to score the picture today, I would hope that my score would come out sounding the way that Steve’s does.” David Shire “Invasion is an amazing journey throu… Organized by REDCAT | Type: performance

KaiBorg CD Release Concerts!

January 30, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm – San Buenaventura Artists Union From the Facebook Event Page: KaiBorg CD Release Concerts! Celebrating the release of their CD, “Harvesting Metadata.” San Diego, Bakersfield, Ventura KaiBorg is: David Borgo: soprano and sopranino… Organized by Jeff Kaiser | Type: performance

Steve Horowitz and the Code Ensemble

January 30, 2010 from 8:30pm to 10:30pm – REDCAT From the REDCAT Website: “If I were hired to score the picture today, I would hope that my score would come out sounding the way that Steve’s does.” David Shire “Invasion is an amazing journey throug… Organized by REDCAT | Type: performance

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SCREAM Festival at REDCAT

From LA’s REDCAT:

January 27, 2010
SCREAM FESTIVAL

Co-presented with the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music

Global music forms meet the digital surge of the 21st century as the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, directed by Ajay Kapur, convenes an international lineup of musicmakers, engineers and digital artists who use custom-built robotic instruments and new and expressive interfaces in live music performance. The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra features appearances by North Indian sarodist Ustad Aashish Khan, electronic artist Curtis Bahn, Balinese gamelan master I Nyoman Wenten, vocal synthesizer Perry Cook, and innovators from the CalArts Music Technology Program. With a theatrical set designed by Michael Darling.

Funded in part through a Durfee Foundation Artists’ Resource for Completion Grant and Subito, the quick advancement grant program of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum.

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Fresh Sound Music Upcoming Concerts

Fresh Sound Music puts on some interesting shows in San Diego:

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 – 8 pm
Margaret Noble, sound design (San Diego)
Susan Narucki, voice and electronics (San Diego)

FRESH SOUND EXTRA – Ear, Nose and Throat
Monday, January 25th, 2010 – 8 pm

PERCUSSION SERIES – Steve Schick
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – 8 pm
Mathematics of Resonant Bodies by John Luther Adams.

PERCUSSION SERIES – Scott Amendola and Wil Blades
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 – 8 pm

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Upsilon Acrux’s European Tour

Tour dates are available (via the link) from Upsilon Acrux:

Upsilon Acrux (Los Angeles, CA, USA), an instrumental quintet (dual guitars, keyboards, bass and drums), is one of the most creative, original and sonically spellbinding bands on the U.S.A.’s thriving post-punk, avant-garde rock scene. Cuneiform Records has just released Radian Futura, the band’s sixth album of explosive, intense and surprisingly beautiful intricate, instrumental rock, which is generating praise and attention for the band in the music press. But in addition to such acclaimed recordings, Upsilon Acrux is reknown for presenting brutally intense live shows. Based on the West Coast, the band is a regular on the circuit of L.A.’s legendary venue, the Smell, where it continues to develop its uncompromising sound. Upsilon Acrux has shared the stage with such acts as The Boredoms, The Ruins, Mission of Burma, the Locust, Don Caballero, Bad Dudes, the Fucking Champs, Dillinger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation, Black Heart Procession, Hella, Lightning Bolt, Marnie Stern, Flying Luttenbachers, Orthrelm, Time of Orchids, Experimental Dental School, Truman’s Water and Mick Barr. Never seen on stage before outside the USA, the band will tour Europe for the first time ever in September and October 2009. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of Upsilon Acrux’s legendary live performances in Continental Europe and the UK!!

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Reminder: Los Angeles New Music Ensemble Presents Time, Minimalism, and Electronics This Week

From the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble:

Los Angeles New Music Ensemble-Time, Minimalism, and Electronics

Friday, August 7, 8pm
Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica CA
$5 students, $10 adult
Website: LosAngelesNME.org
Phone: 505 270 4965

Program info:
This summer the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble is proud to present a summer series based on time, minimalism, and electronics. The program is centered around Terry Riley’s masterpiece of the minimalist movement, In C. In C has been lauded throughout the world as a seminal work in the history of contemporary music. Yet more importantly, the truly transcendent nature of the piece when heard live is something that we believe should be experienced by everyone. When played with skill, precision, and passion, Terry Riley’s visionary set of 53 musical cues becomes a transformative performance, and it is these attributes that we intend to bring to Southern California this summer.

We are also pleased to present two pieces especially commissioned for this series by Patrick Conlon and Dan Formidoni, and two older works by Evan Ziporyn and Dr. Marvin Lamb.

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour Through August

From Cuneiform Records:

BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (special tour to promote “Dawn of the Cycads”, so founding member Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) is performing with the group in place of current member Ken Field, and all material will be vintage – 1988 or earlier)
July 30 – Johnny D’s – 17 Holland St. – Somerville, MA 02144

DJAM KARET
August 6 – Hip Kitty Jazz and Fondue Lounge – 502 West First St. – Claremont, CA. 91711 (909) 447-6700 (with Ukab Maerd)
August 22 – Crescendo Festival – Saint Palais-sur-Mer, France

LED BIB [2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize-Album of the Year!]
August 2009 – London date to be announced imminently

MATS/MORGAN BAND (Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren with former Meshuggah bassist Gustaf Hilem)
August 16 – 20 – Zaapanle – Germany (with Denny Walley)

REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE
August 15 – Salem Jazz & Soul Festival – Salem, MA

UPSILON ACRUX
July 25 – The Ruby Room – Giant Robot post ComicCon show! – 1271 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 – $5.00 – (with Flattbush,Binges + giant robot artshow)
July 31 – The Center for Arts, Eagle Rock – 2225 Colorado Blvd. LA, CA 90041 – $8.00 (with Horse the Band, All Leather, + 1 more)
August 2 – The Smell – Los Angeles, California 90012 – $5.00 (with Ancestors, Nu Sensae, Random Cuts)

ZEVIOUS (our latest signing! Come out to see them now as they preview music from their fantastic new release “After the Air Raid”!)
August 14 – Yippie Cafe – 9 Bleecker St – Brooklyn, NY (with Third Space)
August 15 – Avant Gentleman’s Lodge – 4028 Filbert St – Philadelphia, PA 19104 (with Make A Rising, Hume)
August 16 – Galaxy Hut – 2711 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 525-8646 (with DCIC)
August 17 – Nara – 1309 W. Main St – Richmond, Virginia (w/ The Wayward)
August 18 – DIVEbar – 3 Glenwood Ave – Raleigh, North Carolina – (Free show)
August 19 – BoBo Gallery – 22 Lexington Ave – Asheville, NC (with Shane Perlowin, King Tut)
August 21 – Dada Dollhouse – Winston Salem, NC (with St. Peter Pocket Veto)
August 22 – Hexagon – 1825 N. Charles St – Baltimore, MD (with Expanding Man, others tba)

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Emily Hay on Tour in June

Emily Hay announces a few dates in Southern Cali:

June 14, 2009, 8:30pm (event starts at 7:30)
Flutist/vocalist Emily Hay performs with pianist/sound artist Motoko Honda
SIMMS Series
Musicians’ Union Hall, 116 9th Street (at Mission), San Francisco, CA
Also on the bill: Erica Eller with Damon Smith and Weasel Walter
http://www.outsound.org/

June 15, 2009 sometime after 9:00pm
Emily Hay (flutes/vocals/electronics) performs with keyboardist/sound artist Motoko Honda guitarist/sonic artist Lucio Menegon
Kingman’s Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Avenue (near Solano), Albany, CA
Experimental/Improv Hootenanny & Social Club
Also on the bill: All Ones, Ralph Carney, curated sets with Bass is the Place and Bunny Numpkins
http://www.kingmanscocktails.com/inside-IR.htm

June 18, 2009 8:00pm (we’ll probably play last)
Emily Hay performs with keyboardist/sound artist Motoko Honda and percussionist Brad Dutz
The Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Also on the bill: Anna Homler (voice) with Michael Intriere (cello) and Jorge
Martin (electronics) and
Josie Roth (viola and electronics)
http://www.myspace.com/resboxmusic

June 20, 2009 sometime after 9:00pm
Emily Hay performs with Bavab Bavab
Echo Curio (Echo Park Curiosity Shop and Art Gallery)
1519 Sunset Boulevard, Echo Park, CA
http://www.echocurio.com/Cabinet.html

June 28, 2009 7:00pm
Emily Hay performs with guitarist Carey Fosse
The Tribal Cafe
1651 W. Temple Street, #A, Los Angeles, CA
Also on the bill: Motoka Honda, Anna Homler and more!!!
http://www.tribalcafe.com/

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DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

May 10, 2009
Radio I-Ching, Cake Shop
Don Fiorino, Andy Haas, Dee Pop
Peter Brotzmann Solo, Cake Shop
Peter Brotzmann

May 09, 2009
OffOnOff, The Studio @ Webster Hall
Terrie Ex, Paal Nilssen-Love, Massimo Pupillo
Orange Tulip Conspiracy, The Studio @ Webster Hall
Luke Bergman, Zach Cline, Jason Schimmel, Lee Smith, John Whooley

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Bob Drake News

From Bob:

18 March 2009:

Oh it’s March. Rob Murphy is here and we’re putting the final touches on the mixes of the Nobodies album, to be entitled “Nobodies Cup of Tea” which we recorded here last July. (Note: the mixes you hear on their myspace page are really quick rough mixes I did at the end of the July session, don’t know why they’d make those available but oh well.) Anyway I think it’s going to be a great album and it’s always a pleasure working with Mr. Murphy.

In the meantime I continue stockpiling songs ideas for my next solo album which I still hope to begin recording late this summer. It’s been a long time coming, but after finishing my previous album The Shunned Country, I wanted to wait a long time before embarking on the next. The way it usually went was this: about the time I’d be finishing up an album, I’d already have a clear idea about the general character and direction for the next one. After Shunned, into which I’d put much more work than any of the others, I definitely felt I was done for a while, and having released six solo albums between 1994-2005, it didn’t bother me at all to say OK I’ll just stop for a while and wait. It seems to have worked; I’ve got a clear idea now for this next batch of tunes, they’re coming along nicely, they’ve got a different character than the last few albums, and who knows if anyone else is going to like it…as usual! Anyhow we’ll see…if I do get them recorded this year it’ll be released sometime in 2010. I’m still not in a big hurry apparently.

The following is a repeat from last month’s update, just hoping someone reads it and has some ideas!:

Bob Drake‘s Cabinet of Curiosities is looking for some gigs in October 2009, this time in the western USA. Let’s say for starters, roughly between Colorado-California, and along the west coast. As we did on the first tour, we want to play in garages, livingrooms, toolsheds, basements, backyards, informal coffee houses or galleries, that sort of thing. Any kind of informal or unusual setting! If you have any ideas, please write to me at: cabinet@bdrak.com

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Songlines: Small Is Beautiful

The Songlines label is profiled.

This month’s jazz quiz: Name the most underappreciated independent label in jazz.

Ooooh. Tough one. There are so many. Most jazz, these days, is released on small labels, few of which are generating any kind of boffo profits. A few, like ECM, develop a historic identity over time. Others, like Pi in New York and Cryptogramophone in California, develop a stable of players and a laser following.

But the correct answer this time around is: Songlines.

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