Tashi WadaRevenantPerformed by Stephan Mathieu on June 9. 2011 in the XIII century portico of Collége des Bernardins in Paris.
“Revenant is written for two virginals and electromagnets, in this performance I played a Dolmetsch 1952 Octave Virgnal with 5 Ebows live along to a pre-recorded second voice performed on the same instrument.Both instruments are tuned in a symmetrical version of 2/7-comma meantone temperament with A=415HzThe piece was played back through four loudspeakers patched double mono, one mono pair for the amplified live instrument, another for the recorded take.The audience moved freely in the space.”
Tashi Wada – Revenant – Performed by Stephan Mathieu – Root Blog
Aug 25, ’11
7:08 PM
Jozef van Wissem: New Music for Early Instruments – ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
Aug 10, ’11
1:20 AM
This October, ISSUE Project Room will present Dutch lutanist Josef van Wissem in a two-day residency including collaborations with Jim Jarmusch, Susan Alcorn, Richard Bishop, Gregg Kowalsky, Paul Metzger, Loren Connors, and Heresy of the Free Spirit (Che Chen and Robbie Lee).
New Music For Early Instruments sees van Wissem collaborating with several American artists, all adding essential elements to an ongoing dialogue between the music of our time and early music, when there were fewer written compositions and no recordings.
Stream the Archive of Hobo Cubes Live Performance on EVR 5/29
Jun 1, ’11
9:40 AM
Hobo Cubes Playing in EVR’s Studio
EVR’s soundman Joe generously put up an archive of the Hobo Cubes performance on EVR Sunday. Take a listen here.
Hobo Expanding Cult Band Live on Radio Heart 5/29
May 27, ’11
8:13 AM
Tune into Radio Heart on East Village Radio on Sunday May 29th 4pm-6pm for a special live, improvised set by super group Hobo Expanding Cult Band. The group is made up of members of three synth-based projects – Hobo Cubes (Frank Ouellette), Das Amore, and Femminielli (Bernardino Femminielli) – on tour from Montreal. Judging from their individual work, their collaboration will have elements of some bizarre, lost sound library record or something off Sky Records. Check it out!
Also, Hobo Cubes, Das Amore and Femminielli will be playing a show on Sunday night at Silent Barn in Ridgewood with Remnants and Dream Police. INFO HERE
Hobo Cubes “Telepathic Boulevard”
Cellular Chaos Videos
Apr 18, ’11
7:11 PM
Here are a few more recent Cellular Chaos videos. It’s been a year (!) since I last posted live footage of my band to the blog. Enjoy!
David Tagg Live on EVR March 27th 4-6pm
Mar 23, ’11
12:22 PM
Cover of “I Am The Wolf”
Listen to Radio Heart on Sunday, March 27th from 4-6 PM for a special live performance by New York based musician David Tagg. Having roots in guitar improvisation and tendencies toward experimental drone-based compositions, Tagg has released nine full-length albums and dozens of EPs since founding the boutique labels Second Sun and INSTALL with fellow artist and frequent collaborator Brian Grainger. On the show, David will perform a new conceptual piece based on his “Family Reels”, an archive of reel-to-reel recordings made by his grandfather in the 1950’s and 60’s, using the reels as an atmospheric backdrop for Tagg’s unique and expressive guitar playing. David Tagg’s ninth full-length album, “I Am The Wolf”, was released at Second Sun in January – you can preview the full album here, as well as listen to several of David’s other releases.
Show March 22nd
Mar 7, ’11
10:08 AM
I’m doing a collaboration Tuesday March 22nd with C.Lavender at Union Pool. We’re sharing the bill with Goblin War Trio and Wally Shoup/ C. Spencer Yeh / Ben Hall. We play first, 9:30-10pm. It’s $7. The show was organized by Jeff Conklin for his Avant Ghetto Presents series.
C.Lavender and I did another set together a few months ago for Triple Canopy’s Double Features II. You can take a listen to that here.
Double Features II
Sep 20, ’10
8:12 AM
Joe Merrell, Cruel Month, 2008
Performing with C.Lavender as part of C. Spencer Yeh’s film/music series “Double Features” for the online contemporary art and culture magazine Triple Canopy at 177 Livingston in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 25th. We’ll be doing a live score to a number of Los Angeles-based video artist Joe Merrell’s 3D films. Full info below!
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Triple Canopy presents Double Features, an evening of audiovisual exchange organized by sound artist and composer C. Spencer Yeh. Improvisor and composer Aaron Moore (Invisible Sports), duo Ceci Moss & C. Lavender, and a German-American quartet composed of double bassist and guitarist Werner Dafeldecker, bass clarinetist Gene Coleman, trumpeter Nate Wooley, and percussionist Ben Hall represent an array of sonic-experimentation strategies, for the second program in this series. They will perform new works guided by (and in opposition to) the films of Italian filmmaker Francesco Paladino, Los Angeles–based video artist Joe Merrell, Llucia Sanchez, and Australian-based media artist Lawrence English.
September 25, 2010
Doors: 7:30pm,
Cover: $7/Donation,
177 Livingston
Throbbing Gristle – Discipline (Live at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, 5-29-1981)
May 24, ’10
1:22 PM
Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners
Nov 12, ’09
7:12 AM
I’m planning to attend “Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners” tonight, part of the Performa biennial. For the event, composer Luciano Chessa reconstructed “intonarumori” or instruments originally devised by noted Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo in 1913. During the evening, a number of musicians will perform original compositions using the instruments. You can view a quick teaser video below.
I discovered Luciano Chessa’s work through a podcast my friend Rick Bahto recorded for Old First Church Concerts last year, which includes Louganis, Quadri da una citta phantasma, and additional commentary. You can listen to the full podcast here.
