Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Epistrophy Arts presents Frode Gjerstad Trio 2/2
Epistrophy Arts presents
Frode Gjerstad Trio (Norway, UK)
Frode Gjerstad - alto sax
Paal Nilssen Love - drums
Nick Stephens - bass
Space 12 3121 E 12th St
Tuesday Feb. 2. 8:00pm-10:30. doors 7:30
All Ages,
tickets available at the door $10-$15 sliding scale admission.
www.epistrophyarts.org
Epistrophy Arts is proud to kick of its 12th year of presenting cutting-edge improvised music in Austin with a special performance by three of Europe’s most prominent creative musicians - Frode Gjerstad, Paal Nilssen-Love and Nick Stephens.
Drawing heavily upon the energy of the free-jazz continuum as defined by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane, alto saxophonist Frode Gjerstad is a pioneer of Norwegian improvised music. His various ensembles have served as a training ground for the current (and most vital) generation of Norwegian experimental musicians. Gjerstad first came to prominence with British percussionist John Stevens' group in the 1980s, and later played in a trio with William Parker and Hamid Drake. His career has spanned over 20 years and has included collaborations with many of the leading lights of improvised and experimental music including Peter Brötzmann, Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Louis Moholo-Moholo, and noise musician Lasse Marhaug.
Powerhouse drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is no stranger to adventurous Austin music audiences. He has taken part in some of Epistrophy Arts' most noted presentations including sold out performances by The Thing, The Peter Brotzmann Tentet, and Atomic. Nilssen-Love has established himself as a powerful and dynamic musician through his wide ranging collaborations with leading improvisors Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee and left-field rock artists like Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke,the Ex’s Andy and Terrie, and Fugazi's Guy Picciotto. In December he completed a tour of Ethiopia with Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars and members of The Ex.
Bassist Nick Stephens has been an active member of the fertile UK improvising community since the late 1970s. In the process, he has played with many of the major players on that scene including Evan Parker, John Stevens, and Lol Coxhill ”Stephens thrives in a trio where he can soak up space with booming long notes, slip in a sleek line between the splash of cymbals and the texture of a horn, and place otherworldly arco color in the foreground,” wrote jazz critic Bill Shoemaker in 2007. “The bassist is the fulcrum of two of the better albums by improvising trios this year"
photo: http://www.paalnilss...Press/frode.jpg
http://frodegjerstad.com/
http://www.paalnilssen-love.com/
http://www.loosetorq.../biography.html
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Free Derek Rogers music
Derek Rogers has posted some of his albums for free on this blog . Great stuff and as previously mentioned he will be playing at Trailer Space records on friday at 7pm .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Friday at Trailer Space
Daniel Francis Doyle
Shitheads On Dynamite
Derek Rogers
Brett Humphrey (from X=X)
Free. BYOB. Starts @ 7pm sharp.
Trailer Space is a great record shop that supports the local underground , so give them your money !!!!!
Shows this week !
General Badassery of the week ..
Church Of the Friendly Ghost present
Waco Girls on Thursday, with Insurgent Theatre.
Monday, January 18, 2010
ZORCH !
Zorch is pretty great , and now you can enjoy them in your own home ..... for FREE !!!
http://zzoorrcchh.com/
5 bands to catch up to in 2010" The Onion/AV Club
"this duo is quite amazing." mathvsrock.blogspot.com
"..makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow on my brain. Beautiful" rhythmsektion.com
"Zorch as a band.... might just be the saving grace of electronically-charged music of overly avant nature." thephotongod blogspot
"These guys, single-handedly changed how i feel about experimental music" http://www.tapebombs.com/musicblog/
"Crazy Stuff." openyourarmsandwelcome.blogspot.com/
"breaks that wouldn’t be out of place on a Fela Kuti or electric period Davis record. Throw in some Rhodes, some drone and some free jazz drum fills and you got yourself a clusterfuck of awesome" daybowbow.net
Damn you facebook!!!!!!!
-Lee Dockery
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Saturday 1/16
This concert will be unstoppable !
1/16 Austin
Presented by Ten Pounds to the Sound
8pm / $8 - $15 sliding scale
First set
Screwed Anthologies
Second set
Chris Cogburn +
Jesse Kudler +
Nick Hennies
Third set
Remi Alvarez +
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten +
Stefan Gonzalez
http://www.noideafestival.com/
Laurel Barickman / Co Curator / www.recspec.org
I’m a little late, and this is a little hurried, but I wanted to post my favorite albums from 2009. Music is everything to me, and if you’d like some suggested listening, here you go. These are in no particular order.
- Supersilent - 9
- Fever Ray - Fever Ray
- Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light
- Nurse with Wound - The Surveillance Lounge
- Big Business - Mind The Drift
- Ben Frost - By The Throat
- Soisong - xAj3z
- Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
- Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
- This Immortal Coil - The Dark Age of Love
With some great album artwork, too:
Lee Dockery / Co Curator / Snakebite
My Top Ten Dopest albums of the '09 (no real order)
- Bibio- Ambivalence Ave
- Tortoise - Beacons of ancestorship
- Fever Ray - S/T
- Oneida - Rated O
- Skull Defekts - Temple
- Z'S - Music of the modern white
- Mt. Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Succubus
- Vadislay Delay - Tummaa
- Shrinebuilder - S/T
- Ben Frost - By The Throat
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Derek Rogers
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Top 10 Shows I Saw In 2009:
10. Animal Collective/Black Dice at Stubb's
09. Peter Brötzmann, Nasheet Waits and Eric Revis Trio at the Victory Grill
08. Dead Meadow and Wooden Shijps at Psych Fest 2
07. The Renderers at End Of An Ear at SXSW
06. Not Not Fun Showcase at The Hideout at SXSW (Sun Araw, Magic Lantern, Pocahaunted, Robedoor, Barn Owl)
05. Earthless with J. Mascis at the Habana Calle tent at SXSW
04. My Bloody Valentine/Josh T. Pearson at Austin Music Hall
03. Borbetomagus at the Frenetic Theater (Houston)
02. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy at the Granada Theater (Dallas)
01. Leonard Cohen at The Long Center
Honorable mention:
Sub Pop showcase (Red Red Meat, Baptist Generals, No Age) at SXSW
Talk Normal at Natrix Natrix House at SXSW
Pearl Jam at Austin City Limits Festival
Sonny Rollins at the Bass Concert Hall
A Personal Addendum:
My live solo debut set in tribute to the late Jack Rose at Natrix Natrix House
Air Traffic Controllers, Kingdom of Suicide Lovers, Elvis, Diamondhead at Beerland
The Young, XYX, Diamondhead, Glasses, Cruddy at Emo's
West Coast tour in August playing with Al Qaeda and being anchored on bass by Mike Watt (particularly the sold out SF show)
Jacob Green / Snakebite / End of an Ear Records
here's what i ended up with - about half new and half old but i included those because there really was no (or almost no) possibility that i could have heard the music ever before.
Units "History of the Units 1977-1983" (reissue, comp)
OOIOO "Armonico Hewa"
Cold Cave "Cremations" (comp)
Pyramids with Nadja "s/t"
Eagle Twin "The Unkindness of Crows"
Ben Frost "By the Throat"
v/a "Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Ghanaian Blue 1968-1981" (comp)
Betty Davis "Is it Love or Desire" (from 1976, first issue)
Luc Ferrari "Les Arythmiques" (posthumous issue)
39 Clocks "Zoned" (reissue, comp)
Pedro Moreno/ Epistrophy Arts
2009 was another fine year for adventurous music all over the world and in Austin. While most of the activity took place deep in the margins of the 'Live Music Capital of the World',there were so many events of such high quality and originality that it feels like our local scene has never been healthier. Here is looking to an amazing 2010!
TOP 09 in 09
1. The biggest event and something that will be sure to make quite an impact on local adventurous culture in the following years is Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten's decision to move to Austin. Norwegian creative music powerhouse and bassist extraordinaire, Haker-Flaten is a member of the Thing, Atomic, Free Fall, Scorch Trio and many other prominent international avant-garde jazz ensembles. Ingebrigt will make his debut as an Austin resident at the 2009 No Idea Festival on Sat. January 16 playing with Mexican free jazz saxophonist Remi Alvarez. http://www.ingebrigtflaten.com/
2. Seeing multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore at this year's No Idea Festival was simply amazing. As was the rest of the multi-faceted and international line up for this cutting edge festival. Chris Cogburn has grown his No Idea Festival into something really unique. It is quite easily the most genuinely radical music event in our region, bringing together improvisors and sound artists from Europe, Latin America, Austin and the greater United States. Chris's work building bridges with the Mexican avant-garde musical community deserves major Kudos! http://noideafestival.com/
3. KOOP DJ Rick Kendrick's stewardship of the new avant-garde jazz radio show Cutting Edge (Sundays 7-8:30 PM) was one of the most welcome developments on the local jazz front. And the addition to the line up of jazz scribe and bon-vivant Clifford Allen's deep crates and bottomless knowledge of free music arcana is the icing on the cake.... http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cutting-Edge-KOOP-917-FM/150413301735?ref=ts
4. 2009 was another fantastic year for new releases but 'Bag It!' by the Thing on Smalltown Supersound easily tops the list. Steve Albini's production does the best job yet of capturing that deep emotion and the shamanic intensity that the group unleashes regularly during live performances. The bonus disc entitled Beef Brisket (dedicated to Ruby's BBQ) and Bear Guerra's stark b/w concert photos from their November Austin show are a nice shout out to the local scene from our good friends from Scandinavia... Watch out for a return of The Thing in late June presented by Epistrophy Arts!!!
CD Image http://matsgus.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bagit.jpg
5. Not avant-garde in the traditional sense, but Charisse Kelly and Noel Waggener's Heavy Light Records launch party and presentation of funk gospel group The Relatives was nothing short of transcendent. Their sold-out performance at the Continental Club had the same spririt raising and stage levitating power of the most intense free jazz concert. http://heavylightrecords.com/
6. The expression 'Keep Austin Weird' is being used to sell all kinds of stuff these days, so that it has lost some of its meaning... But, nobody is keeping it weirder than Aaron Mace and the collective freak scene that is The Church of the Friendly Ghost. Their calendar is so jam packed full of genre-defying music and performance that it is easy to overlook some of the amazing world-class stuff they have pulled off. Some standouts include Eugene Chadbourne's residency and Frank Rosaly solo and ensemble performances. My personal fave was their presentation of the Humanization 4tet from Lisbon Portugal and Dallas.
7. The Ab Baars Trio with Ken Vandermark and Peter Brotzmann/ Nasheet Waits / Eric Revis Trio performances at the Victory Grill were standouts in our organization's history. Great crowds, good press and good vibes all around made for 2 memorable performances. I especially dug the Brotzmann Trio's 2nd set where they mined some somber and deeply emotive ground....
8. The passing of Tina Marsh. Austin and the world lost an amazingly talented and creative human being. Among many other talents, Tina was a creative catalyst and tireless advocate for adventurous culture in our town. Tina Marsh and CO2 did so much to expand my awareness for adventurous jazz. Tina was also responsible for introducing Austin to many world-class improvisors and artists including Kidd Jordan, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Roscoe Mitchell, Kenny Wheeler, Hamiett Bluiett among others. I will always be grateful for Tina's support and encouragement with Epistrophy Arts. Her loss is immeasurable.
9. Lots of other standouts including, the Austin New Music Coop, Fusebox Festival, Frank Gratkowski's solo show at the Salvage Vanguard, UT Performing Arts center presenting Sonny Rollins and Charles Lloyd in the same season!