Nmperign + Jason Lescalleet
Shawn McMillen's Mancat House Band
Saturday, March 5
The Up Gallery at Starving Art Studios
2326 E. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187619034610862
$10 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of $).
The trio of Nmperign [Greg Kelley - trumpet; Bhob Rainey - alto sax] & Jason Lescalleet made its first recorded appearance in 1999 on This is Nmperign's 2nd CD (Twisted Village Records), which was followed immediately by In Which the Silent Partner-Director Is No Longer Able To Make His Point With the Industrial Dreamer (Intransitive Recordings). But it was 2006's double CD Love Me Two Times (Intransitive Recordings), a five-year endeavor encompassing a stunning range of styles, fidelities, and emotions, that solidified this trio's reputation as a genre-crossing juggernaut operating in its own league of contemporary noise, improvisation, and electroacoustic composition. Praise for Love Me Two Times was nearly universal, and it continues to be cited as a benchmark recording in experimental music.
Live performances by Nmperign & Jason Lescalleet are rare but always significant events. Their 2010 performance at Chicago's Neon Marshmallow festival was hailed as "The best of the fest…. left jaws on the floor. Probably in my top 5 favorite performances ever… The triumph of craft and deep listening" (Chris Sienko - Gapers Block). They similarly shook the fillings out of teeth in Glasgow at Instal 06, and in Somerville, MA, at the Brainwashed Festival 2008.
More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmperign
http://nmperign.bhobrainey.com/album/love-me-two-times
http://www.intransitiverecordings.com/artists/nmperign/
Also:
Shawn McMillen's Mancat House Band (Carolyn Cunningham & Josh Ronsen): http://mancatrecords.weebly.com/shawn-david-mcmillen.html
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