Boise Creative and Improvised Music Festival 2010

Having a great time here in Boise, Idaho....Brad Henkel, David Grollman, Laurie Amat and I got here a day early...enjoyed walking around taking in the lovely city....had a nice beer at my favorite: Bitter Creek Alehouse....then went on for pizza at the Front Door....

Brad Henkel, David Grollman, Laurie Amat
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The next day we all headed over to the venue, called "The Venue" to set up...nice place with an awesome soundman (Matt!)

Brad and Jeff


Tatsuya Nakatani not stage diving


Tatsuya, Jeff, Janine Island, Darrel, Brad, David


Jeff and festival director Krispen Hartung, NO this is not a doctored image, we did a flute duet for the opening set! (Thanks to David Grollman for the pic.)


Darrel Shawn and Janine


Emily Hay and Motoko Honda


Tatsuya


Tatsuya 2


Tatsuya 3

After the gig, we all went to Old Chicago for a hang...

Janine, Brad, Emily, Laurie, Krispen


Heidi and Jeff


David Grollman and Melissa Wilson


Tatsuya, Idaho Potatoes and Brad


Emily, Darrel, David


David, Laurie, Krispen

March 4, UCSD

I've posted a set of pics from March 4 at UCSD and in the city. Click the image below to go there.
Also: The professor I TA for, the wonderful Cecil Lytle, has co-authored an informative article HERE on the recent events at UCSD.

Analog/Digital: KaiBorg and Tiner/Glass in Ventura

We had a blast in Ventura last night, packed house at the San Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery on the ocean in Ventura. (Big thanks, Phil Taggart, for making it happen!) A continuation of our "Analog/Digital" theme from two nights ago. Kris Tiner improvised to film by Allen Glass, followed by KaiBorg with live video improvisations by Joachim Goßmann. This has turned out to be an intriguing pairing (acoustic/celluloid and electro-acoustic/digital video) and we hope to do more together in the future. Afterwards, a FANTASTIC party at Upfront Gallery hosted by Carolyn Friend. A truly enjoyable evening all around and a great time for me to re-connect with friends in Ventura. Pics of Kris and Allen by me, pics of KaiBorg by Kris Tiner. Also, a big thanks to our friends at ICST, Philippe and Jasch, for their fantastic ambisonic objects for Max/MSP....makes improvising spatialization fun.

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Film projections Allen Glass


with Kris Tiner


More Allen and Kris


KaiBorg


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


There's something cool about three projectors...


...and Joachim's video stuff all side by side

Analog/Digital: Multi-media in Bakersfield...

KaiBorg had a great time last night in Bakersfield. Opening set was Kris Tiner on acoustic trumpet with two 16mm (simultaneous) film projections by Allen Glass...wonderful stuff. We then followed and were joined by video artist Joachim Goßmann. A packed house, thanks to Kris Tiner for putting it all together and for Metro Galleries for giving us a place to be.

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The Grapevine was beautiful on the way up...


Film artist Allen Glass, video artist Joachim Goßmann


Joachim and Allen


Kris Tiner with film by Allen Glass


More Kris and Allen...


KaiBorg


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


KaiBorg with video by Joachim Goßmann


Chatting afterwards...


Milts! with Allen, Kris, James Sproul


Joachim, the always awesome Chris Truitt, Me


Joachim and David

Photo Gallery for KaiBorg CD Release concert, UCSD

I've uploaded some pics from the KaiBorg CD release concert at UCSD, including some wonderful pics by photographer Sylvia Borgo. Click to see.

Mark Dresser, Han Bennink, Mary Oliver session...

Jeff and Joachim in Studio 269/203, University of California San Diego
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I had the absolute pleasure of recording Mark Dresser, Han Bennink and Mary Oliver last night. My dear friend and tonmeister Joachim Goßmann joined me working the gig. Sitting listening to them improvise and play tunes, including several by Misha Mengelberg was wonderful. A joy when this type of session comes along.

Here are some pics from it.....

Mary Oliver, Mark Dresser, Han Bennink
(In front of them, you see what looks like an old fashioned tv antenna or something....it is a REALLY nice stereo tube omni mic that we used for the room from KMF Audio.) Also, above it, you can see the Neumann's we used for additional room sounds. (Thanks, Tom!)


Mary Oliver, viola and Schoeps


Mark Dresser, bass, Schoeps, Neumann TLM 103, DPA


Han Bennink, snare, paper bags, two Josephson's and a Shure KSM27


Mary and Mark

(Taken from the control room, no flash...)

Han going...


going...


and...


some...


more....


going


KMF Mic...


Joachim Goßmann at the console...

More tea....!

A cup of the fantastic Awazon on my balcony...
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My friend Keith, who is also known to send me some amazing cigars (look earlier on this blog), has just made me a rich man...in tea.

After the wonderful 2008 Menghai Five Colored Peacock, and the über delicious Menghai V93..Keith sent me eight baggies of delight today:

Eight baggies of delight


Closeup of the Awazon

New Angry Vegan release...

NEW CD!

Grain of the Voice

Corpseboy: voice and laptop
Justin Cassidy: electronics

A labyrinthine exploration of voice, electronics and more electronics.

From bone-crunching agressive noise
to soft and bubbly vocal caressing.
A lovely first album by Corpseboy with
experienced noisester Justin Cassidy.

A co-release of Angry Vegan Records and
Paper Cuts Records.

Click here to look, listen and buy....
http://angryvegan.com/
http://www.papercutsrecords.com/