FREE SHOW - Monday, May 18 - Rafael Toral - Tatsuya Nakatani + Vuitton (Alex Nagle - Joe Lentini) + Dave Smolen @ the Rotunda
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May 18th
(monday)
Rafael Toral - Tatsuya Nakatani
Vuitton (Alex Nagle - Joe Lentini)
Dave Smolen
@ The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
8pm; FREE
Rafael Toral is researching performance possibilities in electronic
music. Using custom-built or modified electronic instruments, he's
developing the long-term Space Program to structure musical phrasing
in "post-free jazz electronic music". Approaching jazz as a system of
individual decision-making from the viewpoint of electronics, his
conception deals with gestural performance, “phrasing and swing”,
instruments with a clear sonic identity, and articulation of silence
and sound.
Formerly known for his drone/ ambient work with guitar and
electronics
and records such as Wave Field (1994) or Violence of Discovery and
Calm of Acceptance (2000), in 2003 he decided to completely renew his
approach to music, launching the Space Program in 2004. In 2006 he
released Space, followed by Space Solo 1 in 2007 and Space Elements
Vol. I in 2008. Also in 2008 premiered the Space Collective, a slowly
developing orchestral group.
In the course of his work, collaborating with other musicians has
been
a decisive factor in learning and development. Among these, the most
important is a long time connection with Sei Miguel (since 1993),
Portuguese master of avant-Jazz, a key figure in the development of
the Space program. In 1998 Rafael became a member of MIMEO electronic
orchestra, a forum where surprising and uncontrollable events take
place. Often described as a 'supergroup', its other members are Keith
Rowe, Thomas Lehn, Kaffe Matthews, Marcus Schmickler, Jérome
Noetinger, Christian Fennesz, Peter Rehberg, Gert-Jan Prins, Cor
Fuhler and Phil Durrant. Throughout his path, Rafael Toral has kept
collaborating with other people, among which are Jim O'Rourke, João
Paulo Feliciano, Phill Niblock, Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo, Evan
Parker,
Dean Roberts, Manuel Mota, Roger Turner, David Toop, Alvin Lucier,
John Zorn, Christian Marclay, Rhys Chatham, C Spencer Yeh, Trevor
Tremaine, and many others.
An artist as well, he had activity in visual and spatial arts, having
produced video and several installations from 1994 to 2003. The
demanding Space Program called for suspending this output for fully
focusing on music.
__________________________________________________________________________
May 24th
(sunday)
@ Studio 34
8pm; $5
Bob Marsh, electronics, voice, Bay Area
Jack Wright, alto and soprano sax, Easton PA
Nicole Bindler, dance, Phila.
Walter Wright, video and electronics, Lowell MA
Joe Burgio, dance, Somerville MA
Teresa Czepiel, dance, Western MA
More info: http://www.studio34yoga.com/
___________________________________________________________________________
BOWERBIRD. LISTEN DIFFERENT
For more information please visit: www.bowerbird.org
(monday)
Rafael Toral - Tatsuya Nakatani
Vuitton (Alex Nagle - Joe Lentini)
Dave Smolen
@ The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
8pm; FREE
Rafael Toral is researching performance possibilities in electronic
music. Using custom-built or modified electronic instruments, he's
developing the long-term Space Program to structure musical phrasing
in "post-free jazz electronic music". Approaching jazz as a system of
individual decision-making from the viewpoint of electronics, his
conception deals with gestural performance, “phrasing and swing”,
instruments with a clear sonic identity, and articulation of silence
and sound.
Formerly known for his drone/ ambient work with guitar and
electronics
and records such as Wave Field (1994) or Violence of Discovery and
Calm of Acceptance (2000), in 2003 he decided to completely renew his
approach to music, launching the Space Program in 2004. In 2006 he
released Space, followed by Space Solo 1 in 2007 and Space Elements
Vol. I in 2008. Also in 2008 premiered the Space Collective, a slowly
developing orchestral group.
In the course of his work, collaborating with other musicians has
been
a decisive factor in learning and development. Among these, the most
important is a long time connection with Sei Miguel (since 1993),
Portuguese master of avant-Jazz, a key figure in the development of
the Space program. In 1998 Rafael became a member of MIMEO electronic
orchestra, a forum where surprising and uncontrollable events take
place. Often described as a 'supergroup', its other members are Keith
Rowe, Thomas Lehn, Kaffe Matthews, Marcus Schmickler, Jérome
Noetinger, Christian Fennesz, Peter Rehberg, Gert-Jan Prins, Cor
Fuhler and Phil Durrant. Throughout his path, Rafael Toral has kept
collaborating with other people, among which are Jim O'Rourke, João
Paulo Feliciano, Phill Niblock, Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo, Evan
Parker,
Dean Roberts, Manuel Mota, Roger Turner, David Toop, Alvin Lucier,
John Zorn, Christian Marclay, Rhys Chatham, C Spencer Yeh, Trevor
Tremaine, and many others.
An artist as well, he had activity in visual and spatial arts, having
produced video and several installations from 1994 to 2003. The
demanding Space Program called for suspending this output for fully
focusing on music.
__________________________________________________________________________
May 24th
(sunday)
@ Studio 34
8pm; $5
Bob Marsh, electronics, voice, Bay Area
Jack Wright, alto and soprano sax, Easton PA
Nicole Bindler, dance, Phila.
Walter Wright, video and electronics, Lowell MA
Joe Burgio, dance, Somerville MA
Teresa Czepiel, dance, Western MA
More info: http://www.studio34yoga.com/
___________________________________________________________________________
BOWERBIRD. LISTEN DIFFERENT
For more information please visit: www.bowerbird.org
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