every other Tuesday night @ 3506 Nicollet Ave S. Mpls, MN – 8 pm
Come celebrate a great run at the Art of This Gallery space
and our ongoing relationship as the series finds a new home
This will be another fundraiser for our future and securing a new home for the series.
$3-10
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Take Acre
Rich Barlow, Jaron Childs, Charles Gillett, Davu Seru
Paul Metzger & Davu Seru
George Cartwright, Andrew Broder, Tim Glenn
Davu Seru – percussion
Milo Fine – B flat/E flat/alto clarinets
Squid Fist – percussion, voice, electronics
Bryce Beverlin II
Tim Glenn
Casey Deming
KAMAMA
Audrey Chen (Baltimore, MD) – cello, voice, electronics
Luca Marini (New York, NY) – drums, percussion
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Kamama in Cherokee means both elephant and butterfly. There is no overlap in meaning other than the supposed resemblance of the long trunk and flapping ears to the proboscis and wings of that insect. This duo loosely embodies elements of this kind of disparate pairing. Chen and Marini combine the raw energies resultant from and continuously growing out of their respective histories and experiences. Since their first encounter early this year in 2010, they have been forming a new language which steadily deepens, evolves, converges and exposes their inherent similarities and striking differences. It is ecstatic music; it is contrary music; and at times they depart completely from one another as two distinct creatures, but then are drawn back into the fold of an undeniable tenderness and comprehension.
Audrey Chen is a Chinese-American musician who was born into a family of material scientists, doctors and engineers, outside of Chicago in 1976. Parting ways with the family convention, she turned to the cello at age 8 and voice at 11. After years of classical and conservatory training in both instruments, with a resulting specialization in early and new music, she parted ways again in 2003 to begin new negotiations with sound in order to discover a more individually honest aesthetic.
Now, using the cello, voice and analog electronics, Chen’s work delves deeply into her own version of narrative and non-linear storytelling. A large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is extremely personal and visceral. Her playing explores the combination and layering of a homemade analog synthesizer, preparations and traditional and extended techniques in both the voice and cello. She works to join these elements into a singular ecstatic personal language.
Recently, her primary focus has been her SOLO project but she is also involved in many various collaborations. Among musicians, she has worked with Phil Minton, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Ko Ishikawa, Elliott Sharp, Aki Onda, Phill Niblock, Frederic Blondy, Jerome Noetinger, C. Spencer Yeh, Alessandro Bosetti, Mats Gustafsson, Mazen Kerbaj, Michael Zerang, Tatsuya Nakatani, Le Quan Ninh, Joe Mcphee, Susan Alcorn, Michele Doneda, Paolo Angeli, Gianni Gebbia, plus many more.
Some current projects include: duos with Phil Minton, Luca Marini (kamama), Frederic Blondy, Robert van Heumen (abattoir), Katt Hernandez (Isabel), Nate Wooley (heave and shudder), and Id M Theft Able. Trio with Nate Wooley and C. Spencer Yeh. Plus three new quartet projects with Jeff Carey/Morten J. Olsen/Raed Yassin, Miya Masaoka/Hans Grusel/Kenta Nagai and also with Frederic Blondy/Michael Johnsen/Jerome Noetinger.
Chen has performed in Europe, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Taiwan, Canada and the USA. She is currently based in Baltimore, MD USA but primarily maintains an active touring schedule throughout Europe.
For more information, sound clips and video:
here
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Luca Marini is a German/Italian drummer who mostly grew up in France and is now based in New York. After studying jazz and improvised music at various conservatories and music colleges in Europe and North America, he developed his own language and approach to percussion while living in Berlin.
He performed and toured in Europe and North America playing improvised music, jazz, rock and electronic music with bands and artists like the GRIPI collective, SONIDO13, INEZEBA, Spyros Manesis trio, Nicolas Masson, Roberto Pianca, Tom Blancarte, Dario Fariello, Matan Gov Ari, Louise D.E. Jensen, Johannes Lauer, Raoul van der Weide, Wanja Slavin, Filippo Giuffré, Gael Navard and Natalio Sued.
Current bands include the duo HERBERT ECKARDT with Danish saxophonist Louise D.E. Jensen, the duo BLIN with Dutch guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, KAMAMA with Chinese-American cellist and vocalist Audrey Chen, CAVEX from Brooklyn, The LITTLE from Germany and TATUNE from France. Other collaborations include works with Matt Meade, Kenny Warren, Tom Blancarte, Xavier Lopez, Vilijam Nybacka, John Stanesco, JMSU, and Frans van der Hoeven.
For more information and sound clips:
here
1st
Nathan Hanson [tenor and soprano sax]
Brian Roessler [bass]
Rajhta Ren [piano]
2nd
HeatdeatH – Andrew Broder & Tim Glenn
[guitar, electronics, percussion]
3rd
Burnsville – Chris Smalley & Brett Bullion
[guitar & elctronics]
Davu Seru cello
Naomi Joy violin
Daniel Furuta cello
Elaine Evans violin
Tim Glenn & Jon Davis
Jesse Petersen & Sean Smuda guitars
Dubbelboss
Mitchell Dose + Andrew Lange …
(Andrew runs the local label TAIGA RECORDS)
Viv Corringham (voice, electronics) with Nathan Hanson (sax, electronics)
Megatherium (Tim Glenn & Erik Fratzke)
Naomi Joy (violin, voice)
(of the local band Mother of Fire)
HeatdeatH (guitar, electronics, drums)
(Andrew Broder & Tim Glenn)
Charles Gillett guitar
(celebrating a tape-release on Bryce Beverlin II’s insidesmusic
“A = B. A is B. A represents B. (do what I do, do what I say).”
Alex St Germain & Mark McGee (cello and electronics)
Tamarack Tim Glenn & Portia Richardson (strings and percussion)
Casey Deming & Jaron Childs (tapes and alto sax)
Elaine Evans
Mike Hallenbeck & Tim Glenn
Take Acre (Richard Barlow, Jaron Childs, Charles Gillett, Davu Seru)
A special treat for this Tuesday. The local artist collective Hardland / Heartland is in the process of installing for an upcoming exhibition with Monica Canilao.
In conjunction with the transformation of the gallery, the music series will incorporate visual elements and sound from members of HL / HL.
This will be a great opportunity for the community of the music series to systematically engage with local visual artists and the malleable space of the gallery and the activities therein.
More information on the upcoming exhibition can be found at http://www.hardlandheartland.com/
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James Joyce Tim Glenn and Casey Deming + pixelvision
Mean Beep Eric Carlson of HL/HL
E. Yang’s Smoldering Wreath Markus Lunkenheimer
John Marks + projections by Aaron Anderson of HL/HL
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