Author Archives: Han-earl Park

audio recordings: downloads and recommendations (series 1)

With the release of the recording with Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders, I’ve completed the current series of download albums, and I’ve been taking a break from releasing new recordings. The albums so far—all Creative Commons licensed, and free or ‘name your price’—are collated here and on the downloads page. With a break in the [...]

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thanks: Ingrid Laubrock and Han-earl Park at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

Necessity is the mother of invention. Catherine Sikora initially approached me about a ‘cryptic gig’, saying that Stanley Jason Zappa would be in town. As a last minute event, with little time for organization, I proposed an evening of duos. Pragmatically, if I’d asked for larger ensembles, people would have to check the availability of [...]

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reminder: Ingrid Laubrock and Han-earl Park at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

This Thursday (May 16, 2013), at 8:00pm (our set: 9:00pm): Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) perform as part of an evening of duo improvisations. Also performing are Kris Davis (piano) and Andrew Drury (drums), and Catherine Sikora (saxophones) and Stanley Jason Zappa (saxophones). The event takes place at Douglass Street Music Collective (295 [...]

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site update: Metis 9

The (provisional) project page for Metis 9 is now live: Metis 9 is a collection of improvisative tactics, and higher-level interactive macros for ensemble performance designed, designated and specified by Han-earl Park. Metis 9 has ‘glorious noise’ or ‘frenzy’ at its root, yet it is not so much structuring the noise as it is a [...]

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Stet Lab: audio recordings—the Big Scrub

For those that don’t know, I founded Stet Lab, a space for improvised music based in Cork. I curated the Lab between 2007 and 2011, and during that time, also wrangled its online presence. In August, I will be removing some of the audio recordings of Stet Lab’s first year (prior to the November 2008 [...]

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performance: Ingrid Laubrock and Han-earl Park at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 8:00pm: an evening of duo improvisation including a performance by Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone) and Han-earl Park (guitar) takes place at Douglass Street Music Collective (295 Douglass Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY 11217) [map and directions…]. $10 suggested donation. Set order 8:oopm: Kris Davis (piano) and Andrew Drury (drums). 9:00pm: Ingrid Laubrock [...]

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video recordings: Brooklyn and New York, April 2013

A audiovisual review of some of the performances in April. Including two contrasting duets with double bassists (Tom Blancarte and Dominic Lash), and a trio with Catherine Sikora (saxophones) and Eric Lyon.

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performance diary 04-26-13 (Brooklyn, New York)

May-16-2013: Brooklyn, NY
June-05-2013: Brooklyn, NY
June-09-2013: New York, NY
July-26-2013: Brooklyn, NY

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The Sound Projector: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park

“Amplified Derek Bailey meets Thomas Lehn”? “A lively and sizzling session of fierce interplay… between… two boxing kangaroos”? Ed Pinsent of The Sound Projector reviews Richard Barrett and Han-earl Park’s ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd): [Han-earl] Park is one of those scary polymath guys who seems to have a tremendous facility for music, both improvising and [...]

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performance: Han-earl Park, Catherine Sikora and Eric Lyon at ABC No Rio, New York

This Sunday (April 21, 2013), at 7:00pm: a performance by Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (saxophones) and Eric Lyon (piano) as part of COMA: Citizens Ontological Music Agenda. Also performing are Elliott Levin and Denis Beuret with Gene Janas. The event takes place at ABC No Rio (156 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002) [map/directions…], [...]

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Dalston Sound: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park

In a review that spans Richard Barrett’s Dark Matter and Han-earl Park’s io 0.0.1 beta++, Tim Owen (Dalston Sound) praises Barrett and Park’s ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd) for its “multifarious attractions” found in a “wealth of microscopically teeming detail”: Numbers is a complex melange of retro/futurist synth sounds, glitch electronica, guitar-sourced whammy-bar pitch-bending and hard-scrabble [...]

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reminder: Piotr Michalowski, Lominic Dash, Joe Moffett, Han-earl Park and Andrew Drury, Brooklyn

Tomorrow (Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 7:00pm: a performance by Piotr Michalowski (saxophone and clarinet), Lominic Dash (double bass), Joe Moffett (trumpet), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Andrew Drury (percussion) as part of Soup and Sound House Concert at Andrew Drury’s home in Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn (contact him for the location). Recommended donation: $10. [Details…] Above [...]

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