Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday

Stet Lab enters its second year of real-time mutations and hybrids! Launched in November 2007 with the question ‘where’s Nicki?’, somehow this no-budget, volunteer-run semi-organization has survived ten events and welcomed a dozen guest artists.

I’m pleased and excited to be celebrating Stet Lab’s first birthday with a special event, featuring the extraordinary saxophonist, improviser and theorist Franziska Schroeder, on November 10th 2008, upstairs @ The Roundy, Cork, Ireland. [Details…]

performance diary 10-18-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
November 10th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday!
Featuring Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) with Han-earl Park (guitar) and others.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England
8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 4th 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England
TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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performance diary 09-23-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 9th 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
7:30pm Stet Lab returns with Han-earl Park, Jesse Ronneau, Veronica Tadman and others.
Free admission (€5 recommended donation).
[Details…]
November 10th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday!
Featuring Franziska Schroeder
Admission: €10/5/0.
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England
8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England
TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates.
Admission: €10/5/0.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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performance diary 09-21-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 9th 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland
7:30pm Stet Lab returns with Han-earl Park, Jesse Ronneau, Veronica Tadman and others.
Free admission (€5 recommended donation).
[Details…]
November 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm (TBC) Stet Lab featuring Hugh Metcalfe (TBC). Details to follow…
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England
8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England
TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm (TBC) Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates. More details to follow.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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site update: io 0.0.1 beta++

I’ve moved the io 0.0.1 beta++ site from www.busterandfriends.com/io++ to www.busterandfriends.com/io (the side effect being that the old io 0.0.1 beta site is now archived at www.busterandfriends.com/io_archive).

goodbye bone, hello micarta

Just a quick note of thanks to Chris Larkin, luthier based on a peninsula of a peninsula in Ireland. Chris just setup Esprit, and thanks to him, I got introduced to linen-plastic composite as a nut material, and now know that my preferred action is 1mm on the treble side and 1.3mm on the bass.

performance diary 08-26-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 9th 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Stet Lab returns in October!
[Details…]
November 13th 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Stet Lab Featuring Hugh Metcalfe (TBC). More details to follow.
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England
8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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video: Bruce Coates and Han-earl Park

Video excerpt of the performance by Bruce Coates and Han-earl Park from Cork, November 9th 2007 is now available. The complete audio recording of this event will be available from frimp.co.uk.