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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io 0.0.1 beta++: seeking performances (Europe, 2014)
Seeking performance opportunities; particularly in Europe 2014: the cyborg ensemble of interactive, semi-autonomous, technological artifact and machine musician and improviser io 0.0.1 beta++ with human musicians Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder. See performance proposal for further information (availability, technical requirements, performers’ biographies, etc.). overview This quartet (or faux-quartet, if you prefer) performs demanding [...]
Downtown Music Gallery is back!
My favorite record store, Downtown Music Gallery, is back up and running after Hurricane Sandy, and they need your support. Not just a record store, DMG is an institution that supports left-field, creative music. I am privileged to have had their support over the years. The following of my CDs are available from DMG. [CDs [...]
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Also tagged audio recordings, Boolean Transforms, CD, Charles Hayward, Downtown Music Gallery, DUNS Limited Edition, Franziska Schroeder, Han-earl Park, Hurricane Sandy, Ian Smith, io 0.0.1 beta++, Jamie Smith, Live at the Glucksman gallery, Lol Coxhill, Mark Sanders, Mathilde 253, Owlhouse Recordings, Paul Dunmall, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 528, SLAMCD 531
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SLAM Productions featured in The New York City Jazz Record
This month, The New York City Jazz Record puts a spotlight on the record label SLAM Productions. In the article, Ken Waxman quotes label owner and curator George Haslam as saying: When a recording is offered to me, I listen to it and consider, is SLAM the right place for it? I don’t have a [...]
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Also tagged audio recordings, CD, Charles Hayward, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith, io 0.0.1 beta++, Ken Waxman, Lol Coxhill, Paul Dunmall, press, recordings, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 528, SLAMCD 531, The New York City Jazz Record
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Annea Lockwood on io 0.0.1 beta++
The website of machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++ quotes the composer and explorer of our relationship to everyday (and not so everyday) artifacts, Annea Lockwood’s response to ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531): The interaction between io and the three other players is really supple… and I like very much the gritty complexity of io’s vocabulary, [...]
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Also tagged Annea Lockwood, Arts Council of Ireland, audio recordings, C-ALTO Labs, CD, Cork, Discovery: Intermodulation, Franziska Schroeder, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, Ó Riada Hall, performance, press, recordings, reviews, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531, UCC Department of Music
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io 0.0.1 beta++: seeking performances (Europe, 2013)
Seeking performance opportunities; particularly in Europe 2014: the cyborg ensemble of interactive, semi-autonomous, technological artifact and machine musician and improviser io 0.0.1 beta++ with human musicians Han-earl Park, Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder. See performance proposal for further information (availability, technical requirements, performers’ biographies, etc.). overview This quartet (or faux-quartet, if you prefer) performs demanding [...]
…and more CD reviews: io 0.0.1 beta++
Two more reviews of ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) with two contrasting takes on the meeting between human and machine musicians. Ken Waxman, on the one hand, juxtaposes the “unobtrusive and egoless” machine with the human improvisers who display, for example, “thoughtful pauses”: …Han-earl Park personifying Dr. Frankenstein, has created a non-human artificial musician from [...]
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Also tagged 4G, Arts Council of Ireland, audio recordings, C-ALTO Labs, CD, Cork, Franziska Schroeder, Han-earl Park, io 0.0.1 beta++, Jazz Convention, JazzWord, Ken Waxman, Ó Riada Hall, performance, Pioneer: Dance, Pioneer: Variance, press, recordings, Return Trajectory, reviews, Romualdo Del Noce, Slam Productions, SLAMCD 531, UCC Department of Music
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CD: io 0.0.1 beta++: audio clip #3
As previously noted, I’ve been posting short audio clips from ‘io 0.0.1 beta++’ (SLAMCD 531) at the io 0.0.1 beta++ ’site. The third and final clip in the series, taken from the track ‘Discovery: Decay’, features an improvised counterpoint between the interactive musical automaton io 0.0.1 beta++, and the human musicians, Franziska Schroeder and Han-earl [...]
