February 23, 2015: SLAM Productions releases ‘Anomic Aphasia’ (SLAMCD 559) featuring the ensemble Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora), and rendering of improvisative tactics Metis 9 by Park, Sikora and Josh Sinton. [SLAM Productions catalog page…] [Discography entry…] The CD will soon be available from Downtown Music Gallery, Squidco, Wayside Music and […]
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Stay tuned…
Apologies for the paucity of updates. I’m working on several things behind-the-scenes, and will be back shortly with news of performances coming up in Berlin, Manchester, Belfast and elsewhere; updates on Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559); and news of a new amplifier. Be right back….
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Happy New Year: 2015
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teaser: Anomic Aphasia
Short preview of the forthcoming Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559). To be released by SLAM Productions in February 2015, as previously announced, the recording features the ensemble Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky: guitar; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Catherine Sikora: saxophones), and renderings of Metis 9 (a collaboration between Park; Sikora; and Josh Sinton: saxophone and clarinet). Anomic […]
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CD in preparation: Anomic Aphasia
To be released by SLAM Productions in February 2015: Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559) featuring two New York/Brooklyn-based projects, the collision of noise and serendipity that is Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky: guitar; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Catherine Sikora: saxophones), and the real-time rendering of the improvisative playbook Metis 9 (a collaboration between Park; Sikora; and Josh […]
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thanks: Eris 136199 (ISIM, NYC), Rasmussen-Foster-Niggenkemper-Park (DMG, NYC) and Park-Rainey (Why Not Jazz Room, NYC)
A belated note of thanks for all involved in the June 6, June 6 (no that’s not a typo—two performances on that day), and June 8 events. Thanks to the folk at ISIM, and in particular to Richard Robeson, Billy Satterwhite and Ed Sarath for organizing, curating and facilitating the event, and to Christopher Hoffman […]
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Also tagged Alias Ra, Andrea Wolper, Billy Satterwhite, Bruce Lee Gallanter, Christopher Hoffman, Cross-Cultural Improvisation III, Don Mount, Downtown Music Gallery, Ed Sarath, Eris 136199, Han-earl Park, International Society for Improvised Music, Juan Ant, Mette Rasmussen, Michael Foster, New York, Nick Didkovsky, Pascal Niggenkemper, performance, Peter Gannushkin, photographs, recordings, Richard Robeson, The New School, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Tom Rainey, video recordings, Why Not Experiment? Series, Why Not Jazz Room
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Lost at the Border: Improvisation, Conservation and Transformation (a twitter transcript)
Previte: “I’m a bit of a mongrel.” #isim2014 …and w/ that simple statement, is not the enterprise of Cross-Cultural Improvisation nuked? #isim2014 More tweets from an institutionally unaffiliated, sometimes teacher, amateur scholar and anthropologist [a previous twitter transcript…]. Below is an unedited transcript of my observations from ISIM: Cross-Cultural Improvisation III. My original observations came […]
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Also tagged Alex Koi, Alex Rodriguez, American Musicological Society, Andrea Wolper, Anthony Braxton, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Bobby Previte, Chris Cutler, Cody Kommers, Corey Mwamba, Cross-Cultural Improvisation III, Douglas Ewart, Ed Sarath, Eris 136199, Gamin, Han-earl Park, Hesperus, International Society for Improvised Music, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Jeff Kaiser, Ji Eun Moon, Jin Hi Kim, Mark Miller, Mark Sanders, Mark Summers, Melanie L Marshall, New York, Nick Didkovsky, Nick Reynolds, Paul Berg, performance, Philip Glass, Renaissance Society of America, Richard Robeson, Samir Chatterjee, Steve Lacy, Ted Chiang, The New School, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Tina Chancey, Tom Rainey, Twitter, Vijay Iyer
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reminder: Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora) at ISIM, New York
ISIM: Cross-Cultural Improvisation III kicks-off this week, and on Friday (June 6, 2014), at 3:00pm, Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky: guitar; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Catherine Sikora: saxophones) will be performing at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (55 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011). Conference fees from $25 to $200 [more info […]
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site update: scrapbook redux reboot
Another summary of the updates to my scrapbook since the last review. A few newer clips from Brooklyn and New York which include some of the best music I’ve been involved in (the duo with Gerald Cleaver, in particular, has, for me, some of my best playing), plus a blast from the past: Mathilde 253 […]
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performance diary 05-22-14 (Brooklyn, New York)
June-06-2014: New York, NY
June-06-2014: New York, NY [Relocated]
June-08-2014: New York, NY
Sep/Oct-2014: Europe
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Also tagged Alias Ra, Alison Blunt, Andrea Wolper, Andrew Drury, Brahim Fribgane, Brooklyn, Chris Stover, Cross-Cultural Improvisation III, Downtown Music Gallery, Eris 136199, Gianni Mimmo, Han-earl Park, International Society for Improvised Music, Lamy Istrefi, Lawrence Leathers, Mette Rasmussen, Michael Foster, New York, Nick Didkovsky, Niels Praestholm, Pascal Niggenkemper, performance, Russ Johnson, Soup and Sound House Concert, The New School, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Tom Rainey, TransAtlantico, Why Not Experiment? Series, Why Not Jazz Room
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