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Eris 136199: Problematica

Out now: previously unreleased live recording by Eris 136199 specially prepared, and only available as part of, the 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Eris 136199 is Han-earl Park’s trio with avant-rock legend Nick Didkovsky, and the powerfully creative improviser Catherine Sikora. Recorded with energy and precision by the amazing Chris Trent, this recording capture the trio during their 2017 European tour.
Work in progress…
Mixing Eris 136199.
Happy New Year: 2018

2017 started with the release of the album, and performances by, Sirene 1009, and closed with a tour by Eris 136199 (plus my first Kickstarter!). On the way, I got to be sideman to one of my former student’s projects, and play (unbelievably) for the first time in Seoul.
thanks: Eris 136199 (Hamburg, Copenhagen, Cheltenham, Derby and Newcastle, November 2017)

This has been my favorite tour! Excellent company, exemplary hosts, faultless, above-and-beyond support from all. Everyone here worked so hard for no material gain to make the musicians’ journey as effortless as possible. My hosts have reminded me why we all do this; that creative music brings gradations and spectra to the sometimes hard-edged world, that it refuses and resists and rewrites the 1-bit world into something altogether more colorful and toneful and rhythmic and noisy. I am forever grateful; it was a true pleasure to work with y’all.
tonight: Eris 136199 at Jazz North East, Newcastle

Tonight (November 5, 2017): Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar), presented by Jazz North East, plays the final date of its tour at The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle.
tonight: Eris 136199 at OUT FRONT! Derby

Tonight (November 4, 2017): Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar), presented by OUT FRONT!, perform in Derby.
tonight: Eris 136199 at Xposed Club, Cheltenham

Tonight (November 3, 2017): Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar), presented by Xposed Club, perform at Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham.
tonight: Eris 136199 at Jazz Club Loco, Copenhagen

Tonight (November 2, 2017): Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar), presented by Jazz Club Loco and Jvtlandt, perform at Bryggekælderen, Copenhagen.
reminder: Eris 136199 at MS Stubnitz, Hamburg

This Wednesday (November 1, 2017): Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar), presented with funding from Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg, perform at MS Stubnitz, Hamburg. “Physics doesn’t care. But Eris cares a lot. Time is a precious thing to Han and Catherine, and the action of scattering sound onto it is a sacred and mysterious ritual.”
Eris 136199 (Hamburg, Copenhagen, Cheltenham, Derby and Newcastle, November 2017)

November 2017: Forged in the avant-what of Downtown New York City, Eris 136199 is coming to Europe this fall, performing in Hamburg, Copenhagen, Cheltenham, Derby and Newcastle. A meeting between intrepid guitarists and cyborg interactionist Han-earl Park, legendary avant-metal composer-guitarist Nick Didkovsky, and the muscular, impeccably melodic saxophonist Catherine Sikora, Eris 136199 has been described as “a beautiful noise”, and “ein glorioser Bastard aus Noise und süßer Träumerei.”
performance diary 10-14-17 (Cheltenham, Copenhagen, Derby, Hamburg, Munich, Newcastle)

Nov-01-2017: Hamburg, Germany
Nov-02-2017: Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov-03-2017: Cheltenham, England
Nov-04-2017: Derby, England
Nov-05-2017: Newcastle, England
Nov-30-2017: Munich, Germany