Stet Lab: audio recordings—the Big Scrub

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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 event) from its website. Read more to find out how to save your favorite recordings. [More…]

Stet Lab: signing-out as curator

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Originally posted at Stet Lab [original article…]:

As previously announced, after thirty-two events over three and a quarter years, I’ve stepped down as curator of Stet Lab as of February 2011. The duties of running the Lab now are in the very capable hands of Veronica Tadman, Tony O’Connor, Athos Tsiopani with curatorial duties handled by Kevin Terry (Kevin and Tony performed at the very first Lab!). I’d like to thank all of them, Kevin, Veronica and Eoin Callery in particular, for their work keeping this no-budget, alternatively pedagogical space on track over the years. (And thanks for the whisky y’all!—sorry I was too taken to make a proper speech.)

My thanks also to all the guest artists who have shared the stage with us, generously contributing to, and transforming, this practice. There’s too many names to mention, but I’d like to thank, in particular, two club-runners, Bruce Coates (who with Sarah O’Halloran and I kicked-off Stet Lab in November ’07) and Mike Hurley for their advice, cautionary tales and encouragement; to Murray Campbell, Franziska Schroeder and John Godfrey who took time out of their busy schedules, and stepped-up when others would/could not; and to Corey Mwamba, Ian Smith, Justin Yang and Alex Hawkins for encouraging words, and an unwavering belief in grass-roots music organizations. Special thanks to Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders and Don Malone; heavy-hitters who believed in the Lab enough to participate with neophyte improvisers in what must be, by their standards, a low-key event.

Kudos to Jesse Ronneau for supporting improvised music, and the aims of the Lab in particular, during his time in Cork. I apologize for the many whose name I’ve not listed, but y’all have my warmest thanks, and my sincerest admiration for your contributions—we are a better space for it!

Of course, the biggest thanks go to everyone who participated as listener (and I am thinking in particular of the regulars who come every month!), and to those brave ones who jump-in the deep-end!

Signing-off as curator: Thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks to y’all!

BTW, some of my observations about running this space around the half-way point of my tenure as curator are at ‘Lab report 2007-2009: how to run an improvised music club’.

Please note that Stet Lab’s site has moved to stetlab.wordpress.com. Please update your bookmarks for the site and the corresponding web feeds. busterandfriends.com/stet will remain as an archive of Lab activities between November 2007 and April 2011.

Also, there is now an index of Lab reports written between June 2008 and April 2011 by fourteen author-practitioners documented over nineteen events from the POV of the stage.

io 0.0.1 beta++ and Stet Lab updates

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12–12–08: Audio recordings of the December 2008 Lab (with Bruce Coates, Sarah O’Halloran, Neil O’Loghlan, Han-earl Park and others) are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. [More info…]

The first Lab of 2009 will take place on January 12th [details…].

io 0.0.1 beta++

12–15–08: Audio recordings from the December 8th 2008 beta tests with saxophonist Bruce Coates are available. Reports to follow…

performance diary 12-06-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
December 9th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Please note change of date!
Final Stet Lab of 2008 featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) with with Sarah O’Halloran (voice), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
January 12th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Murray Campbell.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 10th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Stet Lab featuring Paul Dunmall.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 11th 2008 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
Admission free.
[Details to follow…]

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performance diary 11-28-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
December 2nd 2008 The Klinker
Maggie’s Bar
98–100 Stoke Newington Church Street
London N16, England
8:30pm Guitar-guitarist duets by Han-earl Park and Esprit. (Although too late to be included in the official Klinker publicity, I will be performing on that evening.)
Admission: £5/3.
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
Elgar Room
Arts Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, England
10:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar), David Ryan (clarinet) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission free.
December 4th 2008 Venue TBC
Liverpool, England
TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture.
[Details…]
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland
9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)
Final Stet Lab of 2008 featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) with with Sarah O’Halloran (voice), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 11th 2008 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland
TBC Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
Admission free.
[Details to follow…]

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