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Berlin: August 10-12, 2010

BBQ at Jürg Bariletti’s in Friedrichshain, two days of caffeine fueled recording with Roy Carroll (he makes the best espresso in Wedding, second place is Coffee Star), caught Tom Arthurs‘ performance at Wendel (smoking), Maria Chavez …

Berlin: August 8-9, 2010

After a very nice train trip from Amsterdam (first class is worth the extra 10 euro) I arrived in Berlin. We have a lovely apartment in Wedding (“we” being Phil Skaller, Ayesha Khatun, Carolyn Chen, Ariana …

Amsterdam: August 3-8, 2010

What an incredibly productive and enjoyable stay at STEIM. Gregory Taylor and I recorded more than enough material for an album, I was able to conduct and videotape five interviews for my dissertation and as an …

Amsterdam: July 20-24, 2010

Spui with Kevin Whitehead and Michael Moore(Click any image to enlarge) What a beautiful week this has been, full of unexpected and delightful surprises. It began with meeting Michael for coffee, his houseguest Kevin joined us. …

Berlin 2009, Day 19-25: Farewell!

Neukölln(Click on any image to enlarge) I’ve had an unbelievable time here, I hope to return for a longer stay next year. Wrapping up with a final few pics to post before off to chess with …

Gigs tonight and tomorrow night…

‘Sicilian Kaiser’Sicilian Dragon with Jeff KaiserJeff Kaiser – 1/4 tone trumpet, electronicsAnat Cohavi – bass clarinet, soprano saxHannes Lingens, drums, accordianRoy Carroll – samplerThur 27.08.09, 22:00Loophole, Boddinstr. 60, 12053 Berlin ‘Kaiser Adaptor’Double Adaptor with Jeff KaiserJeff …

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Berlin 2009, Day 16-18

With Roy Carroll, post-caffeine in Prenzlauer Berg. I met Roy when we both were playing at the Sparks Festival at UMN, Minneapolis. An awesome musician from Ireland, who has settled down in Berlin. Mostly studying, or …

Berlin 2009, Day 14-15

Club der Polnischen Versager(Click any image to enlarge) Summary of the gig: Awesome! We had a lovely audience, and the guys I played with were smoking. Harald recorded it, so I hope to hear it soon …