Zugzwang (with Tom McNalley) Sinister, strident and glacial sounds emanating from sunny Ventura, California. Kaiser uses quartertone trumpet, McNalley electric guitar. Both add electronics to distort, extend and transmute their instruments. Zugzwang communicates a taste for …
Archived Events: Dec. 1, 2005 – June 7, 2014
Selected archived events from 2005-2014.
Amsterdam 2012 trip: Days 5-7
(Click any image to enlarge) I moved into STEIM’s guest house and studio on Monday…anyway, a few more of my vacationy-tourist shots, followed by some concert pics. I had the privilege of attending the video-taping for …
SoCal and The Desert…
I had an excellent driving day throughout SoCal on Friday with Leah Bowden. We performed and presented at CalArts for Wadada Leo Smith’s composer/performer colloquium…after having coffee/breakfast with Andrew Pask. We then proceeded to Ventura, Santa …
Softstep and Max/MSP…
I’m absolutely loving my Softstep…a very versatile footcontroller…smaller, lighter and does way more than any other foot controller out there at this time that I am aware of. However, in the past it required all users …
Equalizers and Pro Tools 9
Recently I switched to Pro Tools 9 as my main DAW (from Digital Performer). There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is I like it better. I also find myself using the …
On KSDS with Miff Mole
Thursday, March 10, David Borgo and I were interviewed live on KSDS by the wonderful Miff Mole, followed by a lovely Avery DuganA IPA at O’Briens…(in an Alpine glass….)
dj sniff (aka, Takuro Mizuta Lippit) visits UCSD…
And of course I make him pose for a shot for my blog… Jeff and dj sniff (http://djsniff.com/) What a great, albeit too brief, visit from Takuro. In addition to being a turntablist, experimental musician/performer…he is …
Douglas Detrick: Interview with Jeff Kaiser
From Douglas Detrick I had a gig in the summer of 2010 with Jeff Kaiser at the Jazz Station, a gem of a venue in Eugene, Oregon’s music scene. I played the first set, Jeff played …