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.
Discography
Jeff Kaiser DiscographyAs Leader/Co-Leader Corpseboy I (Upcoming, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Eric P. Mandat (Technophony 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Paul Botelho – Dome (Technophony, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask: The Choir Boys – Surveilled (Technophony, …
About
Jeff Kaiser’s solo performance was “a manic, hallucinogenic joyride through time, space and tonal distortions. He took some of the extended techniques of Lester Bowie and Bill Dixon, and stretched them past the breaking point. He would bend …
A Day in LA…
Another lovely visit to the fine City of Los Angeles…full of meetings…coffee in the morning at Proof with Andrew Pask and Tom Hall, mixing session with Matt McGarvey (some great music coming soon), then a late …
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 …
Ockodektet Rehearsal photos….
RehearsalWoodwinds:David BorgoVinny GoliaEmily HayAndrew PaskTracy McMullen Trumpets:Dan ClucasJohn FumoBrad HenkelDaniel RosenboomKris Tiner Trombones:Michael DessenMichael Vlatkovich Tuba and more:Jonathan PiperWilliam Roper Piano, Keyboards, Theremin:Wayne Peet Acoustic Guitars:Tom McNalley Electric Contrabass Guitar;Steuart Liebig Contrabasses:Jim Connolly (also: musical saw)Mark …
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Vacation, August 2011…
Currently I’m in Cottage Grove, Oregon trying to write some new music for my Ockodektet concert in November and working on some Max/MSP/Jitter projects. On the way out of town, I participated in a concert at …
The Choir Boys (trippyhorns.com) Play the Steve Allen Theater (ResBox)
Andrew Pask and his Aardcore+ (Click on any image to enlarge it) Andrew and Jeff (missing: Joachim Goßmann who did video for us that evening) Jeff pointing out all the heavy stuff Andrew had to carry …