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 …
Colin Woodford Recording Session
In the early stages of a horrible flu and fever (still going) I had a *wonderful* Thursday evening recording Colin Woodford playing solo cymbal. Thankfully, my friend Joachim Goßmann was there to prevent me from making …
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 …
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 …
The Desert Fathers in concert tonight at STEIM
From STEIM: 5 August 2010 | 20:30 hrs. | Concert | 5 euros STEIM Residency Concert:The Desert Fathers, PIRX, Lesley Flanigan Featuring:The Desert Fathers: Jeff Kaiser (US) – trumpet + computer & Gregory Taylor (US) – …
New Media Reading Group…
Friends regularly ask what I am reading here at UCSD, so I thought this might interest some of you. A friend and I started a reading group this quarter for new media theory….here are the texts, …
Berlin, Day 5
My friends follow me everywhere, even here in Friedrichshain(Click any image to enlarge) After a morning/early afternoon of studying and a late lunch at Cafe V (awesome!) we headed off to Friedrichshain to visit musician Jürg …
KaiBorg enters the studio…
David Borgo and I (KaiBorg, btw, audio file now on the website) have entered the studio…Studio A, that is, at the University of California, San Diego campus…accompanied by the wonderful audio/software engineer Tom Erbe (be sure …
Vision Festival…New York Weekend…
(Phil saying, “Kaiser! Get rid of the camera!”) What a wonderful weekend in New York. Phil Skaller and I went to perform a live soundtrack to Bill Brand’s film, Angular Momentum, at the Vision Festival. I …