A very beautiful show at the DAAD in Berlin closed on Saturday…Paul DeMarinis’ pneuma featured speakers whose cones would rise and fall in sync while playing the sound of an individual (different for each speaker) sleeping …
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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 …
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Mark Dresser, Han Bennink, Mary Oliver session…
Jeff and Joachim in Studio 269/203, University of California San Diego(Click any image to enlarge.) I had the absolute pleasure of recording Mark Dresser, Han Bennink and Mary Oliver last night. My dear friend and tonmeister …
STEIM Blog…The Trumpet and Spatialization
The following is from the STEIM Project Blog **************************** “Noise Trumpet,” as some of my friends call it, is using extended techniques on the trumpet to make it sound what many people would call un-trumpet-like. The …
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 …
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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 …
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Berlin 2009, Day 13
Biergarten, Neukölln(Click on any image to enlarge) Wednesday was a chill out day. Phil and I went to pick up our friend Jason Ponce at the train station Tuesday night, but due to a series of …