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.
Gear
Kaiser’s music is fierce and uncompromising, often taking listeners on a sonic adventure they might not be prepared for…NBC San DiegoKaiser is a stupendously industrious trickster…plasticsax.comACB Mouthpiece, Royer 121 Ribbon MicrophoneHome StudioHome StudioBuilding synths…Building synths…Old rig, …
New Desert Fathers recording! Two years later…
Finally, it is finished, and I must admit…from the music to Ted Killian’s art, I’m quite pleased. Stream it for free, buy digital or hard copies…. http://www.pfmentum.com/ <p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.jeffkaiser.com/album/charismata”&amp;gt;Charismata by The Desert Fathers&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p>
Old recordings, new places…
I’ve uploaded three of my earlier pfMENTUM albums with friends Vinny Golia, Woody Aplanalp and Ernesto Diaz-Infante to bandcamp…the one with Vinny is pfMENTUM CD001…! These albums were originally packaged in colored recycled paper, printed with …
Brad Henkel and Me….in The Wire….
Our pic from the B-CIMF…NOTE the “No Stage Diving Sign”
Transistor Illumicator on Controlvalve….!
The lovely netlabel “controlvalve,” operated by my friend Roger Smith has released a recording of a live performance I did with Don Haugen. It is free to download, and it certainly is worth taking some time …
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) – …
Two flutes, two hands…
Kris Hartung and I in a moment of…uh….I don’t know what to call this…Thanks to Tarey for the photo! At B-CIMF.com a few weeks ago. I really like the “Quiet Please” sign The Venue had on …