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KaiserLooperjk.pushjk.reverser 2jk.softstepKaiserLooper2-2KaiserLooper2-3KaiGen-M2KaiGen-Smaple-Palyer2KaiGen-R2KaiGen-I-Ching2KaiGen-C2-v2The place where Jeff Kaiser started out isn’t nearly as interesting as where he’s going, and where he’s tarried along the way; Classically trained as a trumpet player (and the owner of one sweet quarter-tone …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

Sidney Corbett at Hauptbahnhof: September 1, 2010

I had the pleasure of hearing several gigs at of all places, Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Wednesday was a lovely piece by Sid Corbett for piano and multi-channel electronic playback. For many of the performances meshing with the …

Berlin: August 13-31, 2010

A bunch of random shots from my last few weeks here…food, drink, music, trains….seems to be the theme….Click any picture to enlarge it. Ariana at Manna Vego World! Seitan Currywurst! Green Bier? Thea and the trikes… …

Paul DeMarinis at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin

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 …