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Filed under: Andrea Belfi, Anne Guthrie, Attila Faravelli, Ben Owen, Berangère Maximin, Billy Gomberg, Chuck Bettis, Corridors (Byron Westbrook), Daniel Neumann, events, Fraufraulein, Gill Arno (mpld), Ignaz Schick, Maria Chavez, news
Once again, time has run awfully short on me, so this post will have to be a little masterpiece of conciseness. Two Fotofono events are joined here, twelve artists in total out of which four were visiting from various parts of Europe. Except for the duo Fraufraulein, which has been around for some time, the other encounters were first-off, or at least pretty new combos.
February 27, 2011 – three duos
Fraufraulein: Anne Guthrie (french horn), Billy Gomberg (synthesizers and computer) [29 min. 39 sec.].
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Maria Chavez (turntable), Daniel Neumann (piano soundboard, microphone, computer) [9 min. 40 sec.].
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Chuck Bettis (computer), Berangère Maximin (computer) [43 min. 34 sec.].
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March 22, 2011 – two trios
mpld (Gill Arno) (modified and amplified slide projectors, computer), Ben Owen (objects, electronics), Ignaz Schick (turntable, objects, electronics) [42 min. 18 sec.].
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Andrea Belfi (drums, percussion, electronics), Attila Faravelli (computer through speakers), Byron Westbrook (Korg MS-10 Synthesizer) [32 min. 20 sec.].
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Download zipped files:
February 27 (3 duos) – ogg [273.9 MB]; 320 kbps mp3 [182.9 MB]
March 22 (2 trios) – ogg [254.4 MB]; 320 kbps mp3 [164.1 MB].
February 27 recorded by Richard Kamerman, March 22 recorded by Byron Westbrook. All mastered by Gill Arno. Thanks to Richard, Byron, and everyone else who played, attended the performances, made pizza, brought wine, shot photos and in any way took part in the events. Additional thanks to Ben Owen for the photo just above. Finally, a special praise to those who during the March event made a donation to the Japan Tsunami Relief Fund (via Keiko Uenishi and Japan Society).
Filed under: Aki Onda, Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks, Corridors (Byron Westbrook), events, Gill Arno (mpld), Margarida Garcia, Tucker Dulin
Next week Bryan and Eleanor Eubanks will be packing up and relocating to Florida. Looks like a great pretext to throw a Fotofono party and get to play together again. So — Theres bakes some pita bread, ice tea and wine flow, and after the dinner party the studio gets filled up almost over capacity with a small crowd of friends, for the most part artists themselves. The first set has Bryan with Andrew Lafkas, Tucker Dulin and myself (as mpld).
Second set is the first time as a duo for Aki Onda and Margarida Garcia. Margarida plays her electric double bass while Aki instead of the compact cassette table has a minimal setup with one tube amp, a Line Six and a hand-held radio.
Byron Westbrook ends it all with a gorgeous Corridors set. Using multiple speakers and video projections he builds up a multidimensional space in which the perception of time becomes supple, and the audience is transfixed.
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set 1 – Tucker Dulin (trombone), Bryan Eubanks (electronics), Andrew Lafkas (double bass), mpld (light and processed sound from slide projectors).
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set 2 – Margarida Garcia (double bass), Aki Onda (electronics).
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set 3 – Corridors (Byron Westbrook – electronics, sound and video projection)
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Download zipped files of all three pieces: ogg; 320 kbps mp3.
The three images above are from the mpld projection.
Special thanks to Byron Westbrook for bringing down his recording equipment and documenting the concert.
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