prof_lofi Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Dear Friends,I'm hosting a new radio program The Fog, (named in honour of the lateMark Lawton for his work as an experimental artist and hiscontribution at SHMU) dedicated to experimental music. The program ishosted by Station House Media Unit (who on Oct. 20th received their FMlicense). The broadcasting area is local to Aberdeen, but you'll be able to hear it on line here as well:http://www.shmu.org.uk/shmufm.m3uI'll be featuring interviews and live sessions with visiting artiststhat I host, as well as music by artists who submit new works fromaround the world. The first program ran last night Oct 21st and featuredMark's posthumous release The Fog in its entirety. I'll be sorting out a 'listen again' function even if it's from my own site.Upcoming programs feature David Revill and his work with John Cage, and several otherinterviews and sessions with visiting artists.I accept submissions for anyone interested in getting work on air, but it must be experimental in nature. No guarantees, but if it fits the program I'll try to play it.Send cds (clearly marked with artist's name and email/website) anddescription to: Bill Thompson, 34 Bridge St, 2nd Floor, Aberdeen,AB116JN...Sorry can't return 'em, and please make sure your packagewill fit through a mail slot. No guarantees but I'll do my best toplay as much as fits the program, and each individual show. We'relooking for experimental music, sound art, improv, etc.Here's the blurb:The FogDedicated to exploring the hazy realms of experimental music, this 2hour weekly program focuses on sound art and experimental music fromthe past, present, and near future. Interviews, live studio sessions,underground detritus, found recordings, live electronics, fieldrecordings, and even an occasional blues track will find themselvesblurred together by prof_lofi into a mixed bag of the bizarre.Sundays 10pm to Midnight. SHMUFM: http://www.shmu.org.uk/shmufm.m3uor in Aberdeen on 99.8 FMand also, a few other bits:Just a quick invitation to a very special event this Tuesday atPeacock Visual Arts. We are very excited to host Jack Write, wellknown saxophonist from the States who has received fantastic reviewson both sides of the pond. If you like free, adventurous improv, DONOT miss this gig as it's one to remember. His full bio and reviewsare posted below. Doors open at 7pm, sound at 7:30, donations of 3 to5 pounds accepted at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.Support is likely but not confirmed----so don't be late and.....Also a few, quick 'by the ways':Don't miss these upcoming gigs as part of Sound:Nov 9th:Paella is a new music percussion ensemble combining traditionalpercussion instruments with found objects. The ensemble includesPatrick Keenan, Len Wiltshire, and Kris Elliot, joined occasionally byBill Thompson. Performing works by John Cage, as well as premieringworks by David Revill, Brent Fariss, and Travis Weller, the groupseeks to explore the horizons of experimental music opened by Cage andothers.(Paella has been generously supported by SOUND, The Lemon Tree, andlocal community centers)Friday 9 November 2007, 7.45pmPicture Gallery, University of Aberdeen, Marischal College, BroadStreet, AberdeenTickets: Admission frees•o•u•n•d event - Paella - 09 November 2007 @ 7.45pmand:Nov 28th:RHODRI DAVIES & MARK WASTELL+ supportRhodri Davies, amplified harp and electronics, and Mark Wastell,amplified textures, are the core members of Broken Consort. They havebeen performing together in various groups since 1995. Throughcombining acoustic and electronic instruments, they explore the natureof space, silence, noise and electronic sound.Wednesday 28 November 2007, 8pmThe Lemon Tree, 5 West North Street, AberdeenTickets: 6subject to booking feeTo book: 01224 642230 or The Lemon Tree - Live Music, Theatre, Comedy, Dance and more in Aberdeens•o•u•n•d event - Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell, + support - 28 November 2007 @ 8pmThanks again...hope to see you at the gigs, or sense you listeningover the wire(less),Bill......jack wrightSpring Garden Musichttp://www.springgardenmusic.com/sounds.htmlOver the past twenty-five years Jack Wright has been a boldsaxophonist, as well as an influential musical personality. Either ontour or organizing the next one, he has played in virtually everyvenue available to experimental improvised music in the US. He touredin Europe extensively in the 1980's and began again on a regular basisin 2000; in Europe, he is mostly based in Paris. In 1982 Wright began Spring Garden Music as a vehicle fororganizing an improvisational music community, and as a label on whichhe and his partners record. As a musical explorer, his music passesthrough radical shifts of style and approach from one year to thenext, yet always somehow identifiable as his own. These days he isplaying mostly alto and soprano saxophones, in every possibledirection, sometimes barely recognizable as those instruments. Helives in Easton Pennsylvania, which enables him to commute easily toNYC and Phila."Raw, visceral, urgent, his music demands to be heard." The Wire, Dec. 2006The Washington Post says, "In the rarefied, underground world ofexperimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king". Anda German publication, Bad Alchemy, had this to say of his solo:"Wright does not make music, he embodies it, he transforms it with anaivet of another order. It grows into a sound river, he is part ofthe diaphragm through which the heterogeneous whispers."Jack has over sixty partners around the US and in Europe with whom heplays on his travels and records. Some of his recent partners inEurope have been: Michel Doneda, soprano sax; Agnes Palier, vocalist;Olivier Toutlemond, percussion; Fabrizio Spera, drums; Alberto Braida,piano; Sebastien Cirotteau, trumpet; Marlene Jobstl, butoh dancer;Pascal Battus, table guitar; Jean-Philippe Gross, electronics; SharifSehnaoui, guitar; Christine Sehnaoui, alto sax; Stephane Rives,soprano sax; Jean-luc Guionnet, alto sax; David Chiesa, double bass;Michael Griener percussion and Sabine Vogel flute of Berlin; Le QuanNinh, percussion; Barre Philipps, double bass; Veryan Weston, piano,and Phil Durrant, English laptop musician.His most recent tours have been with Fabrizio Spera and Alberto Braidain Italy (upcoming tour in Europe in fall 2007); with Agnes Palierand Olivier Toutlemond in France-Switzerland-Germany (and a US tour inspring 2007); a solo tour in Finland, Sweden, and Norway; with MichaelJohnsen, electronicist, in France, Holland, Belgium, etc., joined bySebastien Cirotteau; with Michel Doneda and NYC percussionist TatsuyaNakatani (From Between Trio) in Japan, France, and the US; with WadeMatthews, bass cl, flute, electronics, in the US; with Carol Genetti,and Jon Mueller (NomTom trio), in the US; Nate Wooley, trumpet, of NYCin Europe; cellist Bob Marsh of the Bay area; Michael Griener andSabine Vogel of Berlin; Reuben Radding, NYC bassist; Phil Durrant, inthe US; and with trumpet player Tom Djll from Oakland and soprano saxplayer Bhob Rainey on the West Coast.He has recorded over 35 albums since 1982.For a full bio, writings, sound files and list of recordings visit hiswebsite: Spring Garden Musicfeature article in Signal to Noise Magazine:April 20032001 interview with John BerndtDocumentation and Discourse and also available in Frenchon here website, as published in Improjazz Jan/Feb. 2004)--newssoundasart : SoundasArt'...of memory and dreams.' out now on 7hings........................................................................"The more you think about things the weirder they seem." -Calvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice one, great to see Mark being remembered in such an appropriate way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof_lofi Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice one, great to see Mark being remembered in such an appropriate way.well, he totally deserved it...top notch guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delly Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'm really glad you are doing this show and can't wait to hear it on listen again.Mark would totally approve, see you soon Billxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free tibet Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Just a quick invitation to a very special event this Tuesday atPeacock Visual Arts. We are very excited to host Jack Write, wellknown saxophonist from the States who has received fantastic reviewson both sides of the pond. If you like free, adventurous improv, DONOT miss this gig as it's one to remember. His full bio and reviewsare posted below. Doors open at 7pm, sound at 7:30, donations of 3 to5 pounds accepted at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.Support is likely but not confirmed----so don't be late I'm so glad i made this last night. wonderful performance & pleasantly surprised to find the Mickel Mass crew supporting as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzbob Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I wondered what 'The Fog' was on the shmufm schedule. Sounds really interesting and a great tribute to Mark who was a fantastic guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof_lofi Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 experimental music, and again!I wondered what 'The Fog' was on the shmufm schedule. Sounds really interesting and a great tribute to Mark who was a fantastic guy.hey thanks everybody for your support...aberdeen IS getting better for all types of music. and yeah, for those that showed up to the gig and also tuned in to the fog, i (and the artists) really appreciate it.by the way, a great gig is coming up this friday at marischall museum at 730. the new found object percussion group paella is performing three premieres and a john cage piece. one of the pieces is written by john cage's biographer and all in all should be a great night (if you listened to the fog yesterday, it was david revill who we had on-that is cage's biographer)...so please feel very welcome...it's free!also, don't forget we have a great show at the lemon tree on november 28th, the next burning harpsichord event (with rhodri davies and mark wastell) and possibly paella performing a new work of mine, and another surprise etc...so, come for that! (check the lemon tree listing...i'll get it on this site soon too! or check my site as well: www.billthmpson.org for details.)talk soon, bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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