Friday, October 15, 2010

A Night of Improvised Music at Spiral Scratch

Interesting show on tap for tonight at Sprial Scratch....Check out the Facebook page.

Below is the info on performers: Forced Collapse (Chris Riggs/Liz Allbee Duo), Fossils, Set, and Air Loom

Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduate Christopher Riggs draws equally from the worlds of Michigan Noise, European Free Improvisation, and his classical training to create a language of effects-pedal-less extended guitar techniques that are uniquely his own. Current collaborations, some of which are documented on his Holy Cheever Church record label, include Ben Hall, Joe Morris, Gino Robair, and John Olson(of Wolf Eyes). As an ...interpreter of contemporary classical music he has performed the music of Olga Neuwirth, Charles Wuorinen, and Elliott Carter. He is currently pursuing his M.A. in music composition under Anthony Braxton at Wesleyan University.

Liz Allbee is a voracious musician whose work spans many genres, encompassing new music, improvisation, electronic composition, Asian folk and pop, noise, minimalist, free jazz and experimental rock. She plays in the pop band Neung Phak, in the experimental Neanderthal troubaduo Marauder and Alibi, and in the Jon Raskin Quartet, and has performed and recorded with a wide array of musicians, including Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Rova, Axel Dorner, Mazen Kerbaj, Birgit Uhler, Gino Robair, SFSound, and with members of Caroliner Rainbow and the Sun City Girls.

David Payne began building his Fossils empire back in 2004. Since that time Fossils has colonized the underground circuit with a steady flow of ultra-limited tapes/cdrs, many of them through David's own Middle James Co imprint. The Fossils sound is always one of formless despair. Churning low-grade electronics, primitive tape manipulations, and an aura of stoned reverie are all genuine signatures. (Graham Lambkin, 2010)

Set are a new Buffalo trio featuring Jim Abramson,Tristan Trump and Olivier Delrieu-Schulze. Be prepared for high energy, spontaneous polyrhythmic chaos.

Air Loom are Mike Mahoney and Adam Richards. Late night, beer soaked attic chaos. Messy drones and mounds of exhausted audio tape.

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