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5/5/2006
ROULETTE presents
at Location One 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St) NYC
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
Roulette 228 West Broadway New York, NY 10013
contact: press@roulette.org http://www.roulette.org/
Also! Please check out our new ROULETTE BLOG for excerpts of our artists� music, podcasts featuring interviews with the artists and Roulette TV clips, and musical discussion: http://www.roulette.org/blog/index.php
Monday, May 15th
*BEN NEILL*
Ben Neill (mutantrumpet/electronics,) with John Conte (bass) & Jim Mussen (drums,) presents XIX, a concert of music and interactive video (in collaboration with artist Bill Jones) based on samples of 19th century music and art. Neill, composer, performer and inventor of the mutantrumpet, recorded 7 CDs of his music and has collaborated with Page Hamilton, David Behrman, John Cale and Coil, among others.
*DAVID WATSON & KATHERINE LIBEROVSKAYA*
David Watson has "blown the bagpipes, microtonally skirling and droning, into the 21st century." His work on this instrument subverts conventional expectations, drawing on traditional sources but placing them in the outskirts of new music infinity. Performances range from delicious silence to a veritable 'wall of sound.'
Katherine Liberovskaya is a Canadian video & media artist, exploring live video mixing in improvisation with live new music/sound.
Tuesday, May 16th
*MEGUMI AND JUNICHI MATSUZAKI [JOYFUL SONIC WASH]*
Junichi and Megumi Matsuzaki perform solos and with their trio, Joyful Sonic Wash. Junichi performs on his new powered up "Cyber Guitar 2," a resonant table-top guitar prepared with tubes, a mouthpiece, bells, a thumb piano and various other bits of junk. Megumi will play her sitar with pedal effects, making phrase loops, mixing up melody and noise and oscillating between acoustic and electric sounds. Commissioned by Roulette with support from the Jerome Foundation.
Wednesday, May 17th
*JESSICA FELDMAN*
Composer/Sound Artist Jessica Feldman offers up a night full of new works made especially for Roulette, including a piece for voice and video-camera-monitored-mouth, performed by soprano Beth Griffith. Feldman�s work tends toward interactivity, frequently crosses through many artistic disciplines and often occurs in extremely public or extremely private spaces. Her pieces have been performed, installed and exhibited at art galleries, parks, city streets, tiny closets and concert halls. Recent NYC venues include The Kitchen, the Flux Factory, the Tank & Danspace.
Thursday, May 18th
*DAVID FIRST*
Composer/guitarist David First will present Rocking Pipeline Witness Apologies to Dennis � a new drone-field work dedicated to the memory of his teacher Dennis Sandole, featuring Peter Zummo (trombone,) �Blue� Gene Tyranny (harmonically-tuned keyboards,) Christopher McIntyre (trombone) and First (guitar/laptop.) The work continues First�s usual concerns with various species of acoustical and metaphysical and attempts to make amends for his oft-regretted irresponsibilities regarding his relationship with the legendary Sandole.
*LESLIE ROSS*
Leslie Ross, bassoonist, improviser, composer and instrument-builder, has been creating and performing since the mid 80s. In her Roulette performance, she continues to explore the rich multi-phonics and micro-tonal possibilities of the bassoon (often with electronics or computer) along with her settings of formal scores where improvised material tests -- and where necessary, breaches -- the set boundaries. She will present several new forms as well as excerpts from her sporadically kept �music journal� (3rd installment.)
Friday, May 19th
*MATANA ROBERTS*
Saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts presents CoinCoin: Installation 1, the first performance of her in-progress musical narrative, which explores the defining moments of an extraordinary, yet classic African American history using the traditions of jazz- and improvisation-inspired music, original compositions and various ensemble configurations. With Hill Greene (bass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Layla McCalla (cello) and Mazz Swift (violin.) Commissioned by Roulette with support from the Jerome Foundation.
Saturday, May 20th
*SUSIE IBARRA & ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ [ELECTRIC KULINTANG]*
Electric Kulintang (Susie Ibarra & Roberto Rodriguez) presents a performance of new works entitled 7000 Mysteries. With acoustic and electronic soundscapes, Ibarra (acoustic and electric kulintang, percussion & compositions) and Rodriguez (electronics, claypot, cajon la peru & percussion) weave melodies and rhythms that evoke Filipino folkloric trances in several new sonic narratives.
*MICHELLE KINNEY & JACQUELINE FERRIER-ULTAN [JELLOSLAVE]*
Cellists Michelle Kinney and Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan have been exploring their collaboration together since 2002 when they discovered a personal and musical kinship that took on a life of its own as Jelloslave. Ferrier-Ultan and Kinney use all 8 amplified strings to sing, squawk, scream, growl and purr their way through their eclectic repertoire. Special guests tonight include: VJ Neverwas (Chris Cunningham) on projections and guitar, and Michael Ferrier, sax.
Sunday, May 21st
*RAZ MESINAI*
Raz Mesinai's music is a unique synthesis of modern composition, cinematic sensibility, freeform electronics and a contemporary take on ancient shamanic and trance traditions. Tonight Mesinai explores the human voice through a microscopic lens, premiering a new piece inspired by the enigmatic book "Seth Speaks," in which author Jane Roberts experiences a prolonged conversation with the disembodied spirit "Seth." Featuring the versatile vocalists Jessika Kenney and Jewlia Eisenberg.
posted by Coming Events
5/05/2006 03:45:00 PM
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