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E025 Degenerates 06/27/2010

 All Podcasts, Cody Bottoms, Jacob Riley, Paul Cain, Tony Youngblood (performing), William Davis (Oh No It's Howard), WRVU Era  No Responses »
Jun 272010
 

Today’s podcast is Degenerates, the 25th podcast and 4th episode of the WRVU era — originally broadcast December 2nd, 2007.   The players are William Davis from Oh No It’s Howard; Cody Bottoms from The Manpower, A Parade, and more; Paul Cain; and myself.  Jacob Riley also contributed some sounds via phone.  I did the live mixing, editing, and mastering.

The theme of Degenerates is. . . you guessed it. .  . degeneration.  We recorded samples and  copied them through multiple generations.  We ran them through multiple passes of distortion.   We wanted to see how far we could use and abuse sounds.  The result is one of the nastiest, dingiest, dirtiest sounding shows we’ve ever done; it’s also one of our best.

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E024 Writing Home 06/20/2010

 All Podcasts, Charlie Rauh, Concerts, Gallery F, JJ Jones, Post-WRVU Era, Search Episodes by Participants, Tony Youngblood (performing), Visual Arts  No Responses »
Jun 202010
 

“French soldier in World War I preparing his correspondence ” (Soissons. Aisne. France. 1917). Courtesy of http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com

For podcast 24, we bring you Writing Home, a solo set I performed live in front of an audience at Scarritt Bennett Center Gallery F in Nashville on May 29th, 2010.  My set was part of an art installation called Writing Home, featuring hand-written responses to the prompt, “Write a letter home.”  (Find out more at our previous post here.)

For my set, I continued experimenting with my Scoop & Loop project (see podcast #8 Pit of Roar).  I recorded samples of the other musicians playing that night, sounds of nature, and short interviews with audience members answering the question, “What do you miss about home?”  The result is a pretty decent start to a live project I want to continue perfecting.  For the next iteration, I’d like to break up repetitive word samples by adding in pauses, take unmusical phrases and build melodies out of them, and make things generally flow better.

I did the live mixing and editing.  Writing Home features recorded samples of Gallery F. curator Sabine Schlunk, Maya Moore, Charlie Rauh, Ezzy Harrold, The Human Snowglobe JJ Jones, Brandon Donahue, Mike Hiegemann, Matt Christy, and Robert G. White Esq.  Thanks to Sabine Schlunk for inviting me to play, to the other performers, and to the very patient audience.

Before the show, hear a never-before-re-aired Theatre Intangible promo made during the WRVU-era improv Blind Strings, an episode made entirely with de-tuned string instruments.  Look for the full episode in the near future.

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E023 Artificial

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Jun 072010
 

Dekalb, Illinois experimental rock band CMKT4 stopped by Theatre Intangible for an improv and artist showcase while on tour.  You may know drummer Austin Cliffe as Creme Dementia on the circuit-bending blog GetLoFi.  We’ll release the artist showcase in the near future, but for podcast episode 23, we present to you the improv: Artificial.

Artificial stars CMKT4 (Austin Cliffe, Zach Adams, and Jeff Cox) and regulars Laurence Crow and Craig Schenker.  CMKT4 played a variety of circuit-bent toys, a guitar synth, and hand-made bottlecap contact mics (which they make and sell.)  Craig played saxophone and Larry played laptop synths and sampled Craig’s sax.  I did the live mixing, editing, and mastering.

This is a pretty insane improv, and it may turn out to be one of my favorites.  Enjoy.

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E022 John Westberry Artist Showcase

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May 312010
 

Florida-born percussionist John Westberry and engineer Zack Gresham join us in the studio to discuss John’s new album of free-improv duets Tyrjedza.  We also talk about recording techniques, where to find free-jazz in Nashville, and more.  You may know John from the T.I. improvs The Sound of Teeth and Helpless.  Zack is the owner of Scoliosis Studios (where the album was produced) and is co-founder of Cephalopod Records.   He also plays in the Nashville power-rock trio Umbrella Tree.

Tyrjedza features John Westberry on drums, Imer Santiago on Trumpet, and Tyson Rogers on Fender Rhodes.  The completely-improvised album was recorded in two sessions and then cut into tracks.  It bristles with dynamite energy, and it’s really worth your listen.  If you like what you hear on the podcast, you can purchase the album at CDBaby and iTunes.

Discussed in this episode:  The University of New Orleans Music Program where John and Imer learned under music legends Ed Petersen, Ellis Marsalis, and Harold Battiste.  John’s musical influences John Coltrane, Mary Halvorson, Anthony Braxton, and Brian Blade.   The shepherd’s pie and music of Nashville venue The Family Wash.   John’s nightclub-playing with jazz bassist Chris Donohue.

If you’re wondering whether Theatre Intangible has strayed too far from its mission of experimental improvs, worry not.  We’ve had some great opportunities with artist showcases lately, but there are several really incredible improvs in the can and in the works.  Stay tuned next week for an insane circuit-bending improv with CMKT4, Austin from GetLoFi,  Laurence Crow, and Craig Schenker.

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