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Interview: Mick Barr
Over the past decade, guitarist and composer Mick Barr has released countless recordings under the names Ocrilim, Orthrelm, and Octis, and has worked with Krallice, The Flying Luttenbachers, Zach Hill, Weasel Walter and Sam Hillmer of Zs. His lightning fast guitar style and singular approach to the instrument goes unrivaled among his contemporaries, leading Ian MacKaye ...
Interview: Michael Formanek
Bassist and composer Michael Formanek has worked with many leading North American and European jazz musicians over the span of his 35 year career, including Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Evan Parker, Dave Burrell, and several ensembles with Tim Berne. His new quartet with altoist Berne, pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleaver premiered at The Stone ...
Interview: Andy Laster
Clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer Andy Laster has been involved in New York City’s jazz scene since the mid-1980s, when he relocated upon completing studies at Seattle’s Cornish Institute. Since then he has worked with musicians such as Julius Hemphill, Hank Roberts, Cuong Vu, and Erik Friedlander. In preparation for this week’s performance by his Sounds of ...
Guest Post: Henry Rollins on Matthew Shipp
Henry Rollins has been a fiery tongued advocate for independent music and creative culture since he was the frontman of seminal hardcore band Black Flag in the early 1980s. He has since released numerous solo music and spoken word albums, written several books on travel, politics, and music (including Get in the Van: On The Road ...
Noise Storm
"Unless played very quietly, analytical thought is thwarted while Merzbow noise occurs, and even at quiet volume, there is still a jaggedness in the cutting, the bursts of sound, the alterations, that hinders the development of analysis," writes Paul Hegarty in his chapter on Merzbow from Noise/Music: A History. In 1923, Dadaist Kurt Schwitter commenced his ...
Silent Movies
For his new album, Silent Movies due out on Pi Recordings this month, guitarist Marc Ribot states that he's exploring “the strange area between language and spatiality that exists partly in between music and visual image, and partly as a common property of both." While he's worked on several film scores in the past, such as ...
Lower East Side Blues
Whew! We kicked off the first week of the new season with five amazing performances: Jesse Kudler and Ian Fraser's electronic and laptop minimalism, Fennesz' profound and thunderous sonics that pushed the International House's sound system further than we thought possible, Sleepthief's spiraling improvisations that lingered between delicacy and fever, and a two-night 70th birthday celebration ...
Expansion / Momentum
On September 9 and 10, Ars Nova Workshop will present two back-to-back nights of performances at Philadelphia Art Alliance to celebrate the 70th birthday of legendary jazz pianist Dave Burrell. For this very special occasion, Philadelphia-based Burrell will be playing with bassist William Parker and native Philadelphian and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, flute, clarinets) Sabir Mateen. These three ...
Dream-Work
In a 2008 interview following the release of the group's debut album on Intakt Records, Ingrid Laubrock articulates Sleepthief's sound: “There's a mysterious, dreamlike feel to some of the music—and also you can be torn right out of it. But in a wholly improvised situation it's not only your own imagination, ears, taste buds and emotions ...
Super Feedbacker
Austrian electronic music innovator Fennesz will be kicking off Ars Nova Workshop's 2010-2011 season with his first ever Philadelphia performance on September 5, 8pm at the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). While Fennesz has not released a solo LP since 2008's Black Sea, this has been an incredibly busy year for the artist who the San ...
