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Hypercolor: Hypercolor
by Dave Wayne
The past few months have seen a stream of truly--and in some cases mind-bogglingly--wonderful guitar-centric power trio albums. Yet, the eponymous debut of the Brooklyn-based avant-jazz-rock band Hypercolor stands out, but not for the reasons you'd think. Sure, the trio consists of musical brainiacs James Ilgenfritz and Lukas Ligeti; genre omnivores whose own work and collaborations ...
Tel Aviv White Night Festival 2014
by Eyal Hareuveni
Tel Aviv White Night Festival Enav Canter Tel Aviv, Israel February 6-7, 2014 The program of the 10th anniversary of Tel Aviv White Night Festival, for contemporary and improvised music, was more modest and focused this year than in previous years, but remained faithful to its vision--introducing innovative and forward-thinking ...
Thollem McDonas: The Beauty of Never Going Back Home
by Dave Wayne
What is often forgotten about improvised music is that it can come from anywhere. Though its history is inextricably intertwined with jazz, improvisation is part and parcel of a myriad of musical cultures. Pianist and composer Thollem McDonas is not just aware of this fact, it is part of his daily existence. About 10 years ago, ...
Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti Performs Throughout Nyc May - July
Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti Showcases New Works throughout Manhattan This Summer THU 5.31 @ The Stone w. Lukas Ligeti Quintet THU 6.14 @ Gershwin Hotel w. Lukas Ligeti’s Notebook JUNE-JULY @ Café Orwell’s Weekly Concert Series Just off a 3-month long tour in Europe and India, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti returns to his hometown of New York City ...
Lukas Ligeti: Pattern Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Secondo una filosofia estetica assai tipica dei batteristi-leader, la musica di questo lavoro rivela immediatamente uno scheletro fortemente ancorato all'elemento ritmico, sia nell'iniziale, rotondo “Without Prior Warning," che nel più iterativo, a tratti vagamente ipnotico “On Patterned Time" (in tale tessuto s'inserisce ottimamente il balafon). Il batterista e leader cui ci riferiamo è il viennese Lukas ...
The Jazz Session #282: Lukas Ligeti
Drummer Lukas Ligetis most recent recording is Pattern Time (Innova Records, 2011). In this interview, Ligeti talks about his travels in Africa and how theyve influenced his writing, particularly his approach to rhythm; how he crosses musical and cultural boundaries; and a fascinating analysis of swing.Drummer Lukas Ligetis most recent recording is Pattern Time (Innova Records, ...
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Releases "Pattern Time" (Innova)
Lukas Ligeti: PATTERN TIME CD Release 4/26 Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Explores Varying Rhythmic Patterns in Experimental Improvisation and African Jazz “[Lukas] Ligeti isn't trying to create some globally homogenized soundworld...his music is defiantly individual...—The Guardian (UK) NEW YORK, NY—Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti lays the foundations for a new idiom in the realm of creative improvised music and ...
Yo Miles! Revisited: Lightning and Shinjuku
by John Kelman
Amongst the plethora of tributes to trumpet icon Miles Davis' electric period on Columbia, beginning with 1969's In a Silent Way and ending with 1975's Agharta and Pangaea, only a few stand out as being truly reverential--not just to the electrified energy and jungle funk of the music, but to its undeniably avant leanings as well. ...
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Tours Afrikan Machinery This Spring 2010
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Continues a Nationwide Tour of Afrikan Machinery Brilliantneatly bridges the classical-modernist-world-music divide. - The Scotsman (U.K.) Fresh off his first ever UK solo performances, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti continues to wow audiences with his post-minimalist polyrhythmic music in a nationwide Spring 2010 concert tour (see schedule below). Performing selections from his most recent album, ...
