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from this past weekend: Friday in New Haven, CT (two sets) Sat @ Open Sound in Somerville, MA Prehistoric Horse @ Open Sound 2011.6.11 by Kingtone Music
This is one of the most powerful pieces of music I have ever recorded. The video from the finale of the film, Nightsoil by the Overdub Club. This version features the music only (without sound effects) and was released on my latest release Music for Driving and Film, Vol II. This music was composed for [...]
Tonight is a special show. My first conducted composition for large ensemble. It’s big. It’s beautiful. Piece to Celebrate the Proximity of Pearl Harbor Day and the Death of John Lennon on the only date it can happen – Mon Dec 7 @ The Makeout Room in San Francisco. Rehearsal last night was very productive. [...]
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Posted 07 December 2009
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Tagged: Bobby Ray, Brian Good, CD Cummings, Daryl Shawn, Dave Jess, David Slusser, Dylan Champagne, Eli Crews, Geo Kitta, Glenn Branca, John Shiurba, Katherine Copenhaver, Moe Staiano, Nils Erickson, Pat Spurgeon, Reid Johnston, Rhys Chatham, Suki O'Kane, Wayne Grim
Played a fun show at this past saturday night at a Harley Davidson/Waylon Jennings/Slayer/San Jose Sharks fan/dive bar in Pacifica, CA with Reid Johnston’s tongue-in-cheek country rock project, The Ray Johnson Band. With CD covers like Gone (pictured left), patriotic tunes with sing along choruses like ‘Lets take one in the ass for America!’, good [...]
The 8th annual Starry Plough Murder Ballads Bash this past Halloween eve was really great. I was there with the Bodice Rippers performing, Tigerero our tale of death in the jungle and Options, a klezmer inspired song that muses upon all of one’s post mortem options. Great sets by Dylan Champagne, Penelope Houston, John Shiurba, [...]
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Posted 04 November 2009
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Tagged: Blunderbusst, Bodice Rippers, Dylan Champagne, Happy Clams, John Shiurba, Loretta Lynch, Luther Monday, Maurice Tani, Penelope Houston, Starry Plough, Suki O'Kane, Whore
My friend Tom French made this video a few years ago. It is a nice little story that stars his daughter and uses Blindfold from the Soundtrack Instrumentals CD as a score.
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Posted 09 September 2009
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The Overdub Club is proud to announce the completion of the HD video version of Nightsoil. We have worked long and hard to bring this former performance piece to a place where it can be screened. The premier is slated for Sept 30 at the The Exploratorium in San Francisco. Nightsoil is a single channel [...]
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Posted 28 August 2009
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Tagged: Alphonso Alvarez, Jenya Chernoff, John Hanes, Jonathan Segel, Laurie Amat, Mark De Gli Antoni, Nightsoil, Rebecca Seeman, Suki O'Kane, Thad Povey, The Overdub Club
Prehistoric Horse plays a very intense and dynamic form of improvisational music that sometimes borders on sheer noise but also incorporates the dramatic and absurd. Our sets morphed with the miles logged and the tenor and pacing changed dramatically from the first chaotic show in Albany CA to the final mellow moments in NYC. There [...]