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Prehistoric Horse Tour Wrap

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 [...]

Posted 14 August 2009 § blog § video ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , ,

Nottingham, heavily

July 22
Nottingham Coop, Madison, WI
Picture this: A gorgeous Italianate castle/villa perched on a large lake in the midst of sprawling modern university buildings. Expansive rooms filled with random couches and chairs in various states of decay, desks, nooks and crannies, filled with books, filth or notes, messages, threats and/or suggestions to other members of the [...]

Posted 23 July 2009 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , ,

Prehistoric Horse

is the modern improvised music/noise trio of David Grollman, Valerie Kuehne and Lucio Menegon. 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. The sound is a mashup of Paal Nilssen-Love/Han Bennink drumming with Fred Frith/Sonic Youth guitars [...]

Posted 23 June 2009 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , ,

Dark Art

Two projects are finished just before the bell of the coming summer is rung and I couldn’t be more pleased. They are both beautifully dark pieces of work, a perfect juxtaposition to the gorgeous sunshine, which is in perfect juxtaposition to the economic realities that are in juxtaposition with the recent Wall Street running of [...]

Posted 02 June 2009 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Boise, again (and again)

…played the Boise Creative And Improvised Music Festival this past weekend. Did one set as Strangelet (with John Hanes on electronics) and another as Prehistoric Horse (a new collaboration with John, LM, drummer David Grollman and cellist Valerie Kuehne). The Horse did a lot of wandering about Boise and had a lot of fun just [...]

Posted 29 April 2009 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,