Toshimaru Nakamura, Tokyo’s experimental music artist, is visiting the United States for a week of performances with Many Arms.
Nakamura was joined by a collection of Archer Spade musicians for his first show:
Keir Neuringer
Amy Cimini
Julius Masri
Jesse Kudler
Ian Fraser
Nick Millevoi
and
Dan Blacksberg
Nakamaru and Many Arms’ show schedule is shown on the band’s website.
Aidan Baker and Dana Schechter played a set of their music(solo and duet) at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church.
Aidan Baker’s Already Drowning and Dana Schechter’s Long Arms are now available at Bandcamp and various other stores.
Chris Forsyth and Nate Wooley performed the feature set at Archer Spade’s Studio 34 in Philadelphia, PA.
Chris Forsyth and Nate Wooley performed the feature set at Archer Spade’s Studio 34 in Philadelphia, PA.
The duo managed to traverse many sonic lands, from the hypnotic guitar to the conversational trumpet(combined in convention-bending ways). Words cannot really give justice to the music. Here is to another performance by the duo.
I have introduced the terms ‘transitional object’ and ‘transitional phenomena’ for designation of the intermediate area of experience,
between the thumb and the teddy bear…
between primary creative activity and projection of what has already been introjected.D.W. Winnicott
Transitional Objects is:
Matt Engle (Bass)
Nick Millevoi (Guitar)
and
Mike Szekely (Drums)
The video is of their performance at Highwire Gallery in Philadelphia, PA
I first saw Transitional Objects at Archer Spade’s Studio 34 in 2012.
Archer Spade Performance Series presented three big names in the Jazz scene:
Joe Morris, guitar
William Parker, double bass
and
Marco Eneidi, alto saxophone
Archer Spade Performance Series presented an outstanding ensemble with musicians belonging to two groups:
Dan Blacksberg Trio and Transitional Objects.
The lineup included:
Dan Blacksberg, trombone
Matt Engle, double bass
Nick Millevoi, guitar
and
Mike Szekely, drums
hosted performances by three acts from Philly and New Haven this Friday
part of the Archer Spade Performance Series.
The night started with 3 Philly Guitars playing a set of music composed by Travis Woodson, Carl Testa and Eric Slick:
“Lesbians With Victorian Sensibilities” (Travis Woodson)
“Slope II” (Cart Testa; written for bass and cello, arranged for three guitars)
“Gary & Monty” (Eric Slick; written for solo guitar, arranged for three guitars by Travis Woodson)
“Personality Donor (A Donor for 3)” (Travis Woodson; arranged for three guitars)
“Free” (Ornette Coleman)
Next, Carl Testa took the stage and played two of his pieces for solo String Bass and Electronics.
And finally, Broadcloth, New Haven’s trio known for playing Avant garde chamber music, took the stage and played three of their newer pieces including an Operetta composed by Adam Matlock.
Broadcloth is: Anne Rhodes,
Adam Matlock
And
Nathan Bontrager
thisQuietArmy is the experimental guitar-based project of Eric Quach from DestroyAllDreamers from Montreal, Canada.
thisQuietArmy’s music is best described as improvised drone: He takes his sonic experimentations further by adding textural and structural elements of post-punk/shoegaze, krautrock/spacerock & black/doom metal to them.
Furthermore, he uses hypnotic visuals to his performances.
This set was filmed in Eris Temple Arts Philadelphia, PA, a mecca for indie music in the city.
July’s uncertainty music series featured Ben Shilrley(guitar) and the Scrimshaw Ensemble:
Nathan Bontrager on cello,
Adam Matlock on accordion,
Anne Rhodes voice,
& Carl Testa on bass.
The group performed a set of Ben’s original music followed by improvisational sets for duets. The group concluded the night by a piece for quintet written by Ben.
The Uncertainty music series is a regular event that takes place in Never Ending Books store on State Street in New Haven, CT.
For more information, please check their Facebook page or website.
Broadcloth trio performed at John Slade Ely House in New Haven, CT last Friday with a set of their improvised music.
Broadcloth trio is:
Anne Rhodes, vocals
Nathan Bontrager, Cello &
Adam Matlock, accordion
They played 4 pieces of their music
Folk Song
The entire performance may be watched on YouTube:
While the following video shows the set performed by Brooklyn based harsh improv group: Prehistoric Horse.
Prehistoric Horse is:
David Grollman, percussion
Valerie Kuehne, cello &
Lucio Menegon, guitar
Finally, the two groups performed an encore piece for the crowd at Ely house:
The following picture, taken during the intermission, shows the instruments of Broadcloth
