Stet Lab is, and has been for some time, on indefinite hiatus. [More info…]
…a celebration of the practice of improvisation in all its diversity, complexity and, perhaps, contradictions
Between June 2008 and April 2011, fourteen author-practitioners documented over nineteen events from the POV of the stage. The Lab reports were an opportunity for the improviser-musician-performers to explore and explode the processes and practices of music in general, and improvisation in particular. These reports ranged in tone from the oblique, the whimsical, and the […]
As previously announced, after thirty-two events over three and a quarter years, I’ve stepped down as curator of Stet Lab as of February 2011. The duties of running the Lab now are in the very capable hands of Veronica Tadman, Tony O’Connor, Athos Tsiopani with curatorial duties handled by Kevin Terry (Kevin and Tony performed […]
I took momentary snapshots with my ears where sounds linked, danced, collided and certainly interrupted. A friendly salute followed by a stab in the back is the best way I can describe this music. I capture the sonic moments that would make butter melt, once I find my moment, I cherish it, as it leaves […]
So my introduction to improvised music has now risen to two Stet Lab events. Finding it strange how, no matter what I think I’m gonna do, even in the few seconds before starting, what comes out is completely different. Pity that the pieces I played in on both nights failed to be recorded; just don’t […]
Audio recordings of the third birthday edition Stet Lab are now online.
Tonight (Monday November 15, 2010), upstairs @ The Roundy: Stet Lab launches into its Year Four with very special guest Ian Smith!
Featuring Ian Smith, Stet Lab’s third birthday event takes place on Monday, November 15, 2010, upstairs @ The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland.
The next Stet Lab, featuring Ian Smith, takes place on Monday, November 15, 2010, at The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland.
Featuring Kevin Terry, Marian Murray, Jeffrey Weeter, Han-earl Park, Claudia Schwab and Dan Walsh, Stet Lab returns on Monday, October 11, 2010, upstairs @ The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland.