Author: Han-earl Park

Shifting and switching from No Wave skronk to interstellar guitarist-as-drummer virtuosity, from stampedes of miniature Pomeranian Buffalos to All-You-Zombies heterophonies, Han-earl Park (박한얼) has been performing beautifully messy, joyously difficult, ambiguous and discordant improvised musics for over twenty years. Park is the mastermind behind ensembles including Eris 136199 with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky; Juno 3 with Lara Jones and Pat Thomas; and Gonggong 225088 with Yorgos Dimitriadis and Camila Nebbia; and performs as part of a duo with Richard Barrett. [More…]
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io 0.0.1 beta++ and Stet Lab updates

Site updates to io 0.0.1 beta++ and Stet Lab.

Stet Lab

12–12–08: Audio recordings of the December 2008 Lab (with Bruce Coates, Sarah O’Halloran, Neil O’Loghlan, Han-earl Park and others) are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. [More info…]

The first Lab of 2009 will take place on January 12th [details…].

io 0.0.1 beta++

12–15–08: Audio recordings from the December 8th 2008 beta tests with saxophonist Bruce Coates are available. Reports to follow…

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performance diary 01-02-09

upcoming performances
date venue time details
January 12th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Murray Campbell.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 10th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Paul Dunmall.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 11th 2009 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland		 TBC Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
Admission free.
[Details to follow…]
March 26th 2008 Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC
Cork, Ireland		 6:00pm Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) and Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) presented by Glucksman Unplugged. (Details TBC.)
Admission free.

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Stet Lab rescheduled: December 9th 2008

Stop press: this month’s Stet Lab has been rescheduled to Tuesday, December 9th 2008. [More…]

This comes after the rescheduling of the FrImp event in Birmingham, and cancellation of the Frakture hosted performance in Liverpool (three in a row has to be some kind of record). The performance diary has been updated to reflect these changes.

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performance diary 12-06-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
December 9th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Please note change of date!
Final Stet Lab of 2008 featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) with with Sarah O’Halloran (voice), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
January 12th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Murray Campbell.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 10th 2009 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Paul Dunmall.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 11th 2008 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland		 TBC Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
Admission free.
[Details to follow…]

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performances (London, Birmingham and Liverpool)

There’re some significant changes to the performance diary:

  • London, December 2nd: A performance at The Klinker. (This was somewhat last minute, thus you won’t find my name in the Klinker publicity.)
  • Birmingham, December 3rd: The FrImp event will take place at the later time of 10:00pm in the Elgar Room and admission is free.

I don’t have any details for the December 4th event in Liverpool. I recommend that you contact Frakture for details.

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performance diary 11-28-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
December 2nd 2008 The Klinker
Maggie’s Bar
98–100 Stoke Newington Church Street
London N16, England		 8:30pm Guitar-guitarist duets by Han-earl Park and Esprit. (Although too late to be included in the official Klinker publicity, I will be performing on that evening.)
Admission: £5/3.
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
Elgar Room
Arts Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, England		 10:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar), David Ryan (clarinet) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission free.
December 4th 2008 Venue TBC
Liverpool, England		 TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture.
[Details…]
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Final Stet Lab of 2008 featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones) with with Sarah O’Halloran (voice), Neil O’Loghlen (double bass) and Han-earl Park (guitar).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
February 11th 2008 Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland		 TBC Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums), Jamie Smith (guitar) as part of the UCC concert series.
Admission free.
[Details to follow…]

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io 0.0.1 beta++ and Stet Lab updates

Site updates to io 0.0.1 beta++ and Stet Lab.

io 0.0.1 beta++

First round of reports (including audio recordings) from the November beta tests: by Franziska Schroeder and by Han-earl Park.

Stet Lab

Audio recordings of the November Stet Lab are available. The last Stet Lab of 2008 will take place on December 8th [details…].

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Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday

Stet Lab enters its second year of real-time mutations and hybrids! Launched in November 2007 with the question ‘where’s Nicki?’, somehow this no-budget, volunteer-run semi-organization has survived ten events and welcomed a dozen guest artists.

I’m pleased and excited to be celebrating Stet Lab’s first birthday with a special event, featuring the extraordinary saxophonist, improviser and theorist Franziska Schroeder, on November 10th 2008, upstairs @ The Roundy, Cork, Ireland. [Details…]

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performance diary 10-18-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
November 10th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday!
Featuring Franziska Schroeder (saxophones) with Han-earl Park (guitar) and others.
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England		 8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 4th 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England		 TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates (saxophones).
Admission: €10/5.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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performance diary 09-23-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 9th 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland		 7:30pm Stet Lab returns with Han-earl Park, Jesse Ronneau, Veronica Tadman and others.
Free admission (€5 recommended donation).
[Details…]
November 10th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab celebrates its first birthday!
Featuring Franziska Schroeder
Admission: €10/5/0.
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England		 8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England		 TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 8th 2008 The Roundy
Castle Street
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm
(doors: 8:45pm)		 Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates.
Admission: €10/5/0.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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performance diary 09-21-08

upcoming performances
date venue time details
October 9th 2008 Ó Riada Hall
UCC Department of Music
Sundays Well
Cork, Ireland		 7:30pm Stet Lab returns with Han-earl Park, Jesse Ronneau, Veronica Tadman and others.
Free admission (€5 recommended donation).
[Details…]
November 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm (TBC) Stet Lab featuring Hugh Metcalfe (TBC). Details to follow…
[Details…]
December 3rd 2008 FrImp
The Station
High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham, England		 8:00pm Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones), Mike Hurley (piano), Trevor Lines (bass), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Walt Shaw (percussion and electronics).
Admission: £6/4 (£3 students).
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Liverpool, England		 TBC Performance by Bruce Coates (saxophones) and Han-earl Park (guitar) hosted by Frakture. Details to follow…
December 2008 (TBC) Venue TBC
Cork, Ireland		 9:00pm (TBC) Stet Lab featuring Bruce Coates. More details to follow.
[Details…]
I am organizing a set of gigs in the U.K. and elsewhere during December 2008 and January 2009.
In addition, I am looking for venues in Ireland to host performances by Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith and myself (Han-earl Park) in January/February of 2009. See the performance proposal (PDF) for more information.
I welcome performance organizations, promoters and/or venues to get in touch.

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