poster (click to download PDF…) A very big thanks to Paul Dunmall for performing with me on Friday [Details…]. It was (despite me suffering from a cold) a mind blowing experience. What a, to borrow an adjective Paul uses a lot, fantastic player. I’m reminded how much I have to learn and practice. Kudos to Jesse Ronneau and Paul O’Donnell of the UCC Concerts Committee for programming us, to Mary Mitchell Ingoldsby for taking time to show Paul arou…
poster (click to download PDF…) Just a quick note of thanks to Kato Hideki and Katie O’Looney for playing, and thanks to everyone for coming to listen on Monday [Details…]. It was a pleasure and a privilege. Thanks also to Kevin Terry for manning the door, and working the monetary arithmetic. There’s a recording which, who knows, may someday see the light of day 😉 Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegra…
…poster (click to download PDF…) This coming Monday (March 15, 2010) at 9:00 pm (doors at 8:45 pm): the Jitney Trio plus the Quiet Music Ensemble perform at The Roundy (Castle Street, Cork, Ireland). Admission is €12 (€6) at the door. [Details…] Hope to see y’all there! Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hanearlpark/eris-136199-effortlessly-strange-improvised-music €1,200 pledged of €650 goal. 184% funded. 44 backers. You did it! Thanks to you, our awe-inspiring backers, we will master the recording, create the artwork, write the liner notes, press the discs, and get the music to you. You have been fantastic, and I am awestruck by your generosity, and really touched by your support. I’ll be back in touch over t…
…endipity and contradiction. Eris 136199 is the noisy, unruly complexity of composer, computer artist and guitarist Nick Didkovsky, the corporeal, cyborg virtuosity of constructor and guitarist Han-earl Park, and the no-nonsense melodic logic of composer and saxophonist Catherine Sikora. A composer who enjoys blurry boundaries, Nick Didkovsky founded the avant-rock big band Doctor Nerve, and is a member of Swim This with Gerry Hemingway and Michael…
…htful shape-shifter….” Brian Morton (Point of Departure) Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist, although his activities also range much more widely and include playing bass guitar and other instruments; both writing and performing composed music; and writing about music and various other subjects. He has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad (in duo and quartet formations), Joe Morris (trio and quartet), Evan Parker (duo, quar…
Upcoming performances in Birmingham, Edinburgh and London, February 2011 (see the performance diary for up-to-date info): Birmingham, February 15, 2011: Performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Mark Sanders (drums) presented by Fizzle. [Details…] [performance diary entry] [facebook event page] Edinburgh, February 18, 2011: Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar), and Matthew Collings, plus others (TBA) presented by Grind…
…in the presence of giants. Thanks to Fritz Welch, Lin Zhang of Grind Sight Open Eye, and Jamie Smith of Owlhouse Recordings for organizing the events (and feeding this itinerant musician), and to Stills Gallery, and Hamish Dunbar and Keiko Yamamoto at Cafe OTO for hosting the performances. Kudos to all the musicians who were involved, in particular Neil Davidson and Sean Williams for two memorable duos; EdImpro for their generosity and sense of fu…
…to play a solo piece and was going to play ‘Autumn Leaves”. “But this is a free gig, Lol” someone said. “So,” said Lol “Am I free to play what I want?” What ties the SLAM catalogue together is the objective of preserving music that may otherwise be lost and making this music available to a listening public. To try to ‘educate’ or lead a public would be counterproductive but the music is there to be discovered. [Read the rest…] It’s really great to…
…Roth, Softday, Mick O’Shea, Antje Vowinckel and Jeffrey Weeter. Admission free. [Details…] May 18, 2014 Gulpd Café Triskel Arts Centre Tobin Street Cork, Ireland 9:30pm Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar), Kevin Terry (guitar) and Dan Walsh (drums) as part of CIMC. Admission free. [Details…] June 6, 2014 The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music 55 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 3:00pm Performance by Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky: guita…
…ety for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound) and Meet the Composer to compose and perform a work for the 25th anniversary of the city of West Hollywood. The work was a guided improvisation via graphic score in 5 movements for percussion, electric bass, laptop/feedback generator and accordion. The convert was on June 26th, 2010. Just prior to that, Ted also played as part of the 10 year anniversary event for SASSAS alongside musici…
…ines. An impracticably agile, graceful derailment. As Corey Mwamba said on Freeness about our music, “wonderful energy, constant motion, and roiling in noise. And immense amount of grit and power.” I can honestly say this trio sounds like nothing out there. See the performance diary for up-to-date info. Funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Community. Out now on Ramble Records Juno 3 (RAM-163CD) [details…] Personnel: Han-earl Park (gu…
