in preparation: Gargantius Effect +1 +2 +3 (Nor Cal, 08–2011)

Next download release will be of Gargantius Effect (Murray Campbell: violins, oboe and cor anglais; and Randy McKean: saxophones, clarinets and flutes) with Han-earl Park (guitar), plus Gino Robair (energized surfaces, voltage made audible) and Scott R. Looney (hyperpiano). Recorded during a tour of Northern California, August 2011, the album features tracks recorded at The Tin House (Grass Valley) on August 25th, at Studio 1510 (Oakland) on Augu…

in preparation: Han-earl Park plus Marian Murray (Cork, 07–29–10)

Next download release will be the recording of the July 29, 2010 (two years ago!) performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) plus Marian Murray (violin) at the the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork. A rerelease of a recording originally put out in December 2010, this new version will be available in a variety of formats (including lossless), and available as a ‘name your price’ album. More info to follow… Also available for download… Jin Sangtae, Han-earl…

in preparation: Jin Sangtae, Han-earl Park and Jeffrey Weeter (Cork, 01–24–11)

Next download release will be the recording of the January 24, 2011 performance by Jin Sangtae (electronics), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Jeffrey Weeter (drums and electronics). In addition to being available in a variety of formats (including lossless), this recording will also be available in a 24-bit edition that preserves the wide dynamic range of the original performance. More info to follow… Also available for download… rerelease: Han-earl P…

performance: Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora) at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

…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…

performance: Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora at On The Way Out, Brooklyn

…s page…] [facebook event…] details The trio of noisy, unruly complexity of composer, computer artist and guitarist Nick Didkovsky, the coporeal, cyborg virtuosity of constructor and guitarist Han-earl Park, and the no-nonsense melodic logic of composer and saxophonist Catherine Sikora plays on the crossroads of noise, melody, rhythm, space, density, contrast, synchronicity, asymmetry, serendipity and contradiction. The group forges an improvisativ…

Coming soon: new album to be released by NEWJAiM Recordings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCHk5f9iO3k New album from Han-earl Park will be released by New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings in November 2021! This suite has been in the works for over a year; it’s unlike anything I’ve done before, and I’m so very much looking forward to sharing this music with you. More soon! Do you want to be first in-line to hear the new album? Please sign-up to my newsletter: Signup to the newsletter [details…]. Emai…

Coming soon: Juno 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x827VBGoOSM Juno 3 by Han-earl Park, Lara Jones and Pat Thomas will be released by Ramble Records in September 2023! As I said to Chris Sharkey, the mastering engineer, this album exists somewhere “between an audio play and a soundtrack album, as if Bernie Worrell had been tasked to create a score for a Douglas Adams produced radio adaptation of Space: 1999.” More soon! Be first in-line to hear the new album! Pleas…

thanks: Gowanus Company IV at the Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

Had a lot of fun being part of Gowanus Company IV at the Douglass Street Music Collective on Sunday (April 8, 2012). Here is, as best as I can recall, the performers who participated at this DB inspired event: Michael Bates (double bass), Matt Bauder (saxophone and clarinet), Sarah Bernstein (violin), Ken Filiano (double bass), Brad Henkel (trumpet), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Weston Minissali (synthesizer), Han-earl Park (guitar), ‘secret spe…

thanks: Birmingham, Edinburgh and London*2

…rgy, musical workout, to Owen Green for introducing me to the musical (and comical) applications of a cardboard box, to Pat Thomas for his skill and wit, to Lol Coxhill for being the inimitable Lol Coxhill, and to the rest of Mathilde 253—to Charles Hayward and Ian Smith—for pushing and pulling into ever more fascinating musical spaces. Last but not least, thanks to all who came to listen/watch. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr…

reminder: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Market Harborough and London

A quick reminder (and update) of the performances in the UK coming up this week (see the performance diary for up-to-date info): Glasgow, April 14, 2010: Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) / Heddy Boubaker (saxophone) and Fritz Welch (percussion) / Cr:acc Ensemble. [info: performance diary entry] [facebook event page] Edinburgh, April 15, 2010: Performance by Han-earl Park (guitar) / Heddy Boubaker (saxophone), Fritz Welch (percussion) / Edimp…

upcoming CD: The $100 Guitar Project

…cluding Hawaii, and to western Europe as well). Stylistically, the players come from every corner of the guitar-playing world: classical to blues; jazz to country; rock to experimental. Donating their services to a good cause, a royalty on every sale of the $100 Guitar Project will be paid to CARE, a leading organization fighting global poverty. [More…] [$100 Guitar Project website…] [Bridge Records catalog page…] [About my track…] Facebook Twitte…

performance diary 04-04-12 (Brooklyn, London, New York, Scarborough)

…; Han-earl Park: guitar; and Ian Smith: trumpet and flugelhorn) as part of Freedom of the City.Also performing: John Edwards, Caroline Kraabel and Lee Patterson; Terry Day; and the London Improvisers Orchestra.[Deatils…] [FOTC page with ticket info…] May 7, 2012 The Oxford 256 Kentish Town Road London, England 9:00pm (doors: 8:30pm) Performance by Mark Hanslip (saxophone), Dominic Lash (double bass), Phillip Marks (drums) and Han-earl Park (guitar…