goodbye bone, hello micarta

…Just a quick note of thanks to Chris Larkin, luthier based on a peninsula of a peninsula in Ireland. Chris just setup Esprit, and thanks to him, I got introduced to linen-plastic composite as a nut material, and now know that my preferred action is 1mm on the treble side and 1.3mm on the bass. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

Lumbering 30 kilogram box of wood, metal, glass, paper, fabric, plastic and 1960s over-engineering

…risis I (2:09), Anagnorisis II (2:19). Total duration ≥ 46:54. © + ℗ 2020 Han-earl Park. Eris 136199 (BAF001) [details…] Personnel: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (saxophone) and Nick Didkovsky (guitar). Track listing: Therianthropy I (≥ 3:43), Therianthropy II (8:56), Therianthropy III (3:55), Therianthropy IV (6:30), Adaptive Radiation I (6:44), Adaptive Radiation II (8:48), Adaptive Radiation III (5:54), Universal Greebly (10:5…

STOP PRESS: QLH at Sowieso, Berlin

…This coming Friday (October 1, 2021), at 8:30pm (doors: 8:00pm): QLH (Quentin Tolimieri: organ; Luca Marini: drums; and Han-earl Park: guitar) performs at Sowieso (Weisestraße 24, 12049 Berlin). [Reserve seat…] See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Sowieso calendar…] [Facebook event…] Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

live reviews: Mathilde 253 at Freedom of the City, London

Mathilde 253 (Freedom of the City, London, May 6, 2012). Photo © 2012 Andrew Newcombe. In his review of this year’s Freedom of the City festival, Tim Owen at Dalston Sound calls Mathilde 253’s set on May 6 “one of the punchiest performances”: …A trio featuring ex-This Heat drummer Charles Hayward, electric guitarist Han-Earl Park and trumpeter Ian Smith. Hayward was playing at his most impressionistic, Smith’s trumpet correspondingly all smears a…

All About Jazz Italia: Mathilde 253

…uoto pneumatico deformando suoni, riflettendo immagini che si disintegrano come pulviscolo spaziale. Nella sua orbita l’asteroide Mathilde 253 intercetta il pianeta Lol Coxhill, ma il rischio collisione è scongiurato. Anzi. L’armonia celeste è assicurata dall’uso del medesimo linguaggio di ricerca e di libertà. [Read the rest…] — Vincenzo Roggero (All About Jazz Italia) Mathilde 253’s eponymous debut CD (SLAMCD 528) available on SLAM Productions….

Downtown Music Gallery: Paul Dunmall and Han-earl Park, ‘Boolean Transforms’

…ice things about ‘Boolean Transforms’ by Paul Dunmall and myself [more info on this recording…]. The intensity & close-knit interaction has increased to a near boil, simmering hotter and hotter…. [The] more I hear the more the sympathetic counter-balance comes closer and even more spirited. [Read the rest…] Which means, in part, that you can get your copy from Downtown Music Gallery in addition to Mind Your Own Music and here. Facebook Twitter Blu…

thanks: Ted Byrnes and Han-earl Park at ResBox

…and Slumgum for sharing the stage, and to Ted Byrnes for inviting me to perform with him. And, as always, thanks to all who came to listen/watch. (Plus special thanks to Paul Stapleton and Caroline Pugh for coming to the gig. Big surprise to see faces last seen during Sonorities 2010!) Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

Han-earl Park, rit. and Una Lee: Belfast, Derry, Dublin and Letterkenny

…y and Belfast. See the performance diary for up-to-date info. Dublin, March 24, 2022, 7:00pm: Unit 44 (44 Prussia Street). [Performance diary entry…] [Facebook event…] [Get tickets…] Letterkenny, March 25, 2022, 7:00pm: Regional Cultural Centre (Cove Hill, Port Road, Gortlee). [Performance diary…] [Facebook…] [Get tickets…] Derry, March 26, 2022, 7:00pm: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin (37 Great James Street, BT48 7DF). [Performance diary…] [Facebook…] [Get…

Performance diary (Berlin) 040522

upcoming performances date venue time details April 8, 2022 Secret Location* Berlin Germany * Contact slurgeband[at]protonmail.com for details. 9:00pm (doors: 8:00pm) QLH (Quentin Tolimieri: organ; Luca Marini: drums; and Han-earl Park: guitar). Also performing: Slurge (Carina Khorkhordina: trumpet; Eric Bauer: guitar; Burkhard Beins: bass guitar; and Wolfgang Seidel: drums). [Beins calendar…] Keep up-to-date with future performance by subscribin…

Thanks: Derry, Dublin, Letterkenny, Leeds, London and Newcastle, March 2022

…gs Of Life, Recombinant (NEWJAiM9) [details…] Personnel: Han-earl Park (guitar) with Anne Wellmer (voice on track 4). Track listing: Game: Mutation (5:38); Naught Opportune (≥ 10:42); Are Variant (≥ 8:06); Of Life, Recombinant (≥ 29:22). Total duration ≥ 53:48. © 2021 NEWJAiM Recordings. ℗ 2021 Han-earl Park. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

Performance diary (Berlin, London and Newcastle) 012123

…nd Lorena Izquierdo Aparicio (voice/performance). [Facebook event…] October 2023 (TBA) KM28 Karl-Marx-Str. 28 12043 Berlin Germany TBC New work composed and performed by Han-earl Park (guitar and videography). Also performing and presenting: Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet and videography). Details to follow… November 2023 (TBA) Venue TBC Newcastle England TBC Han-earl Park (guitar), Lara Jones (saxophone and electronics) and Pat Thomas (electronics)…