performance: Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Josh Sinton at 65Fen Music, Brooklyn

‘Free’ is barely sufficient to describe this approach…. The vocabulary of sounds here is as broad as it is unconventional…. While an occasional interlocking harmony might emerge from all of this innovation, it is quickly shattered by unexpected Möbius twists…. An exercise in texture as much as it is in melody, Park, Sikora, Didkovsky, and Sinton don’t just break molds here – they disintegrate anything that resembles the ordinary with authority an…

support LUME!

…above and pack the day full of music. We’ve also invited Gina Southgate to come and capture the day on canvas, and Alex Fiennes to record the performances! [Read the rest…] In addition to being an incomparably energetic space for new jazz and improvised music, LUME has previously supported my work, not least by hosting the first London performance by the trio with Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders (an ensemble that would eventually morph into Sirene 1…

Reminder: SPLICE: Improvisation + Videografie at KM28, Berlin

…nd now, and then and there. Some of you know of my travels in audio-visual compositions that started, in part, as a response to lockdowns and isolation, but ended up becoming broader explorations of ambiguity, and the possibilities of drama and narrative in tension with the improvisative. SPLICE will be the first on-stage, in-person performance-presentation of this work. It’s an unusual situation for me, as an improviser, whose work depends on a c…

Performance diary (Berlin, Derby, London and Newcastle) 102823

upcoming performances date venue time details November 6, 2023 PAS Kaiserin Augusta Allee 101 10553 Berlin Germany 8:30pm (doors: 8:00pm) Thoughts of Trio (Aidan Baker: guitar and bass; Katharina Schmidt: drums; and Han-earl Park: guitar). Also performing: Peter Knight, Tizia Zimmermann and Kamil Piotrowicz. [PAS page…] [Facebook event…] November 12, 2023 The Globe 11 Railway Street Newcastle NE4 7AD England 8.00pm (doors: 7.30pm) Han-earl Park (…

Eris 136199 will be on tour and on record thanks to you!

…109% funded. 51 backers. You did it! Thank you to all our backers. You have been above and beyond awesome. Pour yourself something nice; you deserve it. Cheers! Han-earl. P.S. News and details on the tour and recording coming up soon! To keep up-to-date, keep an eye on busterandfriends.com, or subscribe to my newsletter. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

video: studies (Cork, 04-24-15)

For those of you who were interested in such things… a couple of exercises/studies (the second inspired by one of Brahms’) I’ve been working on for a few days. Very rough, and very much work-in-progress. No commentary or breakdown (yet), but let me know if you have questions. More to come… Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

thanks: Ingrid Laubrock and Han-earl Park at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn

…ck, who I’d just been talking about playing with when I saw her at Gowanus Company in April, if she’d be interested in a duo. I also asked Andrew Drury if he could put somthing together, and he got Kris Davis onboard. When the dust settled, catching my breath, I looked at the lineup of the evening, and realized what a kick-ass group of musicians we had for the event. Thanks to all involved in the May 16 event. For the music: Ingrid, Catherine, And

thanks: Perkis-Park-Eisenstadt (The Stone, NYC) and Evans-Jensen-Park (DSMC, Brooklyn)

…tial invite to perform at The Stone, to Tim Perkis, one of the very finest computer performers, and one of the few who understands the nuts’n’bolts of musicianship and performance. Thanks also to Miguel Frasconi for curating the series at The Stone, and to Josh Sinton and Prom Night Records for putting together Save The Date #8 at the Douglass Street Music Collective; and to Kevin Reilly and Don Mount for the documentation. And, nothing to do with…

thanks: Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora) at On The Way Out, Brooklyn

…199 may include temporary deafness, involuntary teleportation, spontaneous combustion, and molecular implosion. In addition, lab animals have been shown to dance without skill to the sound of double guitars and saxophone. …But you’ll love what it does to your brain! πŸ˜‰ updates 02–13–13: updated video: complete performance now available to view. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Pri…

thanks: Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora at ABC No Rio, New York

Thanks to Blaise Siwula of COMA: Citizens Ontological Music Agenda and everyone at ABC No Rio for hosting the performance on Sunday (May 27, 2012). Thanks to Jim Goodin, Frederika Kreier, and the Rocco John Iacovone ensemble for sharing the stage. Mono kudos to the Ultimate Nick Didkovsky and the Astonishing Catherine Sikora for the noise, melody, rhythm, space, density, contrast, synchronicity, asymmetry, serendipity and contradiction. For forgi…

CD release: io 0.0.1 beta++

…, if you prefer your music compressed… [iTunes…] [eMusic…] Note: I still recommend the physical CD, however, as it comes with Sara Roberts’ smart, witty and illuminating liner notes. personnel io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself), Han-earl Park (guitar), Bruce Coates (alto and sopranino saxophones) and Franziska Schroeder (soprano saxophone). track listing Pioneer: Variance (11:52); Pioneer: Dance (13:13); Ground-Based Telemetry (1:42); Discovery: Intermodula…

thanks: Ted Byrnes, Han-earl Park and Kris Tiner plus Red Oak

…st, thanks to Kris Tiner for inviting me to perform, to Ted Byrnes for the company and the driving skills, and to both for their musical sense—in play, in real-time. Thanks to Red Oak (Adam Benjamin and Storm Nilson) and Mosaic Orgasm for graciously sharing the stage with us. And, to all who came to Metro Galleries on that hot summer’s afternoon, thanks for listening. BTW, monda kudos, Ted, Kris and (for the performances coming up in Northern Cali…