audio recordings: Gargantius Effect +1 +2 +3 (Nor Cal, 08–2011)

…on August 25th, at Studio 1510 (Oakland) on August 30th. [Bandcamp page…] [Download now…] Recommended price: €8+ In line with the current series of download releases (Park+Murray (Cork, 07–29–10), Jin-Park-Weeter (Cork, 01-24-11), Park-Schroeder (Cork, 03-26-09) and Sikora-Smith-Park (Cork, 04–04–11)), this record is hosted at Bandcamp, and available as a ‘name your price’ album. Although you can download the recording for free (name €0 as your pr…

CD reviews: io 0.0.1 beta++

…e than an echo of those debates which flourish about the famous (?) Turing Test. [Read the rest…] [In Italian…] — Beppe Colli (CloudsandClocks) François Couture’s review of the “faux-quartet” with the “créature mécanique” io 0.0.1 beta++ which is “physically present on stage… and it interacts and improvises with the human improvisers”: Ce quatuor (ou faux-quatuor, à la limite) propose des improvisations libres exigeantes faisant appel à de nombreu…

more reviews: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith and Han-earl Park (Cork, 04–04–11)

…Jason Zappa contributes Free Jazz Blog’s third review of this album [other reviews from Free Jazz…]: …There is no doubt that Sikora is the most luminous of the three, so much so that this recording is, now and forever “one of Catherine Sikora’s early recordings.” This is less the recording’s fault and more the fault of Ms. Sikora’s continued emergence as a leading, steering voice on the tenor saxophone. [Read the rest…] — Stanley Jason Zappa (Free

Eris 136199: in the works…

…tifully mastered by the amazing Richard Scott, the album presents two near-complete sets; from earlier in the tour (Copenhagen), and from the final date of the tour (Newcastle). Do you want to hear/see Eris 136199’s outtakes/sidetakes/teasers/previews unavailable elsewhere? Be first in-line for the new album? Sign-up to my newsletter. Signup to the newsletter [details…]. Email Address: First Name: Last Name: Leave this field empty if you’re human:…

In between chaos and composure (reviews and best of 2021: Of Life, Recombinant)

…l Eris 136199 reunion! Keith Prosk also chooses Of Life… for his Top 10 at Free Jazz, and in his review at harmonic series, Prosk writes of a music that “explores and rearranges material, or things whose characters seem similar though never the same, through its durations”: Along with what’s kept there is always something left and something new. The country twang tune with popping harmonics from ‘Naught Opportune.’ The unsettling mandolinesque tri…

Threads of metallic (in)coherence (reviews: Of Life, Recombinant)

…n har «damer på rommet», og er platas hovedspor som varer i nesten en halv time, skjer det utrolig mange spennende ting man skal følge med på. [Read the rest…] [About this album…] [Get the CD/download from NEWJAiM (Bandcamp)…] [All reviews…] Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

audio recordings: downloads and recommendations

…port creative musicians! Keywords: improvised music, creative music, jazz, free jazz, free improvisation, experimental music, electronic music, electroacoustic. Han-earl Park plus Marian Murray A solo performance by guitarist-constructor Han-earl Park exploring, with feedback and resonant buzzes, the complex, cavernous acoustics of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, and the interactions between artifact (guitar) and the body (guitarist). For ‘Strokes an…

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

…Screwballs; and Recursion, Closure) and artwork released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. Please attribute the album to Han-earl Park plus Marian Murray, ‘Strokes and Screwballs’ to Marian Murray and Han-earl Park, ‘Snares, Sympathetic’ and ‘Recursion, Closure’ to Han-earl Park, and the artwork to Han-earl Park. about the performers Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park has…

…and more CD reviews: io 0.0.1 beta++

…obtrusive and egoless” machine with the human improvisers who display, for example, “thoughtful pauses”: …Han-earl Park personifying Dr. Frankenstein, has created a non-human artificial musician from ad-hoc components including speakers, kitchenware and missile switches. This CD is a literal record of how the non-human, prosaically named io 0. 0. 1 beta++, sounds in concert with flesh-and-blood counterparts…. io 0. 0. 1 beta++ is unobtrusive and e…

A Little Brittle Music

…me), complete with a couple of hidden ‘bonus’ tracks (recorded May 4), for download via Bandcamp. [Bandcamp page…] [Download now…] This bandcamp-hosted album offers the option to download the recording in multiple formats (mp3, Ogg and AAC) including lossless (FLAC and ALAC), and includes print-ready CD case cover and inlay artwork. Price: €5 minimum (‘name your price’). All proceeds go towards the maintenance of musical instruments (e.g. mallets,…

Juno 3: EPK and tech rider

…e for details, and for availability at other locations and dates. Ensemble website: www.busterandfriends.com/juno Contact Han-earl Park <> More Info/Downloads EPK [PDF] Click to view PDF… Tech rider [PDF] Click to view PDF… Image [.jpg] © 2023 Han-earl Park. Icons RGB [.png] For promo purposes only. © 2023 Han-earl Park. .ZIP archive of .png files… Icons CMYK [PDF] For promo purposes only. © 2023 Han-earl Park. .ZIP…

performance: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith, Han-earl Park and Jeffrey Weeter

…lationships between media via performance. Performances utilize electronic and acoustic instruments coupled with video projection, expanding the dynamics of performance and forging a hybrid palette. Video elements characterized by manipulated and found materials combine with the music to form a mesh of shifting relationships. His work negotiates a shared agency between live performer and random or deterministic processes. Facebook Twitter Bluesky…