Download of the Day at All About Jazz: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith and Han-earl Park (Cork, 04–04–11)

…‘λ°”λ₯΄νŠΈ’ by Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith and Han-earl Park is today’s featured download at All About Jazz! Thanks to AAJ downloads editor Dave Sumner for selecting the recording. [Track at AAJ…] [Download full performance and album info…] Previous All About Jazz featured downloads Paul Dunmall, Han-earl Park and Mark Sanders: ‘shoapnxoe gutair dmurs a.ii’ Han-earl Park and Richard Scott: ‘Carrier’ Han-earl Park and Franziska Schroeder: ‘Chorale’ Also…

Broken Families: Collectivism, Violence, Imagined Utopias and Improvisation (a twitter transcript)

…un 24: 20. During #justimprovisation an improvising ensemble is frequently compared to that of a family… http://twitter.com/hanearlpark/status/604953995489234944 Jun 24: 21. …but familial relationships often seem less about choice of partners than, generally, a musical ensemble… #justimprovisation Jun 24: 22. …we choose our bands in a way we can’t always choose our families (or we get paid)… #justimprovisation Jun 24: 23. …that aside, are dysfunct…

cross-cultural entanglements (reviews: Anomic Aphasia)

…task”. In fact, the transition from Monopod—the long improvised track that opens the CD—to Pleonasm—a track that has musicians making use of ‘tactical macros’—runs parallel to a transition towards shared rules that are correctly understood by the featured musicians. [Read the rest…] [In Italian…] — Beppe Colli (ClocksandClouds) [About this recording…] [All reviews…] Also from SLAM Productions… io 0.0.1 beta++ (SLAMCD 531) [details…] Performers: io…

more CD reviews: Mathilde 253

…aditional percussive sounds such as the small metallic chimes heard in the opening seconds of the album, and the chattery, conversational style of the trumpet and horn. …The playing here is very fine, a tightly woven mass of sounds with no one real dominating voice but each musician expressive and energetic. The music is all about the conversation, but a real heart-on-the-sleeve collision course of a conversation, but nevertheless the result of th…

io 0.0.1 beta++: freedom, machine subjectivity and pseudo-science

…beta++ website, I’ve posted the twitter transcript of observations from a Computer Music event: As a institutionally unaffiliated, part-time geek (and amateur anthropologist), I find the Computer Music tribes’ behavior fascinating. This is an unedited transcript of my observations from ImproTech Paris-New York 2012 : Improvisation & Technology series of events. My original observations came in the form of live tweets via @hanearlpark that spanned…

thanks: Han-earl Park with Justin Yang and Caroline Pugh at Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast

…ick thanks for all involved in the seminar/performance at the Sonic Arts Research Center earlier this month. My hat goes off to all the administrative and technical folk: Chris Corrigan, Pearl Young, Marian Hanna, and, especially, Craig Jackson (who got the A/V up and running for the presentation). Kudos also to Miguel Angel Ortiz Pérez for acting as host when Justin was busy with other business. Finally, big thanks to Caroline Pugh for the noise,…

Free Jazz: Paul Dunmall, Han-earl Park and Mark Sanders (Birmingham, 02–15–11)

…ad the rest…] — Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz) [More about this recording…] [All reviews…] Also available for download… Gargantius Effect +1 +2 +3 (Nor Cal, 08-2011) [details…] Performers: Murray Campbell (violins, oboe and cor anglais), Randy McKean (saxophone, clarinets and flutes) with Han-earl Park (guitar), plus Gino Robair (energized surfaces, voltage made audible) and Scott R. Looney (hyperpiano). (cc) 2012 Murray Campbell/Randy McKean/Han-earl P…

The unknowability of connection, and a little science fiction (Free Jazz: Sunday Interview)

…e to The World 2.0? What would they see? What would the Culture-Industrial Complex of Western Modernity do to that undead being? How would that Complex (re)rationalize the artist’s story and their existence and their purpose? If you’d like to know more about my concerns about the role of narrative and narrative form in improvisation, or my interest in shifting improvisative play towards a kind of acting, please read the rest of the interview. Face…

drama without narration (review: io 0.0.1 beta++)

…’automate sont reconnaissable sans être décalés. Les humains ne jouent pas comme s’ils étaient entre eux, le robot les influence, l’inverse est vrai. [Read the rest…] [About this recording…] [All reviews…] The construction of io 0.0.1 beta++ has been made possible by the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland. Also from SLAM Productions… Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559) [details…] Performers: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (tenor and

performance diary 11-01-10 (Belfast, Cork, Dublin)

…s and Blues’ at the UCC Music Building at 11:00 am on the day. The talk is free, and open to the public. [Details…] December 6, 2010 The Roundy Castle Street Cork, Ireland 9:00pm (doors: 8:45pm) Final Stet Lab of 2010 featuring Corey Mwamba (vibrophone). Admission: €10/5. [Details…] March 30, 2011 Venue TBC Dublin, Ireland TBC Performances by Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) with Mathilde 253 (Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Ha…