CHRISTIAN MARCLAY : FESTIVAL
Running through to the end of September (and highly recommended) - a major exhibition of Christian Marclay's audio and visual work at the Whitney Museum, New York.Each day there are one or two live musical performances of his scores and graphics/videos.
I've just returned from a week of playing different pieces, including (pictured, by Harold Meiselman) Screen Play with Lee Renaldo, Ned Rothenberg & Alan Licht.
FESTIVAL
New York Times Review
SEPTEMBER in JAPAN with Eddie Prevost.
I'm very pleased that Hisashi Terauchi has made possible my 3rd visit to play in Japan.
In 2004 he organised a solo tour and in 2006 a duo tour with Rhodri Davies.
This time I will be collaborating with Eddie Prevost. As well as performing in duo, we will be joined in various locations by Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Jim O'Rourke and Hideaki Shimada.
Concert schedule here.
TEXAS
In April I had two intriguing playing situations in Texas, promoted by Nameless Sound.
The trip was unintentionally extended for a week due to Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, and a potentially miserable time was rescued by the hospitality of Dave Dove and Yet.
Apologies to anyone who expecting to see me at the subsequently cancelled French and Belgium concerts.
14 April 2010
Two solos, myself and Joe McPhee at the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall, Houston.
Reviewed at Houston Press by Brittanie Shey, who also took this photo.
17 April 2010
Then into the dessert a few hours from El Paso, where Joe and I gave a concert within artist Jim Magee's The Hill. He has been working on this for 30 years, and Granta have published a fascinating look at his life and work here.
Ben Judson describes the day for Glastire here.
PHOTO: With Joe McPhee at the entrance to The Hill.
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DEREK BAILEY, BOND VILLAINS, OASIS.
Wonderfull to see Stewart Lee win Celebrity Mastermind on 4th January with "The life and work of Derek Bailey" as his specialist subject. Watch it here.
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INTONARUMORI in the USA
Last year I wrote penny wands and native string - for 8 Futurist Intonarumori (reconstructed by Luigi Russolo expert Luciano Chessa) and saxophone. This was a commission for Performa 09. The photo (by Michael Zelner) is from the preview in San Francisco - reviewed here - a month before its New York premier on November 12th.
As well as the only surviving Russolo score (1913) - other composers/performers included Blixa Bargeld, Joan La Barbera, Mike Patton, and Tony Conrad.
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JOHN BUTCHER GROUP
somethingtobesaid received its 2nd performance at this year's MaerzMusik in Berlin.
The concert is reviewed at musiccritisism.com.
The octet recording, of the premier at the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, is available on Weight of Wax.
.. singular and often strangely beautiful music.
Substantial too - like the loaf of bread in Philip Butcher's splendid painting on the cover. Something said; something really worth saying.
Julian Cowley / WIRE.
Invisible Ear
Re-issue of long out of print "fringes" numbered edition.
Recorded 1999 and 2002.
JOHN BUTCHER: saxophones
acoustic, close-miked, amplified, feedbacking
solo, multitracked,
read: Stylus :: Dusted :: all about jazz
Recorded Newcastle, London, Crear.
John Butcher - tenor or soprano saxophones - plus feedback, motors, embedded harp speaker
Rhodri Davies - pedal harp, lever harp with embedded speaker and electric harp. Aeolian electric harp
read: just outside :: Cyclic Defrost :: Dusted
Recorded at Conway Hall, London, England on 3th May 2009.
AMM:
Christian Wolff - piano, bass guitar, melodica
John Tilbury - piano
Eddie Prévost - percussion
Ute Kanngiesser - cello
John Butcher - soprano and tenor saxophone
Recorded at Radio DRS2, Zürich, Switzerland on 21 & 22 August 2008.
Claudia Ulla Binder - piano
John Butcher - soprano and tenor saxophone
Side A: Solo saxophone concert: Paris 30 October 2009
Side B: Studio recording for saxophone controlled feedback and piano: 10 Feb 2010
Limited Edition of 250.
read: boomkat
Recorded in February 2008 in concert in London, England.
1 JOHN BUTCHER: tenor or soprano saxophone, MARK SANDERS: drums
2 ALEX WARD: clarinet, ROGER TURNER: drums
3 JOHN TCHICAI: tenor saxophone or bass clarinet, TONY MARSH: drums
Read :: all about jazz
Recorded in October 2008 in concert in Cologne and Muenster, Germany.
Weightless:
Alberto Braida - piano
John Butcher - saxophones
John Edwards - bass
Fabrizio Spera - drums
somethingtobesaid
Recorded in November 2008 in concert at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
John Butcher Group:
Chris Burn - piano | Gino Robair - percussion
John Butcher - saxophones & pre-recordings
John Edwards - bass | Thomas Lehn - synth | Dieb 13 - turntables
Clare Cooper - harp/ghuzeng | Adam Linson - bass and electronics.
read: WIRE :: Point of Departure :: Cyclic Defrost :: horrible heaven
:: 04 SEPTEMBER - LONDON.
David Toop has invited myself, Phil Durrant & Aleks Kolkwski to perform a new work he has devised, based on John Latham's Flat Time theory.
Whitechapel Gallery, 2 pm; 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1.
COLOURSCAPE.
:: 11 SEPTEMBER - LONDON.
1:00 - 5:00 pm, Clapham Common, SW4, London - nearest access Rookery Road.
with Ansuman Biswas, Rhodri & Angharad Davies.
John Edwards Duo and Eddie Prevost (solo and in trio).
:: 11 SEPTEMBER - LONDON.
8:45 pm, Kings Place Festival, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1.
Tour of Japan organized by Hisashi Terauchi (jazz and NOW)
:: 17 SEPTEMBER - Solo
Sound Cafe dzumi, Kichijoji Tokyo.
:: 18 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher.
Hall Eggfarm, Fukaya Saitama.
:: 19 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & Sachiko M plus John Butcher, Tetuzi Akiyama & Toshimaru Nakamura.
Ftarri DoubtMusic Festival, Super Deluxe, Tokyo.
:: 21 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher.
common cafe, Osaka.
:: 22 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher plus Hideaki Shimada, Butcher, Prevost.
Kapo, Kanazawa.
:: 23 SEPTEMBER - Toshimaru Nakamura & John Butcher, plus Eddie Prevost, Jim O'Rourke & Tetuzi Akiyama.
Uplink Factory, Tokyo.
:: 24 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher.
Iwaki City Museum, Fukushima.
:: 26 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher, plus Khono Madoka / Makoto Oshiro
Oya Stone Museum, Utsunomiya Tochigi.
:: 27 SEPTEMBER - Eddie Prevost & John Butcher.
Jazz Spot Candy, Inage Chiba.
Arba'a with Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui, Martin Blume.
:: 1 OCTOBER - COLOGNE. Loft, Wissmannstr. 30, Cologne, Germany.
:: 2 OCTOBER - BOCHUM. Museum, Kortumstrasse 147, Bochum, Germany.
:: 3 OCTOBER - MÜNSTER. C.U.B.A., Achtermannstrasse 12, Muenster, Germany.
Gerry Hemingway Duo
:: 17 OCTOBER - STIRLING.
Le Weekend, Tollbooth, Stirling, Scotland.
Rhodry Davies Duo
:: 18 OCTOBER - LONDON.
London Review Bookshop, 7.00 pm, 14 Bury Place, London, WC1.
Soprano Saxophone Quartet with Christian Kobi, Hans Koch & Urs Leimgruber.
:: 22 OCTOBER - BERNE.
zoomin festival, Berne Muenster, Switzerland.
The Contest of Pleasures
:: 24 OCTOBER - FRESNES-EN-WOEVRE.
Densities, Pole Culturel, rue de Bonnétage, Fresnes-en-Woevre. .
Günter Christmann's VARIO with Paul Lovens, Thomas Lehn, & Alexander Frangenheim.
:: 28 - 30 OCTOBER - HANNOVER.
Hochschule für Musik, Hannover, Germany
Solo.
:: 03 NOVEMBER - LONDON.
Chisenhale Dance Space, 64-84 Chisenhale Road, London E3.
With Eddie Prévost & Guillaume Viltard.
Plus a solo performance by Sebastian Lexer.
:: 18 NOVEMBER - LONDON.
ICA, The Mall, London SW1.
Duo with Bernd Klug
:: 19 NOVEMBER - VIENNA.
Alte Schmiede, Schönlaterngasse 9, Wien, Austria.
Solo.
:: 21 NOVEMBER - VIENNA.
St. Ruprecht, Ruprechtsplatz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria.
Solo.
:: 3 or 4 or 5 DECEMBER - MINEHEAD.
All Tomorrow's Parties, Butlins, Minehead, Somerset, UK.