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December 2010 at the Stone
12/1 Wednesday (NL) 8 pm Raz Mesinai plays Turntable Compositions by Marina Rosenfeld, George Lewis, Raz Mesinai and DJ Olive Raz Mesinai (electronics, turntables) Among other works, Raz will be performing Marina Rosenfeld's composition Sour Mash, a vinyl score that is performed on turntables. 10 pm BADAWI Raz Mesinai (electronics) 12/2 Thursday (CB) 8 pm Ikue Mori Ikue Mori (electronics) Ikue Mori performs music from her recent Tzadik release "Class Insecta". 10 pm itsnotyouitsme Grey McMurray (electric guitar) Caleb Burhans (electric violin) Theo Bleckmann (voice) Skúli Sverrisson (electric bass) Featuring Theo Bleckmann and Skúli Sverrisson 12/3 Friday (JM) 8 pm Hahn Rowe Hahn Rowe (analogue synthesizers) 10 pm Mirrorgate Mario Diaz De Leon (guitar) Doron Sadja (synth, drum machine) 12/4 Saturday (KR) 8 pm Peter Evans Peter Evans (trumpet) Peter Evans has been playing solo trumpet concerts for the past 8 years and has released two albums of solo music on psi: "More is More" (2006) and the double CD "Nature Culture" (2009). This is first NYC solo performance in over a year. 10 pm Mark Dresser & Raz Mesinai Duo Mark Dresser (bass) Raz Mesinai (electronics) 12/5 Sunday (JCYT) 8 pm Stephanie Griffin Stephanie Griffin (viola) John Gurrin (video art) Gerard Grisey's monumental Prologue for Solo Viola (1976) and solo violas works by Malaysian composer Kee Yong Chong and Indonesian composer Tony Prabowo with original video art by John Gurrin. 10 pm Keith and Mindi Obadike Keith and Mindi Obadike (DS) 12/7 Tuesday (JC) 8 pm Doug Wieselman Doug Wieselman (clarinet, loops) Repertoire developed over several years, mainly derived from water melodies. 10 pm Trio S Doug Wielselman (clarinet, guitar, loops) Jane Scarpantoni (cello) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Trio S has been a trio since 2000, playing Wieselman's compositions primarily coming from water melodies and dreams. 12/8 Wednesday (CB) 8 pm Rockaway Family Band Taketo Shimada (electronics) 10 pm Raz Mesinai's "Badawi" + "The Echo Of Decay" featuring Maya Beiser Raz Mesinai (electronics) Maya Beiser (cello) 12/9 Thursday (JS) 8 pm Mike Slott Mike Slott (electronics) One of todays subtlest, most naturally gifted experimental hip hop producers. His bravery to explore percussive, textural soundscapes with shifting plates of synthetic melody has earned him kudos from some of the worlds leading musicians and critics in modern electronic music. 10 pm Val-Inc Val-Inc (Air Synth, PMC 06, Wavedrum, HDX, QFO) Born and raised in Haiti, Val-Inc evokes the musical esoteric realms of the creative subconscious and self defined as "Afro-Electronica". She incorporates her African Haitian musical traditions into the present and beyond, combining acoustics with electronics and the archaic with the post-modern. Her “Afro-Electronica” performances have been showcased in New York City at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and internationally at SaalFelden Music Festival in Austria, Switzerland, Jazz à la Villette in France, and the Biennale Museum in Italy. 12/10 Friday (JM) 8 pm Blow out Ches Smith (drums) Raz Mesinai (electronics) 10 pm Sergei Tcherepnin Sergei Tcherepnin (analogue synths, processing) 12/11 Saturday (CL) 8 pm Indigo Street Indigo Street (guitar) 10 pm Honey Child Honeychild (vocals, electronics, voice) 12/12 Sunday (YT) 8 pm Guillermo Brown Guillermo Brown (drums, electronics) 10 pm Abraham Gomez - delgato Abraham Gomez - delgat (Ehe) Taylor Ho-Bynum (cornet) Abraham performs music on the Eje, a hybrid of bass/guitar, cowbell pedals, congas, harmonica and voice with special guest Taylor Ho-Bynum (cornet). (DDT) 12/14 Tuesday (JI) 8 pm Ches Smith Solo Ches Smith (drums) 10 pm Pete Fitzpatrick Pete Fitzpatrick (instruments, voice) 12/15 Wednesday (BLG) 8 pm David Behrman with Christian Wolff and John King David Behrman, Christian Wolff, John King (electronics, instruments) 10 pm Bryan Eubanks Bryan Eubanks (open-circuits, electronics) 12/16 Thursday (JS) 8 pm Miya Masaoka Miya Masaoka (koto) 10 pm Stef Eye Zaphryn Phollicle (electronics) The Music of Zaphryn Phollicle is a paradigm shifting abyss from electronics to acoustic instruments, soundscapes based on improvised loops, exploring the sounds of electronic programs, loops, keyboards, Baldwin Organ, Ukelin, Bubul Tarang (Indian Banjo) and typewriters. 12/17 Friday (KRMP) 8 pm Matana Roberts and Raz Mesinai Matana Roberts (sax) Raz Mesinai (electronics) 10 pm Causing A Tiger Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice) Matthias Bossi (drums, piano, voice) Shahzad Ismaily (electric bass) 12/18 Saturday (RK) 8 pm Kato Hideki and James Fei Kato Hideki (electric bass, electronics) James Fei (analog electronics) This longstanding duo works with the visceral complexities of live electronics, using acoustic and electronic feedback, vintage and handmade circuitry. No computers. A little bit of CMOS. Lots of electromagnetic manipulations. 10 pm Sleepwalker Raz Mesinai (live processing) Jonathan Gandelsman (violin) Shahzad Ismaily (electric bass) 12/19 Sunday (CL) 8 pm Erik Sanko Solo Erik Sanko (bass) 10 pm The Just Ornette Quartet Al MacDowell (electric piccolo bass) Pete Drungle (piano, electronics) Tony Falanga (contrabass) Tony Lewis (drums) This New York City-based quartet (led by Al MacDowell, a 35-year veteran of Ornette Coleman’s Harmolodic theory) gives a new and authentic take on Coleman's compositions. (DDT) 12/21 Tuesday (YT) 8 pm Joan La Barbara Joan La Barbara (voice) 10 pm Shahzad Ismaily Shahzad Ismaily (analogue synths, electric bass) 12/22 Wednesday (KR) 8 pm James Fei James Fei (saxophone) Fei returns to his solo saxophone works for the first time in years. The pieces deal with the integration of improvisatory elements into formal structures, as well as the physicality and peculiarities of playing the instrument--breath, saliva, acoustic phenomena, and performer fatigue. 10 pm Joan, Shahzad and Marina Joan La Barbara (voice) Shahzad Ismaily (bass) Marina Rosenfeld (electronics) 12/23 Thursday (NY) 8 pm Samita Sinha—Cipher Samita Sinha (voice) In her new performance piece, Samita Sinha spins a story using the sounds of tarana—a type of composition in Hindustani classical music in which Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit phonemes are sung at a fast speed. Tarana is generally believed to be a nonsense song, though other stories hint that its syllables encode mystical meanings. For solo voice with 3 microphones and 3 boxes (electronic tabla, electronic tanpura, and mini amp). 10 pm Badawi Raz Mesinai (electronics) 12/26 Sunday (NY) 8 pm 8PM SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO BLIZZARD. 10PM SHOW WILL STILL GO ON. 10 pm Tempo Brain Amina Oliveros (casio, distortion) Micheal Foster (saxophone) Jack Mcdermott (percussion, vocals) Austin Julian (guitbass, vocals) (MP) 12/28 Tuesday (MM) 8 and 10 pm ANNUAL END OF THE YEAR IMPROV BENEFIT FOR THE STONE John Zorn (sax) Billy Martin (percussion) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Dave Douglas (trumpet) Brandon Ross (guitar) Jim Staley (trombone) Peter Evans (trumpet) Raz Mesinai (electronics) Erik Friedlander (cello) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Matt Wilson (drums) Ned Rothenberg (sax) and many SPECIAL guests Three nights of exciting cutting edge improvisations featuring some of the best improvisers out of the downtown scene and many special guests. Come down and support The Stone. TWENTY DOLLARS PER SET. 12/29 Wednesday (MJ) 8 and 10 pm ANNUAL END OF THE YEAR IMPROV BENEFIT FOR THE STONE John Zorn (sax) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Dave Douglas (trumpet) Trevor Dunn (bass) Brandon Ross (guitar) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) Jim Staley (trombone) Fred Sherry (cello) Erik Friedlander (cello) Raz Mesinai (electronics) Dave Fulmer (violin) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ned Rothenberg (sax) Matt Wilson (drums) and many SPECIAL guests Three nights of exciting cutting edge improvisations featuring some of the best improvisers out of the downtown scene and many special guests. Come down and support The Stone. TWENTY DOLLARS PER SET. 12/30 Thursday (MJ) 8 and 10 pm ANNUAL END OF THE YEAR IMPROV BENEFIT FOR THE STONE John Zorn (sax) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Dave Douglas (trumpet) Zeena Parkins (harp) Fred Sherry (cello) Erik Friedlander (cello) Raz Mesinai (electronics) Dave Fulmer (violin) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Brandon Ross (guitar) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Jim Staley (trombone) Ned Rothenberg (sax) Matt Wilson (drums) and many SPECIAL guests Three nights of exciting cutting edge improvisations featuring some of the best improvisers out of the downtown scene and many special guests. Come down and support The Stone. TWENTY DOLLARS PER SET. 12/31 Friday (MM) 7 pm JOHN ZORN, BILL LASWELL AND MILFORD GRAVES John Zorn (sax) Bill Laswell (bass) Milford Graves (drums) Before you head out to eat, drink and be merry come over to your favorite venue THE STONE and bring the New Year in with an intimate show by three musical alchemists! THIRTY DOLLARS. 11 pm BELLS AT MIDNIGHT Marc Ribot (guitar) Roy Campbell Jr (trumpet) Henry Grimes (bass) Chad Taylor (drums) John Zorn (sax) Come bring the New Year in STONE style! Starting at 11:15 or so Marc Ribot leads an all star band in a free ritual/jam that would lead through a midnight rendition of Albert Ayler's masterpiece Bells. FORTY DOLLAR ADMISSION INCLUDES A TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR'S CHAMPAGNE TOAST AT MIDNIGHT! |