Thurston Moore + Bill Nace + Joe McPhee
Dates:
Thu May 31, 2012 20:00 - Thu May 31, 2012
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Thurston Moore + Bill Nace + Joe McPhee
Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 8:00 pm
$20 General Admission
$15 Students/Seniors/Roulette Members
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Three pillars of the noise and avant-jazz scene collide! Thurston Moore, singer/songwriter/guitarist for Sonic Youth, teams up with free-noise guitarist Bill Nace and avant-jazz saxophonist Joe McPhee for an evening of mind bending cacophony.
Thurston Moore, often referenced for his work with popular alternative rock band Sonic Youth, brings to the table a long and rich history, frequently working on improvised, noise based instrumental solo or duo projects. He has worked with numerous highly acclaimed artists such as William Hooker, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Chris Corsano, Nels Cline, Daniel Carter, DJ Spooky, Daniel Castro and Lydia Lunch among others. Moore has also worked in several collaborations with intense and distinctive guitarist Bill Nace, May 31 at Roulette being no exception. Nace, one of the premiere avant-garde guitarists around, is known to push the boundaries of distortion, creating his own unique palette of sound. Textured, precise and mind-bending, Nace is a complimentary bedfellow for Moore.
In an interesting juxtaposition this trio is rounded out by award winning reeds player Joe Mcphee. A thoughtful conceptualist, deeply emotional composer and improviser, Mcphee has long championed the creative jazz and new music scene. Appearing on over 70 recordings, Mcphee has collaborated with Peter Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark, Dominic Duval, Evan Parker, Jay Rosen, Jeb Bishop and Mat Maneri among others. He has earned such accolades as "... his magical take on avant-garde sax remains one of the wonders of the scene. He still has one of the most beautiful tones on the planet, even when he’s reaching for jazz’s outer limits." - Time Out New York, and continues to set the globe on fire with frequent appearances at major festivals, concert halls and New York City venues.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 8:00 pm
$20 General Admission
$15 Students/Seniors/Roulette Members
-
Three pillars of the noise and avant-jazz scene collide! Thurston Moore, singer/songwriter/guitarist for Sonic Youth, teams up with free-noise guitarist Bill Nace and avant-jazz saxophonist Joe McPhee for an evening of mind bending cacophony.
Thurston Moore, often referenced for his work with popular alternative rock band Sonic Youth, brings to the table a long and rich history, frequently working on improvised, noise based instrumental solo or duo projects. He has worked with numerous highly acclaimed artists such as William Hooker, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Chris Corsano, Nels Cline, Daniel Carter, DJ Spooky, Daniel Castro and Lydia Lunch among others. Moore has also worked in several collaborations with intense and distinctive guitarist Bill Nace, May 31 at Roulette being no exception. Nace, one of the premiere avant-garde guitarists around, is known to push the boundaries of distortion, creating his own unique palette of sound. Textured, precise and mind-bending, Nace is a complimentary bedfellow for Moore.
In an interesting juxtaposition this trio is rounded out by award winning reeds player Joe Mcphee. A thoughtful conceptualist, deeply emotional composer and improviser, Mcphee has long championed the creative jazz and new music scene. Appearing on over 70 recordings, Mcphee has collaborated with Peter Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark, Dominic Duval, Evan Parker, Jay Rosen, Jeb Bishop and Mat Maneri among others. He has earned such accolades as "... his magical take on avant-garde sax remains one of the wonders of the scene. He still has one of the most beautiful tones on the planet, even when he’s reaching for jazz’s outer limits." - Time Out New York, and continues to set the globe on fire with frequent appearances at major festivals, concert halls and New York City venues.
DORON SADJA ✡ RESIDUALS [Album Release & Performance]
Dates:
Sat Apr 07, 2012 17:00 - Sat Apr 07, 2012
Location:
New York City,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
DORON SADJA : RESIDUALS
CD RELEASE PARTY & PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 7th: 5 - 7PM
www.printedmatter.org/
Doron Sadja gives life to music which is difficult, powerful, intense and delicate - all at the same time." Touching Extremes
Multimedia artist Doron Sadja celebrates his first solo electronics release since 2003's "a piece of string, a sunset" on 12k - and it's in this same realm that his endlessly imaginative sound design shines brightest. "Residuals" - on Shinkoyo Records - is a four movement, hyper-emotive, ultra-synthetic landscape. Slowly lifting off from near silence into an ethereal vacuum of swirling cacophonies and multi-tonal noise, "Residuals" never lets go. Romantic synthesizer harmonies, extreme frequencies, spectral chord blasts, and ultra-high synthesized feedback - combining to form structures so innately organic that it's easy to forget that a human (or a computer, for that matter) had anything to do with it. Tonight at Printed Matter, Sadja will perform a quadrophonic set in celebration of his new release.
In the years since his last release, Doron has not been idle, in fact he's been active across mediums: co-founding the West Nile (now "285 Kent") performance space in Brooklyn, collaborating in the groups Symbol and Ganjatronics, exploring video and performance art in his gallery and installation work (see "The Slowest Kiss" and "Crybaby", or his duo with Alfredo Marin "Alfi & Waldi" and their "Original S(t)IN(k)"). But what's striking about Residuals is how singular, focused and exciting these sounds are - evocative of early Autechre mixed with Alva Noto plus a little Badalamenti new-age bliss... Each sound given space, each movement given time, blooming naturally and with purpose.
CD RELEASE PARTY & PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 7th: 5 - 7PM
www.printedmatter.org/
Doron Sadja gives life to music which is difficult, powerful, intense and delicate - all at the same time." Touching Extremes
Multimedia artist Doron Sadja celebrates his first solo electronics release since 2003's "a piece of string, a sunset" on 12k - and it's in this same realm that his endlessly imaginative sound design shines brightest. "Residuals" - on Shinkoyo Records - is a four movement, hyper-emotive, ultra-synthetic landscape. Slowly lifting off from near silence into an ethereal vacuum of swirling cacophonies and multi-tonal noise, "Residuals" never lets go. Romantic synthesizer harmonies, extreme frequencies, spectral chord blasts, and ultra-high synthesized feedback - combining to form structures so innately organic that it's easy to forget that a human (or a computer, for that matter) had anything to do with it. Tonight at Printed Matter, Sadja will perform a quadrophonic set in celebration of his new release.
In the years since his last release, Doron has not been idle, in fact he's been active across mediums: co-founding the West Nile (now "285 Kent") performance space in Brooklyn, collaborating in the groups Symbol and Ganjatronics, exploring video and performance art in his gallery and installation work (see "The Slowest Kiss" and "Crybaby", or his duo with Alfredo Marin "Alfi & Waldi" and their "Original S(t)IN(k)"). But what's striking about Residuals is how singular, focused and exciting these sounds are - evocative of early Autechre mixed with Alva Noto plus a little Badalamenti new-age bliss... Each sound given space, each movement given time, blooming naturally and with purpose.
WE ARE FOOLS: A Film Based on the Tarot - World Premiere - Roulette, NYC
Dates:
Sun Apr 01, 2012 20:00 - Sun Apr 01, 2012
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
WE ARE FOOLS
A VISUAL POEM BASED ON THE TAROT
By Zeljko McMullen & Severiano Martinez
All of the archetypes of the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot are acted out in an exalted home movie setting - opposites are reconciled, money is burnt - everyone everywhere lives happily ever after...
Suggested Admission: One Burned Dollar
WE ARE FOOLS is a cinematic representation of the Major Arcana of the Tarot as depicted through common and ordinary means. Featuring theatrical performances by an extensive list of artists including Tony Conrad, Alix Pearlstein, MV Carbon, members of Mirror Mirror, and many others, WE ARE FOOLS sets up elaborate scenarios in homes, parks, lofts, and colleges in which each "non-actor" improvises, invoking their understanding and autobiographical relationships to the symbols and themes embedded in each card. Blurring the lines of paradox, WE ARE FOOLS depicts a series of self-explorative rituals examining real-life relationships to enigmatic constructions of reality. Music by Maryanne Amacher, Lucky Dragons, Excepter, Bruno Coviello (Light Asylum), Iasos, Hildegaard von Bingen amongst others.
For More Info Visit: http://shinkoyo.com/WEAREFOOLS/
View the Trailer: http://vimeo.com/37872364
WE ARE FOOLS features performances by:
Zeljko McMullen, Thomas Arsenault, Aziz Ali Loy, Jeremie Chetrit, Tony Conrad, Lucy Indiana Dodd, MV Carbon, Johnny Misheff, Doron Sadja, John Fell Ryan, Lala Harrison, Owen Cannon, Caitlin Jemison, Zorka McMullen, Lauren Luloff, Angela Vitacolonna, Mario Diaz de Leon, Alix Pearlstein, Freddy Nightliker, Severiano Martinez, Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Ami Dang, Carson Garhart, Camilla Padgitt-Coles, Laura Zuspan, Eliza Swann, 3 baby-sat kids, Carly Ptak, Ryan Lucero, David Riley, Hilary Zarabi-Aazam, Cammisa Buerhaus, Alfredo Marin, Jessie Stead, Lizzie Harper, Alexandra Velasco, Fern Silva, Molly West, Cat Chow, Prince, and Carlen Altman
Music by:
Tony Conrad, MV Carbon, Doron Sadja, Excepter, Severiano Martinez, Lucky Dragons, Mario Diaz de Leon, Bruno Coviello (Light Asylum), Joe Williams (White Williams), Zeljko McMullen, Hildegaard von Bingen, Fennesz, Thomas Arsenault (Mas Ysa / Ablehearts), Iasos, The Holy Experiment, Michael Beharie (Tezeo), Carly Ptak (Nautical Almanac), Wish.
A VISUAL POEM BASED ON THE TAROT
By Zeljko McMullen & Severiano Martinez
All of the archetypes of the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot are acted out in an exalted home movie setting - opposites are reconciled, money is burnt - everyone everywhere lives happily ever after...
Suggested Admission: One Burned Dollar
WE ARE FOOLS is a cinematic representation of the Major Arcana of the Tarot as depicted through common and ordinary means. Featuring theatrical performances by an extensive list of artists including Tony Conrad, Alix Pearlstein, MV Carbon, members of Mirror Mirror, and many others, WE ARE FOOLS sets up elaborate scenarios in homes, parks, lofts, and colleges in which each "non-actor" improvises, invoking their understanding and autobiographical relationships to the symbols and themes embedded in each card. Blurring the lines of paradox, WE ARE FOOLS depicts a series of self-explorative rituals examining real-life relationships to enigmatic constructions of reality. Music by Maryanne Amacher, Lucky Dragons, Excepter, Bruno Coviello (Light Asylum), Iasos, Hildegaard von Bingen amongst others.
For More Info Visit: http://shinkoyo.com/WEAREFOOLS/
View the Trailer: http://vimeo.com/37872364
WE ARE FOOLS features performances by:
Zeljko McMullen, Thomas Arsenault, Aziz Ali Loy, Jeremie Chetrit, Tony Conrad, Lucy Indiana Dodd, MV Carbon, Johnny Misheff, Doron Sadja, John Fell Ryan, Lala Harrison, Owen Cannon, Caitlin Jemison, Zorka McMullen, Lauren Luloff, Angela Vitacolonna, Mario Diaz de Leon, Alix Pearlstein, Freddy Nightliker, Severiano Martinez, Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Ami Dang, Carson Garhart, Camilla Padgitt-Coles, Laura Zuspan, Eliza Swann, 3 baby-sat kids, Carly Ptak, Ryan Lucero, David Riley, Hilary Zarabi-Aazam, Cammisa Buerhaus, Alfredo Marin, Jessie Stead, Lizzie Harper, Alexandra Velasco, Fern Silva, Molly West, Cat Chow, Prince, and Carlen Altman
Music by:
Tony Conrad, MV Carbon, Doron Sadja, Excepter, Severiano Martinez, Lucky Dragons, Mario Diaz de Leon, Bruno Coviello (Light Asylum), Joe Williams (White Williams), Zeljko McMullen, Hildegaard von Bingen, Fennesz, Thomas Arsenault (Mas Ysa / Ablehearts), Iasos, The Holy Experiment, Michael Beharie (Tezeo), Carly Ptak (Nautical Almanac), Wish.
SOUNDCORRIDORS: Sound Engaging Architecture
Dates:
Sun Feb 12, 2012 17:00 - Sun Feb 12, 2012
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
February 12th, 5:00PM
$10
Sound Artists activate the unique acoustics of Roulette’s newly renovated 1920s Art Deco theater with multi-channel spacialized sound.
Featuring:
Maria Chavez
Mario Diaz de Leon
Sabisha Friedberg
Alfredo Marin
Zeljko McMullen
Daniel Neumann
Tristan Shepherd
Doron Sadja
Ben Vida
ROULETTE
509 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn
www.roulette.org for more info.
$10
Sound Artists activate the unique acoustics of Roulette’s newly renovated 1920s Art Deco theater with multi-channel spacialized sound.
Featuring:
Maria Chavez
Mario Diaz de Leon
Sabisha Friedberg
Alfredo Marin
Zeljko McMullen
Daniel Neumann
Tristan Shepherd
Doron Sadja
Ben Vida
ROULETTE
509 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn
www.roulette.org for more info.
ROULETTE GRAND OPENING - Laurie Anderson/Lou Reed/John Zorn, Henry Threadgill, Fred Frith, ETHEL, more!
Dates:
Thu Sep 15, 2011 20:00 - Sun Sep 18, 2011
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Roulette – one of New York City’s premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years - reopens bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 standing), an expanded multi-channel sound system, projection screen for film and multi-media events, state-of-the-art lighting system, modular stage, and a specially designed floor to accommodate dance. Teamed with bold new programming, the new Roulette promises to be one of the most exciting places in New York City - if not the country - to experience adventurous music and art. Join us as we kick off our inaugural season with a huge four night Grand Opening Celebration!
ROULETTE
509 ATLANTIC AVE (at the corner of 3rd Ave)
2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, G, D, M, N, R, B & Q trains and the LIRR
Downtown Brooklyn
www.roulette.org
Henry Threadgill's Zooid
Kaija Saariaho
Margaret Leng Tan
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Duo
Thu Sep 15 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
The first night of Roulette's eclectic Grand Opening Celebration features performances by Henry Threadgill's ZOOID, new work for flute, electronics, and projections by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, Margaret Leng Tan performing John Cage piano works, and Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman duo performing their own compositions as well as excerpts from John Zorn's Masada Book II (Book of Angels).
Marc Ribot's Film Noir Project
ETHEL
Fred & Frith Shelley Hirsch
Fri Sep 16 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
Guitarist/composer Marc Ribot presents Film Noir - an ensemble exploring a lonely place between classic noir film scores of the 40's thru 60's, and the 80's No-Wave bands who worshipped them, New York City's ETHEL Quartet, a group dedicated to new music called the “…avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic alternative string quartet…vital and brilliant.” by the New Yorker performs work by John King, Judd Greenstein, and Anna Clyne; and critically acclaimed vocalist, composer, and storyteller Shelley Hirsch teams up with iconoclast guitarist/composer/improvisor Fred Frith.
Laurie Anderson + Lou Reed + John Zorn
Sat Sep 17 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$50 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
Three legends of the New York Underground combine forces for an evening of extreme improvised music. “The most important multimedia artist of our time,”(LA Times), Laurie Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and musical recordings that have challenged and delighted audiences around the worldfor more than 30 years. Tonight Anderson teams up with husband Lou Reed - arguably one of the most influential musicians in rock history whose band, the Velvet Underground, redefined the music of the late '60s. Also joining them tonight is maverick composer/performer and godfather of the Downtown New York scene, John Zorn.
COSA BRAVA
(Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins, Matthias Bossi, and the Norman Conquest)
Sun Sep 18 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
$25 student, senior or member pricing
Cosa Brava is an all-star experimental rock and improvisation quintet formed by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and icon of experimental music, Fred Frith, featuring Frith on guitar, Zeena Parkins on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlstedt on violin, Matthias Bossi on drums, and The Norman Conquest on sound manipulation. All About Jazz described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock". Join us for this rare NYC performance!
ROULETTE
509 ATLANTIC AVE (at the corner of 3rd Ave)
2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, G, D, M, N, R, B & Q trains and the LIRR
Downtown Brooklyn
www.roulette.org
Henry Threadgill's Zooid
Kaija Saariaho
Margaret Leng Tan
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Duo
Thu Sep 15 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
The first night of Roulette's eclectic Grand Opening Celebration features performances by Henry Threadgill's ZOOID, new work for flute, electronics, and projections by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, Margaret Leng Tan performing John Cage piano works, and Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman duo performing their own compositions as well as excerpts from John Zorn's Masada Book II (Book of Angels).
Marc Ribot's Film Noir Project
ETHEL
Fred & Frith Shelley Hirsch
Fri Sep 16 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
Guitarist/composer Marc Ribot presents Film Noir - an ensemble exploring a lonely place between classic noir film scores of the 40's thru 60's, and the 80's No-Wave bands who worshipped them, New York City's ETHEL Quartet, a group dedicated to new music called the “…avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic alternative string quartet…vital and brilliant.” by the New Yorker performs work by John King, Judd Greenstein, and Anna Clyne; and critically acclaimed vocalist, composer, and storyteller Shelley Hirsch teams up with iconoclast guitarist/composer/improvisor Fred Frith.
Laurie Anderson + Lou Reed + John Zorn
Sat Sep 17 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$50 General Admission
*No student, senior or member pricing
Three legends of the New York Underground combine forces for an evening of extreme improvised music. “The most important multimedia artist of our time,”(LA Times), Laurie Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and musical recordings that have challenged and delighted audiences around the worldfor more than 30 years. Tonight Anderson teams up with husband Lou Reed - arguably one of the most influential musicians in rock history whose band, the Velvet Underground, redefined the music of the late '60s. Also joining them tonight is maverick composer/performer and godfather of the Downtown New York scene, John Zorn.
COSA BRAVA
(Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins, Matthias Bossi, and the Norman Conquest)
Sun Sep 18 - 8:00 PM
$100 Front Row
$35 General Admission
$25 student, senior or member pricing
Cosa Brava is an all-star experimental rock and improvisation quintet formed by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and icon of experimental music, Fred Frith, featuring Frith on guitar, Zeena Parkins on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlstedt on violin, Matthias Bossi on drums, and The Norman Conquest on sound manipulation. All About Jazz described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock". Join us for this rare NYC performance!
