Rest o' 2012 Calendar, incl. Twins Tour

Long overdue, here is a listing of my performance dates for the end of 2012, which includes an album release tour by Twins of El Dorado, my art song duo with Kristin Slipp.  We will release our debut, Portend the End, on December 1st on Brooklyn's Prom Night Records.  If you are unfamiliar with our work - and as we don't have a website for the ensemble (yet) - do check out this live recording on my SoundCloud page.

11/13 @ 10:00pm, NYC: w/Inzinzac at The Stone.  Also performing is Barrsheadahl, at 8:00pm.

11/29 @ time TBA, Hartford, CT: Twins of El Dorado at the Hartford Phase Shift.

11/30 @ 8:00pm, Hudson, NY: Twins of El Dorado at The Spotty Dog, w/Silent Isle.

12/1 @ 9:00pm, NYC: Twins of El Dorado at Douglass Street Music Collective w/Justin Walter and Pretty Monsters.

12/2 @ 8:00pm, Philadelphia, PA: w/Inzinzac at RipRig.  Also performing are Ecstasy Mule vs. John Cage vs. Ecstasy Mule and the Ricardo Lagomasino 3.

12/7 @ 7:00pm, Cambridge, MA: Twins of El Dorado at the Lily Pad w/the Allan Chase Quartet.

12/9 @ time TBA, NYC: Twins of El Dorado at Ze Couch (location TBA) w/YOLT and Rita Grollman.

Please check back for updates, including broadcast times for radio appearances by Twins of El Dorado.

August Calendar

August 5: w/ Giacomo Merega (bass), Noah Kaplan (sax) and Andy Bianco (guitar) at Downtown Music Gallery (New York)

August 15: Joe Moffett Quartet at Uncertainty Music Series (Elm Bar, New Haven, CT) - with Noah Kaplan (sax), Dov Manski (Wurlitzer), and Jason Nazary (percussion, electronics.

August 26: w/ Inzinzac at Ortlieb's Lounge (Philadelphia).

Change to Venue Info, etc., on Previous Post

My duo w/Kristin Slipp, twins of el dorado, will in fact be performing at the Highwire Gallery on November 20, not the Greenline Cafe - please see my End o' 2011 Calendar. Also, I have the full lineup listed, which will include Split Red (as ever), with Travis Laplante and the Pirog/Verrastro Duo performing as well! OK.

News News News

Some pretty exciting happenings abound recently. First off, I'm pretty happy for my friends in Many Arms - they are set to release their most recent recording, named Beyond Territories, on Tzadik! These guys are a pretty serious unit - if you haven't seen or heard them, just take a look-see and listen.

Also, Wishgift, a kick-ass prog-punk group from Chicago, will be playing on Wednesday at Death by Audio in Brooklyn. I'm excited. You should be too. Details here.

Lastly, but not least-ly, there's a show I'm pretty psyched to be a part of this week - on Thursday night, trumpeter and composer Brad Henkel will present a new piece for sextet at the Launch Pad in Brooklyn. Please check out Brad's calendar for more details.

Photos: Ad Faunum at Gallery 263

Some photos from last week's show by Sophie.

End o' 2011 Calendar

A little calendar action for you all. Here's what's going on, so far, for the rest of the year. I'm pretty excited about all of these performances - they include a CD release performance by my quintet Ad Faunum, and a reincarnation, of sorts, of my duo with Kristin Slipp, now named 'twins of el dorado'.

Keep yer eyes peeled for the release of Ad Faunum on Not Two Records this year, as well as a release by the Bailly/Millevoi/Moffett Trio at the beginning of 2012!

Thursday, October 27, 8:00pm: w/Brad Henkel's new sextet @ Launch Pad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn). Also being performed that night is Nathaniel Morgan's work for 8 percussionists and a solo dance work by Brooke Herr.

Friday, November 18, 8:00pm: Bailly/Millevoi/Moffett Trio @ Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia). Other performers TBA.

Sunday, November 20, 7:30pm: twins of el dorado (duo w/Kristin Slipp (vox)) @ Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia - plus Split Red, Travis Laplante, and the Pirog/Verrastro Duo. $6 admission.

Friday, December 9, 8:00pm: CD release performance by Ad Faunum. Opening set by Kristin Slipp / Dov Manski duo.

Ad Faunum CD Release

So I officially have my first release coming out this fall on the Polish label Not Two! The release is the self-titled debut of Ad Faunum, my dual-bass, microtonal improv quintet. It features Noah Kaplan (sax), Giacomo Merega (electric bass), Jacob William (double bass) and Luther Gray (drums). I may be stating the obvious, for those of you who know these guys and the sounds they make, but I'll say it anyway - they are all extraordinary musicians and are a total pleasure to work with. It's the kind of group in which I am in awe of the players that surround me. A great, if sometimes intimidating, position to be in as a "leader" (I still sometimes have trouble with this distinction, as the music is totally collective and improvised). The album is a solid hour of improvised tracks, all recorded at Firehouse 12 studios on one brisk day in New Haven last year. There are actually a handful of tracks that don't appear on this release... but perhaps I can put some of them out in the future - in case anyone is curious, here's an unreleased track.

The release date is pending, but I'll post it once I have the official date.

Here are the dates for the two Ad Faunum shows currently on the books:

Saturday, October 15 @ 7:30 p.m.: Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA.

Friday, December 9, two sets starting at @ 8:00 p.m.: Douglass Street Music Collective in Brooklyn, NY. Also performing will be one of my favorite duos: Kristin Slipp and Dov Manski (check out their bandcamp page).