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We send out summer greetings and bring you some news...
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DEAN SANTOMIERI VIDEO FOR TERRY RILEY PERFORMANCE
Dean Santomieri is providing video for a very exciting event here in
Berkeley. On Friday June 6th at 8PM (Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley
Campus) Terry Riley will be performing an evening of his own music,
including (for the first time in almost 30 years) A Rainbow in Curved
Air Revisited. Dean will be providing a brand new video to accompany
A Rainbow in Curved Air Revisited. This performance is part of
Berkeley Edge Fest, a biennial new music festival, which runs from
Thursday, June 5th through Sunday, June 8th. Tickets available by
phone 510-642-9988, or at the Zellerbach box office.
A complete listing of the Edge Fest ->
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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FOUNDRY TOUR SCRAPBOOK
In April Dean Santomieri, Jonathan Hughes and Michael Bentley (eM)
played live in a handful of cities in The Northeast (NYC, Toronto and
Syracuse) and the rest, as they say, is now legend... er, I mean
history. We have posted some snapshots and an exclusive live MP3 as
part of our Tour Scrapbook. We are in the process of arranging more
live dates for 2003, both locally (in the greater Bay Area) and in
other areas of the US. Please stay tuned for further details.
Foundry tour scrapbook ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/live/tour0403.html
Foundry live dates listing ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/live/
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SUB.TERRA RELEASED!
At long last SUB.TERRA is available for purchase. All the pertinent
information can be found on the SUB.TERRA web page, including a
number of audio samples and PDF booklet with commentary from the
contributors. This full length CD features remixes/recyclings of
Interstitial's epic "sub.terra" piece, a wonderful track constructed
entirely from trumpet, with some parts acoustic and other parts
heavily processed. Remix contributors include vidnaObmana, Vir Unis,
Saul Stokes, Michael Bentley (eM), and, of course, the inspirator
Interstitial (John Koch-Northrup). Keep your eyes open for reviews
and airplay as SUB.TERRA makes its way out into the world!
SUB.TERRA home page ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/subterra/
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NEW PROJECT: JONATHAN HUGHES - FLUID 2
Some may recall Jonathan's Fluid project from a few years ago, a set
of 2 CDs which could be played together to create layered ambient
pieces. Fluid 2 follows this idea with some new twists. This double
CD will feature twelve tracks by Jonathan Hughes and twelve tracks by
some of the most prominent names in the electronic music scene,
including Tetsu Inoue, Ian Boddy, Twine, Mat Jarvis, Saul Stokes,
Seofon, Susanne Brokesch, Dreamstate, Interstitial, Jussi Vaisanen,
Dean Santomieri, and Michael Bentley/eM. In order for these tracks to
work together all the tracks on Fluid are in similar keys, are six
minutes long, and contain minimal rhythmic elements. By playing the
two CDs simultaneously on separate CD players (preferably in random
order) one can create dozens of unique composite tracks that are, in
effect, virtual collaborations between artists who may have never
recorded together.
Jonathan Hughes' Fluid 2 home page ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/hughes/fluid2
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NEW PROJECT: BIBIMBAP - AN ARCHIPELAGO COMPILATION
The Archipelago is a loose association of Bay Area
musicians/composers, a forum in which artists working the disparate
subgenres of electronic music come together in different
collaborative ways or even just to share a meal. In fact it is this
tradition of dinner gatherings at several local Korean restaurants
that inspired the Bibimbap compilation. Bibimbap, the name of a
wonderful Korean dish, simply means "mixing rice." Rice is placed in
a stone or ceramic bowl and actively mixed with whatever other
ingredients are available or desired, usually a variety of
vegetables, bean sprouts and/or Kimchi, meat (chicken, beef, pork)
and/or seafood, all topped with an egg and hot sauce. One unique
feature to Tolsot Bibimbap is that the stone bowl, fired or heated
before the food is put into it, continues the cooking process until
the eating is at an end. In the spirit of this dish, the various
artists involved contributed material to a pool of samples and then
used something from this shared source (in addition to whatever new
work they might provide) to create a new piece. The list of
contributors includes Forrest Fang, Saul Stokes, Chris de Giere, M.
Bentley/eM, Thermal, Ben Swire, Dean Santomieri, and Content Provider.
More Bibimbap information ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/bibimbap
A previous Archipelago project: the Island EPs ->
http://www.boxmanstudies.com/archipelago/islands.html
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A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER...
I would like to open this note by thanking everyone who helped us
along on our recent mini-tour. It was great to able to take our work
into the live arena and to have an opportunity to meet folks and talk
about art. I also really got a kick out of performing with Jonathan,
Dean and Robert, and look forward to even more opportunities in the
future. In fact, we are planning further live excursions, so if you
know of appropriate venues and/or have recommendations and contacts
in your area, please let me know.
On a personal note, it has been an interesting year so far. After a
longish break I have been able to immerse myself in creative work
again, which has been great fun. Our live dates gave me the
opportunity to show a new long form piece, Chronos and Kairos my
first venture into video. It was exciting to work at combining my
visuals and music, giving vent to many years worth of ideas as well
as finding another outlet for graphic art. Plans are afoot for other
pieces along this line as well as more live events at which to
present them. Material continues to accumulate for This World and
several other projects, but there never seems to be enough time to
get to all the ideas and plans no matter how hard I work. Suffice to
say that 2003 should see a new M. Bentley/eM release, though exactly
what form it will take only time can tell!
Please do drop us a note, we appreciate feedback both positive and
negative, and it's nice to know there's someone out there!
And now to summer dreams...
Michael Bentley
The Foundry
http://www.foundrysite.com/
Foundry news updates ->
http://www.foundrysite.com/news/
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Recommended listening: David Sylvian's Blemish [CD on Samadhisound]
Recommended reading: Einar Mar Gudmundsson's Angels of the Universe
[pb from Shad Thames]
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