STRATEGIC IMPROV LABS (SIL2K) and WAKE-UP present
Takagi Masakatsu (Japan)
The Nudge (PDX)
Tucker Dulin (CA) & Michael Bullock (MA)
Dave Gross (MA) & Jason Glover
Monday October 29, 2001
@ I-Spy -1921 5th Ave, SEATTLE, WA
SIL2K presents a full night of music from all over the world. Takagi
Masakatsu will perform at I-Spy on Monday October 29th along with fellow
touring groups Timeblind and The Nudge. Opening the show is Seattle Jason
Glover (of Tripod) in a duet with Dave Gross and the duo Tucker Dulin and
Michael Bullock.
Hope and empathy. Kyoto-based sound and vision artist, Takagi Masakatsu,
finds his work infused with these themes. Takagi¹s message resonates
strongly at the best of times. At the worst... his music is a comfort and a
reminder of the bigger picture of which we are all a small part.
Takagi¹s debut release is Pia, on New York¹s Carpark label (home to releases
from Marumari, Jake Mandell, So Takahashi and kid606) and includes a
multimedia disc to accompany the music, interweaving snatched moments of
docu-sonics: children talking and playing, people walking through the
streets, nature interacting with our constructed cities. This is true
musique concrète: sound and video that Takagi, an accomplished artist in
several fields, has traveled the world to record.
Wot no tunes? Just think of it as a different sort of song - warmly
atmospheric, unique found sounds arranged with Takagi¹s synthetic feel.
Engaging with it will not go unrewarded.
Takagi was born and still resides in Kyoto, Japan, where he lives among the
many ancient temples and gardens: Takagi¹s grandfather is a monk at one of
these temples. Such influences are apparent in Pia, where there is a
simultaneous air of peacefulness and unrest.
After producing video works for the Japanese multimedia group, Silicom
(
http://homepage.mac.com/silicom), Takagi¹s video pieces have shown in art
galleries throughout Japan. Starting in October, Takagi will bring his work
to Europe and North America, touring with his laptop and DV camera.
In addition to Pia, Takagi will release an album on Germany¹s Karaoke Kalk
label in 2002.
For more info: www.carparkrecords.com/takagi.html
Dave Gross (MA): Labeled as "One of Boston's steadfast explorers," by Bob
Blumenthal of the Boston Globe, saxophonist and clarinetist David Gross
discovered the world of improvised music while studying with Yusef Lateef at
Hampshire College. He has performed with Le Quan Ninh, Eddie Prevost, Bob
Marsch, Martin Tetrault, Glenn Spearman, Raphe Malik and many members of the
Boston free-improv scene including Bhob Rainey, Greg Kelley, and Laurence
Cook. Currently, Gross is transforming the saxophone into exactly what it
is: a metal tube with keys, mouthpiece, and a reed. Reviews of his
recordings, on his own Tautology label, with ensembles EED and FETISH, have
ranged from "The range of textured noise that he cajoles from his instrument
is impressive" to "lengthy episodes of fingernails ripping at a blackboard."
Jason Glover is just really curious about what kind of angels or demons can
be conjured up through sound. He was in a group called astronomeous with
Chris Rice and Ian Nagoski for about a year in Newark, Delaware. Jason
eventually got the hell out of Delaware, while Chris and Ian went on to
publish Halana magazine. Relocating to Seattle in 1996, Jason met up with a
self-employed seamstress, Lisa Defrance, and a nomadic painter, Seymour
King, where they began to play Tripod music. They have since presented
Tripod music throughout the country. Whether with in or out of Tripod,
Jason is dedicated to accessing the unknown and the vulnerable, and
surprising himself and anyone willing to listen, to sound without
parameters, usually through some sort of plugged in device, but also an
impressive assortment of third world trinkets, western classical
instruments, or maybe just the objects and the resonances provided by the
room.
Tucker Dulin has performed all over the country in many contexts including
the Boston Philharmonic, SONOR, Klaresque Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort,
Mass Eye and Ear, and the Masashi Harada Ensemble. He is currently working
on a DMA in contemporary music at UC, San Diego, with Bertram Turetzky,
George Lewis, and Charles Curtis. He specializes in post-war solo and
chamber repertoire for the trombone. He has played with Bhob Rainey, Eddie
Prevost, Steve Drury, Greg Kelley, George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Benjamin,
Zander, James Coleman, and Randy Brecker. His trio, IIBasspit, with Seth
Cluett and Mike Bullock, has performed throughout the US.
Free improviser Michael Bullock has played bass in 8 countries, on a dozen
records, and in a variety of bands, touring extensively both solo and as
part of various ensembles. He has also played with well-known improvisers
such as Eddie Provost, Ló Quan Ninh, and Peter Kowald, in addition to
working with numerous members of Boston's improvised music community. Two of
his current obsessions include IIbasSpit, an electro-acoustic trio with
Tucker Dulin (trombone) and Seth Cluett (bass, voice) which is planning a CD
release this year; and an ongoing curiosity with acoustic feedback. Bullock
has released recordings on such diverse labels as Emanem, Rounder, and
Naxos. His first release as a leader, [there the eye goes not;] (Tautology
006), featuring rising stars Bhob Rainey, Brenda Hopkins Miranda, and
Tatsuya Nakatani was released in 1999. Of the disk, Derek Taylor of Cadence
magazine said: "The real joy of this quartet is their shared origin which is
translated into a confidence of purpose. . .[Bullock] and his peers are
excellent examples of improvisers who are constantly and uncompromisingly
exploring the unmapped nooks and crannies of audible sound."
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SIL2K (Strategic Improv Labs) is a weekly experimental music and performance
night at I-Spy in Seattle, featuring Seattle's best and newest underground
music, dance, video, film and spoken word. More information about SIL2K and
its members and activities can be found on the web at
http://www.sil2k.org.