BOOKING OFFER: SO PERCUSSION

Dear all,

I’m booking some selected dates for SO PERCUSSION.
Open dates are on 8th and 10th September.
Please find here a biography and some links to be clicked on:

http://www.youtube.com/user/sopercussion
http://soundcloud.com/so-percussion

Since 1999, So Percussion has been creating music that explores all the
extremes of emotion and musical possibility.  Called an “experimental
powerhouse” by the Village Voice, “astonishing and entrancing” by
Billboard Magazine, and “brilliant” by the New York Times, the
Brooklyn-based quartet’s innovative work with today’s most exciting
composers and their own original music has quickly helped them forge a
unique and diverse career.

Excitement about composers like John Cage, Steve Reich, and Iannis Xenakis
– as well as the sheer fun of playing together – inspired the members of
So to begin performing together while students at the Yale School of
Music. A blind call to David Lang, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and
co-founder of New York’s Bang on a Can Festival, yielded their first
commissioned piece, the so-called laws of nature.  So’s recording of the
so-called laws of nature became the cornerstone of their self-titled debut
album on Cantaloupe Music (the record label from the founders of Bang on a
Can).  In subsequent years, this relationship would blossom into a growing
catalogue of exciting releases:  Steve Reich’s masterpiece Drumming; So
member Jason Treuting’s amid the noise; Treasure State, a collaboration
with the electronic duo Matmos; and Paul Lansky’s Threads.

So’s ongoing body of original work has resulted in exciting new projects
such as the site-specific Music For Trains in Southern Vermont and
Imaginary City, a fully-staged sonic meditation on urban soundscapes
commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the Next Wave Festival
2009 in consortium with 5 other venues. So’s next theatrical project where
(we) live is slated to premiere in Fall of 2012.

So Percussion is increasingly involved in mentoring young artists.
Starting in the fall of 2011, its members will be Co-Directors of a new
percussion department at the Bard College-Conservatory of Music.  This
top-flight undergraduate program enrolls each student in a double-degree
(Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts) course in the Conservatory and
Bard College, and exposes them to both traditional western conservatory
training and a variety of world traditions.  The summer of 2009 saw the
creation of the annual So Percussion Summer Institute on the campus of
Princeton University. The Institute is an intensive two-week chamber music
seminar for college-age percussionists featuring the four members of So as
faculty in rehearsal, performance, and discussion of contemporary music
for students from around the world.

So Percussion has performed their unusual and exciting music all over the
United States, with concerts at the Lincoln Center Festival, Carnegie
Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stanford Lively Arts, the Cleveland
Museum of Art, and many others. In addition, recent tours to the United
Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the Ukraine have
brought them international acclaim.

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain

BOOKING OFFER: BILL ORCUTT

Dear all,

I’m booking some dates for Bill Orcutt.
He’s available between 16th Oct and 21st October.

Please read this short biography and also click on those links.
http://www.google.be/#q=bill+orcut+youtube&hl=fr&sa=G&prmd=ivnso&source=univ&tbm=vid&tbo=u&ei=Z2zfTfPGGtHpOamLweYJ&ved=0CC0QqwQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=c7f90836e7ded8d&biw=802&bih=457

http://soundcloud.com/tusk-festival/bill-orcutt-my-reckless-parts

http://www.billorcut.com

Best known as the guitarist of Miami noise-rockers Harry Pussy, Bill
Orcutt was already a significant name in experimental noise circles when
he released his solo debut. Long interested in cutting-edge art, Orcutt
had a Master’s in English and had made several experimental short films,
one of which sold to MTV in 1990. He also played in several local punk
bands, most notably the Trash Monkeys, before forming Harry Pussy in 1992
with his wife, drummer Adris Hoyos. They worked together for the next five
years, releasing a series of uncompromising and confrontational recordings
on small labels and gaining acclaim from the likes of Sonic Youth’s
Thurston Moore and Sebadoh’s Lou Barlow. Towards the tail end of Harry
Pussy’s existence in 1996, Orcutt completed his first solo recording,
titled simply Solo CD. It was issued by the New York-based Audible Hiss
label, and featured guest vocals from Hoyos as well as instrumental
contributions from drummer Danny Arad and saxman Joe Cohen, among others.

I hope to hear from you very soon.

Alain

Some Noise asbl
C/O Alain Bolle
PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
https://debloque.wordpress.com
info@somenoise.be

BOOKING OFFER: ESHA BANDYOPADHYAY

Hi, I’m arranging some dates for ESHA BANDYOPADHYAY. She’s available from 9th September onwards. Please read the biography that follows and also click on this link to hear how she sounds like: http://www.eshavocal.com/gallery02.htm I would like to hear from you asap. Regards. Alain Profile:Esha Bandyopadhyay, based in Kolkata, India, has emerged as one of the well known performers of Indian Classical Vocal Music. Born and raised in a family noted for its contribution to the world of art, Esha, even as a child of nine, showed a natural inclination to Music. A creative family atmosphere and a melodious voice found Esha effortlessly assimilating initial lessons from her mother painter Maitreyi Banerji. Later, intensive training under reputed masters moulded Esha’s musical personality. Ms Krishna Dasgupta–the leading disciple of Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakrabarty and Ustad Ameer Khan –grafted on her the subtle nuances of Khayal, Thumri and Bhajan. Esha’s musical pursuits are not merely confined to classical music. Training in Nazrulgeeti and Ragpradhan under Shri Biman Mukherjee has enriched her repertoire. Esha’s performances in the last 15 years for various organisations including Sutanuti Parishad, Salt Lake Music Conference, Bhowanipur Sangit Sammilani, Jhankar Music Circle, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Govt College of Fine Art & Crafts, ABC Academy, Varanasi, the ICCR, Calcutta, have been marked by serious music-lovers and critics. She has also performed for Calcutta Television. International Arena Teaching Music Offering to share her musical talent with aspiring students, she founded ‘SHAILI’–an academy of Music, Dance, Painting & Crafts. As principal and Vocal Music teacher, she has contributed significantlty to the growing reputation of SHAILI. Esha has also been teaching enthusiastic students abroad. Academic Qualifications Esha is a Master of Arts in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata Some Noise asbl C/O Alain Bolle PO BOX 43 1050 Brussels 5 https://debloque.wordpress.com info@somenoise.be

Noise Addict (playlist du 22.05.2011)

1/ For a few more decibels I

2/  KIM CASCONE: Anti-musical celestial forces. Anti-Musical Celestial Forces. 2009 – Störung.
XC141J.

3/ VIVENZA: »Prolétariat & industrie ». Réalité Servomécaniques. 2009 – Rotorelief. XV803A.

4/ ANDREW LILES: « Atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability » + « Midsummer nightmare ». XL747R

5/ MIA CLARKE & ANDY MOOR: « Guitargument, part 2. Guitargument. XC467A

6/ For a few more decibels II

7/ SUN CITY GIRLS: « Sev Acher » – GUM ARABIC (2010 – Annihaya Rec.) – XS 9271

8/ ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI: « Choppa ». Various-Noise: Various Artists. Mnoad – 2010. X 607K.

9/ JAZKAMER: « TheMonroe Doctrine ». The Monroe Doctrine. Pica Disk – 2010. XJ315F

10/ SOUMONCES: « L’air des champs ».  Various-Noise: Various Artists. Mnoad – 2010. X 607K.

11/ GORE: « Gore (live) ». Mean man’s dream. Southern Lord. 1986-1987/2009. XG605F.

BOOKING OFFER: SMACK WIZARDS and ETERNAL FAGS.

Hi,

I’m booking two shows for two Scottish bands: SMACK WIZARDS and ETERNAL FAGS.

Open dates are 25th and 26th September.

Please read these words and also click on these links so that you can listen to what these two bands sound like.

Eternal Fags & Smack Wizards come from the Glasgow DIY music collective Winning Sperm Party” in Scotland. Both bands present loosely written, semi-improvised punk pop music. Smack Wizards are a bass/drums/guitar instrumental three-piece and Eternal Fags are a drums/guitar/tape delay/keyboard & vocal duo known for spontaneous collaborations.

The bands have been touring the UK’s DIY circuit for the last year including the 113 Dalston Lane House Party & Upset the Rhythm in London; Cry Parrot and Winning Sperm Party in Glasgow; Obscene Baby Auction and British Wildlife in Leeds; Fortissimo Records/Action Beat in Milton Keynes; and with Giant Hell in Manchester. Eternal Fags played in Murcia, Spain at the end of 2010 with the Suena Imposible Collective.

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> Both bands have recently recorded at the Green

Door<http://www.greendoorstudio.co.uk/%20>analogue recording studio in Glasgow and have records available for free download through winning sperm party.

winningspermparty.com/records/smack-wizards-smack-wizards

winningspermparty.com/records/eternal-fags-eternal-fags

Winning Sperm Party is a non-profit online record label that celebrates

local music without a mainstream agenda. All the records are available for free download through the website.

www.winningspermparty.com

Some Noise asbl

C/O Alain Bolle

PO BOX 43

1050 Brussels 5

https://debloque.wordpress.com

info@somenoise.be

BOOKING OFFER: K-BRANDING

Hi,

In partnership with Laurent whose e-mail contact is lnyssen@gmail.com I’m
booking some dates for K-Branding.

Please click on these links and also read this short biography.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_QMzSqYu7U
http://soundcloud.com/humptydumptyrecords/05-k-branding-alliance-astral
http://www.myspace.com/kbranding

Two years after the sonic boom created by its acclaimed first album,
Belgian trio K-BRANDING is back with a new sonic adventure. Born in
Brussels in early 2004, the band started as an experimentation on chaotic
rock music. Since its first concert in February 2005, the band has never
failed to impress, thanks to radical live performances. The trio has built
its musical identity through a unique combination of improvised music and
punk, noisy mood. Facial, its first official release, was a condensate of
their hypnotic side, alternating percussive passages, dark ambient and
sonic explosions. April 2011: the band is back with an astonishing second
album. Born of the desire to never repeat themselves, the three stooges
explore previously unexploited territories. Throughout the seven tracks
that compose Alliance, K-BRANDING reveals new musical influences including
industrial music and sonorities from the eighties. The sound is colder,
with sound textures are at the forefront and voice becoming increasingly
important in the composition of songs, while keeping the visceral energy
that created the group¡¯s reputation.

Members :

¨‹Schmit S¨¦bastien (percussions, electronics & vocals)

¨‹Duby Gr¨¦gory (guitar)

¨‹Stefanutti Vincent (reeds, synth, effects & vocals)

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain

Some Noise asbl
C/O Alain Bolle
PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
https://debloque.wordpress.com
info@somenoise.be

BOOKING OFFER: MATTHEW SHIPP

Hi,

I’m booking some dates for MATTHEW SHIPP.

He’s available on 9th + 11th + 13th September 2011.

Please find here a biography and watch some of his performances on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6sZn-zFBHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjrGsQ8x_0

I look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Alain

                           Matthew Shipp

Biography

Matthew Shipp was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 years old. After moving to New York in 1984 he quickly became one of the leading lights in the New York jazz scene. He was a sideman in the David S. Ware quartet and also for Roscoe Mitchell’s Note Factory before making the decision to concentrate on his own music.

Mr Shipp has reached the holy grail of jazz in that he possesses a unique style on his instrument that is all of his own- and he’s one of the few in jazz that can say so. Mr. Shipp has recorded a lot of albums with many labels but his 2 most enduring relationships have been with two labels. In the 1990s he recorded a number of chamber jazz cds with Hatology, a group of cds that charted a new course for jazz that, to this day, the jazz world has not realized. In the 2000s Mr Shipp has been curator and director of the label Thirsty Ear’s “Blue Series” and has also recorded for them. In this collection of recordings he has generated a whole body of work that is visionary, far reaching and many faceted .

Matthew Shipp is truly one of the leading lights of a new generation of jazz giants.

Some Noise asbl

C/O Alain Bolle

PO BOX 43

1050 Brussels 5

https://debloque.wordpress.com

info@somenoise.be

BOOKING OFFER: DRUMS OFF CHAOS

Hello, I’m booking some dates in thae Autumn for the German band DRUMS OFF CHAOS. I’m trying to keep the dates together so that travel distances and shorter and less expensive. Please visit these links and also read the review that follows. http://soundcloud.com/magazine-records/drums-off-chaos-jens-uwe-beyer-first-half http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSWZdRagIU One of the pioneering acts of the German experimental music scene of the seventies, alongside Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dreams, Cluster and Neu!, Can contributed extensively to the Krautrock movement during the ten years they were active, with albums such as Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972) and Future Days (1973) defining not only their own sound but also that a whole era, and has since influenced generations of musicians across the world. At the heart of Can was drummer Jaki Liebezeit, who had previously officiated with free jazz ensembles. His hypnotic style, which often favoured complex rhythmic patterns, formed an intrinsic part of the band sound, alongside Holger Czukay’s equally mesmerizing bass loops and Michael Karoli’s guitar motifs. Three years after the band separated, in 1979, Liebezeit formed the percussion ensemble Drums Off Chaos with Reiner Linke, Maf Retter and Manos Tsangaris. While the formation has been performing live for nigh on thirty years, they have until now almost entirely refrained from recording together, preferring to concentrate instead on the energy of their live set. At age 71, Liebezeit shows no sign of taking it easy. In recent years, he has formed a very fruitful partnership with Burnt Friedman, resulting in three albums so far, with a fourth one due out in the next few weeks. Here, Liebezeit and friends team up with Jens-Uwe Beyer, who is best know for his work as Popnoname, a project which has seen him releasing music on Italic, Firm and Kompakt. Beside this project, Beyer is also the co-founder of the imprint on which this collaborative effort is released, Magazine. Formed of just four tracks, all clocking around ten-to-eleven minutes, this album sees Beyer adapting to the Drums Off Chaos pace and structure remarkably well. Rather than fight the might of the percussions quartet’s intricate rhythms and deeply hypnotic patterns, Beyer cleverly weaves fluid electronic textures and wide soundscapes right into them, and feeds from DOC’s tribal energy, at times quite openly, as demonstrated with the recurring string motif on Second Half, at others through much more elusive pulses, as is the case on Even S, on which sounds appear to constantly bounce from one point to another in the backdrop. These eventually merge into one sprawling soundscape, returning to the vast atmospheric vaporous forms he applied on the opening two tracks. On First Half and 4 Of 7, Beyer chooses to wrap the quartet’s drums with vast smoldering ethereal sound forms, letting them ebb and flow gracefully against the relentless drive of the rhythm. There are hints of isolationism in his treatment as he drenches his original sound sources in extremely wide open reverbs, blurring their edges almost entirely to give them a dreamy feel. This is in sharp contrast to the clear-cut percussive lines drawn by Drums Off Chaos. Where Beyer’s soundscapes are at best only vague structures with almost no physical consistency, the presence of the four drummers remains firmly in focus, the razor-sharp aspect of their performance slicing through the voluptuous clouds of electronics to drive each one of the four pieces. While Beyer’s contribution undoubtedly serves the quartet by broadening their scope, the subtly and dynamic which is generated from their collaborative effort, combined with the impressive level of detailing in the various motifs and nuances in the tones and rhythms found throughout is totally fascinating. Capturing the energy of an ensemble such as Drums Off Chaos was never going to be an easy thing, but they have here, with the help of Jens-Uwe Beyer, creating such an enchanting record, which feels so utterly primal, and yet so beautifully controlled that one can only suggest that it was well worth the wait. I hope to hear from you asap. Regards. Alain Some Noise asbl C/O Alain Bolle PO BOX 43 1050 Brussels 5 https://debloque.wordpress.com info@somenoise.be

BOOKING OFFER: PARTHA BOSE

Dear all,

I’m arranging some dates for PARTHA BOSE who’s a Sitar player playing some classical Indian music. He will perform along with a tabla player.

The open dates are: 8th + 9th + 10th + 12th July 2011.

Please read the biography that follows and also click on this link to see how he sounds like (mp3 + videos).

http://www.thesitarist.com/musicgallery.htm

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain

Shri Partha Bose is a widely acknowledged Sitar player and a much respected artiste in the arena of comtemporary Hindustani Classical Music.

Born on January 21,1962, Partha was initiated to the Sitar at the age of six and thereafter underwent intensive training in the tradition of Guru-Shishya parampara under the tutelage of Pandit Monoj Shankar of the famous Maihar Gharana.

Partha has received overwhelming appreciation from connoisseurs and critics of Hindustani classical music in India and abroad over two decades now.

As Partha delves deeper into the fathomless depths of his subject, he seems to identify Concentration, Meditation and Yoga as essential components in the making of a musician’s psyche. Naturally, Partha Bose has been drawn, time and again, to Ashrams, Temples, Meditation Centres, Ayurvedic Clinics, and Yoga Centres, in different parts of the world – to spread the message of Peace, Tranquillity, Unity, Love and Compassion through his Sitar.

He has been a distinguished performer on radio and television and was invited by the Government of India to lead a cultural delegation to African countries on the historic occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of India’s Independence.

His concert tours to the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Middle East & Bangladesh have featured him in major international festivals as well as reputed universities : in performances, workshops, lecture-demonstrations and teaching sessions.

Internationally reputed organizations such as Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Vedanta Society, ri. Satyananda Devayatan, have featured the sitar–virtuoso in sessions of ‘spiritual music.’

Social welfare organizations like old–age homes, orphanages, child–care centres, homes for the handicapped have found the globetrotting musician visiting with his Sitar – reaching out, spending time, talking, making music and encouraging them into creative pursuits, for the sake of better quality of life.

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Some Noise asbl

C/O Alain Bolle

PO BOX 43

1050 Brussels 5

tel: 32 473 93 40 28

https://debloque.wordpress.com

BOOKING OFFER: NATALIE BERIDZE

Hi,

I’m arranging some gigs for NATALIE BERIDZE in September and October 2011.

Please read the biography that follows and and also click on this link to hear how she sounds like:

http://soundcloud.com/natalie-tba-beridze

Georgian musician Natalie Beridze aka TBA first came to monika through her contribution to Volume 1 of the popular 4 Women No Cry series. Now we are delighted to be working with this exciting young artist again especially as the CD marks the first release with our new distribution partner, Morr Music. Following a 5 track EP in summer we are proud to present Natalie Beridze’s stunning new full-length album, ForgetFulness.

While these are her first solo releases on monika, Tusia Beridze is certainly no newcomer. With output on labels such as Max Ernst, her ongoing collaboration with the Goslab collective and most recently a release on Laboratory Instinct, TBA’s sound is both rich in texture and depth of vision. From the industrial beats of What about things like bullets to the club friendly electro- ambience of The Face We Choose To Miss and the intricate electronica of This isn’t right, this isn’t even wrong, the cutting edge production gains warmth and a personal touch throughout from the presence of TBA’s voice. As well as Natalie’s phenomenal solo compositions Forgetfulness contains a collaboration with Academy Award winning Japanese muscian, composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto, the meditative Blue Shadow. The album invokes harsh winter wastelands and a depth of emotion that is sadly lacking in much of the pop we hear. Two prime examples are In The White and Silently – which are nothing short of breathtaking. This fine album ends with the cryptically titled Half This Game Is Ninety Percent Mental an epic instrumental ambient odyssey. Natalie Beridze’s music is captivating and yet at the same time leaves enough room to let the listeners’ imagination run off in its own direction. Forgetfulness is a journey through serious electronic soundscapes but thanks to the contant presence of her sensitive lyrics and gentle vocal tones Beridze never looses that personal touch.

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain  info@somenoise.be