February 23^th, 2001:

4/9: Jon Nelson of North Texas College of Music talks about "Electroacoustic Compositional Strategies: Spectro- and Spatio-Morphology as Formal Determinants"

4/23: Meki Nzewi of the University of Nigeria talks about "African Music: Managing Uniqueness within Techno Deculturation--Viable Structural Elements and Human Virtues"

4/27: Composer Roger Reynolds talks about "Composition Based on Cognitive Research Techniques"

All these talks take place in the Music Building (where Paine Hall is) probably in Room 1, and the lectures are free.

February 22^th, 2001:

February 21^th, 2001:

February 20^th, 2001:

at 4 pm on February 22. It's free and open to the public.

February 19^th, 2001:

Thursday, 2/22
@ Mass Art
621 Huntington Ave.
Rm N175
8:00 $10

Barry Guy - solo bass and duo with
Maya Homburger - violin

One of the world's leading free improvisors, Barry Guy is an innovative
double bass player and composer whos creative diversity in the fields of Jazz
improvisation, solo recitals, chamber and orchestral performance is the
outcome both of an unusually varied training and a zest for experimentation,
underpinned by a dedication to the double bass and the ideal of musical
communication.


He is founder and Artistic Director of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
for which he has written several extended works with recordings of the
following: ODE (Incus 1972 and re-released on Intakt 1996), STRINGER (FMP
1980), POLYHYMNIA on ZURICH CONCERTS (Intakt 1988), HARMOS (Intakt 1989),
DOUBLE TROUBLE (Intakt 1990), THEORIA (Intakt 1992) with the Swiss pianist
Irene Schweizer as soloist, PORTRAITS (Intakt 1994) and "THREE PIECES FOR
ORCHESTRA" (Intakt 1997).
His concert works have been widely performed and his skilful and inventive
writing has resulted in an exceptional series of compositions : FLAGWALK
(1983), THE EYE OF SILENCE (1988), LOOK UP ! ( 1990 ), AFTER THE RAIN (
1992 ), BIRD GONG GAME (1992), FALLINGWATER (1996) and REDSHIFT (1998).
LOOK UP ! was honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for
Chamber-Scale Composition 1991-1992. Guys compositions usually reflect a
personal liaison with musicians and ensembles he writes for. As such, the
commissions arrive from chamber orchestras, chamber groups and soloists
interested in contemporary musical performance with a special commitment to
communicate with the audience. Guys works therefore have a sense of
freshness without recourse to ideological excesses or scores that baffle
players to the extent that performing becomes a trial. The scores however
are virtuosic and often present innovative sonorities and extended
instrumental techniques and as a performer himself he is ideally placed to
asses these possibilities.

Barry Guy continues to give solo recitals throughout Europe and the USA as
well as performing with Evan Parker/Paul Lytton Trio, in Duos with pianists
Irene Schweizer and Paul Plimley in Trio with Marilyn Crispell and Gerry
Hemingway and with Bill Dixon's quartet. Recently he has been appearing
with the American pianist Cecil Taylor and the Californian based group ROOM
with Larry Ochs. 1991 saw the foundation of Guy's sextet ELSIEJO with Evan
Parker, Irène Schweizer, Barre Phillips, Conrad Bauer and Paul Lytton.
Composing commissions at present are for Red Byrd, "Ensemble Son" and Intakt.
Guy has recorded over 80 albums with various Jazz formations. His latest
releases are ARCUS, a duo with Barre Phillips, ELSIE JO (Barry Guy,Irene
Schweizer,Evan Parker,Connie Bauer, Barre Phillips, Paul Lytton) on the
MAYA Label, THEORIA (London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irene
Schweizer), PORTRAITS (London Jazz Composers Orchestra) on INTAKT, FIZZLES,
Barry Guy Solo, IMAGINARY VALUES with Evan Parker and Paul Lytton, WITCH
GONG GAME II/10 with the NOW Orchestra (Vancouver) on MAYA, VADE MECUM with
Bill Dixon, William Parker, Tony Oxley, ISKRA 1903 with Paul Rutherford,
Phil Wachsmann, "Obliquities" with Evan Parker, CASCADES with Marilyn
Crispell and Gerry Hemingway and "You forget to answer" with Mats
Gustafsson and Raymond Strid and "Three Pieces for Orchestra" (London Jazz
Composers Orchestra ) on Intakt.
1993 saw the release of AFTER THE RAIN with the City of London Sinfonia
conducted by Richard Hickox, on the NMC label and in 1996 the City of
London Sinfonia premiered his major composition "Fallingwater".
Latest recordings include a duo album with the Swedish saxophonist Mats
Gustafsson and also a CD with the Canadian pianist Paul Plimley and
Vademecum II with Bill Dixon, William Parker and Tony Oxley. ECM has also
just released a CD with Barry Guy's compositions "Ceremony" (violin and
tape) and "Celebration" (solo violin) amongst others.


Maya Homburger

Born and educated in Switzerland, Maya Homburger moved to England in 1986
to join John Eliot Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists, Trevor Pinnock's
The English Concert and other period instrument groups. Ever since meeting
the composer and solo bassist Barry Guy - on the occasion of an extended
concert tour with Christopher Hogwood's Academy of Ancient Music - she has
devoted her time between managing his London Jazz Composers Orchestra,
running their CD label MAYA recordings and developing her own personal
style on the baroque violin, specialising more and more in chamber music
and solo performance. She is leader of the groups The Chandos Baroque
Players and Trio Virtuoso. In 1993 she recorded the twelve fantasies for
solo violin by G.Ph.Telemann and in 1995 the six sonatas for violin and
harpsichord by J.S. Bach together with Malcolm Proud. Having been invited
to play Telemann for the Jazz Festival in Rive de Gier (France) she shared
the concert with Barry Guy combining baroque and new compositions and
improvisations. For this occasion they commissioned Buxton Orr and Giles
Swayne to write pieces for baroque violin and double bass. Other new works
in her repertoire include Barry Guy's compositions Celebration for solo
violin, Ceremony for violin and tape and the duo Slow right arm by Roger
Marsh for baroque violin and double bass. In 1996 Barry Guy and Maya
Homburger moved to Ireland, Thomastown where they hope to contribute both
to the early as well as the contemporary music scene.
The German label ECM has just released the first CD of the Duo
Homburger/Guy called "Ceremony" with works by Barry Guy and H.I.F.Biber for
baroque violin and double bass.
Her instrument is an Italian baroque violin, made by Antonio dalla Costa,
Treviso in 1740 which is in its original baroque condition.

February 18^th, 2001: 

Mike Tucker - Saxophone

Ken Clark - Hammond B3 Organ

Mike Mele - Guitar

Steve Chaggaris - Drums

@

"The Good Life" - Central Square
720 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02134

9:30pm

The Ken Clark Organ Trio

@

40 Railroad Ave., Gloucester MA (978)-283-9732.

www.therhumbline.com

Ken Clark - Hammond B3 Organ

Mike Mele - Guitar

February 17^th, 2001:

February 16^th, 2001:

February 15^th, 2001:

February 14^th, 2001: 

February 13^th, 2001:

On June 15-16, 2001 at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, the finest collection of original true metal bands will join forces to bring you a weekend of memories that you will always cherish.

Anybody who orders his or her ticket before March 15, 2001 will receive a Classic Metal Festival T-shirt. All ticket orders will receive a collector's ticket and CD. If you have any questions, contact us by e-mail at the Metal Music Foundation, or call us at 616-808-5487.

February 12^th, 2001:

On March 2nd, 2001 WMFO's Radio Art Collective and the Tufts Music Department are staging a live broadcast of ERIK SATIE´s Vexations. This infamous piece by the visionary and idiosyncraticFrench composer calls for a piano phrase (lasting about a minute) to be repeated 840 times. do your math, and you'll realize that means approx. 14 hours of piano playing.To learn more about this fascinating composition check out: http://www.pa.adelaide.edu.au/~stephen/vexations.html

February 11^th, 2001:

February 10^th, 2001:

The Flywheel New Music Series presents

from Toronto:
MIKE GENNARO - percussion
ROB WANNAMAKER - electronics
plus, from Western Mass:
RI - electronics and video projection

and, from Boston:
BHOB RAINEY - solo soprano saxophone

Thursday, February 15 8:00pm $5.00

FLYWHEEL
2 Holyoke St. (rt. 141)
Easthampton, MA
call 413-527-9800 for info
http://www.flywheelarts.org

February 9^th, 2001:

Upcoming shows

2-17 Klub Phenomenon in Freeport, IL. (All Ages w/Cry For Dawn, Provoke,
Civilized Anarchy)
2-24 The Lab in St. Paul, MN. (Over 21 w/Gracepoint, Jerkstore, Liquid
Confidence)
3-17 The Down Under in Grinnell, IA. (Over 21 w/Krete, Marcato)

More info can be found on their OFFICIAL Web Site
http://www.ditchwater1.com

February 8^th, 2001: 

News from the SINISTER-camp…

Tour-info: Metallysee@skynet.be

February 7^th, 2001:

VoID CoNSTRUCT will be playing at Darkfire in Plymouth on Saturday Feb 17th.
Admission is £3 in advance, £4 on the door.

For more details visit www.darkfire.co.uk

February 6^th, 2001:

Hey everyone! How's it going? Here's a little update on what
Painface is up to:

1. We have been trying out several drummers, and one will be chosen
soon. If any of you are a drummer and are interested in playing for
us, feel free to send me your information anyhow, since drummers tend
to be a relvolving door with us! Might as well be prepared in
advance. (I know, that's not thinking positively, but you'll have
that.)

2. We just finished mastering the 3-song demo we made with our
former drummer, Danny, this week. It sounds great! It won't be for
sale yet, but one of the three will be placed on our MP3 site VERY
soon. The songs we recorded were: Lust, On A Pale Horse (from our
original 4-song demo), and The Darker Side (1st edit).

3. We signed-on with Maelstrom Music PR. Maelstrom is a music
publicity company headed by Curtis Smith, who has worked with Slayer,
Johnny Cash, Marilyn Manson (Antichrist Superstar album), and many
others. You should be seeing us in major music magazines by summer!

4. We WERE asked to open for Soulfly on Feb. 17th, but we were taken
out of the line-up when signed-band Shuvel became available for the
show. The promotion company in charge felt bad about it, and offered
us an opening slot for the Valentine's Day Morbid Angel show, but we
had to respectfully decline, as we felt we should spend more time
with our drummer/s. However, this all bodes well for us in the
future: big show promoters know our name and looking at us.

5. Please be sure to take 2 minutes out of your day to vote for one
of our songs on Farmclub:

http://www.farmclub.com/listen/artisthome/static/10011328.html

The votes start over at zero each month, and you can vote everyday,
WITHOUT listening to the songs. Just click on the song title, then
click "vote" when the box opens up. It takes a LOT of votes to put a
band in the top 10, so we need everyone's help!

6. We are doing chats twice a week in the Painface chat room
(www.painface.com) on Saturday night and Wednesday night. We all try
to be on during these chats, and usually are, but occasionally we
call a practice during these times. I urge all of you to get to know
each other, as well as us, in the Painface chat room!

We appreciate ALL of your support, and hope to see you all this year
at a show in your area!

AndersOUT

February 5^th, 2001:

ALAS recently finished the recordings for their upcoming debut on Hammerheart titled "Vol. I Absolute Purity". The band is featuring Erik Rutan (Morbid Angel / Hate Eternal) on guitars and Martina Astner (ex-Therion) on vocals. Some songtitles are "The Enchanted", "Silencing the Sorrow", "Quest of Serenity", "Loss of a Life" and "Absolute Purity".
Expect an album full of progressive, innovative Metal with beautiful female vocals far beyond your average Gothic Metal band. This will be THE surprise of 2001...
Release-date: May 7th

February 4^th, 2001:

Here is an interesting concert if you live in the area:

Thursday, 2/22
@ Mass Art
621 Humntington Ave.
Rm N175
8:00 $10

BARRY GUY - solo bass and duo with
MAYA HOMBURGER - violin

One of the world's leading free improvisors, BARRY GUY is an innovative double bass player and composer whos creative diversity in the fields of Jazz improvisation, solo recitals, chamber and orchestral performance is the outcome both of an unusually varied training and a zest for experimentation, underpinned by a dedication to the double bass and the ideal of musical
communication.

February 3^rd, 2001:

I received the following mail from the people at Hammerheart Recs.

HAMMERHEART RECORDS is proud to announce a new signing ! The legendary death metal band from Sweden... DISMEMBER has decided to record their upcoming album (no title yet) for our label and of course we are very honoured and happy about their decision !!!We can expect this album in the year 2001 for sure.

February 2^nd, 2001:

February 1^st, 2001:

Carlo Strappa (resunoiz@tin.it) guitar player of RESURRECTURIS wants to organize a festival next summer in Italy (Fermo) it will take place somewhere in July. He wants to book some quality foreign bands to play there. He can offer you: travel money, comfortable accomodation, professional PA and sound engineer, nationwide advertising of the event. what he wants of you is: short bio (with the most important gigs they've done and stuff like that), their discography, if possible one review they got on their music (in english or italian) and a rough sketch of the foreseen costs for participation.