Hi, Sorry for the spam but this is an event that some of you may be
interested in attending.
Open Source / Open Ear Festival presents
The Age of Insects: An Evening of Improvisation and DIY Music
August 11, 2005, 8 p.m.
Mess Hall, 6932 N. Glenwood, Chicago
One block from the Morse Red Line stop
Free Admission
“…the reign of birds seems to have been replaced by the age of insects,
with its more molecular vibrations, chirring, rustling, buzzing,
clicking, scratching, and scraping.” -Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand
Plateaus
Scheduled performances
Live laptop set performed by Kate Simko. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Kate Simko is a classically trained pianist who has carved her niche as
an electronic music producer. Some of her endeavors include film scores,
live piano and electronic music shows, remixes and harmonically rich
techno tracks. Since discovering underground dance music in the early
90’s, Kate has been enthralled with the genre. While serving as Music
Director at WNUR 89.3 Chicago from 1998-2001, Kate was immersed in
electronic music. Since then she has released music on Traum (as
“Detalles” with Andres Bucci) and Antenna International and has projects
coming out in 2005/6 on OMM, Badman and Chocolate Industries. Combining
her musical training with her love for underground music, Kate is
continually exploring a dialogue between the classical tradition and
underground music - her two strongest musical influences. Performing
beside artists such as Michael Mayer, M83, Ulrich Schnauss, Four Tet,
Ellen Allien, Gustavo Lamas and Dinky, Kate has had the opportunity to
share her music both in Chicago and abroad.
site: www.katesimko.com <http://www.katesimko.com>
detalles cd: www.forcedexposure.com/artists/detalles.html
<http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/detalles.html>
downloads: http://homepage.mac.com/ksimko/FileSharing10.html
traum: www.traumschallplatten.de <http://www.traumschallplatten.de>
Hypocenter, by David A. Powers, featuring vocalist Carol Genetti. 9:00 –
9:45 p.m.
60 years ago, on August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima. Hypocenter is an experimental opera that focuses on this
catastrophic event. Utilizing improvisation, collage, and chance
procedures (including passages created with custom software coded by the
author in the computer language Python), Hypocenter explores an
incomprehensible, chaotic, and fragmented universe, where moments of
beauty and humor appear and then vanish in the midst of unrelenting
darkness. Hypocenter features vocal improvisation by Carol Genetti,
accompanied by Jerome Bryerton (percussion), Michael Caskey
(percussion), Paul Hartsaw (saxophones), Jason Kramer (bassoon), and
David Powers (keyboards and laptop).
Electro-acoustic improvisations led by saxophonist Paul Hartsaw. 9:45 –
10:30 p.m.
Seeking to humanize the sounds of electronic machines while
simultaneously becoming a machine himself, Paul has experimented for the
last 10 years on developing a language of extended techniques on the
saxophone that range from quietly shrill altissimo buzzes to dense
blocks of rhythmically charged polyphony. Paul will be accompanied
Jerome Bryerton on percussion and David Powers on keyboards and laptop.
*This will be the final performance for the Open Source/Open Ear
festival. For more information on the festival please visit
http://www.osoe.net <http://www.osoe.net/>.
