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From
Peter Margasak's Post
No Bills, 6/27/07:
". . . Masul crafts subdued yet colorful electro-acoustic meditations, shuffling cycled melodic snippets, hovering drones, gently rippling noise, and all manner of sibilant breathiness (courtesy of Mejer’s whispery, unpitched columns of air). |
Giallorenzo
is credited with piano, synthesizer, found samples, and
computer,
and it’s to Masul’s credit that the genesis of any given sound
often remains hazy, both musicians managing to forge a rich entwined
sound stream where the subtle interactions are clearly audible. . .
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| Thomas K. J. Mejer studied Saxophone with Urs
Leimgruber (Jazz School Lucerne), Marcus Weiss (Konservatorium Luzerne)
and Mick Green (Dartington College of Art, GB) and composition Vinko Globokar,
Per Nørgard and Michael Finnissy (Sussex University). His compositions
were a.o. played by Allegri Quartett, BBC Singers, Ny Dansk Saxofon Kvartett,
Cambridge New Music Players, Vision Saxophon-Quartett, basel sinfonietta. As a saxophonist, Mejer concentrated himself on the Contrabass-Saxophone and on ‚Bass’-Ensembles like KONTRA-Trio, Chicago Basses, TwoTubax, Nashi Dela etc. As an Improviser he played with Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Keefe Jackson and many more. Mejer received several prizes, a.o. Werkbeitrag 1993 and 1998 from town and city of Lucerne. 2004 studio space in Chicago from the Sister Cities Trust. His compositions are published at Schweizerischen Musikedition. CD’s are available on earup, Leo Records, Mode Records and Tzadik. KONTRA-Trio: Vulnerable Spaces Works by Choi, Hespos, Lucier, Mejer Madeleine Bischof: fl, Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs, Leo Bachmann: tuba Bloody Murder Records BM ???-? © 2007 www.bloodymurderrecords.com Mejer&Schmid: Nautilus - Music for Contrabass-Saxophones Works by Thomas K.J. Mejer & Peter A. Schmid Thomas Mejer: cbs, Peter Schmid: bcl&cbcl&cbs earup 1007 © 2006 www.cede.ch 774th Street Quartet: A Rare Thing Works by Gregorio, Jackson, Mejer, Shelton Guillermo Gregorio: as&cl, Keefe Jackson: ts&bcl, Thomas Mejer: cbs, Aram Shelton: as&cl Bloody Murder Records BM 101-1 © 2006 www.bloodymurderrecords.com Momentum 4: Rising Fall Works by Brennan, Coleman, Mejer & Unternährer John Wolf Brennan: pno&prepared pno, Gene Coleman: bcl, Thomas K.J Mejer: sopranino & cbs, Marc Unternährer: tuba Leo Records LR 440 © 2005 www.leorecords.com Kontraste - Gregorianik und Jazz im Dialog Works by Codex Einsidlensis 121 & Codex Engelberg 314, John Voirol Schola Romana Lucernensis (dir. Pater Roman Bannwart), John Voirol: ss&as, Roland von Flüe: ts&bcl, Thomas Mejer: bs&cbs Musiques Suisses; MGB CD 6214 © 2004 SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 61 www.musicedition.ch Phill Niblock: Disseminate 3 compositions, incl. Kontradictionaries played by KONTRA-Trio Ensemble OCNM with Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (dir. Petr Kotik), KONTRA-Trio, Q-O2 Ensemble Mode Records mode 131 ? 2004 www.moderecords.com Frank Denyer: Fired City 6 compositions, incl. Resonances played by KONTRA-Trio The Barton Workshop (dir. Walter Althammer), Duo Konink&Andriessen: perc, Christopher Taylor: bfl, KONTRA-Trio with Elizabeth Hall: box TZADIK Records TZ 7082 ? 2002 www.tzadik.comKONTRA-Trio: Diligent Places Works by Leo Bachmann and Thomas K.J. Mejer Madeleine Bischof: fl, Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs, Leo Bachmann: tuba stv/asm 005 ? 1999 www.unitrecords.ch Madame Claude: Music for Harp Trio Works by Clausen, Debussy, Koch, Koppel, Mejer, Thybo Pia Kaufmanas: fl, Astrid Christensen: va, Tine Rehling: harp RAPCD 130618-1 © 1997 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 125 www.musicedition.ch Mejer, KONTRA-Trio & MBO: Compositions for Contrabass-Saxophone Works by Bachmann, Clapperton, Denyer, Finnissy, Krieger, Mäder, Mejer, Planzer, sha., Toovey, Tosi Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs and sopranino, KONTRA-Trio & Matthias Brodbeck (perc), MorschAchBlasorCHester (dir. Mani Planzer) earup 1003 © 1996 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 127 www.musicedition.chThomas K.J. Mejer: Borsari - Musik in 12+1 Mosttanks Madeleine Bischof: fl, Beat Unternährer: trb, Urs Meier: vn, Ruth Wey: git, Matthias Bider: objects wood, Renate Sargent: object water, Urs von Arx: object metal, Gabriela Hollenstein; object glas, Patrick Sargent: yidaki, Charles Oberson: hurdy gurdy, Hans Zellweger: jew’s harp, Barbara Herbener: voice earup 1001 © 1995 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 126 www.musicedition.ch |
Originally from New York, Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based improviser,
composer, and sound designer playing piano, synthesizer, and electronics
in a wide variety of groups and contexts, ranging from jazz and improvised
music to electro-acoustic / noise. Current projects include the quintet
Get in to Go Out, featuring Dave Rempis, Josh Berman, Anton Hatwich,
Frank Rosaly (482 music, Fall 2007); the synth pop duo The Telegraph
Series with Allison Stanley, featuring cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm
(Augmented Records, 2007); and Hearts and Minds, a noise-jazz
trio with bass clarinetist Jason Stein and percussionist Frank Rosaly.
Additionally, Paul is involved with ongoing collaborations with many
members of the Chicago free music community including Jeb Bishop, Ingebrigt
Haker-Flaten, Tim Daisy, Jason Ajemian, and Mike Reed. As a producer and arts organizer, Paul is a co-founder and director
of the Elastic Arts Foundation (EAF), a non-profit arts organization
that operates the experimental music and arts venue Elastic (formerly
3030). Paul collaborates with artists and musicians from Chicago and
beyond to present creative and independent performances. In Fall, 2003,
Paul began booking and producing ELASTRO, a monthly electro-acoustic
music series showcasing local, national, and international improvisers.
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