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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: We're Playing At DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY Sunday 27th 6pm!
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:30:07 -0500 (EST)
Downtown Music Gallery presents: THE DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY 'FREE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE SERIES' At 13 Monroe Street in NYC! http://www.downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/index.htm Please come! Sunday, January 27th Double-Header: 6pm: ALAN SONDHEIM / AZURE CARTER / JACKSON MOORE / CHRIS DIASPARRA! Weird Ethnic Instruments / Vocals / Saxes! Flute! 7pm: HANS TAMMEN / JOHN GROSS / JONAS TAUBER / BILLY MINTZ! Analogue Synth / Tenor Sax / Bass / Drums! Contact: Alan Sondheim sondheim@panix.com 347-383-8552 Schedule at: http://www.downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/instoreshows.html Alan Sondheim is a Brooklyn-based new media artist, musician, writer, and performer. Sondheim made his recording debut on ESPdisk in 1968, leading a group of improvisers from Rhode Island in a trailblazing exploration of free improvisation and electronic music. He has recorded with a number of companies, including Qbico, Porter, and Fire Museum. He specializes in string instruments, including oud, saz, pipa, violin, viola, sung lisu, and suroz; he is also working on sarangi and open-holed Boehm flute. Sondheim also works in virtual worlds and theory; his most recent book is Writing Under, published through West Virginia University Press. Much of his current musical output is at http://espdisk.com/alansondheim or http://lounge.espdisk.com/ . Christopher Diasparra is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor. He is an active performer, playing a range of diverse styles including punk rock, soul, and freely improvised. In addition to performing, Christopher works as a freelance consultant to record labels where he has had the great fortune of working alongside his musical heroes. Christopher Diasparra is currently recording his debut release as a leader which will fuse his broad musical tastes. He would like to extend gratitude to his friends and family for their continued support. Azure Carter is an artist, educator, and singer/songwriter. When she isn't collaborating on music, video, or performance with her partner, Alan Sondheim, she is busy teaching First Grade or working on an on-going performance/video piece, The Fairyland Around Us, based on the writings of the early 20th century naturalist, Opal Whitely. Azure has performed at numerous venues in NYC and Philadelphia, including the 92nd St Y, Dance New Amsterdam, The Bowery Poetry Club, Eyebeam, High Wire, and ESP-Disk. In 2012 she recorded Cauldron with Helena Espvall and Alan Sondheim for Fire Museum. Her website is http://azurecarter.weebly.com/ . Jackson Moore is a composer, sound artist, and multi-instrumentalist. In the nineties his work examined the semiotic systems that musicians use to communicate with one another. Moore moved to New York in 1999, and has since undertaken numerous projects. From 2003 to 2007 he wrote and recorded a book of radically antisymmetrical song forms for jazz musicians. In 2005 he founded New Languages, now a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to improvised music, and has gone on to organize numerous festivals and special events. Recently he has been documenting Moss, a functional musical pidgin language, and developing a body of formalized music based on natural language. Since 2010 he has worked at Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, where he is researching auditory architecture using sound localization techniques. He has taught in many different settings and is currently developing experimental approaches to collaborative education with The Public School New York. Jackson, Chris, and Alan produced the four-day improvisation event, Factory Music, at Eyebeam Art this past December; over fifty musicians participated!