Re: [microsound] review: m.northam, y.dauby & t.koner @ STEIM

[Derek Holzer <derek@xxxxxx>]

Bill,

my big memory of Jeph Jerman was him playing feathers and pine cones, 
completely unamplified (!) to a completely silent audience at the former XRay 
Cafe space in Portland. The purist in me starting thinking out ways he could 
preserve those sounds w/o electricity, inspiring much late night discussion on 
theoretical "recording" techniques.

Northam also hails from Portland (my old pre-Euro home town as well), so 
perhaps there's a geographic connection: funny-looking facial hair, flannel 
shirts and "junk rock"...

best,
Derek


Quoting Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

--> on 2/16/02 2:04 PM, Derek Holzer at derek@xxxxxx wrote:
--> 
--> > Northam's approach reminded me of seeing Jeph Jerman live -- it is an
--> approach
--> > which seeks to squeeze all available sounds out of a single object
--> before
--> > moving on to the next.
--> 
-->  
-->   I've listened to Jeph Jerman live more than once. Several people I've
--> known have performed with him and there is a sort of 'seattle tradition '
--> of
--> coaxing sound from objects not usually considered musical instruments and
--> playing store bought instruments in manners they don't generally teach at
--> the conservatory. 
--> 
-->   It's possible Jeph was in that group "Blowhole". They used to play
--> large
--> arenas amplifying really small objects.They also presented themselves as
--> an
--> ordinary rock band; I heard a live set from the 'gorge at george'and
--> thought
--> it was quite effective for musicians of that style to be'filling up the
--> sky'. 
--> 
--> 
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