[So Cal] Quiet August 9

[Glenn Bach <gbach@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a reminder about this Saturday's installment of Quiet.  Although=20
the two headliners are predominately analog free improvisers, I will be=20
providing some microsounds to the mix.

Best,

G.

I am pleased to announce the next concert in the series, Quiet,=20
featuring various forms of quiet music in an intimate setting.  Inspired=20
in part by the successful "Day of Attention" series organized by Josh=20
Russell, Quiet showcases artists from Southern California and elsewhere=20
in an environment that fosters attentive listening.

Quiet.
Saturday, August 9, 2003

*G.E. Stinson (guitars, implements, electronics)
*Steuart Liebig (contrabassguitars, applied tools and technology)
*Glenn Bach (laptop, electronics)

The performers will present solo sets, and, after intermission, will=20
improvise as a trio.  The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. sharp; doors open=20
at 7:30 p.m.  Quiet is a private event at a residence in Long Beach,=20
California, with a $10 suggested donation (sliding scale).

Please e-mail gbach@xxxxxxxxx for an invitation, address, and directions.

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Past Quiet:

http://www.csulb.edu/~gbach/quietapril12.htm
http://www.csulb.edu/~gbach/quietmay10.htm

Future Quiet:

August 30: Chris Heenan and Jeremy Drake
November 15: Vinny Golia--Music for Like Instruments; The Flutes
December 6: David Nadal + Jessica Catron
January TBA: Kadet Kuhne + Zygote
February 21: Kraig Grady + Albert Ortega + Liam Mooney

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G.E. Stinson
birthplace: kingfisher, oklahoma. early life: migratory outsider.=20
chicago at 13, hears bo diddley on car radio, purchases guitar.  learns=20
to play blues listening to muddy waters, sonny boy williamson, etc.=20
works /hangs out with cash mccall, willie dixon, etc. '60s erupt.=20
flirts with success as blues rock guitarist.  experiments with other=20
music forms.  starts learning charlie parker tunes.  miles davis'=20
"bitches brew" alters direction.  starts improvising.  1974: co-founds
shadowfax.  relocates to los angeles.  success and eventual=20
dissatisfaction.  1989: jettisons into los angeles underground music=20
community. refines extended technique & frequency manipulation.

http://obstacle.com/ge/coded.php
http://www.cryptogramophone.com/crypto/html/artist.php?id=3D5

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Steuart Liebig has been active in many different types of music. He has=20
played rock, jazz, blues, classical and free improv=97sometimes all in th=
e=20
same sitting. Most of his own output would fit neatly into the cracks=20
between these styles.  He has played and recorded with soul-jazz=20
pianist/vocalist Les McCann, avant-garde jazz icon saxophonist/composer=20
Julius Hemphill, funk-rock band BLOC (which he founded), pop=20
singer-songwriter Michael Penn=97and a myriad of like-minded,=20
fellow-traveling free-range musicians from many parts of North America.=20
  In addition, he has recorded with Wayne Peet, John Fumo, Brad Dutz,=20
Scot Ray, Gregg Bendian=92s Interzone, G.E. Stinson and L. Stinkbug.

Liebig also composes music and has written 20 works in the classical=20
vein and many more than that in the area of through-composed pieces that=20
incorporate improvisation.

Liebig=92s CDs as a leader include: with Quartetto Stig, Hommage Obliques=
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(Nine Winds, 1993), Lingua Oscura (Nine Winds, 1995), Pienso Oculto=20
(Nine Winds, 1997); with Vinny Golia and Billy Mintz, No Train (Cadence=20
Jazz, 1998) and Antipodes (Cadence Jazz, 2001); and with Kammerstig,=20
Pomegranate (Cryptogramaphone, 2001). Pending CDs include: with=20
Locustland 4, Welcome to Locustland; with Minim, Mosaic; with Anna=20
Homler, Kelpland Serenades; and with Michael Vatcher and Vinny Golia, On=20
the Cusp of Fire and Water.  (New CDs out now with Bone Structure and=20
the Scot Ray Quintet on Cryptogramophone.)

http://www.cryptogramophone.com/crypto/html/artist.php?id=3D22

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Glenn Bach is a sound artist who maps the sonic terrain of the city=20
through detailed sound walks, manipulated field recordings, sound=20
drawings, and found poems.  His audio works have appeared on several CD=20
and online compilations, including a four-track EP, "diamond finesse,"=20
on the Stasisfield label (www.stasisfield.com).  He has performed his=20
work in solo appearances and in improvisational group arrangements,=20
including recent appearances at Sound/Shift Oakland, Field Effects, The=20
Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, and a solo performance at the=20
CPEACH Digital Out Summer Series in Eureka, California.

http://www.csulb.edu/~gbach/sound.html

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