soon to be innocent

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/11/15/131321526/covering-arthur-russell-on-bassoon

SECRET SWARM Tour - Nov 2010

Jacob Wick and I are taking our
solo projects on the road in November:

SECRET SWARM
solo bassoon + solo trumpet
katherine young + jacob wick
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[Spread the word!
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Thu 11/4 9PM @ The Sycamore, Brooklyn, NY
- with Sam Pluta & Jim Altieri
www.sycamorebrooklyn.com

Fri 11/12 8PM @ Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- with Bird. Fly. Yellow. & Feeler Gage
www.museumfire.com/events

Sat 11/13 8:30PM @ The Red Room, Baltimore, MD
- with Le Troix Batterie
www.redroom.org

Sun 11/14 8PM @ The Fridge, Washington, DC

Mon 11/15 8PM @ SquidCo Records, Wilmington, NC
www.squidco.com/

Tue 11/16 7PM @ 701CCA, Columbia, SC
http://701cca.org/concerts

Wed 11/17 8PM @ Dialect Design, Charlotte, NC

Fri 11/19 9PM @ Floorspace Gallery, Athens, GA
- produced w/ ATHICA: www.athica.org
http://floorspaceathens.com/cms

Sat 11/20 8PM @ All Day Records, Carrboro, NC
http://alldayrecords.com

Sun 11/21 8PM @ The Bridge, Charlottesville, VA
www.thebridgepai.com

a bit of Arthur Russell

http://vimeo.com/16158818

Rob Patterson http://ratiofarm.blogspot.com/ made a lovely video of some of my set at the Post Family Gallery in Chicago. Thanks, Rob!

(photo by the Ratiofarm)

some really supportive words from Peter Margasak at the Reader about Architeuthis Walks On Land!

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/10/21/katherine-youngs-bold-bassoon

[K]ickass bassoonist Katherine Young is back in town for a couple of concerts, the first of which is this evening.... During her days in Chicago, Young's regular musical partner was violist Amy Cimini; they both live in New York these days, and they're still playing together. Their long-running duo project Architeuthis Walks on Land recently released its second album, Natura Naturans (Carrier), a bracing blast of free improvisation that benefits from the pair's mutual familiarity—their rapport is clear, whether they're shadowing each other with ghostly harmonics or colliding strident squawks and slashing double stops. Bassoon and viola aren't typically associated with the kind of raw dissonance and extended technique on display here, and "Glitterbird" has an almost Chinese tonality that suggests an erhu-guan duet. Recordings like Natura Naturans vividly refute the claim that free improvisation has worked itself into an idiomatic rut and no longer has the power to surprise. Yes, predictable free improv does happen, but a project like Architeuthis Walks on Land makes it clear that we're not at the end of the line.

Sept & Oct Musical Activities (2010)

9/11 - Bill Baird's music
@ IPR
(featuring Tucker Dulin, Erica Dicker, Dave Ruder, Nathan Stein, Alexander Waterman, Kenny Wang, Karen Waltuch, the composer, and me)
w/ a set by Loren Connors

9/16 - Bike Lane, chamber music by Leah Paul
@Barbes - 8 pm
(featuring Paul, me, Karen Waltuch, and Chris Speed)

9/21 - solo set
@ Zebulon
w/ Snake Eats Electric Blanket and Baby Copperhead

9/29 - a work-in-progress performance of Bradley Kemp's puppet opera w/ improvising musicians, Triangle, at "Punch"
@ Dixon Place

10/8 - the Fancy
@ Union Hall
w/ We Can't Enjoy Ourselves & Leah Paul's the Bridesmaids

10/9 - Till by Turning
@ Vaudeville Park
w/ Brent Arnold & Jessica Pavone
performing new music by Erica Dicker, Emily Manzo, K.A.Y. plus more!

10/10 - Architeuthis Walks on Land
@ Douglass Street
w/ Brian Chase & Josh Sinton + Douglas Dietrick


** 10/21-10/23 -- IN CHICAGO! **
10/21 - live on WNUR 89.3 FM
11 am
on Michael Corsa's show
www.wnur.org

10/21 - Collaborations , Improvisations, and New Compositions
w/ TOMEKA REID (cello), JASON STEIN (bass clarinet), K.A.Y.
@ Elastic
10 pm
also: NICK BROSTE TRIO : Nick Broste – trombone, Keefe Jackson – reeds, Anton Hatwich – bass
www.elasticrevolution.com

10/22 - WFMU 91.1 FM
9 am-noon
a solo set I recorded on Oct 11 will air on Scott McDowell's show, "The Long Rally"
http://wfmu.org

10/23
@ Post Family Gallery
Elementary Princess of Evil: RYAN INGEBRITSEN - electronics, ERICA DICKER - violin NICK BUTCHER - electronics KATHERINE YOUNG - bassoon, electronics
8 pm
http://thepostfamily.com


10/26 - Yarn/Wire record release extravaganza!
@ AC Institute
547 W. 27th St, 6th floor, NYC
8 pm
w/ performances by my Carrier Record labelmates Yarn/Wire, Loud Objects, the Kenners, and K.A.Y.
+ the screening of a new music video by Corey Fogel
+ FREE BEER provided by the Chelsea Brewing Company!
$20 (includes CD!)

Natura Naturans Reviews

Time Out New York :
"[C]ompellingly weird....[T]he pair's improvisations embrace both droney drift and harsh angularity." (8/19)

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/10/21/katherine-youngs-bold-bassoon:

"[A] bracing blast of free improvisation that benefits from the pair's mutual familiarity—their rapport is clear, whether they're shadowing each other with ghostly harmonics or colliding strident squawks and slashing double stops....Recordings like Natura Naturans vividly refute the claim that free improvisation has worked itself into an idiomatic rut and no longer has the power to surprise. Yes, predictable free improv does happen, but a project like Architeuthis Walks on Land makes it clear that we're not at the end of the line."

http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2010/08/architeuthis-walks-on-land-natura.html :

"[T]his is not unobtrusive music. This is not classical chamber music. This is raw and refined. This is expressive sophistication. They've found a voice and musical direction that is all their own. I hope they keep searching in this direction."

http://wedgeradio.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/architeuthis-better-not-step-on-my-lawn/:

"The music is organic, with the two instruments played acoustically, no effects. It sounds mostly improvised, with all the dynamism that the label implies. Some tracks linger on one trick or formation for a while, like the upward duet squeaking on 'Glitterbird,' but the sound is full of variations and pulse....The two together create a vivid sense of color."

http://www.tokafi.com/news/vital-weekly-749/:

"Whatever happens their improvisations have a strong soul and concept, due to the fact that both musicians play together already for some time and make a very good team."

Time Out New York
"[M]indbending...."

Aug 19 @ the Sycamore

8:30 pm - $5
@ the Sycamore
on Courtelyou in Ditmas Park Brooklyn

PRETTY MONSTERS:
Erica Dicker, violin
K.A.Y., amplified bassoon
Owen Stewart-Robertson, guitar++
Mike Pride, percussion

after our set, Jacob Wick performs solo music from his SWARM project!!!