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SXSW

Collections of Colonies of Bees will be playing 4 shows at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  The details have finally been confirmed and can be viewed here.  Hope to see some of you there.  It’s going to be nuts.

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Improvisation (past tense)

The following is a post I made in 2007 on an old blog.  I wanted to repost it here mostly for my own memory, and the things it makes me think about.  Hope you enjoy it, too.

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Typecast

I’m very pleased to announce that my forthcoming solo record, titled, The Whole will be released by Type – a label I’ve long admired, and I am honored to have a place in their roster. Over the years, I’ve discovered some great music from Type, including Peter Broderick, Zelienople, Richard Skelton, Xela, and more.  The [...]

Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

With Sture Ericson and Fred Lonberg-Holm

In March, I’ll be playing two shows with Swedish saxophonist Sture Ericson and Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm.  I first played with Sture last year on a short tour in Denmark, and it will be great to see and play with him again here and in Chicago.  Of course, it will be great to play with [...]

Wednesday February 24th, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Small tastes

In advance of two projects which should be realized very soon, I’ve posted some brief samples from the forthcoming Phase by Jason Kahn and I, and Hydration by Z’EV and I.  Click here if you’d like to take a listen.

Wednesday February 24th, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Confrontation

Contrary to what some people might think, and what some have even said, it has never been my intention to use music or performance as a form of confrontation. What I present is also not something designed for some people to “get” and others to not.  What I work on, particularly for live performance, only [...]

Wednesday February 24th, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Interview with Timo van Luijk

I started following the work of Timo van Luijk years ago after learning about him through his collaboration with Raymond Dijkstra. I soon realized that besides creating his own interesting music, that he also ran the record labels La Scie Dorée and Metaphon, and through those, I discovered other great music. Since then, [...]

Tuesday February 9th, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller: Phase

On March 23, FSS will release Phase, a new project from Jason Kahn and I. The format for this will be unlike anything I’ve done in the past – a series of four silkscreened prints and a button designed by Jason Kahn that come with a download code for the audio portion.
The recording is [...]

Monday February 8th, 2010 in News | 2 Comments »

“Sounds which were continuously moving from their insides”

My friend Jesse Goin just submitted this fine article on Eliane Radigue’s work in honor of her 78th birthday. Having just read her article in the new edition of Wire, and having just picked up the reissue of Vice Versa, etc., Jesse’s piece provided me a fine supplement to learn more about one of [...]

Sunday January 31st, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Concert with Zelienople and Xela

Tomorrow night, Sunday, January 31, I’ll be playing in Chicago with the wonderful Zelienople, who are celebrating their new record release, and Xela – via Boston via UK. I’m really looking forward to this night and am honored to share such a bill.
I’ll be debuting some of the new work featured on my forthcoming [...]

Saturday January 30th, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »