W.O.O.: Mambo Mantis

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Label: Sweetstuff Media Country: USA

Downtown NY improvisers Bonnie Kane & Blaise Siwula's W.O.O. Mambo Mantis recorded live at ABC No Rio and at The Brecht Forum in New York City, 2006.

"BONNIE KANE (saxophone, flute, electronics)
is a NYC based improviser, bandleader, and pioneer in extended saxophone and flute technique with electronics. Her dedication to improvisation was formed by an unusually early and constant exposure to Sun Ra, blessings from June Tyson, a background of equal parts: Hendrix, Ayler and Zappa - and studies with Sonny Simmons, Paul McCandless, Glenn Moore, Ralph Towner (Oregon), and Jon Raskin (ROVA Saxophone Quartet). A stint in the original Club Foot Orchestra (with Snakefinger (The Residents) and Eric Drew Feldman (Capt Beefheart), introduced her to electronic processing for horns, and brief study at Mills College under Anthony Braxton solidified her direction.

Bonnie has been touring internationally and recording since the late 1980's. Her band projects have been W.O.O., W.O.O. Revelator, World of Tomorrow and D-I.S.K. Her major duo projects have been with Ernesto Diaz-Infante, and Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut. Within NYC, she has performed at The Knitting Factory, CBGB's, ABC No Rio, The Brecht Forum, The Bowery Poetry Club, and other venues. She has opened for both Nik Turner and Hawkwind at major festivals and performed with Paul Winter, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Dee Popp, 99Hooker, and Tatsuya Nakatani, along with a long list of musicians in her bands. During 2006, she has been in residence curating a monthly performance series at Goodbye Blue Monday, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

There are over 30 releases to Bonnie Kane's credit. Recordings of these groups have been released on the Sachimay Interventions, No Labels, Pax Recordings, Evolving Ear, Sweetstuff Media, Bottomfeeder, and Funky Mushroom labels, and have received radio play and press acclaim worldwide. Also in demand as a soloist, she has recorded with John Spencer Blues Explosion, The Brian Wilson Shock Treatment, Friends of Mescalito, Thundering Lizards, and Casey Scott.

BLAISE SIWULA (saxophones)
Traveling the gray area of composer and improvisor, the sweet tones of Blaise Siwula's horns have graced many stage and recordings. He has worked with Cecil Taylor, Tan Dun, William Parker, Joseph Daly, Donald Miller, Peter Kowald, John Fischer, Vincent Chancey, Newman Taylor Baker, John Voigt, Matthew Paris, Adam Lane and Joseph Scianni.

A visual artist and multiinstrumentalist, Blaise arrived in NYC via Detroit and Europe in1989 and became actively involved with the NYC Scene. He is the founder and director of the C.O.M.A. series at ABC No-Rio, NYC, presenting adventurous music on a weekly basis. Blaise has toured all over Europe, the U.S., and Korea and has release numerous recordings."-Mambo Mantis MySpace Page