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Remote Viewers, The: Control Room (Remote Viewers)

Limited 5 CD set of The Remote Viewers in collaboration with John Edwards, Caroline Kraabel and Dave Tucker, along with artists Kato Hideki, Darren Tate and Glenn Gupta.
 

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Davd Petts-Tenor sax & programming

Sue Lynch-Tenor sax

Adrian Northover-Soprano & Alto sax, electronics

Caroline Kraabel-Alto & Baritone sax

Jon Dobie-Electric Guitar

John Edwards-doublebass

Kato Hideki-electronics

Glenn Gupta-electronics

Darren Tate-electronics

Dave Tucker-electronics

Louise Petts-vocals


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Limited numbered edition of 200.

Label: Remote Viewers
Catalog ID: RV 1-5
Squidco Product Code: 9437

Format: 5 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2007
Country: Great Britain
Packaging: 5 CDs in a vinyl sleeve flip book
Recorded in London 2007

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"This release features collaborations with UK improv musicians John Edwards, Caroline Kraabel and Dave Tucker, as well as contributions from electronica artists Kato Hideki, Darren Tate and Glenn Gupta.

CD1, October Rush, renews the group's acquaintance with former members of B Shops For The Poor - Jon Dobie (guitar) and John Edwards (double bass), and also introduces some new collaborators, Glenn Gupta and Dave Tucker on electronics. This one track CD is a heady mixture of composition, electronica, intense drum beats and improvisation.

CD2, The Art Of Empire, is a reworking of some of the saxophone material found on CD3 into an electronic landscape, creating a world of dark ambience.This features electronics by Kato Hideki, Darren Tate, Glenn Gupta and Adrian Northover.

CD3, An Affair Of Cyphers, is a showcase for the classic saxophone ensemble writing of David Petts, with the addition of Sue Lynch on tenor sax and flute, and Caroline Kraabel on alto and baritone sax..This CD also introduces new experiments in texture, with pieces for larger ensembles.

CD4, The Fiction Department, is the long awaited follow- up to Sudden Rooms In Different Buildings, and is the classic Remote Viewers trio, performing songs and featuring the haunting vocals of Louise Petts.

CD5, Situations, is a set of solo soprano saxophone improvisations by Adrian Northover, including live recording, overdubbed and processed pieces."-The Remote Viewers


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Artist Biographies

"Sue Lynch runs 'The Horse Improvised Music Club' with Adam Bohman and Hutch Demouilpied. www.horseimprovclub.wordpress.com/.Since 2014, The horse has been based at IKLECTIK Art Lab, so this and other projects have been in conjunction with Eduard Solaz. Lynch is currently a member of David Petts-'Remote Viewers',with John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel , Adrian Northover and David Petts. She also performs with Adam Bohman, Eddie Prevost,Hutch Demouilpied,Richard Sanderson,Steve Noble and Sharon Gal. Sue Lynch is organiser and arranger for Hogcallin' a Mingus tribute ensemble, performing at the London 2016 Jazz Festival.

In 2015 she performed with Maria Vatentina's opera 'Mannequin'. She has recently performed as part of Tarek Atoui's 'Reverse Collection' at The Tate Modern, with Pat Thomas,Mark Harwood, Angharad Davies + Luke Younger. Sue Lynch is currently one of the featured musicians in Julie Kjaer's Interviews with Female Musicians on The London Improv Scene for The British Music Collection."

-Sue Lynch Website (https://suelynch.wordpress.com/)
3/13/2024

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"ADRIAN NORTHOVER - saxophones, Played and recordings with B Shops for the Poor, The Remote Viewers, Sonicphonics (with Billy Bang), The London Improvisers Orchestra, Ensemble Trip-Tik, Anna Homler, Ricardo Tejero, The Custodians, Sabu Toyozumi, Terry Day, Tristan Honsinger and JJ Duerinckx ,duo CDÕs with Adam Bohman, Tasos Stamou, Daniel Thompson and others. Current projects include ÔHard EvidenceÕ with John Edwards and Steve Noble, playing the music of Thelonious Monk, Vladimir MillerÕs Notes from Underground, ÔHogcallinÕ - a septet playing the music of Charles Mingus, and a trio with Marcio Mattos and Marilza Gouvea. This year (2016) has also seen collaborations with Neil Metcalfe(flute), Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (voice), Vladimir Tarasov (drums), and Marcello Magliocchi (drums) and Daniel Thompson(guitar). Adrian is also involved with Indian music (Jazz Thali ) and works with live music for film (Ensemble Kino)."

-Adrian Norhover Website (http://www.adriannorthover.co.uk/Marchtrio.html)
3/13/2024

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"Caroline Kraabel (born 1961 in Torrance, California) is a London-based American composer, improviser and saxophonist. She is known for her research into the implications of electricity related to recording, synthesis and amplification.

After living in Seattle, Kraabel moved to London while in her teenage years, at the end of the punk era.[1] There she took up the saxophone and became active in London's improvised music scene, eventually developing a style based on the physicality of the instrument, extended techniques and acoustics. She has performed solo and collaborated with John Edwards, Veryan Weston,[2] Charlotte Hug, Maggie Nicols,[3] Phil Hargreaves, and the London Improvisors Orchestra[4] among others. She has also organized and conducted pieces for Mass Producers-a 20-piece, all-female saxophone/voice orchestra[5] and for Saxophone Experimentals in Space-a 55-piece group of young saxophonists, as well as with her two children during walks through the streets of London.

Recordings include Transitions with Maggie Nichols and Charlotte Hug,[6] Five Shadows with Veryan Weston, Performances for Large Saxophone Ensemble 1 and 2 and Performances for Large Saxophone Ensemble 3 and 4 with Mass Producers and a solo work Now We Are One Two.

Caroline Kraabel has been hosting a weekly radio show on London's Resonance FM[7] and is the editor for the London Musicians Collective's magazine Resonance."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kraabel)
3/13/2024

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"After taking up the bass, around 1987, John Edwards co-formed The Pointy Birds who went on to win awards for their music for The Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs dance troupes. The group appeared at festivals in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Moers, Leverkusen, Copenhagen. Around 1990, Edwards played his first gigs with London improvisers such as Roger Turner, Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton.

Between 1990 and 1995 Edwards was a member of three touring groups simultaneously: B-Shops For The Poor, The Honkies and GOD. During this period he also became an increasingly regular player on the London improvised music scene and performed his first solo gigs; he composed and performed music theatre with the bass and cello duo The Great Explorers, street-busked a lot and appeared at many more festivals in Germany, Estonia, France, Italy, Czech, etc.

Since 1995 John Edwards has become a "mainstay" of the London scene, playing with just about everybody, an activity that has seen him clocking up between 150 and 200 gigs a year. He has become regular player with Evan Parker, in many groupings, and with Tony Bevan, Veryan Weston, and Elton Dean, often in collaboration with Mark Sanders on percussion. He has become a more frequent player on the European (and festival) scene, appearing at Taktlos, Ulrichsburg, Nickelsdorf, Budapest, New Zealand and in the USA. He continues to work on solo performances."

-EFI (http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/musician/medwards.html)
3/13/2024

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"Kato Hideki (family name Kato) is a Japanese-born multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, engineer and educator. His work is truly diverse with a wide range of forms and sounds from experimental, ambient, alternative rock, soundtrack and to sound design. He released seventeen titles as artist. As composer and producer, he collaborated with musicians, choreographers, film makers, theatre directors and visual artists. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Born in 1962, Kato studied creative writing at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his future collaborator, Yoshihide Otomo and became a member of the trio Ground Zero. He collaborated with various musicians such as Tony Buck, Yamatsuka Eye, Koichi Makigami, Tatsuya Yoshida and John Zorn. He produced his own records, including Player Piano with Yoshihide Otomo, Makio Tada and Michiaki Tanaka; and a twin-bass trio, Bass Army, with Ruins bassist, Kazuyoshi Kimoto and Ground Zero drummer, Masahiro Uemura. He also worked as a composer and engineer for a music library production company.

In 1991, Kato appeared on Koichi Makigami's album "Koroshi no Blues" (produced by John Zorn) with Marc Ribot and Nana Vasconcelos. In 1992, he moved to New York City; he performed at Zorn's 40th anniversary festival at the Knitting Factory with Fred Frith and Eyvind Kang. He was an artist-in-residence at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in 1993.

In 1995, he composed, recorded and produced the acoustic album "Hope & Despair," featuring Dougie Bowne, Masahiko Kono, Zeena Parkins and John Zorn. The piece was originally inspired by the photography of Robert Frank. The live performance at Roulette featured Daniel Carter, Susie Ibarra, Masahiro Kono and JC Morrison. The album was reissued in 2021 with new cover art by MAGNUM photographer Alec Soth. A vinyl LP of the album is to be released on Joyful Noise Recordings in January, 2023.

In 1995, he co-founded the experimental trio Death Ambient with Ikue Mori and Fred Frith. Their highly-acclaimed debut album was recorded at Bill Laswell's Green Point Studio by Bob Musso. Death Ambient toured Europe and the UK with guitarist Jim Plotkin; their performance in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The trio's second album "Synaesthesia" was recorded at B.C. Studio by Martin Bisi and released in 1999. Their third album, "Drunken Forest" was produced by Kato. The pieces on the album were composed around the theme of the climate destruction. The basic tracks were recorded with the trio by Myles Boisen in Oakland, CA. Kato recorded additional instruments & sounds, and mixed the album in Brooklyn.

For the solo bass work "Turbulent Zone," Kato developed his own prime number tuning system for fretless electric bass. He recorded with his Rick Turner Model 1 bass, and released the album in 1998. He performed the piece at "Swirled Music" concert in 1996, Bang On a Can Marathon in 1999, and on tour in Europe. The piece was noted in Bill Martins' Book "Avant Rock: Experimental Music from the Beatles to Björk" (Open Court, 2002).

In 2001, he received a commission from The Kitchen where he premiered his composition for 10-piece ensemble, "Mystic Ship of Life." In 2004, Kato recorded "Green Zone" with Yoshihide Otomo and Masahiro Uemura. The theme of the music was the US invasion of Iraq. Green Zone toured Japan and recorded their second album, "Bayt". He formed the "electro-guitar" trio OMNI with Toshimaru Nakamura (guitar and no-input mixer) and Tetuzi Akiyama (guitar and electronics) in 2006. Their self-titled CD was released in 2009, with cover photography by Alexey Titarenko. In 2007, he composed the piece "Tremolo of Joy," based on Native American myth and magical realism, and recorded it with Charlie Burnham, Calvin Weston, Briggan Krauss and Ed Tomney.

In 2010, he formed the group Plastic Spoon, featuring Karen Mantler, Doug Wieselman and Shahzad Ismaily. Kato wrote songs based on social justice issues; the music was sonically inspired by productions from the 1960's. Plastic Spoon appeared on Spinning on Air (hosted by David Garland on WNYC) in 2011. The album "Singles in Mono" was released in 2020. The idea of making a record in mono was inspired by a conversation with the legendary Latin bassist, Andy Gonzalez, with whom Kato had worked as a composer and engineer.

In 2012, Kato was selected as an Artist-In-Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA, where he created the sound installation Hashigakari ("Sound Bridge") with drums.

In 2019, Kato appeared on Jeremiah Cymerman's 5049 Records Podcast and discussed his work.

As Composer / Sound Designer, Kato has composed music for dance, theatre, live performance and films, including: choreographer Takehiro Ueyama's works There and Here (2014) and In the Sea of Heaven (2017) for TAKE Dance and Dallas Black Dance Theatre; the Irondale Ensemble's production of August Strindberg's "Ghost Sonata," directed by Johan Petri (1995); the La Mama production, "After the Rain," directed by Watoku Ueno (2008); live performance project, "Sirens of NYC" by Raphael Perret, which was commissioned by the Swiss Institute (2009); and performance artist Jefferson Pinder's "Escape Artist" (2011). His film scores include "In Heaven" (1991) and "Exit B9" (1991) by Japanese director Hideaki Sasaki; "Platform" by Bangladeshi director Rashid Mamun (2008); and Chilean director Nicole Costa's feature documentary, The Journey of Monalisa (2019), which was presented at DOC NYC and Cannes Film Festival in 2020.

As Instrumentalist, Kato has been an active collaborator with other sound and visual artists. With Nicolas Collins, he performed at the Sound in Motion Festival in Belgium for a multimedia project in 1999, appeared at the Mixology Festival at Roulette in 2003, and New Sound New York in 2004. With James Fei, he recorded and released the CD "Sieves" in 2003. The duo performed at UCSB, The Stone, and Issue Project Room, and toured Japan in 2004. He was a frequent performer in Michael Schumacher's Room Piece, appearing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Merkin Hall, and the Sounds Like Now Festival 2004. He was a member of the analog synthesizer group, Analogos with Kabir Carter, James Fei, David Galbraith, Michael Schumacher, Sergei Tcherepnin and Ed Tomney. In April 2007, he collaborated with Briggan Krauss for the sound and visual installation piece ZURE ("gap") at Diapason Gallery, NYC. With the visual artist Ursula Scherrer, he created an installation/public art piece "Elevator 55" at the Dumbo Arts Festival (2008), a performance piece, "Dream Within a Dream", at Experimental Intermedia in NYC (2009), and an installation, Slash, at Diapason Gallery (2010). He appeared at the Feeding Back, Listening In festival at Columbia University's Miller Theatre, performing with James Fei and Toshimaru Nakamura, along with Alvin Lucier and Yoshihide Otomo. He also appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the Christian Marclay Festival in 2009, performing solo, as well as in collaborations with Zeena Parkins, Nels Cline, Wayne Horvitz and Robbin Holcomb. He performed in Marina Rosenfeld's "roygbiv&b" at the Museum of Modern Art in 2011. He formed a duo, Amorphous, with the composer John King and performed at Bates College and The Stone. Their self-titled album was released on BandCamp in 2013. He collaborated with interdisciplinary artist Sachiyo Takahashi for a performance at Japan Society in 2021.

As Bassist, he was a member of Peril with The Necks drummer Tony Buck, Yoshihide Otomo and Michael Sheridan which toured Japan and Australia funded by the Australian Council for the Arts. They released their self-titled album in 1992 and appeared on Australian TV. He joined the trio Dying Ground with Eyvind Kang and Calvin Weston, releasing a CD and touring Europe as part of the Tzadik Records tour in 1999. He toured Europe with No Safety (with Zeena Parkins and Chris Cochrane) in 1994 and appeared on their album "Live in Italy" (2021). He appears on Karen Mantler's albums Pet Project and Business is Bad (which he also co-produced and engineered). He joined the Brooklyn-based band Collapsible Shoulder with Chris Cochrane, Kevin Bud Jones and Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Their EP "Everywhere" was released on BandCamp in 2016. He is a member of Baba Bibi, a Brooklyn band led by singer-song writer / playwright Stew (The Negro Problem; Passing Strange) and he produced their debut album in 2021. He has worked with Derek Bailey, Eszter Balint, Samm Bennett, Steven Bernstein, Carla Bley, Hiram Bullock, Sim Cain (Rollins Band), Michael Callen, Anthony Coleman, Chris Cutler (Henry Cow), J.D. Daugherty (Patti Smith Group), Huge Davies, Anton Fier, Marco Franco, Keiji Haino, Erik Friedlander, Hikashu, Shelley Hirsch, Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto), Takehisa Kosugi, Gary Lucas, Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Sean Meehan, Raz Mesinai, Eric Mingus, Arturo O'Farrill, Gen Ogimi, DJ Olive, Mike Patton (Faith No More), Robert Poss (Band of Susans), Nuno Rebelo, Jon Rose, Greg Saunier (Deer Hoof), Elliot Sharp, David Shea, Syd Straw, Steve Swallow, Yumiko Tanaka, Tenko, Kazutoki Umezu, Hideo Yamaki, Yo La Tengo, Bill Wells and Carlos Zingaro.

As Producer, Kato has produced all of his own recordings as leader. He co-produced Death Ambient's three titles with Ikue Mori; and co-produced music with Chris Cochrane for the Bessie Award-winning "THEM" by Ishmael Houston-Jones, Dennis Cooper and Chris Cochrane. He co-produced and engineered Cochrane's solo project "The Invention of Shoes vol. 1 & 2" in 2020. He co-produced, engineered and played bass on Karen Mantler's "Business is Bad;" Collapsible Shoulder's EP "Everywhere;" Stew's "Baba Bibi," and Eszter Balint's "I Hate Memory!"

Kato teaches sound design at NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Integrated Design & Media program. He has also taught workshops at Bates College, the Experimental Festival in Buenos Aires, IAMAS, Chukyo University, Nagoya University of Art and Science, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago."

-Kato Hideki Website (https://www.katohideki.com/about.html)
3/13/2024

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"Dave Tucker started performing in the Punk movement of the late 70's in Manchester. His first recorded release was 1978 with Mellatron. In the early 80's he was a member of "The Fall" touring as well as recording "Slates" and aJohn Peel sessions with the group. After this time he experimented with other music's and recorded film music. After moving to London in the mid - 80's he studied & performed with Phillip Wachsmann as well as playing with members of the London scene including Dudu Pukwana, Andy Sheppard, Nick Evans, Johnny Dyani & John Stevens as well as others. Was and still is a member of the Alan Tomlinson Trio from 1992 which toured Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia. The trio also performed at many leading festivals at this time. Around this time he also performed with many leading International musicians including Keith Tippett, Otomo Yoshide, Charles Hayward, Barre Phillips, Dietmar Diesner & Lol Coxhill. Recently he toured California from which the PAX release is from. As well as a duo performance with Bill Roper at SIMF festivail in Seattle Febuary 2004 and performances in New York City with Lukas Ligeti He is a member of Pat Thomas' group Scatter (Phil Minton, Roger Turner) with whom he has performed at the Uncool 99 festival in Switzerland as well as recorded radio sessions for the BBC. He currently Performs in a Trio with Louis Moholo & Francine Luce., a duo with John Butcher , leads his own Quartet "School of Velocity" featuring, Evan Parker, John Edwards & Steve Noble and plays Guitar and conducts with the London Improvisers Orchestra & Winkhaus with LA performance artist Anna Homler & Adrian Northover and also has performed tours in the Czech Rebublic with the "Earthieves" He also produces dance music & soundtracks. Most recently comissioned to produce music or Channel four news He has had his first piece of written music performed at the 8th London New Wind festival."

-All About Jazz (https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/davetucker)
3/13/2024

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Track Listing:



CD1 - OCTOBER RUSH:



1. October Rush



CD2 - THE ART OF EMPIRE:



1. Hollow Stems

2. Distant Intruder

3. Perspective Weaved Into The Night

4. Priere (Erik Satie).

5. Silent Weapons For A Quiet War



CD3 - AN AFFAIR OF CYPHERS:



1.A Glamour Cast By Idleness

2.The Sacred Month

3.Distant Intruder

4.Silent Weapons For A Quiet War

5.Grinding Stones with Eyes

6.Hollow Stems

7.Merciless, Through A Wall

8.Blond Water



CD4 - FICTION DEPARTMENT1.Green Closing:



2.Narrowed Clue

3.The Delicate Address

4.Into The Hollow Face

5.Those In Darkness

6.Fatal Surface

7.The Slow Sea

8.The Unthinking Blade

9.Melancholy Of Words



CD5 - SITUATIONS:



1.Foil

2.Undergrowth

3.The Border

4.What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)

5.Succinct

6.Taut

7.Extraction (live)

Related Categories of Interest:


Electro-Acoustic
Rock and Related
RIO (Rock in Opposition)
Improvised Rock
Electronic Forms
European Improvisation and Experimental Forms
Improvised Music
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