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Pisaro-Liu, Michael / Julia Holter: Tombstones: Live in Brooklyn (Editions Verde)

Six songs from Michael Pisaro's "Tombstones" project--experimental songs developed from recontextualized fragments of popular songs--heard in this 2012 Brooklyn recording directed by guitarist Jason Brogan, with Julia Holter (voice), Tucker Dulin (trombone), Andrew Lafkas (bass), Katie Porter (clarinet), Sam Sfirri (piano and melodica), and Ron Wiltrout (keyboard & percussion).
 

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Andrew Lafkas-bass

Katie Porter-clarinet, bass clarinet

Michael Pisaro-Liu-composer

Ron Wiltrout-keyboards, percussion, voice

Sam Sfirri-melodica, piano

Jason Brogan-electric guitar

Tucker Dulin-trombone

Julia Holter-voice


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UPC: 755491223536

Label: Editions Verde
Catalog ID: EV013
Squidco Product Code: 33622

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Sleeve, Sealed
Recorded live at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York, on October 3rd, 2012, by Adam Bach.

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"Tombstones," a collection of twenty songs composed by Michael Pisaro-Liu between 2006 and 2010, constitutes a kind of experimental pop. The pieces take tiny fragments of existing popular, country, or blues songs and put them into an experimental musical situation, introducing them to a kind of chaos, where the arrangement of written-out material is up for grabs.

This release features a selection of six songs performed and recorded live in Brooklyn in 2012. Under the direction of guitarist Jason Brogan, and featuring singer Julia Holter, the ensemble includes Tucker Dulin (trombone), Andrew Lafkas (double bass), Katie Porter (clarinets), Sam Sfirri (piano and melodica), and Ron Wiltrout (keyboard and percussion)."-Editions Verde


Artist Biographies

"Andrew Lafkas: bass. Berlin, Germany

Andrew Lafkas is a musician currently living in Berlin, Germany. His primary instrument is the contrabass. He is currently focused on developing pieces for largish ensembles that encourage group intuition; this interest is greatly inspired by and influenced by experiences working in groups led by Milo Fine and Bill Dixon. He is also active in the groups Oceans Roar 1000 Drums, with Todd Capp and Bryan Eubanks, and a trio with Marcia Bassett and Barry Weisblat. He has performed at venues and festivals including Walker Art Center, The Living Theatre, Experimental Intermedia, the Vision Festival, and the Seattle Improvised Music Festival."

-High Zero Festival (http://www.highzero.org/2015_site/performers/)
4/24/2024

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"Katie Porter plays clarinet, bass clarinet, sings, writes songs and curates performances. She exists mainly in the experimental realm, but can sometimes be found elsewhere."

-Katie Porter Website (https://fromkp.wordpress.com/about/)
4/24/2024

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"Ron Wiltrout is a percussionist based in Charleston, SC. He performs regularly in the Southeast with ensembles whose styles range from jazz and salsa to free improvisation to avant-garde and contemporary classical music. As a performer of new music, he has premiered pieces by Ted Hearne, Michael Pisaro, Sam Sfirri, KCM Walker, Andy Akiho, Sean Friar, Philip White, and Nathan Koci. His work with Ted Hearne has earned him a Grammy Nomination (for Place released 2020.) Wiltrout is devoted to exploring the use of unconventional percussion and extended techniques and integrating the drum set into any musical scenario. A He co-leads multiple jazz groups and is the leader and originator of the band Rad Western. Wiltrout has performed with The Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Barrel Proof, Garage Cuban Band, Harry Allen, Lee Barbour, Tommy Gill, Asphalt Orchestra, Gino Castillo and the Cuban Cowboys, Duda Lucena, Conor Donohue, Lindsay Holler, Matadero, Katrina Ballads, Your Bad Self, and the Opposite of a Train."

-Ron Wiltrout Website (https://ronwiltrout.com/)
4/24/2024

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Sam Sfirri is a Charleston, SC based pianist and composer, associated with the Wandelweiser movement and works with Jason Brogan, Stefan Thut, Michael Pisaro, and Antoine Beuger.

-Squidco 4/24/2024

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Jason Brogan is a New York guitarist, working with interdisciplinary music composition, production, and theory. He is also a writer, and involved with design as generic science / creative sound for emerging media.

-Jason Brogan Website (https://obrogain.com/)
4/24/2024

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"Tucker Dulin is a trombonist, sound artist, and programmer finishing his dissertation on music and space for the doctorate from U.C., San Diego. He has performed at the Getty Museum, L.A., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Santa Monica Museum of Art, was a guest of the NO IDEA (Austin/Houston), line space line (L.A.), and Darmstadt (Germany) festivals, and co-founded the Voltaire arts collective in Ocean Beach, San Diego. His current projects include a multimedia/dance duo blank with Amanda Waal, and web development for Jango.com."

-Issue Project Room (https://issueprojectroom.org/event/gust-burns-and-vic-rawlings-barry-weisblat-aki-onda-and-margarida-garcia-tucker-dulin-and)
4/24/2024

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"Julia Shammas Holter (born December 18, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, artist and academic, based in Los Angeles. Following three independent album productions, Holter released Tragedy as her first official studio album in 2011. Ekstasis followed in 2012. After signing with Domino Records in 2013, she released the albums Loud City Song (2013), Have You in My Wilderness (2015) and the live-in-the-studio album In the Same Room (2017). Most recently, her double album Aviary was released in 2018.

Holter has also collaborated with other musicians, including Nite Jewel, Laurel Halo, Ariel Pink, Ducktails, Linda Perhacs, Michael Pisaro, and Jean-Michel Jarre."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Holter)
4/24/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Blues Fall 5:59

2. Tombstone 2:32

3. Fool 4:11

4. Very Clear 5:35

5. The Outside of Everything (Edit) 3:16

6. The Darkness Is Falling 7:04

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Electro-Acoustic
Compositional Forms
Song Based Music
NY Downtown & Metropolitan Jazz/Improv
Octet Recordings
New in Experimental & Electronic Music

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