The Fall 2024 issue of Canada's premiere music magazine: On The Cover Brendan Grey and the Evolving Ethos of Super Duty Tough Work; avant-garde sound murals of Filipino composer José Maceda; Montreal-based composer and improviser Allison Burik; Kurt Gottschalk interviews Rita Ueda; Windsor-based post-classical guitarist Bilal Nasser; plus reviews and a CD of artists covered in this issue.
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Bilal Nassar
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Jose Maceda
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UPC: 77200691816902
Label: Musicworks
Catalog ID: 149
Squidco Product Code: 35470
Format: MAGAZINE + CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: Canada
Packaging: Magazine and CD
"ON THE COVER
Brendan Grey and the Evolving Ethos of Super Duty Tough Work
As Winnipeg hip-hop ensemble Super Duty Tough Work (SDTW) hits the ten-year mark, founder and MC Brendan Grey, sits down with writer Abiola Regan to talk about tapping in to his family's artistic roots, the words and themes that inspire him, balancing creative and career goals, and the ethos that drives one of Canada's most dynamic live groups. With the SDTW's 2019 EP Studies in Grey and 2023 album Paradigm Shift both earning spots on Polaris Music Prize long lists, Grey takes a contemplative view of music-making and his desire to ensure that every word matters. Cover photo by Carla Hernandez Ramirez.
José Maceda: Reverberations Beyond the Archipelago
The avant-garde sound murals of Filipino composer José Maceda (1917-2004) call for indigenous instruments and massive human forces-often using radio or tape media. But what else lies beyond music and sound? Vancouver's Western Front frames a bigger picture with the Echoes Beyond the Archipelago exhibition and the Canadian premiere of Maceda's Udlot-Udlot in May 2024. Juro Kim Feliz asks curator Aki Onda and ethnomusicologist LaVerne de la Peña to translate Maceda's artistic legacy into the decolonizing ethos of the twenty-first century.
Allison Burik, Riffs and Runes
On their debut solo recording, Realm, Montreal-based composer and improviser Allison Burik uses guitar, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, and voice to create an imaginary ecosphere inspired by Nordic mythology. Burik tells writer Nick Krewen how a 2022 NES Artist Residency in Iceland provided early inspiration for the music. Burik also traces their music education path from traditional to more experimental settings, and discusses how their work in the duo Umbrella Pine, the quartet Bellbird, and Mali Obomsawin's sextet connects them to different musical interests.
Rita Ueda's Intercultural Music
After the U.S. premiere of her 2022 Azrieli Music Prize-supported composition Birds Calling ... from the Canada in You at Lincoln Center, Vancouver-based Rita Ueda talks to Kurt Gottscalk about her migratory life and how it has inspired her collaborative approach to intercultural music.
Bilal Nasser Centres Community
The Windsor-based post-classical guitarist Bilal Nasser talks to Yaz Lancaster about his solo debut recordings How Can We Say Nothing, how his career in harm reduction has informed his creative ideas, and his commitment to political praxis through art.
Reviews, We Got 'Em
FIMAV (Quebec) and Sound Within Sound (London), the documentary Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros, weighty tomes on the music of James Tenney and on vintage electronic musical instruments, and many recordings.
On the CD: Nine tracks of previously unreleased or recently released music from artists featured in the Fall 2024 issue!"
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Allison Burik Allison Burik: "Saxophonist - Vocalist - Composer - Arranger Kansas City native Allison Burik is a saxophonist and composer based in Boston. During her time in Kansas City she performed as a featured artist at venues such as the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, Take Five Coffee+Bar, and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Burik attended Berklee College of Music and received her Bachelors Degree in Performance in 2016. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory while maintaining an active career as a performer. She seeks to explore differing worlds of sonic possibilities through her many projects. Burik has released a solo EP, "Some Days Like This," (2019) a quartet album, "Mythos," (2016) and will be releasing a duo album fall of 2019 with guitarist Magdalena Abrego. Their duo goes by the name Umbrella Pine and since 2013 the two have been steadily cultivating their sound through original compositions and improvisation. Since arriving in Boston in 2013, Burik has become an internationally known artist, having performed in festivals, residencies, and concerts in places as far reaching as France, South Korea, and Canada. Burik has been on tour with a number of bands, including Jonah Francese's Thinkin' Big Band, which actively plays in venues across New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Burik went on tour in South Korea with the Dabin Ryu Quintet in July 2019. They played in venues throughout Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju. Over the years Allison has studied with notable musicians including George Garzone, Joe Morris, Ingrid Laubrock, Ran Blake, Carla Kilhstedt, Anthony Coleman, Frank Tiberi, Bobby Watson, Jaleel Shaw, Shannon LeClaire, and Tia Fuller. In August 2017, she attended the Banff Jazz and Creative Music Workshop in Alberta Canada, under the curation of Vijay Iyer. There, she participated in ensembles led by internationally known musicians including Tyshawn Sorey, Imani Uzuri, Matthew Stevens, and Jeremy Pelt." ^ Hide Bio for Allison Burik
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Track Listing:
Bilal Nassar pg 6
1> Hush 8:51
Allison Burik pg 11
2> Heiemo og Nykkjen 3:32
3> Be the Dragon 3:33
4> Birka 581 4:32
Rita Ueda pg 18
5> so long as your tears are still in the sea 6:55
Performed by the Budapest MÁV Symphony Orchestra
Brendan Grey pg 26
6> Grey's Lament (Grandmotherland) 3:46
7> Quiet Strength 3:54
8> Dirty Hands 2:11
Tracks 6, 7, 8 performed by Super Duty Tough Work.
Jose Maceda pg 34
9> Udlot-Udlot 41:19
Performed by community members in British Columbia.
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