An elewhale project. This group of improvisers was chosen to give them the opportunity to create a wide ranging set of colors and textures with which to work. It is Elewhale Works Production Company's opinion they did an excellent, job.
released June 11, 2013
Nick Didkovsky - electric guitar
Andrew Drury - drums and percussion
Mari Kimura - violin
Michael Lytle - bass clarinet
Recorded by Michael Lytle on March 26, 2013 at Freddy's Back Room, Brooklyn, NY. Concert curated by Michael Evans and Anders Nilsson and produced by Elewhale Music Productions. Mixed by Michael Lytle at Elewhale Studios, New York City, NY. Cover photo by Han-earl Park
Nick Didkovsky - is a guitarist, composer, and music software programmer. In 1983, he founded the rock band Doctor Nerve. In 1997 he developed the computer music language JMSL which he continues to develop and use today. His Punos Music record label releases his more extreme projects. He has composed new music for Bang On A Can All-Stars, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, loadbang, ETHEL, ARTE Quartett, and others. His compositions and guitar work appear on over 50 records. His Black Sabbath guitar lessons on YouTube are enjoyed by metal fans all over the world. His $100 Guitar Project passed a guitar through the hands of over 60 players worldwide, culminating in a CD on Bridge Records. Website:
www.didkovsky.com
Andrew Dury -is a drummer/composer whose work
juxtaposes conventional drumming practices with techniques that employ breath, friction, and bowing. In the 90’s, at Wesleyan University, he studied with Ed Blackwell, poetry with Annie Dillard and played with Wadada Leo Smith, Wayne Horvitz, John Tchicai, and a young Brad Mehldau exploring environmental theater, performance and conceptual art. Since moving to New York in 2000 he has performed on over 40 cds and in 20 countries with artists such as Jason Kao Hwang, Frank Lacy, Jack Wright, TOTEM>, Michel Doneda, and Steve Swell. Drurys three solo recording projects feature Myra Melford, Mark Dresser, Chris Speed and others. Recent performances include duos with Darius Jones, Robert Dick, and Kris Davis and in groups with Elliot Sharp, Ned Rothenberg, Daniel Blake,and Peter Evans. His newest group feature Briggan Krauss, Ingrid Laubrock, and Brandon Seabrook.
www.andrewdrury.com
Mari Kimura - is at the forefront of creative violinists, widely admired as the inventor of “Subharmonics” and works for interactive computer music, winning the Guggenheim Fellowship, Fromm Commission, and Residency at IRCAM in Paris in 2010. She received numerous grants including NYFA, Arts International, Meet The Composer, Japan Foundation, and NYSCA. Mari’s CD, The World Below G and Beyond, features her “Subharmonics” and interactive compositions using IRCAM’s “Augmented Violin”.
In 2013 she was appointed as the Director of "Future Music Lab" at Atlantic music Festival in Maine, in collaboration with IRCAM. The "Future Music Lab" focuses on high-level performers working with interactive technology.
www.marikimura.com
Michael Lytle (aka elewhale), MA - University of Iowa, has been a New Music Improvisor since 1968. He has performed with William Parsons, Karl Berger, George Cartwright, Garette List, David Moss, John Zorn, Nick Didkovsky, Hans Burgener, Martin Schutz, Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser and has been involved in over 30 recordings since the 5* rated Iowa Ear Music of 1976. An early Electronic Music composer, Lytle invented the set of totally unique methods of clarinet family sonic modulation and performance, called the “most radical of his generation” by Joachim Berendt.
www.elewhale.net
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