Really excited to announce a double fraufraulein release on Homophoni. Two recordings from the last few years, highlighting rich, sometimes sparse, always supple improvisations for French Horn, synthesizer, and a field recording or two. Blatant thanks to David Kirby for presenting these works, available in 320k mp3 and FLAC.
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fraufraulein | without being heard, heading forward
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fraufraulein | background behind pattern
fotofono curator/host/110% gentleman Gill Arno has posted the evidence from this spring’s two concerts, inclusive of Fraufraulein’s performance on February 27, 2011. In addition to our duo, there are performances by:
February 27, 2011 – three duos
Fraufraulein: Anne Guthrie (french horn), Billy Gomberg (synthesizers and computer)
Maria Chavez (turntable), Daniel Neumann (piano soundboard, microphone, computer)
Chuck Bettis (computer), Berangère Maximin (computer)
March 22, 2011 – two trios
mpld (Gill Arno) (modified and amplified slide projectors, computer), Ben Owen (objects, electronics), Ignaz Schick (turntable, objects, electronics)
Andrea Belfi (drums, percussion, electronics), Attila Faravelli (computer through speakers), Byron Westbrook (Korg MS-10 Synthesizer)
February 27 recorded by Richard Kamerman, March 22 recorded by Byron Westbrook. All mastered by Gill Arno.
Please check out all the great recordings here
or, download zipped files:
February 27 (3 duos) – lossless ogg [273.9 MB]; 320 kbps mp3 [182.9 MB]
March 22 (2 trios) – lossless ogg [254.4 MB]; 320 kbps mp3 [164.1 MB].
TUESDAY MAY 17
UNION POOL
484 Union Ave
8:30PM — $5
a night of minimalist extremes.
an hour of harsh sounds and extended silences vs. an hour of lush sustained tonality. (probably)
and it’s at Union Pool, so maybe you’ll get laid.
MODULAR SYSTEM FOR ONE-TO-SIX MUSICIANS
Richard Kamerman (percussion, composition)
with
Billy Gomberg (synthesizer)
Anne Guthrie (french horn)
Eric Laska (trumpet)
Ben Owen (electronics)
Reed Evan Rosenberg (electronics)
and the presentation of a new work by Andrew Lafkas
performed and developed by an ensemble including
Adam Diller (tenor saxophone)
Tucker Dulin (trombone)
Andrew Lafkas (doublebass)
Barry Weisblat (electronics)
get yr feet wet with this preview of my upcoming CD Quiet Barrier, on Rest + Noise:
The formation of a different language takes place on Quiet Barrier: flickering rhythms, receding walls of electronic sound, and warped melodic figures occupy the space where words and terminology once stood. It’s a process that Brooklyn-based Billy Gomberg has inhabited before with releases on such labels as Experimedia, and/OAR, and The Land Of. Here, with synthesizers and custom digital processing, Gomberg arrives at a complex album of shifting tones, kaleidoscopic hues, and crackling debris that flows with a clear, exacting vision.
Though wholly electronic in execution, Quiet Barrier is not designed, sequenced, or digitally overwrought. It is music that is played and constructed in real-time, relying on a moment to moment interaction between musician and instrument. Such an approach explains in part why Quiet Barrier unfolds with an unmitigated motion, propelling itself forward in a linear manner. The outcome, like any good narrative, is a sound that can’t be rushed or interrupted, only followed and absorbed. ‘Quiet Barrier’ follows the 2009 collaboration with Offthesky, Flyover Sound, which was nominated for the Paris-based Qwartz electronic music award in Experimentation and Research.
Billy Gomberg – Partial to Appearance by Rest + Noise
