This month’s podcast features excerpts from four recent live collaborations.
It begins with a performance at XFest 2024 which features: Andrew Neumann (Buchla), Thomas Watkiss (bass) and Rachel Devora (french horn).
Next, some electronic sounds with Missing Channels, recorded at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY.
That’s followed by a performance with Irman at the Lace Mill in Kingston, NY.
And finally, a horizontal listening experience by Invisible Collage.
These performances are a good representation of the scope of the electronic improvised music I am making. One common factor of all four is the Meng Qi Wingie2 running the Blippoo Box firmware. Its a strange, chaotic instrument that I’m really enjoying.
That’s me at XFest, playing the Wingie/Blippoo Box. Andrew Neumann looks on, perturbed(?).
This month’s podcast is from a live performance with Space Biscuit (Matty Hutchins, aka DJ Buttermilk). We performed together for the first time in this configuration (me: guitar, Matty: synths) at Quinns in Beacon, NY where Matty runs a weekly electronic music series, Sleepwalking Through the Sun. Here you’ll hear some of the tastiest bits from that night.
I’ve long wanted to play in the Widow Jane Mine, and the experience did not disappoint! And performing with two amazing collaborators was a bonus. This is a binaural recording that really captures the ambiance of the space. Listen in headphones for maximum effect.
Playing in The Widow Jane Mine: me (Craig), Brian and Elizabeth. (photo: Tamalyn Miller)
This month’s podcast was recorded live at the first installment of the Noise Reduction series.
Its a collaborative improvisation with synthesist David Mason.
The performance took place in the rear chapel space of Prophecy Hall, a former Dutch Reformed church in Beacon, NY. Its an interesting space to create in, and I hope to do more there in the future.
The Noise Reduction series aims to provide a space for quiet sounds, where horizontal listening is encouraged.
David Mason and me (Craig) performing at Prophecy Hall (photo: Gavin Hecker)
This was a fun adventure! I packed up a battery powered synth (softpop) and amp, and my binaural mic and hiked out to Hidden Lake in Putnam County, NY with David who brought a hydrophone and some speakers along with his clarinet and iPad.
We made some sounds inspired by what was happening below the surface*. The results are strange and surprising!
David Rothenberg at Hidden Lake. (Also pictured, Binaural Mike.)
*Mostly plants photosynthesizing and an insect called the lesser water boatman. (Check out David’s book to learn more.)
This month’s podcast sees the return of Art Labriola!
Art’s last appearance, podcast #27, featured Art playing his modular synthesizers. This time Art plays pedal steel guitar – processed by his modular synths!
It was great to reconnect and play with Art again, I look forward to hearing where he goes with his hybrid pedal steel + modular set up!
