Robert Erickson’s book Sound Structure in Music is a classic treatment of the problems and potential of sound-centered composition. Percorsi Musicali has just published my thoughts on the book here.
The Stylus/BLK Arkestra’s realization of J.S. Adams‘ graphic score To Satisfy Their Cruel Hunger, performed at the 2014 Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music, can now be heard in its entirety on Soundcloud.
Some images of The Subtle Body Transmission Orchestra, with dancers, performing on the grounds of the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center building during last weekend’s Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music.
Sam Byrd, percussion; Tim Harding, alto saxophone; Rich O’Meara, vibraphone; Tom Wall, baritone saxophone; Jeff Surak, benevolent Dictaphone; Amanda Blythe, Ken Manheimer and Sarah Schaffer, dance.
Photographs by Gary Rouzer
This past weekend’s Sonic Circuits Festival was an edifying and exhausting time for all involved. Percorsi Musicali was good enough to ask me to report on the event; it’s just been posted here.
Playing with both the Subtle Body Transmission Orchestra and the BLK Arkestra was a great pleasure. And special thanks to Sam Byrd and Tim Harding for driving the four-hour round trip from Richmond in order to play Subtle Body’s twenty-minute set.
Outside Pyramid Atlantic. Photo by Nico Barbiero.
The Subtle Body Transmission Orchestra (Sam Byrd, percussion; Tim Harding, alto saxophone; Rich O’Meara, vibraphone; Tom Wall, baritone saxophone; me, double bass) with Dictaphone interventionist Jeff Surak and dancers Amanda Blythe, Ken Manheimer, Sarah Schaffer and Hannah Whitley kick off Day 2 of the 2014 Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music on Saturday at 5:30 PM with a site-specific improvisation on the grounds surrounding the Pyramid Atlantic building (pictured above), 8230 Georgia Avenue in beautiful downtown Silver Spring. And that’s just the beginning of an entire evening’s worth of music and multimedia.
(The Sonic Circuits festival starts tonight at 7:30 at Pyramid Atlantic and runs through Sunday.)
