VA-Fukishima

I have a track called "Cylindrical Mirror" out now on the Presqu'ile Records compilation "VA - Fukushima!". 100% of the the sales of this release will benefit Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Refief Fund. 
http://www.presquilerecords.com/psq004-fukushima
"This double compilation will feature contributions from Magda Mayas, John Tilbury, Choi Joonyong, Joe Foster, Hong Chulki, Jin Sangtae, Burkhard Beins, Mark Wastell, Jonathan McHugh, Annette Krebs, Chris Abrahams, Mural, Michael Pisaro, Greg Stuart, and Greg Kelley.
The album will also be accompanied by an online project gathering essays, paintings, pictures, and videos from AVVA (Billy Roisz / Toshimaru Nakamura), Billy Gomberg and Richard Kamerman.
Almost a year ago after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, the situation is still very precarious. People of Japan need our help. This is a modest contribution, but 100% of the funds raised through the sales of this record will go to japanese non-profit organizations."

May Flowers

May 3 [Thu], Great Scott, Allston MA
High Aura'd
also Old Man Gloom, All Pigs Must Die
John Twells (Moog, treatments) and I (trumpet) will be augmenting John Kolodij (guitar, effects) for some live versions of his forthcoming High Aura'd LP on Bathetic Records.

May 7 [Mon], O'Brien's, Allston MA
Solo
also John Wiese, Patrick Emm

GREG KELLEY/BILL NACE duo + MATT KREFTING solo TOUR 2012

GREG KELLEY/BILL NACE duo + MATT KREFTING solo

TOUR 2012

4/7/12: Amherst MA @ Hampshire College Dining Commons w/ Jason Lescalleet, Jesse Kudler, Fraufraulein

http://www.hampshire.edu/

4/13/12: Providence RI @ Operatheque w/ Luke Moldof, SHV, Dan Talbot

4/14/12: Philadelphia PA @ Vox Populi

http://www.phillysoundforum.org/

http://voxpopuligallery.org/

4/15/12: Columbus OH @ Skylab w/ Wasteland Jazz Unit, Ryan Jewell/Jason Zeh
http://skylabgallery.blogspot.com/

4/16/12: Chicago IL @ The Burlington w/ Aaron Zartuzki/Jason Soliday

http://www.theburlingtonbar.com/

4/17/12: Lexington KY @ Embrace Church w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm

http://embraceyourcity.com/

4/18/12: Buffalo NY @ The Vault

http://www.buffaloplace.com/popupleaf/thevault/598

4/19/12: Ithaca NY @ Cornell University

http://www.cornell.edu/

4/20/12: Red Hook NY @ SMOG, Bard College w/ Kenny Millions

http://www.bard.edu/

4/21/12: Boston MA @ Raw Meet 5 w/ many many acts

http://happyninvalley.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-boston-what-raw-meet-5-this-is-it.html

Greg Kelley (nmperign, Heathen Shame, The BSC) and Bill Nace (x.o.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange, Northampton Wools) first played together in Anna Rampage with Paul Flaherty and Ben Karetnick in 2006. Since that time they have performed in trios with Jake Meginsky and Chris Corsano, in a quartet with Flaherty and Corsano and last year, at the behest of Eli Kezsler and Ashley Paul, they began playing as a duo. Their first performance was at the Kezsler/Paul wedding reception in July of 2011. Utilizing an array of extended instrumental techniques, amplification and effects pedals, Kelley and Nace have allowed themselves an extensive palette to work with and set no boundaries as to where it will bring them. Delicate sound fields may slowly unfold only to then disintegrate into waves of tumult. Tumult may then bore itself into a maze of soft refrigerators...

http://ordinaryfanfares.blogspot.com/

http://openmouthrecords.blogspot.com/

Matt Krefting is a writer and musician living in Easthampton, MA. He formed the Son of Earth trio with Aaron Rosenblum and John Shaw in early 2000, played in the short-lived but much-loved group The Believers, released a CD of rock songs, plays in Idea Fire Company, and has been making solo tape music since he was 17. Not to mention a number of other interests and collaborations! He has focused on tape music for the past two years, and this tour marks the first time he’s taken this music outside of the Pioneer Valley. His music focuses on the decay and erosion of beauty and the impossibility of knowledge.

http://apostasyrecordings.com/bio/kreftor.html

3/13/12: Soft Delete/Purgative Dryness at Cafe Fixe

I'll be performing "Soft Delete/Purgative Dryness" for amplified trumpet and pre-recorded electronics tomorrow night at 8pm as part of Non-Event's Experimental Coffee House series at  Café Fixe , 1642 Beacon Street  (Washington Square), Brookline, MA 02445, 617-879-2500. $5.

This is just a few doors down from The Publick House, so your possibilities are manifold.

"Soft Delete/Purgative Dryness" is a two-part piece exploring themes of philosophical and aesthetic absence, including the potential absence of meaning and content. The solo work will feature amplified but otherwise acoustic trumpet and some pre-recorded electronic elements. It was premiered in Chicago in December 2011. Special thanks to Lampo for instigating the piece and presenting the premiere.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

 

3/2/12: Rawlings/Tonne/Meginsky/Kelley open for Alvin Curran

No Idea Festival 2012: Austin, Houston, San Antonio

No Idea Festival 2012

Austin, Houston, San Antonio

February 2, No Idea Festival @ The Broken Neck, Austin TX 8pm

Premiere of a new work by Nick Hennies for ensemble and vibraphone

with Andrea Neumann, Bhob Rainey, Brent Fariss, Chris Cogburn, Gaute Solaas, Vic Rawlings

February 3, No Idea Festival @ The Broken Neck, Austin TX 8pm

with Andrea Neumann/Vic Rawlings

February 4, No Idea Festival @ The Broken Neck, Austin TX 8pm

with nmperign/Jason Lescalleet

February 5, No Idea Festival @ Art Palace, Houston TX 3pm

with Brian Eubanks

February 6, No Idea Festival @ SMART Art Project Place, San Antonio TX 8pm

with nmperign/Jason Lescalleet

Reading

Reading:

Ken Bruen: Headstone (Mysterious Press)

Benjamin Black: Elegy For April (Picador)

John Gray: Heresies: Against Progress And Other Illusions (Granta UK)

Richard Mabey: The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn: Reflections on Natural Science and Romanticism (Profile)

Chuck Klosterman: The Visible Man (Scribner)