Re: This Friday night Andre LaFosse, Todd Reynolds, Motoko Honda, and Daren Burns

[tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Daren,

Tell Andre that Ted Killian says "Hello."

Cheers,

Ted

On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Daren Burns wrote:

> I just wanted to drop a line and tell you about a gig I have this
> Friday night. I have a special duet performance with pianist, Motoko
> Honda @ Cafe Metropol, a great restaurant/club in downtown. On the
> bill is also the fantastic guitarist, Andre LaFosse playing his
> unique style of "turntablist" guitar (not to be missed) and from New
> York we have violinist, Todd Reynolds playing a solo set, enhanced
> with electronics. Hope to see you there!
>
> Friday, June 20th, 2008
>
> Rocco In LA Presents (http://www.roccoinla.com)
>
> "21st Century Solos and Duets... explorations in electro/acoustics"
>
> Cafe Metropol
> 8:00pm
> 923 E. 3rd St.
> Los Angeles, CA 90013
> 213.613.1537
>
> Price: $10.00
>
> with:
>
> Andre LaFosse- Turntablist Guitar
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> Todd Reynolds- Violin and Electronics
>
> Motoko Honda/Daren Burns- Bass and Piano duet with electronics
>
> Todd Reynolds (www.toddreynolds.com)
> Composer, conductor, arranger, violinist and electronic musician, is
> a veteran of the New York City music scene, and a longtime touring
> and recording member member of Bang On A Can, Steve Reich and
> Musicians and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project . Collaborations run the
> gamut from Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson to Kenny Werner and Betty
> Buckley to Meredith Monk and Scanner. His solo sets on tour opening
> for Indie sensations, The Books, and his affiliation with and use of
> the music software phenomenon Ableton Live have opened his unique
> blend of "classically- improvised-quantum-ambient-electronica" to a
> new and wider audience. His commitment to genre-bending and
> technology-driven innovation in music continues to produce
> innumerable collaborations with artists that regularly cross musical
> and disciplinary boundaries, regularly placing him in venues from
> clubs to concert halls around the world.
>
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> Andre LaFosse (www.altruistmusic.com)
> Andre LaFosse calls his performance style 'turntablist guitar': a
> post-DJ, non-linear cut-up of hip-hop, avante garde, and dance
> music... that just happens to come from a solo elecric guitar.
> LaFosse has played and/or shared performance bills with David Torn,
> Michael Manring, Mike Keneally, Carl Stone, G. E. Stinson, Steuart
> Liebig, and many others. His work has been profiled in numerous print
> and online media, including Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, MOJO,
> Alternative Press, Time Out New York, and Expose'. LaFosse has
> performed at the 2004 and 2006 editions of the New York Guitar
> Festival, and was the subject of an episode of "New Sounds" on New
> York's WNYC radio.
>
>
> Daren Burns (www.darenburns.com)
> Daren is a unique electric bass player, composer, improviser and has
> been playing and creating music for well over twenty years. Much of
> his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how to
> make systems for developing improvisation in new and unique ways. He
> is working on notation systems which incorporate rock, world music,
> jazz, noise with his open structured compositions that give the
> musician freedom, while also giving the composer his fully realized
> ideas. Over his career. Daren has shared the stage with Wadada Leo
> Smith, Neil Sadler, Butch Morris, Mike Keneally, Nels Cline, Vinny
> Golia, Jeff Kaiser, Andre LaFosse, John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Chris
> Opperman, and many, many others.
>
>
> Motoko Honda (http://www.myspace.com/motokohonda)
> Motoko currently lives in downtown Los Angeles, CA, she is a founding
> member of Los Angeles Piano Unit, a group dedicated to perform all
> kinds of piano music from classical to experimental. She is also a
> member of M. Rare Trio, and a founder of Okiro music Series and
> Ensemble. She is currently working on the "Sound Escape Project", an
> experimental collaboration with some of the greatest improvisers in
> the world.
>
> Daren Burns
> Bass Player/Composer/Teacher/Good Guy
> http://www.darenburns.com
> (818) 693-1734
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