NEXT ASAC event is on OCT. 8th - JOIN US!

Robert Millis of the Climax Golden Twins will be joining us for a very special ASAC night. He'll be performing solo, and will also present a brand new SUBLIME FREQUENCIES film, called "This World is Unreal Like A Snake in a Rope". Also, we'll be hosting the first ASAC appearance by PARASHI!

Please join us for an incredible night of film and music.

THIS WORLD IS UNREAL LIKE A SNAKE IN A ROPE
...A film by Robert Millis (Sublime Frequencies)
55 minutes 2010

A collage of sights and sounds from the eternal never-ending collage that is INDIA. A trip through the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu featuring Hindu trance ceremonies, free jazz nagaswaram improvisations, impossibly loud cities, processions, devotion, blessings, color, abstractions, detail, music and more. India is impossible to know: it is too vast, too rich and too much of a dream. Offered here is one perspective, one dream, subjective and flawed, hanging by a thread. Robert Millis is a musician and artist, a founding member of Climax Golden Twins and AFCGT and a frequent contributor to the Sublime Frequencies and Dust-to-Digital record labels. His previous films include Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan and My Friend Rain and he was the co-author of Victrola Favorites released on Dust to Digital in 2008.

Here is a preview of the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iIpPPccNVc

PARASHI will also be playing a special set of music for the evening. Parashi is the solo project of Mike Griffin. Using microphones, pedals, tapes, synthesizers, guitar, metal bowl, washboard, tin box, tin whistle, noise generator, and more, Parashi is able to transport with his otherwordly noise-based improvisations. Not to be missed!

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SPYKES + RAMBUTAN + FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE + FOSSILS FROM THE SUN!!

We're incredibly excited to be hosting the amazing JOHN OLSON from WOLF EYES in solo format on Tuesday July 27th!!

Mark your calendars for this one and tell everyone you can. We'd definitely appreciate the help getting the word out.

SPYKES (John Olson solo - from Wolf Eyes, Dead Machines, Graveyards, American Tapes, etc)

FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE (Bill Kouligas from Berlin, also plays in Sudden Infant and runs the amazing PAN RECORDS)

RAMBUTAN (Eric Hardiman from Century Plants, Burnt Hills, Twilight of the Century, Tape Drift, etc)

FOSSILS FROM THE SUN (Ray Hare from Century Plants, Burnt Hills, Twilight of the Century, etc)

Tuesday July 27th
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
Albany, NY
8PM

See you there!

SATURDAY May 29th!

Saturday May 29th is our next ASAC event - we really hope you can make it out for this very special night!

PINE SMOKE LODGE (Portland, ME) - amazing and mysterious drone psych masterpieces
CRUUDEUCES (N. Adams, MA) - organic, deep improvised sounds
GRAB ASS COWBOYS (Albany) - intense noise masters


PINE SMOKE LODGE = Matt McKeever and Hillary Dickerson from Portland, Maine. From Stunned Records: "Together Pine Smoke Lodge summit snowy banks of acoustical drone in ever-ascendant strides of bowed & plucked strings, icicle bells & xylophone, and heat-generating vocal mantra. The trail they follow is never steep, but vista-revealing peaks are reached in good order. Bookended between two stretches of sparkling activity comes a middle passage where one feels the clock has frozen as solidly as the ground underfoot. Such moments of palpable harmonic stasis trickle throughout ‘Haligdaeg’, making the climb worth it every time.”

CRUUDEUCES = Nate Brennan from North Adams, MA. Nate's played ASAC before, when he dazzled with a clarinet and electronics set. It's anyone's guess what surprises Nate will pull out for this set, but we're sure it'll be amazing. Recent releases on Tape Drift and Kimberly Dawn Recordings, as well as live sets all over the Northeast. Not to be missed!

GRAB ASS COWBOYS = Jason, Christian, plus assorted others always deliver the noise goods at ASAC. We've seen them get impossibly better and better each time they perform, displaying increasing levels of instrumental and vocal prowess. Secret Albany treasures.

JEFFERSON PITCHER - Final ASAC performance (as a local, we hope he'll be back to visit). He's off to live in Canada, so come give a hearty farewell to this AMAZING guitarist. He has performed and recorded with many artists including Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, Ikue Mori, Okkyung Lee, Scott Amendola, Christian Kiefer, J. Matthew Gerken, Denison Witmer, Sarah Weaver, Mark Dresser, Mike Bullock, Tim Keiper, David Gibson, Kristina Forester, Ron Guensche & many more. He has twice found himself on NPR's All Things Considered and has been well reviewed by the likes of Pitchfork and Harp Magazine. While much of his work explores free improvisation he also draws heavily from his love for melody, the simplicity of minimalist composers, a long love of flamenco, and a history of performing and recording in the west coast indie-rock scene as a singer-songwriter, where he fronted the band Above the Orange Trees.


SEE YOU THERE!!!


Sat. May 29
8pm
UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD
247 Lark St.
Albany, NY

$5 suggested donation for the touring performers.

SEE YOU THERE!

RIVER of DRONE II - Sunday May 16th!!

RIVER of DRONE II happens on Sunday May 16th at the SOUNDBARN in Valatie, NY.

SEVEN HOURS OF SOUND!!!! Many great performers/participants. Potluck food/drinks.

12 noon to 7pm

Good times assured!

Please email us for more details...

Albany Sonic Arts Collective (ASAC) and The soundBarn are proud to present River of Drone II: Seven Hours of Sound. A very special, long-form event, River of Drone II is a free, seven-hour, improvised sound performance from 12 noon – 7 pm on Sunday May 16 at The soundBarn, Valatie, NY.

River of DroneII: Seven Hours of Sound is a collective sonic improvisation that will unfold and develop unlike any ordinary concert. From quiet, peaceful soundscapes to full-on noise, the ever-shifting rhythm, pace and mood will evolve as the ebb and flow of performers, energy and instrumentation progresses through the seven hour performance.

Set in a former orchard cooler with views of the Catskill Mountains, The soundBarn is a uniquely suited location for visitors to lounge, listen and linger for an hour, a few minutes or the entire performance. The audience is encouraged to make themselves comfortable and to bring pillows, chairs, food and drink. Unlike a traditional concert setting, performers will be located throughout the venue and listeners are encouraged to move around, watch the accompanying video projections, wander in and out and discover new relationships to sound through immersion, reflection, deep listening, meditation, and concentration.

We hope you will join us to listen, meditate, self-hypnotize, bliss out-- or to simply enjoy a swim in the RIVER OF DRONE!

River of Drone II is a collaborative presentation of Albany Sonic Arts Collective and The soundBarn and will be presented at The soundBarn.

Featured musicians include: Jason Cosco, Matt Ernst, Tara Fracalossi, Eric Hardiman (Rambutan, Century Plants, Burnt Hills,) Ray Hare (Century Plants, Fossils From the Sun, Burnt Hills,) Holland Hopson, Thomas Lail (soundBarn,) Patrick Weklar (soundBarn) Matt Weston (Barn Owls), Mike Bullock, Linda Aubry Bullock, Mark Lunt, Chris Bassett, Jeremy Kelly, and many more special guests.
Videos by: Tara Fracalossi, Kyra Garrigue and more.

The soundBarn is a project of artist/musician Thomas Lail and artist Tara Fracalossi and is located on what was once Heald Orchards in Valatie, New York. The soundBarn is sited in a modern addition to the orchard’s 100 year old Dutch style barn. The cavernous, heavily insulated space served as the orchard’s cooler where apples and pears were over-wintered and chilled by the massive, still visible refrigeration system.


albanysonicarts at yahoo

thanks!

May 1 -- next ASAC show!!

Sat. May 1, 2010
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St. Albany
8pm - suggested donation of $5

The Albany Sonic Arts Collective presents the latest in its ongoing
series of new music performances with a triple-bill:

Ben Miller/Doug Van Nort Duo

Barn Owl

Shape Shifting Shepherds

JOIN US!!!

Sat. April 10th! at UAG on Lark St.

We really hope you can make it to this very special night of music!

Saturday April 10
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
Albany, NY

8pm
suggested donation $5

Defragmented: A concert of emergent systems
Featuring Marko Timlin and thenumber46 (Suzanne Thorpe + Philip White)

features Finnish- based composer/sound artist Marko Timlin alongside thenumber46, the collaborative effort of electro-acoustic flutist Suzanne Thorpe and electronic musician Philip White. Both Timlin and thenumber46 employ improvisation and non-linear analog systems to create music in which a delicate balance exists between the human and machine. A music at once intuitive and mechanical. Explosive and subdued. Violent and meditative.

Friday 3/19 - SISSY SPACEK and more!

Friday 3/19 at the ever amazing UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD in Albany:

SISSY SPACEK (featuring John Wiese)
GERRITT WITMER & PAUL KNOWLES
TWILIGHT OF THE CENTURY (Mike Bullock/Linda Aubry Bullock/Ray Hare/Eric Hardiman)
GRAB ASS COWBOYS
BUDDY COPS

7pm doors
$5 suggested donation
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
Albany NY

Hope to see you there!

MARCH 14th - next ASAC show!

VIC RAWLINGS/BRYAN EUBANKS/CHRIS COGBURN

plus

JONATHAN CHEN

Sunday March 14th
8pm
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
Albany, NY

$5 suggested donation

Will be a GREAT show, hope you can make it!

Sat. 2/13

Not an official ASAC event, but we hope you'll come out for this regardless! And don't worry - ASAC will be in FULL SWING shortly!