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nEWS 2010
28 DEC 10
21st Sensory Music: In Conversation with Composer Randall Woolf
As 2010 draws to a close, it should be noted that this year has marked the centennial of the premiere of Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, arguably the first contemporary composition to use “multimedia” as we (mis)understand it today. That is, as defined here, accompanying visuals that are produced by electric/electronic means.
With this as a point of entry, a discussion of the previous 10 decades of new music with visuals, and their ever evolving technology, seemed to a good way to lead into a mini-profile of the work of composer Randall Woolf. His catalog contains many compositions where the elements of video and staging are prominent features in his unique combination of current technology and contemporary culture in what is 21st century classical music.
Read, see & hear the rest of this post on The MMiXdown
06 DEC 10
J.S. Bacalhau - Pix
Download the PDF progran HERE
05 DEC 10
J.S. Bacalhau
a mix of Bach & Brazil
on the program
"Thou Art Translated (Knot)"
text: Haroldo De Campos
trans: A. S. Bessa
music: Patrick Grant
voice: Patricia Sonego
keyboard: Patrick Grant
percussion: Philip Galinsky
choreo/dance: Megan Sipe
St. Marks Church In-the-Bowery
131 East 10th Street
(at 2nd Ave.)
NYC - $15
More iNFO HERE
24 NOV 10
EUROPE: NOV 2010
01 NOV 10
BIG BANG v2.0 @ Science & the Arts Conference 2010
A Power Point presentation given to the International Conference of Science & the Arts, CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, New York City, October 30, 2010 on the transformation of "BIG BANG: for Live Ensemble & Multimedia" (2006) into the chamber opera "BIG BANG" (2011) by Patrick Grant.
Transcript: http://www.strangemusic.com/BIG-BANG-v2.0.pdf
07 OCT 10
sTRANGE mUSIC to present at the Science & the Arts Conference 2010
Science & the Arts Conference 2010:
Communicating Science to the Public
through the Performing Arts
OCT 30, 2010
New York, NY
Guest speaker Patrick Grant discusses
BIG BANG for live ensemble and multimedia
Strange Music Inc., NYC
A presentation about the creation of phase one of this work and the
plans for its expansion onto the stage as music theater in 2011
The CUNY Graduate Center
Elebash Recital Hall
34th St. & 5th Ave.
New York, NY
More iNFO at:
http://www.sciartconference2010.com
03 OCT 10
Michael Shenker 1955-2010
Community leader, musician, friend.
27 SEP 10
We Have a WINNER!!! Best Feature Documentary at the 2010 Coney Island Film Festival!
Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque
produced and directed by Gary Beeber
original music and sound design by Patrick Grant
DIRTY MARTINI AND THE NEW BURLESQUE, a feature-length, independent documentary film by Gary Beeber explores the outrageous world of the performers who created the new burlesque scene in New York City. Get to know Miss Dirty Martini and her friends Julie Atlas Muz, World-Famous *BOB*, Bambi the Mermaid, Tigger!, Scotty the Blue Bunny, and many other cult stars. http://www.ten-in-oneproductions.com/
The original soundtrack will be released on Strange Music records in 2011.
Congratulation, Gary! Congratulations everybody!!!
25 SEP 10
BIG BANG Video is Now Online
BIG BANG is a musical work for multimedia, with live musical ensemble, narrator and video projections, written and
directed by composer/performer Patrick
Grant. This work results from a collaboration between the composer and astronomer Charles Liu with input from physicist Brian
Schwartz.
BIG BANG was premiered at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC on May 15, 2006 and was
part of The 26th International Colloquium on Group
Theoretical Methods in Physics on June 27, 2006 also at CUNY.
BIG BANG
Composed & directed by Patrick Grant
Text by Patrick Grant and Charles Liu with Brian Schwartz
Performed by Patrick Grant Group:
Patrick Grant, Kathleen Supove, Marija Ilic, & John Ferrari
Charles Liu, narrator
1. Prologue
http://vimeo.com/15228359
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAmv0-eeoYI
2. Running the Film in Reverse
http://vimeo.com/15228944
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkv8AmxRLM8
3. The Quantum Gravity Era
http://vimeo.com/15229224
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-IgSpLr0w
4. The Big Bang
http://vimeo.com/15229456
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDcW5jFi7w
5. The Universe Takes Shape
http://vimeo.com/15229224
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENzUCnVU97E
6. Formation of Basic Elements
http://vimeo.com/15230070
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIa6HPVxJc
7. The Radiation Era
http://vimeo.com/15230361
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaO6x8OgiIM
8. Beginning the Era of Matter Domination
http://vimeo.com/15230503
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLuenE40NdU
9. Birth of Stars and Galaxies
http://vimeo.com/15231131
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSi3eX5giE8
10. Earliest Life
http://vimeo.com/15231314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-65ttA9aQU
11. Homo Sapiens Evolve
http://vimeo.com/15231626
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BzLfHm19e8
12. The Stellar Era Ends
http://vimeo.com/15231935
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfjMOh5parA
13. Epilogue
http://vimeo.com/15232159
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Q71-KLNnE
More iNFO HERE
24 SEP 10
The 10th Annual Coney Island Film Festival Opens
Opening Night Feature Presentation
Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque
produced and directed by Gary Beeber
original music and sound design by Patrick Grant
DIRTY MARTINI AND THE NEW BURLESQUE, a feature-length, independent documentary film by Gary Beeber explores the outrageous world of the performers who created the new burlesque scene in New York City. Get to know Miss Dirty Martini and her friends Julie Atlas Muz, World-Famous *BOB*, Bambi the Mermaid, Tigger!, Scotty the Blue Bunny, and many other cult stars.
More INFO, tickets, etc. at:
http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/
BONUS: Check out this video short from 2005, "Happy Ride, Coney Island"
17 SEP 10
More iNFO TBA
01 SEP 10
sTRANGEmUSIC Catalog Begins Its Transition to Digital Download
Beginning this month with his first CD release "Fields Amaze" (1998) and working its way towards the present, Patrick Grant's sTRANGEmUSIC catalog (over a dozen albums) will be available for sale as digital downloads (MP3s) at the following sites:
Apple iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD Baby, Deezer, Emusic, GreatIndieMusic, Last.fm, LimeWire, Liquid Digital Media, MediaNet, MySpace Music, Napster, Nokia, Rhapsody, Shockhound, Spotify, ThumbPlay, Tradebit, Verizon, and Zune
Stay tuned for more iNFO and titles of upcoming releases TBA
24 AUG 10
STRANGE MUSIC DAY
Houston Press
The Examiner
Holidays 123
Giftypedia
Google
92.7 FM, Sonora, CA
Salt Lake Magazine
CBC Radio 2
It’s funny how a holiday that I “invented” for my web site actually caught on. Mostly, it seems, by summer school programs looking for activities for the kids i.e. homemade instruments, listening exercises, and the like. It gets a little bigger every year.
So, in the spirit of all that: do something that is sonically unusual for you, whether it’s listening to a random CD or getting out of the house and going to a musical event that you normally would not. It’s all relative.
Happy Strange Music Day!
Strange Music Day Quiz - STAR 92.7 Sonora, CA
Salt Lake Magazine
CBC Radio 2 - Canada
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
-Patrick Grant
01 AUG 10
Composers Concordance Records
Composers Concordance Records
Directors: Joseph Pehrson, Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper
associate directors: Luis Andrei Cobo, Patrick Grant, Astrid Steiner
Composers Concordance Records main goal is to release recordings of 20th and 21st century composers/performers presented in an exciting format and recorded with an aesthetic of clarity and studio precision. We want to present contemporary music in a thematically focused context on each release, combining works of music that create a whole album and complement each other. We are also interested in high quality recording with a concentration on clarity. CCR is developing new concepts of what a CD can be, combining new music, new instrumentation, experimentation and cross genre transcendence. Our goal is simple:...good music recorded well pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
Coming in September 2010
Distributed by Naxos
27 JUL 10
the return of
COMPLEXO SISTEMA
DE ENFRAQUECIMENTO DA SENSIBILIDADE
Cia. de Teatro Antro Exposto
"Grant’s work is stupendous... In “Complexo Sistema” it establishes an uninterrupted dialogue of words and action, taking the risky games that Ruy Filho’s actors face to extreme intensities. With the dialogue between the music and sound design of Grant on one hand, and the parade of repressive and violent situations conceived by Ruy on the other, the piece could not be stronger. Here, text and soundtrack combine as a unified and inseparable whole in service of the storytelling. The result is powerful."
Alberto Guzik - January 23, 2009 (Portuguese original text)
Complexo Sistema de Enfraquecimento da Sensibilidade
Um torturador e um garoto. A agressão física e manipulação psicológica como sistema de padronização. A resistência, no entanto, dá-se na construção de delírios, fugas da realidade possíveis apenas aos que ainda conseguem imaginar e criar. Com trilha original de Patrick Grant, parceiro de importantes nomes do teatro contemporâneo como Robert Wilson, The Living Theatre e Gerald Thomas. “(...) Mais uma vez, o grupo não facilita a vida do público – e aí está seu mérito” (Veja S. Paulo, 12/2008).
Ficha Técnica
Concepção, texto e direção: Ruy Filho
Música original: Patrick Grant
Com Diego Torraca, Guilherme Gorski, Raiani Teichmann, Tiago Torraca e Camila Biondan
Cenário e Iluminação: Ruy Filho
Figurinos: Junia Paiva
Preparação de ator: Gustavo Sol
Preparador convidado: Alexandre Caetano
Fotos e Design Gráfico: Patrícia Cividanes
Produção: Cia. de Teatro Antro Exposto
Assistente de produção: Hermano Balbino
Assessoria de imprensa: AI! Antro Imprensa
Realização: Cia. de Teatro Antro Exposto e Centro Cultural Rio Verde
Elenco
Diego Torraca
Guilherme Gorski
Raiani Teichmann
Tiago Torraca
Camila Biondan
Serviço
Temporada: de 06 a 27 de julho de 2010
Horários: terças-feiras às 21hs
Censura: 14 anos
Ingressos: R$ 30,00
Gênero: drama experimental
Duração: 70 minutos
Sala Principal
74 lugares
Telefone para reservas: (11) 9900.0049
Viga Espaço Cênico
Rua Capote Valente, 1323 – Pinheiros, São Paulo/SP
Próximo ao metrô Sumaré
Telefone: (11) 3801.1843
http://www.viga.art.br/
14 JUL 10
H2Opus: Behind the Music
"And so, after months of planning and promotion, our Make Music New York 2010 performance of H2Opus: Fluid Soundscapes by Multiple Composers at Waterside Plaza in Manhattan came to pass on June 21st. Funny. Considering everything that could go wrong, musician schedules, illness, broken guitar strings, it all came down to the elemantal. It seemed that, after all of that, our only concerns were the possibility of rain and the reality of wind..."
Read the full post at The MMiXdown
08 JUL 10
H2Opus - MMNY 2010 - Video Excerpts
Full performance iNFO HERE
22 JUN 10
H2Opus - Slideshow from the Performance
Photos by Jocelyn Gonzales
20 JUN 10
Dear friends,
On Monday evening, June 21st, between 7-9 PM, we present
“H2Opus: Fluid Soundscapes for Multiple Composers”
at Waterside Plaza in NYC as part of the 4th annual Make Music New York festival.
This is a free event.
This concert of water themed and NYC summer time music features the composer/performers
Kamala Sankaram (voice & accordion), Gene Pritsker (electric guitar & rapping), Dan Cooper
(7-string electric bass), Joseph Pehrson (keyboard) and myself, Patrick Grant (keyboard & electric
guitar), joined by instrumentalists Lynn Bechtold (violin), Marija Ilic (keyboard), John Ferrari
(percussion), and the inimitable downtown diva Kathleen Supove (keyboard).
Waterside Plaza is located off of 23rd St. and the FDR on the East River in Manhattan.
See the link below for detailed directions.
We hope that you can make it for this extra special musical event.
-Patrick Grant
Pieces on the program:
Lonely Ride Coney Island - Patrick Grant
Prudendurance Wet - Joseph Pehrson
Wading for Bait Man - Patrick Grant
Water Possessed 4- Gene Pritsker
Sounds of Sirens - Patrick Grant
Lucid Intervals - Patrick Grant
Deep Time 2- Gene Pritsker
Pilgrim - Kamala Sankaram
Solstice Bells - Dan Cooper
Fishbowl - Dan Cooper
Design - Dan Cooper
H2Opus web page & press release:
http://www.patrickgrant.com/H2Opus.html
Other links:
Waterside Plaza (directions etc.) - http://watersideplaza.com/roller/blog/entry/save_the_date_make_music
Make Music New York - http://makemusicny.org/schedule/artist/profile/2999
Rehearsal photos on The MMiXdown - http://themmixdown.wordpress.com/
19 JUN 10
WNYC Supports H2Opus
18 JUN 10
PG Interviewed on Show #52 of Noizepunk & Krooner
Das Krooner (Charles Coleman) & The Noizepunk (Gene Pritsker)
Listen to the interview HERE: http://kalvos.org/nkshows.html
27 MAY 10
The MMiXdown Goes to Motown
The MMiXdown goes to Motown this coming May 29-31 for the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, also known as Movement, for its 2010 edition.
Time Out New York‘s Bruce Tantum described the festival in a recent article:
Detroit: It’s a prime example of urban decay; it’s the poster child for the failings of the capitalist system. But whatever its shortcomings, the city has one very big thing going for it: Its musical history is as rich as it comes. From the jazz and blues of its Black Bottom neighborhood, through the emotion-soaked soul of Motown and the cosmic grooves of Parliament-Funkadelic, to the jam-kicking punch of the MC5 and The Stooges, Detroit has long shown a sonic sensibility that outshines 99 percent of other towns its size. Since the mid-’80s (a quarter century—can you believe it?), one of the sounds that’s had the world cocking an ear toward Detroit is Techno, so it shouldn’t be surprising that one of the world’s leading celebrations of electronic dance music takes place in the Motor City. This coming Memorial Day weekend, that blowout—the annual Movement festival—takes over downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza, with scores of after-parties helping to spread the techno gospel.
The three-day event attracts the top echelon of techno’s artists and DJs. This year’s headliners are hometown heroes Richie Hawtin (in his Plastikman guise), Juan Atkins (in Model 500 mode) and Kevin Saunderson (performing with his classic Inner City combo, the group responsible for late-’80s technopop hits like “Good Life” and “Big Fun”). And the rest of the scene’s elites will be on hand as well, with American stars such as Claude VonStroke and the Martinez Brothers mingling with international superstars like Ricardo Villalobos and Michael Mayer. (That’s not to mention wild cards along the lines of funk fiend Mr. Scruff and dubstep doyen Martyn, nor the dozens of other big names playing at unofficial ancillary events.) But despite the scope of the festival, Movement executive director Jason Huvaere sounded remarkably calm … “I only panic when I look at the calendar,” he jokes. “But it is a massive amount of work. When this festival began in 2000, I think a lot of people tried to treat it as a part-time job, and I can tell you, it is not. This is a 365-day-a-year job. We don’t have a couple of artists; we have 100 artists. We don’t have one stage; we have five. We don’t have 2,500 people every day; we have 25,000. The scale is immense.”
Read the full article HERE.
PLASTIK FANTASTIC Richie Hawtin’s set of brooding techno, performed in his Plastikman guise, is among the weekend’s highlights.
The Greektown Casino Hotel will be MMiXdown HQ while we attend the festival. Expect pictures, video, and other content when we get back (as long as we can stay away from those damn slot machines).
Detroit’s Movement festival runs May 29–31. Go to http://paxahau.com/movement for more info.
21 MAY 10
Introducing Aqua-Man, the Danelectro H2Opus Guitar
19 MAY 10
Random Images from Brazil
06 APR 10
Philippe Braunschweig, Prix de Lausanne Founder, Dies at 82
Philippe Braunschweig was a friend, a mentor, and a business partner of mine during 11 years. He hired me to compose and play for the modern dance program of the Prix de Lausanne from 1995-1997 and was one of the initial start-up partners of my production company.
I learned a lot from him, about the dance, visual arts, but mostly, how things get done in the arts.
I will miss him and my heart goes out to his family.
NY Times obituary by Anna Kisselgoff: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/arts/dance/07braunschweig.html
01 APR 10
Just Announced...
H2Opus
Fluid Soundscapes by Multiple Composers
An event produced by Patrick Grant & Special Guests
for
Make Music New York 2010
Patrick Grant - composer/keyboard/electric guitar
Kamala Sankaram - composer/voice/accordian
Gene Pritsker - composer/electric guitar
Joseph Pehrson - composer/keyboard
Dan Cooper - composer/electric bass
John Ferrari - drums & marimba
Kathleen Supove - keyboard
Lynn Bechtold - violin
Marija Ilic - keyboard
Download the press release HERE
@ Waterside Plaza NYC
23rd Street & The East River
Monday,
June 21, 2010
7PM - 9PM
Directions to Waterside Plaza HERE
Make Music New York is sponsored by:
More
details TBA
28 MAR 10
Pix from Composers Concordance's BENEFIT FOR HAITI
See see all the pix click HERE
17 MAR 10
fIELDS aMAZE (excerpt)
kEEPING sTILL
tHE wEIGHTS oF nUMBERS (excerpt)
Patrick Grant Group @ Annina Nosei Gallery
March 17, 2000, New York City
Patrick Grant, Marija Ilic, John Ferrari,
Rumiko Takahashi, Paul DeSilva
Cameras: Darko Lungulov, Marie Maciak
13 MAR 10
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast, You’ve Got to Make the Mourning Last
This year marks the 100th birthday of American classical composer Samuel Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981). But his famous work for string quartet, Adagio for Strings, lives on as a pop meme. Last week, the New York Times published a lengthy article that discussed how Barber’s piece embedded itself in the mainstream culture via its use as a soundtrack for film, television and radio.
On a new edition of The MMiXdown, Jocelyn Gonzales tallies up pop-cultural uses of the piece that didn't appear in that article and Patrick Grant discusses via MP3 the actual musical mechanics that make the piece work on a number of levels.
Read it, see it, hear it HERE.
08 MAR 10
Artifícios Primeiros
Artifícios Primeiros
Conceived and Directed by Ruy Filho
With TiagoTorraca
Original soundtrack Patrick Grant
Produced by Cia de Teatro Antro Expoto
& Cultural Center and Rio Verde
Venue: Centro Cultural Rio Verde, Sao Paulo, Brazil
From May 13 to July 29, 2010, Thursdays at 21:30
Graphic Design and Photography by Patricia Cividanes
Press Relations Antro Imprensa antroimprensa@yahoo.com.br
www.antroexposto.blogspot.com
More
details TBA
01 MAR 10
Delia Darbyshire: Unsung Muse of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
The theme for the BBC's DOCTOR WHO, composed by Ron Grainer (The Prisoner, The Omega Man) and realized by Delia Derbyshire for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1963, was one of the first electronic themes created for a series. Even after 40 years and several Dr. Who series reboots, it continues to be one of the most striking and recognizable electronic themes in TV history...
Read the full article at The MMiXdown
15 FEB 10
MIT Press: Computer Music Journal (Quarterly) - MMiX Festival featured in News
Above: a composite of pp. 5 & 6 of CMJ, Volume 34, No. 1, Spring Issue
01 FEB 10
Lucid Intervals (3:59)
Lucid Intervals - an ostinato for (virtual) violin solo, hammer dulcimer, string quartet, vibraphone,
electric bass, timpani, congas, and prepared piano.
Created for the Composers Concordance "Composers Play Composers" Marathon, Jan. 31, NYC.
Original music & video editing by Patrick Grant. Piano samples used courtesy of David Borden.
© MMX strangemusic
Performing "Lucid Intervals" on the Nano Rig at the Composers Condcordance "Composers
Play Composers" Marathon at DROM NYC, Jan. 31, 2010.
Korg Nanos in rehearsal. (photos: Jocelyn Gonzales)
25 JAN 10
Is It Safe? The Marathon Men Behind “Composers Play Composers”
Read the complete blog on The MMiXdown.
19 JAN 10
Music for Poetry & Video Installations in São Paulo
SAMPOEMAS 2010
Music for Poetry & Video Installations: POEMAPOPAULICEIAIMAGEMPLATEIA
Curated by Paula Valeria Andrade, at the 6th Verão de Poesia (Summer of Poetry),
in the Casa das Rosas - Espaço Haroldo de Campos de Poesia e Literatura,
to celebrate the city of São Paulo.
Casa das Rosas - Espaço Haroldo de Campos de Poesia e Literatura
Avenida Paulista, 37
Próximo à Estação Brigadeiro do Metrô
Tel.: (11) 3285.6986
www.casadasrosas-sp.org.br
Estacionamento conveniado Patropi:
Al. Santos, 74
contato.cr@poiesis.org.br
Twitter: @casadasrosas
15 JAN 10
The More I Look, Diverse It Gets
Dirty Martini, the subject of Gary Beeber's "Dirty Martini & The New Burlesque," the latest film/doc that I scored (due out later this year) appears in this month's V Magazine in a photo shoot done by Karl Lagerfeld. Work like that certainly keeps my studio's output, uh, I guess "diverse" word be a good word?
You can see the complete photo shoot HERE.
01 JAN 10
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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