Monthly Archives: May 2011

BROOKLYN EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL!

w/ Talibam! — Brian Chase, Seth Misterka, & Matthew Welch — Mike Pride Bass Trio — Foxglove — Jackson Moore — Long Distance Poison — Silver Ash — Instant Conductors — Kevin Uehlinger’s Alchemusic — Philip Gayle — Che Chen and Robbie Lee — Brandon Evans — Brooklyn Raga Association — Jenny Electrik — The Electronic Border Patrol.

After a decade of hosting shows and events, the News…onic Loft is coming to a close this spring. It all started back in 2001 with a series of rooftop bbqs and experimental music shows, so to celebrate the end of the space, I’ve put together a day-long celebration of experimental and improvised musics beginning with a free rooftop bbq followed by 14 acts of some of Brooklyn’s finest experimental musicians, a lighting installation by White Light Prism, and a late night after party.

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CD review – Sven Kacirek’s twenty first century statement of downsizing profit paradigms and a swelling of sensual experience created in African community art!

Artist: Sven Kacirek
Title: The Kenya Sessions
Label: Pingipung
Cat.#: PINGIPUNG 20
Genre: contemporary roots music

CD review by Anika Lani

 

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Music listings – 5/2 through 5/8

Will be up dated later!

1. Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra

Date: Monday, May 2, 2011
Time: 7:30 & 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Contemporary Jazz/improve

During the ‘70- and ‘80’s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger , Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world.

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