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| | | sedimental (usa) #sed 030 cd james coleman “zuhitsu” compact disc - this castle keeps me
- burial of the combs
- katydid
- muddy kemaris
- lady of the combs
- flying water shrine
- each spire an animal
- events at the laurel pond
- zwittering maschine
- tsunekos’ dream
- the singing sword
- stick & stone i
- sticks & stone ii
- kokin mystery birds
- released to the stars
| | debut album from james coleman; long boston’s sole creative improvising thereminist, also progenitor of the lowercase_sound mailing list. |
| | sedimental press release... |
| james coleman: theremin 1-15
greg kelley: trumpet 4, 7, 11, 14, 15
tatsuya nakatani: drums, percussion, bowed percussion 1, 4-6, 8, 10-14
vic rawlings: amplified cello, aluminum cello, sarangi, electronics 2, 7, 15
bhob rainey: soprano saxophone 3, 9
liz tonne: voice 5, 7, 10, 15
the undr quartet appears on tracks 7 and 15.
in our continuing quest to bring you new and young talented experimental musicians, sedimental is proud to release the debut cd from boston improv heavyweight, thereminist james coleman. featuring bhob rainey, greg kelley, liz tonne, tatsuya nakatani and vic rawlings this dynamic cd not only sheds new light on an instrument historically relegated to novelty but also provides a superb forum for experiencing an aesthetic that can be heard in much of boston's underground. these improvisational settings and collaborations, carefully selected by james himself, reach a place beyond their instrument individually and do so with subtlety and elegance. we recommend listening to zuihitsu at several different volume levels to experience these qualities. this release also features the creativity of five other excellent improvisers (bios provided below).
james' intense involvement in the boston underground includes the six-piece free improvisatory group saturnalia, and the experimental chamber music group, the undr quartet. he has also performed with nmperign, joe mcphee, john voigt, peter kowald, eddie prévost, dan decellis, david gross, dave bryant (ornette colemans' primetime) and composer & pianist john thomas. he has presented lecture-performances and master classes at the berklee college of music, tufts university & the george eastman house archive of motion pictures. he is also list owner and moderator of lowercase-sound, an internet discussion group devoted to low volume/low velocity experimental music & associated media, director of autumn uprising-a three-day annual festival of improvisatory practice in the greater boston area, as well as producer of a weekly live contemporary music series at the zeitgeist gallery, cambridge, ma. before re-locating to boston, james wrote and recorded numerous electronic sound environments & installations in perth, western australia, including an architectural site/sound installation at gotham artists studio, and drone piano, a collaborative sound installation at the perth institute of contemporary arts with chris mann.
the music, the compositional strategies and origins of his work on this release are unique amongst current electro-acoustic improvisors in that it is very gestural. coleman is working from a position of electronic music making as an activity of the body. it strives to fuse the intricacy of experimental technique with clarity & simplicity along with a sense of narrative.
coleman draws inspiration from the unique spatial and timbral elements found in morton feldman, giancinto scelsi, john cage and the british improvisatory group amm; the stylistic and phrasing innovations of miles davis, traditional japanese music, minimalist art forms, fluxusism and the sounds and movements of birds and other animals. the artist has a long held interest in the austere compositions of feldman, which often display the slow, unfolding of a single note(s) in space, which in turn, relates to the 'quietness' & spareness inherent in traditional japanese art forms. the artist sculpted a particular theremin sound for the recording of the two undr quartet pieces, each spire an animal and released to the stars, incorporating japanese aesthetic concepts of wabi (rustic simplicity), and sabi (loneliness, weathered surfaces). the theremin in these two pieces has a burnt, irregular, grainy sound using amp noise to achieve this sensibility. this sound in combination with the sound of the undr quartet suggests vulnerability, beauty, potential of life, energy in transition, and epiphany.
zuihitsu means 'running brush,' 'miscellany' in japanese. zuihitsu is a particular school of traditional and classical japanese literature in the form of short paragraphs wandering from subject to subject. the title calls attention to the brevity of the tracks, as the artist sought to achieve compact, poetic forms and pieces for this release. he considers the 'running brush' description as being analogous with his personal improvisational practice as 'spontaneous composition'. |
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