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previous artist: angela bulloch		there are 5 titles featuring michael bullock in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: sandy bull

$12.01

new to stock as of
october 15th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
circuit-bending
minimalism-drones

chloë recordings (usa) #chloe 008 cd

mawja “live one” compact disc

16 sept 05: wnur, chicago, il (13:07)
21 sept 05: warehouse next door, washington, dc (29:50)

chloë recordings press release...

chloë 008 mawja: "live one"

mazen kerbaj (cornet, objects)
michael bullock (bass, feedback)
vic rawlings (cello, surface electronics)

mary staubitz emailed me asking, "do you and vic want to play with this guy from lebanon?" mary was booking a series of noise shows at the midway café in jamaica plain, ma, and had been contacted, apparently out of the blue, by "this trumpet player from beirut." she wanted to help him out but wasn’t sure what to do, since none of us in boston really knew anything about him. vic and i have had a duo established since 2000, so i knew at least i wouldn’t be totally out to sea with this new guy. i agreed and so did vic: we would meet mazen for the first time at the gig.

we did just that. i walked into the midway the night of the gig and saw a tall middle eastern man standing in the middle. the midway is a very rowdy, noisy joint even when the music is not playing, so conversation was limited to pleasantries, and 30 minutes later the three of us were on "stage" (actually the middle of the floor in front of the tiny stage, the only place we could fit two large string instruments, two amps, and mazen’s table crowded with trumpet preparations). then something happened - music came tumbling out. immediately, and for the entire set, we were in that state of mind that most groups work for months or years to achieve; the music played itself. harsh, mild, tense, limber, awkward in the best ways, and above all, effortless. after it was over we knew we had to play again, soon, and often.

we set about booking a tour for the next time mazen could come to the us. this disc, along with "studio one" on al maslakh, is the products of that intensely creative week. - michael bullock - troy, june 2007

$12.01

back in stock as of
october 15th, 2007

first in stock on
november 25th, 2003

file under:
free-improv
sound-research

chloë recordings (usa) #chloe 003 cd

vic rawlings / michael bullock “fall of song” compact disc

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mike and vic are two visionary artists who not have not only fashioned their own rube goldberg-lineage kit out of discarded oscillators, guts of mixing desks, old contact mics, etc... but have developed a language to communicate with each other using these means. said language has a wide vocabulary and, at the time of this recording, was at an all time peak.

chloë recordings press release...

vic rawlings : cello, open-circuit electronics.
mike bullock : contrabass, tone generators

“this disc was recorded in an antique wooden gymnasium last winter, where it was so cold we couldn’t feel our hands. vic plays amplified cello and a rack of electronics he (re)built himself out of exposed circuit boards and salvaged speaker cones. mike plays amplified contrabass and a tone generator originally made for scientists. the result is an unbelievably stark sound world utterly alienated from the glib fluidity usually associated with bowed strings. the pieces on 'fall of song' are by turns deep-frozen and blisteringly hot. the rhythms are those of hands moving over a workbench or methodically slashing tires.

after playing in various bands together since 1996, rawlings and bullock first played as a duo in summer 2000. they will be touring france and the netherlands in october 2003 in support of ‘fall of song.’”

$12.01

back in stock as of
october 15th, 2007

first in stock on
february 19th, 2003

file under:
free-improv
minimal-drones

chloë recordings (usa) #chloe 001 cd

michael bullock “initial” compact disc

boxes piled on boxes... all of them empty
there was a stiff breeze

debut from mr. mike bullock, boston-area non-idiomatic double bass fiddle / oscillator improvisor supreme, also the debut on his chlöe label.

chloë recordings press release...

mike bullock - contrabass

track 1 recorded 2 december 2000 at casa del polpolo, montréal, quebec. track 2 recorded 7 december 2000 at the red room, baltimore, md. mastered by bhob rainey. design by cheryl mccaffrey. photos by cheryl mccaffery and mike bullock. thanks to: howie steltzer, jason talbot, greg kelley and james coleman. for margaret and fred.

“different spaces call for different kinds of playing. on the first track, recorded in montréal, the patrons of the club barely notice the amplified contrabass feeding back as mike attempts to 'steer' the feedback rather than maintain complete control. on the second track, recorded in a bookstore in baltimore, the human is in charge again, playing a purely acoustic set, driven by hyperagressive bowing.”

$15.12

back in stock as of
january 25th, 2008

first in stock on
august 9th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

file under:
free-improv

grob (germany) #grob 543 cd

the bsc “good” compact disc

good

grob press release...

the bsc - good

in vienna, berlin and tokyo musicians are working on stillness, reduction, non-expressivity and micro-differentiation. in cologne, london, new york, chicago, paris, warsaw, this music is performed and written about. but up to now the most exciting of this scene has been happening outside these large cities. for example, in boston. that this city possesses a young and rather large improv scene including labels and venues is well known. there are even a few ”superstars” like the saxophonist bhob rainey and the trumpeter greg kelley, two musicians who have easily liberated themselves from established improvisation patterns. what has been missing till now is a recording that clearly exemplifies the sound of boston. such a thing can hardly be forced, it always seems to happen casually, e.g. when one listens to a concert recording again and again and then suddenly discovers how definitive it is!

such a stroke of luck has arrived with the bsc – good. the bsc is a chamber orchestra from boston led by bhob rainey. joining him are greg kelley (of course), james coleman (theremin), howard stelzer (tapes), liz tonne (voice), vic rawlings (cello, electronics), mike bullock (bass), and chris cooper (prepared guitar), with guests axel dörner (trumpet) and andrea neumann (inside piano).

good is a 37-minute, improvisation process recorded live, which creatively draws on the resources from the reduced parameters of this new improvised music. despite all the stillness, the music is also surprisingly dense and tightly woven together. the music captivates via a noisiness radical maintained throughout the whole piece, and in spite of this (or because of it?), it is lyrical and surreal. the melody of metallic shimmering tonal colors can be heard from the very beginning.

$16.64

back in stock as of
july 14th, 2008

first in stock on
april 20th, 2007

threads:
printed-matter

sedimental (usa) #sed 046 cd
fo(a)rm (united states) #foarm 5 mag

“fo(a)rm no. 5 (autonomy)” magazine and compact disc set

barbara held : inmersión sonora [15:18]
jonas baes : wala [6:50]
jose maceda : udlot udlot (excerpt) [11:50]
arsenije jovanovic : white city [20:57]
michael j. schumacher : piece for 61 sounds [20:26]

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "arsenije jovanovic : white city"

spring 2007 issue of this increasingly excellent sound-arts journal, edited by seth nehil, matt marble, and michael j. schumacher.

again, this comes with a full-length compact disc containing music by arsenije jovanovic (a superb 20+ minute survey of field recorded events and instrumental drone...), jose maceda, michael j. schumacher, jonas baes, and barbara held.

sedimental press release...

fo(a)rm no. 5 (autonomy)
156 pp., 7 x 9”, perfect-bound, full-color cover
(with exclusive cd)

we are very excited to present fo a rm no. 5, a special sound-art issue with an exclusive full-length cd complimenting the writings. (autonomy) is an examination of sound and freedom, a look at how artists and audiences take responsibility for their place in the world. topic editor and composer michael j. schumacher asks - "how can we 'save' ourselves from the undermining forces of commercialization and homogenization by 'using' the system in place, but returning as little as possible to it?" from a variety of perspectives along the fringes, we probe this question and raise many others.

including a special section on the great filipino composer jose maceda, with rare writings and scores - an in-depth interview with serbian radio artist arsenije jovanovic - writings by sound artists giancarlo toniutti, francisco lopez, achim wollscheid and john duncan - notes on improvisation by michael bullock - a probe into musical autonomy in the armed forces - writings on a sound installation by physicist luis lopez with composer barbara held - a profile of diapason sound gallery (nyc) - a poetic essay by musique concrete composer lionel marchetti - the early scores of robert ashley examined by avant-garde cellist alex waterman - experimental poetry by paolo javier, steven zultanski and travis nichols - art by jan anderzen (of kemialliset ystävät) and sreshta premnath - and much more!

plus, in collaboration with sedimental records, an amazing 80-minute cd with music by jonas baes, barbara held, arsenije jovanovic, jose maceda and michael j. schumacher!

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