TIM BARNES/ BARRY WEISBLAT/ FRAUFRAULEIN

Tim Barnes has been a widely recognized drummer and percussionist since the late 90’s when he was invited to perform with iconic indie-­‐rock personalities such as The Silver Jews (American Water, Bright Flight), Jim O’Rourke (Eureka, Half Way to a Three Way, Insignificance) and Tower Recordings. By the time the new century hit, Tim was still working at a feverish pace with indie-­‐rock projects (Neil Hagerty, Essex Green, Pullman, etc.), but was also creating a name for himself as an improviser. His early collaborations with New Zealand minimalist Dean Roberts, Japanese electronic duo Minamo, future Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, and his own solo performances began gathering the attention of more established players on the experimental music scene. Soon, Tim found himself on stage improvising with such luminaries as Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Kim Gordon, Marina Rosenfeld, Okkyung Lee, Lee Ranaldo, Mats Gustafsson, Derek Bailey, John Zorn and, of course, Jim O’Rourke. All of these opportunities, in addition to the growing interest in his record label Quakebasket, the success of his curated music series, and co-­‐organizing the ErstQuake festivals, Tim was seen as one of the busiest musicians in New York.

In 2007, after 15 years of NYC life, Tim moved to Louisville, Kentucky in search for quieter times. Of course, it was not too long before Tim was brought back into the fold by one of his favorite projects, Text of Light-­‐ featuring Alan Licht, Ulrich Kreiger, and Lee Ranaldo. The shows that were played with Text of Light, and the performances that followed with For Carnation, MV&EE, mAAs, and Body/Head confirmed his trajectory back towards an active musical life. In 2013, Tim even re-­‐ launched Quakebasket with releases by the Chicago duo Coppice, and percussionist Nick Hennies. Currently, Tim has just completed a duo record with long time friend and collaborator Jeph Jerman, that will be released in early 2015 on Erstwhile. There is also a new solo record in the works as well.

https://soundcloud.com/quakebasket-records/tim-barnes-coil-7

Barry Weisblat was born in Brooklyn in 1975 and remains one of the unsung heroes of deep and investigative sound. thought. beyond a long-running commitment to participating in the underground's underground of improvisation and a dynamic sense of musical conversation, Weisblat has extended his reach and pool of knowledge beyond rubbing the surface of the black box of sound to designing and implementing his own systems. translating light into sound, sound into action, action into thought, and thought into light, Weisblat's ceaseless curiosity and simultaneous obsessive desire to participate and join in dialogue has pushed his output farther out than most people can see or conceive of. some collaborations include work with Michael Bernstein, Margarida Garcia, Andrew Lafkas, Toshio Kajiwara, Matt Valentine, Theo Angell, Otomo Yoshide, Mattin, Tim Barnes, Greg Pope, Toshi Nakamura, Sean Meehan, Dion Workman.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/187881-Barry-Weisblat

fraufraulein (Billy Gomberg + Anne Guthrie)

Billy Gomberg lives in Brooklyn NY. His studio practice incorporates analog synthesis, digital treatments, acoustic recordings and occasional instrumentation, navigating impressions of physicality via improvisation, process and space. Flyover Sound (Experimedia, a collaboration with Offthesky) received a nomination in the Experimentation/Research category of the 7th Qwartz Awards in Paris. Recent releases include his LP False Heat (False), and four years later (since, why not) on CD by the trio Delicate Sen (with Anne Guthrie & Richard Kamerman).

Anne Guthrie is an acoustician, composer, French horn player, and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She studied music composition and english at the University of Iowa and architectural acoustics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she recently completed her Ph.D. Her music combines her knowledge of acoustics and contemporary composition/improvisation. Her electronic music has focused on exploiting the natural acoustic phenomena of unique architectural spaces through minimal processing of field recordings. Her composition has focused on the orchestration of non-musical sounds, speech in particular. Her French horn playing has focused on electronic processing and extended techniques used in improvisatory settings, as a soloist and with fraufraulein and Delicate Sen, among others.

http://www.fraufraulein.com/