Clavius Productions presents:
Thursday, February 22
611 Florida Ave NW WDC
http://www.claviusproductions.org 8pm, $5 suggested donation
202-360-9739 for info
BYOW!
Eric Carbonara (solo flamenco/raga guitar, from Philly)
Owl Xounds (NYC free jazz, mem. of La Otracina/Blizzards)
Ryan Jewell (solo experimental guitar/percussion, from Ohio)
Layne Garrett (of Cutest Puppy in the World)
Eric Carbonara http://www.ericcarbonara.org/ Eric Carbonara is a guitarist, composer, audio engineer and producer whose career spans over a decade of collaborations and solo work. Frequently using a rotating cast of monikers and aliases, Carbonara simply uses sound to interpret the world around him as he sees fit. His own recording studio, Nada Sound Studio, is both the catalyst and the mechanism through which Carbonara speaks. Recent years have revealed a departure from his psych/krautrock-influenced work (Jason likes science, the cameras, the molecules) to a kaleidoscopic realm of minimalism, electro-acoustic improvisation, free-noise guitar thrashing, the folk music of North Africa and Andalusia and Classical Hindustani music. In a sense, Eric Carbonara plays pidgin music, a language that is in between other languages--borrowing elements from its surroundings--it may be a language that only Eric speaks, but he speaks it well.
In 2004, Eric Carbonara released a limited-edition album of signal delay compositions titled selections from the void.... Since then, Carbonara's work has been seen on two Philadelphia-based compilations: Rich Wexlers Up the Stairs, Down the Hall (under the moniker Otoño Brujo, a showcase of Philadelphia acts such as Man Man, Make a Rising, Doctor and Philip and Niagara Falls). Up the Stairs, Down the Hall was voted one of the top-five albums of 2005 by Philadelphias City Paper. Carbonara also was featured on Honeymoon Music's self-titled compilation, which he debuted an excerpt from the sprawling "Music for Wine Glasses." He is currently working on a follow-up to selections from the void, which will consist of two more studio-based compositions and an anthology showcasing selected works from the last ten years.
Owl Xounds http://www.vorg.net/csr/artistsowlsounds.htm "A nice new snootful of sounds from Brooklyn's Colour Sounds label, featuring three nutty combos, all sharing one drummer. Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy is the new version of a group which has recorded for the label before. The rhythm section (Adam Kriney on drums, Gene Janas on upright bass) is joined by alto-saxophonist Darius Jones and electric guitarist Gene Moore. The quartet put together an interesting hybrid, combining free-rock with fairly solid power jazz. Moore's guitar is all over the planet - much more than on any other of his other recordings - letting loose hairballs of spiny string inventions whether fore or aft. Jones' sax work is skronky but more in terms of speed-slurring than overblowing. Kriney's drumming is an aggressive catalog of head-snaps, usually focused on moving things forward in the boldest way possible. Janas' bass is a thick belt, tightened low around the gut. It can be hard to pick him out of the mix when things are really popping, but he's always felt. Recorded live, with no space for solos, this is an exciting slab of group Improv...All three of these Colour Sounds releases are packed up in hip handmade sleeves and brim with a lo-fi vibe and groove." (Byron Coley, The Wire)
"Brand new space/time conceptions from the group formerly known as Owl Sounds with powerhouse pugilist Adam Kriney on drums and Gene Janas on upright bass joined by new recruits Darius Jones on alto sax and Gene Moore (Thurston's brother, also a member of Hat City Intuitive) on electric guitar. Totally classic Blue Humans/Von Lmo-style No Wave jazz/rock that teleports straight in to the heart of the free zone and just fucking stays there. Moore's playing is great, moving from Beefheart-style Diddley-shuffles through stings of high-register acid and Jones' saxophone playing comes right out of the best refusenik traditions. Janas and Kriney, well, they're a fucking blur. Killer. Hand-numbered edition of 50 copies in luminous spar-spattered sleeves." (David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue)
Ryan Jewell http://www.myspace.com/ryanxing Ryan Jewell was born in a small Appalachian river town in southern Ohio in a landscape set between the rundown post-industrial factories and train yards and the natural beauty of the forested foothills and the Ohio River. The juxtaposition of these two seemingly conflicting environments has profoundly affected his aesthetic. He studied percussion and electronic composition techniques at Capital University and has since studied drumset with Susie Ibarra and tabla with Dr. Lowell Lybarger. His improvisations are equally influenced by Midwestern underground experimental noise, free jazz, psychoacoustics, reductionist impov, and certain schools of avant-garde composition. Ryan likes both long and short durations of sounds and tries not to make a big deal about it. He has performed or recorded with C. Spencer Yeh, Tatsuya Nakatani, Reuben Radding, Larry Marotta, Mike Brown, Hasan Abdur-Razzaq, Seth Meicht, Nate Wooley, Napolean Maddox, Queen Mae and the Bells, Terribly Empty Pockets, Luasa Raelon, and Ed Chang.
Layne Garrett http://www.questionthetruth.com/noise http://www.myspace.com/lostspaces Layne Garrett's sounds are wide-ranging, from swallow-you-whole improvised noise freak-outs to unnervingly patient, shimmering compositions. Elements include: prepared and re-tuned guitars, found-object percussion, thumb piano, field recordings, brutish bass clarinet, shaky voice, live sampling/processing, drift, collapse, transformation. In solo performances, fingerstyle guitar has been the focus recently.
Garrett lives in Washington DC and plays in the improv duo The Cutest Puppy in the World. He has received grants from the American Composers Forum and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He has performed regionally and nationally and has several recordings available on the DC-based Sockets label, as well as forthcoming releases on New American Folk Hero. His recordings have been praised by the likes of Wire, Terrascope, Fakejazz, Foxy Digitalis, Free103point9, and Arthur.
Upcoming Clavius events:
3/2: Carpark Records presents Ecstatic Sunshine/Lexie Mountain Boys/Cache Cache
3/29: Microwaves (spatic no wave from Pittsburgh and Branch/Riordan/Sexton (Chicago free jazz)
