All Blog Posts Tagged 'Music' (10)

a recent live set from Klub Fabryka in Krakow, Poland was recorded and edited down to 2 hours for your enjoyment. it contains some of my best work to date, and is probably the single

most comprehensive example of my current Ancient Futurist club sound:…

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June 9th, 2010



On a rainy evening, Tamango hosted a show for the French music television channel Mezzo. With multiple camera men swarming the stage and about 300 or so people crowding the room, Tamango was in especially fine form. Tamango owned the stage and motioned for his collaborators to join him one by one. Percussionist Daniel Moreno, tabla player Mosin, the great saxophonist David… Continue

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The Elk is a musician-outdoorsman-visual artist from San Francisco, CA. His art focuses on songs recorded in real time, and the exploration of natural spaces. He is currently at work on a new CD/DVD release for early fall, mixing original songs with HD video of natural scenes throughout… Continue

Hi all,

It was incredibly beautiful to visit this small, lush green country in Europe last week. I had a wonderful time both musically and personally.

The visit was initiated by Emilija Kercan who has been learning Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Music from me for sometime now. I was very pleasantly surprised to note that Emilija is one of the many Slovenians who is deeply into Indian culture. Emilija's brother is highly committed to popularising the wisdom of…

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Pioneers of Jazz; The Story of the Creole Band, Lawrence Gushee, Oxford U. Press, 2005.



The Story of…

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After my sporadic status update[!] I was asked about what I was doing, and this is what I said. At the moment, it's all a bit "untidy", so to speak. But let me go through what's still in my head.

I'm aiming to write a "play in music" - where specific groupings of instruments in a sextet taking on characters, but using the language of the performers [who are all improvising musicians]. There are no words or images. The audience picks up the drama from the sounds/music. Although… Continue

I found this old interview I did last year with Culturalist@ Vivian Fung and re-reading I remembered our time in Bali together. I found what she says so interesting that I thought it would be worth highlighting again. Enjoy!…

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Chapter 2



Rumba, Son, and the Orchestras



Son was disliked by the authorities from the moment it first appeared in Santiago de Cuba, in the easternmost provinces. Rock and roll carried its hint of sexuality and raciness, but for early son it wasn’t implied, it was clearly displayed. Son dancing uses a hip… Continue