PRISM CONCERT
Thursday, February 9th 2006
Glass House Gallery, Williamsburg
with:
KABLOONA - Party Free Jazz!! www.myspace.com/kabloona
liek (accompanied by the mu ensemble) www.learningthelanguage.com/liek
Oriental Skulls (Adam Kriney/Gene Janas/Don Undeen/Ben Kates/Mario Rechtern) www.vorg.net
Loring www.myspace.com/loringsongs
Rolyn Hu-doo / Doctor Hu-voo
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Thursday, June 23rd - 8pm
The Prism Concerts
Glass House Gallery
Williamsburg
38 South 1st Street (between Kent and Wythe, closer to Kent)
with all of these people:
Peter Evans (trumpet), Sam Kulik (trombone), Dave Smith (trombone), Tom Blancarte (bass)
Randy Borra (alto saxophone) & Gene Janas (bass) Duo
Fa She Group
Ryan Sawyer (drums), Patrick Holmes (clarinet), Tianna Kennedy (cello), Brent Arnold (cello)
summer hot. hot hot hot!
Hannah Marcus (piano/keyboard/organ), Tianna Kennedy (cello), Nini (guitar), Kevin Shea (drums)
William Glass (drums), Russell Baker (trumpet): The Ball Governor
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liek twi and the mu ensemble
@ RUBULAD
Saturday, May 21st - 1:00am
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The Prism Concerts
Saturday, April 9 2005
Glass House Gallery
* This concert was a participant in the Music For Peace Project 2005
9:00pm- Kabloona
followed by liek twi and the mu ensemble
into SUN HOP FAT
then back to Kabloona at around 10pm
passed on to Aram Shelton/Mark Denardo
to be continued by Tianna Kennedy and Kevin Shea
SUN HOP FAT takes over at around 11
back to liek twi and the mu ensemble for a second time
Aram Shelton/Mark Denardo play again
and then Tianna Kennedy and Kevin Shea will send us into the night.
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liek twi and the mu ensemble
Saturday, Feb 5th 2005 - 10pm
Glass House Gallery
38 South 1st street (between Kent and Wythe) closer to Kent.
L Train to first stop Bedford Ave.
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COMA @ ABC-No Rio
LES, Manahttan
January 23rd 2005
1. Nobu Stowe (piano) -- Vytis Nivinskas (bass)
2. Randy Borra alto sax -- Todd Capp drums -- Nick Chapman piano -- Blaise Siwula reeds
3. A.C. UNIT - Ben Lee- Guitar/Banjo -- Jonathan Mortiz- bass clarinet/saxophones -- Loren Dempster- cello -- Mike Pride- percussion
4. an open session
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2004:
Sunday, Dec 19th - 10pm
Spheres @ Octopus -- Brooklyn
Adam Kriney-drums, Kevin Shea-drums, Jay Dunbar-bass, Loren Dempster-cello, Nick Chapman-synthesizer
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Saturday, Dec 18th - 9pm
Lucky Cat -- Williamsburg, Brooklyn
La Otracina
NY Trumpet Ensemble
People w/ Kevin Shea and Mary Halvorson
Nervous Cabaret
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Sunday, December 12th - 8pm
C.O.M.A. Series @ ABC No Rio
1.Nick Chapman piano and Randy Borra alto saxophone
2. Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre sax / Blaise Siwula sax
Robyn Siwula viola/violin /Brian Osbourne drums
Jeffrey H. Shurdut el. guitar
3. Denman Maroney piano & John Kennedy balafon and percussion
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Saturday, December 11th - 9pm
Learning The Language
New Releases Party
Free103 Gallery
97 S. 6th Street, Williamsburg
Performances & Releases from liek, twi, and liek twi and the mu ensemble
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Sunday, December 5th - 8pm
C.O.M.A. Series @ ABC No Rio
156 Rivington, between Clinton & Suffolk
F/J to Delancey/Essex
1. Owl Sounds Quartet - Adam Kriney-drums, Jay Dunbar-upright, Gene Janas-upright, Randy Borra-alto
2. Eric Zinman piano, Glynis Lomon cello, Blaise Siwula reeds
3. Nick Chapman piano and Hektor Fontanez electronics
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Saturday, December 4th
The Tank - 450 West 42nd Street
The opening of "A New Type of Unfortunate Occurance"
-A colaborative sculpture, sound, light installation.
Paul Davies & Leslie Clague - Sculpture
Nick Chapman - Sound
Jake Woland - Light
Performances by liek mu and Damian Catera
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Tuesday, Nov 30th - 8pm
Nick Chapman-rhodes/Geoff Schiffrin-drums/Hektor Fotanez-briefcase of sound performed
as part of "Stubblefield's Black Box: An Intricate Game of Position"
An exhibition by Tianna Kennedy @ the Free103 Gallery in Williamsburg.
www.free103point9.org
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Friday, November 26th, 9-11pm
Critical Mass Radio Network Broadcast
Nick Chapman-synth/melodica, Hektor Fontanez-briefcase of sound, and Tianna Kennedy-cello performed as part of the August Sound Coalition's broadcast.
<<<<<Listen to the MP3>>>>>
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Friday, November 19th, 11pm
no Gallery
Nick Chapman, Hektor Fontanez, Anthony Lebron, Dave Ferarro, and Adam Kriney created a room of sound.
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Saturday, November 13th, 9pm:
Office Ops
La Otracina
puttin' on the ritz
pteradactyl
tunnel of love
breaker!breaker!
readymade turbo karaoke band
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Friday, November 12th:
"Works In Progress" @ no Gallery, 9pm
840 Broadway, Brooklyn
This is an art opening featuring works from Anthony Lebron, Hektor Fontanez, and others
performances from:
Gene Janas & Randy Borra
Hektor Fontanez & Nick Chapman
Oh Children
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Wednesday, November 10th:
Apocolypse Lounge
189 East 3rd St @ Ave B
liek twi & the mu ensemble
the Beatles
Nicole Schneidt & Dave Ferraro
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Sunday, October 31st - 10pm
Owl Sounds Orchestra
Halloween Party @ Colour Sounds
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Friday, October 29th - 12am
liek twi and the mu ensemble
@ No Gallery, Broadway & Flushing Ave, Brooklyn
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Wednesday, October 20th - 9:00pm
THE OWL SOUNDS ORCHESTRA
(Adam Kriney - drums, Gene Janas - upright bass, Nick Chapman - fender rhodes, Peter Evans - trumpet, Fred Wright - cornet, Don Undeen - baritone sax, Daniel Schubmehl - percussion, Jesse Dulman - tuba, Sam Kulik - trombone, Nathan Heleine - alto sax) doing large group free improvosations
Part of the Overground Series at:
The Pour House
790 Metropolitan (at Humbolt)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Sunday, October 17th - 4:30pm
liek twi and the mu ensemble
Live at 99.9fm radiofree D.U.M.B.O.
(Part of the DUMBO arts festival)
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Saturday, September 26th
Tommy's Tavern- Greenpoint, Brooklyn
A reunion of sorts... set time--- 2:20am
Nick Chapman- rhodes
James Coats- guitar
Geoff Schiffrin- drums
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Sunday, Septmber 5th 2004 - 8:00pm
ABC N0-Rio 156 Rivington, Lower East Side
From the Improvised music series C.O.M.A.
1. Stephen Gauci reeds & Tatsuya Nakatani drums
2. Nick Chapman piano & Hektor Fontanez electronics, guitar and Voice
3. Blaise Siwula saxophones
Francois Grillot bass
Ramon Lopez drums
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Sunday, August 29th
Nick Chapman & Hektor Fontanez
@ the Tank
Part of the A-NOISE Kickoff Party
A-NOISE was a radio station built to specifically cover the events surrounding the RNC in NYC.
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Thursday, August 26th 8pm-10pm
Nick Chapman & Hektor Fontanez
Live on free103point9.org and radioo.org as part of B.I.O.N. (Brooklyn Interactive Outreach Network)
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AURAL HAPPENINGS no. 2
Saturday August 7
The Lucky Cat, 245 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - (718) 782-0437
The New York Trumpet Ensemble (Peter Evans - trumpet, Mark Gould - trumpet, CJ Camerieri - trumpet, Moppa Elliot - bass, Mike Gallope -keyboards)
LA OTRACINA
MADAM ROBOT
Zeljko McMullen (Shinkoyo Records) & Doron Sadja (12k Records)
VELIEK (members of LIL HUMBLE VELI)
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Thursday, July 22nd, 8pm
Aural Happenings #1
North Six - Basement
Chris Corsano(drums)/Daniel Carter(sax) Duo
La Otracina (Adam Kriney-drums, Dan Bates-bass, Nick Chapman-keyboard)
Ras Moshe's MUSIC NOW! Trio w/ Matt Heyner (bass) and Jackson Krall (drums)
lil humble veli (sound by the sheets, waves, and howls)
Block/Roesenblum Mushroom Cloud + 3 (ambient improv ensemble fronted by Casey Block and Harry Rosenblum of FEAR & TREMBLING, Casey also owns Eat Records in Greenpoint!)
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Unfortunately, this event was cut short by the nypd at 9:15p. Hektor and I, along with a number of others, did not get an opportunity to contribute.
Sunday, July 11th, 2004
5:30 PM to 11:00 PM
The Annual Building Wide Benefit
for ABC No-Rio
Part of the C.O.M.A. series
Nick Chapman-piano/Hektor Fontanez-noise boxes --- 10pm Set Time, 1st Floor Gallery
The Lower Eastside Social Club - Blaise Siwula/ Gregory J. Wildes / Matthew Paris / Christobal Jacques / Drew Gardner / Charles Cohen "ana o keke" - Jun / Damion / Megumi String Fantasy: Robyn Siwula/Adam Lane /Tara Flandreau God Is My Co-Pilot: improvised set - Sharon Topper/ Craig Flanagin/ Matt Bua/ Jason Black Kat/ Christine Bard Society of Giants Tony Jarvis / David Smith / John Kennedy The Black Mountain Trio: Jeremiah Cymerman / Greg Heffernan / Daniele Sahr:/Mitchell King. Zack Fuller/Jonathan Vincent. The Song Corporation - Mike Barthel . Judi Silvano ens. Lukas Ligeti ens. Nick Chapman/Hektor Fontanez . Sarah Weaver ens. Diana Wayburn piano trio. Change & Bits Mary Halvorson/ Christopher Meeder/Jessica Pavone/Kevin Shea/ Motoko, Masako Yokouchi,Rich Gross. Khristian Weeks, Dmitri
Shapira , Demian Richardson. Glynis Lomon trio Stephen Gauci, Mike Bisio, Jeff Shurdut, Dale Miller, Tony Gordon. Avram Fefer, Igal Foni. Jack Wright, Vic Rawlings,, Daniel Levin solo. John Hagen trio, Ursel Schlicht, Rueben Radding, Jamie Mclaughlin, Katt Hernandez.Jesse Dulman, Brandon Seabrook. Gene Janas, Randy Borra, Will Redmond, Bonnie Kane, Ray Sage. Mark Marinoff . Kali Z. Fasteau.. Walter Baker.Sean Meehan, and others...
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Friday, June 11th
Fort Awesome, Brooklyn
Nick Chapman & Hektor Fontanez
"the Beatles" (G. Lucas Crane, Matt Motel, Chris Taylor)
others...
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Thursday, June 10th
ArtLand, Brooklyn
Nick Chapman & Hektor Fontanez
Matt Motel, Blaise Siwula, Adam Caine, others...
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Saturday, May 29th - 10:00pm
LEARNING THE LANGUAGE NEW RELEASES PARTY
New Releases from:
mu ensemble
liek twi
twi
60cycle - Forms and Functions "Phase 2"
Performances by:
La Otracina
60cycle (Los Angeles)
liek
60 liek's mu-ing
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Wednesday, May 26th - 8:30pm
The Prism Concerts
FINAL FIVE SPOT APPEARANCE!!!
lil humble veli
Nick Chapman
Randy Borra-alto/Gene Janas-bass/Yvonne Ridgwell-keyboards/vocals/Todd Capp-drums
Adam Kriney & Ed Kasparek (drum set duet)
Lower East Side Social Club
Blaise Siwula-reeds
Gregory J.Wildes- sax & samples
Matthew Paris- el. guitar
Christobal Jacques- el. bass
Drew Gardner- drums
the "Beatles" featuring Matt Motel, G. Lucas Crane, and Chris Taylor
Tara Flandreau (viola)
The Silver Emu Project (Jonas Borra-guitar/Matt Dusenberry-bass)
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Wednesday, May 12th - 8:30pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
Change and Bits- Kevin Shea (drums) & Christopher Meeder (tuba)
Jessica Pavone (viola) & Jacob Danziger (violin/computer)
Biet Indecisive (Daniel Carter-saxophones, Eyal Moaz-guitar, Shanir Blumenkranz-basses,
Kevin Zubek-drums, Jacob-mpc, & dj handler-guitar, keyboard, turntable, sampler.)
The Randy Borra 5 Spot-et
featuring Todd Capp (drums), Alfredo Marques(trombone), Blaise Siwula(saxophone), Gene Janas(upright)
liek mu - (Hektor Fontanez & Nick Chapman)
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Wednesday, April 14th - 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
Jack Wright-saxophone & Tara Flandreau- viola
Lower East Side Social Club -
featuring Blaise Siwula-sax
Gregory J.Wildes- sax & samples
Matthew Paris- el. guitar
Christobal Jacques- el. bass
Drew Gardner- drums
Randy Borra-alto/Gene Janas-bass
Nick Chapman- clavinet
Hektor Fontanez- briefcase of sound
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Saturday, March 27th- 10:00pm
The Super Duper Underground (literally)
A party to celebrate new releases from Learning the Language
releases by:
lil humble veli
Nick Chapman & James Coats
Nick Chapman & Geoff Schiffrin
Nick Chapman
60cycle (Los Angeles)
performances by:
Nick Chapman-rhodes/James Coats-gtr/Geoff Schiffrin-drums
lil humble veli- original compositions and noises
60cycle- electricity (www.downtimeproductions.com)
Randy Borra-alto/Gene Janas-upright/Nick Chapman-rhodes/Adam Kriney-drums
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Wednesday, March 24th - 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
lil humble veli
Adam Kriney-trap set/Brad Schirmer-upright bass
Adam Kriney's "Colour Sounds" label released of a double duo disc with a performance
"the Beatles" click-stop noise-dance featuring G. Lucas Crane, Matt Mottel, and Cris Taylor
Randy Borra-sax/Nick Chapman-rhodes/Gene Janas-bass/Adam Kriney-trap set
OJ FOR SENATOR-synthtar and casio keyboard
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Wednesday, March 10th - 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
Daniel Carter (saxophone)/Todd Capp (drums)/Louis Songster
TALABAM! (Kevin Shea-drums/Matt Mottel-keyboards)
The Sound Fracture Duo- Nick Porcaro-piano/Adam Kriney-trap set
Randy Borra-alto sax/Gene Janas-upright bass/Yvonne Ridgewell-clarinet
Nick Chapman & Hektor Fontanez present "Anti-Non-Noise-Pop"
Jonas Borra-guitar & sound manipulation devices
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Wednesday, February 25th - 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
We had f'n bagpipes...
Randy Borra-alto sax/Nick Chapman-elec piano/Gene Janas-upright bass/Adam Kriney-trap set
Dirty Churches- 4-piece noise
Jessica Pavone (viola) & Matthew Welch (saxophone & bagpipes)
Kevin Shea-percussion/Scott Prairie- bass/horn/vocals/percussion/Mia Hseih- vocals
(Scott Praire & Mia Hsieh were on tour from Taiwan, more information is available at www.amovingsound.com)
Men Attack Octopus- Matt Mottel & G. Lucas Crane
lil humble veli
Nick Chapman & James Coats- elec piano/guitar
ELEMENT- MPC & Records
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Wednesday, February 11th - 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts
Five Spot, Brooklyn
Shit, this was fun.
Adam Kriney-drums/Adam Caine-guitar/Jessica Pavone-viola
TALABAM! - featuring Kevin Shea (drums) and Matt Mottel (keyboard)
James Coats & Nick Chapman - Improvisations and arrangements for keyboard & guitar
Randy Borra (alto sax) & Gene Janas (upright bass) - tentative...
Hektor Fontanez- assorted noises
ELEMENT
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Wednesday, January 28th 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts- Five Spot, Brooklyn
li'ek & twi - solo set and improv
James Coats & Nick Chapman - Improvisations and arrangements for keyboard & guitar
The Randy Borra Group - A collection of original and arranged pieces for small chamber ensemble featuring alto saxophone, upright bass, viola, and clarinet.
Jonas Borra - guitar and sound manipulation devices
ELEMENT - maybe even mpc'ing
with Adam Kriney filling up on the drums
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Wednesday, January 14th 8:00pm
The Prism Concerts- Five Spot, Brooklyn
A snowy night.
La Otracina- Psychedelic free improv for the modern hippie
Pan Blanco- Putting the rocks in the blender
The Prism Concert House Players- A collection of Prism Concert regulars will come together to provide the thread for a great evening of improvised music. (Nick Chapman, Hektor Fontanez, Anthony Lebron)
ELEMENT- Bringing it home in a bag
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