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From Peter Margasak's Post No Bills, 6/27/07:
". . . Masul crafts subdued yet colorful electro-acoustic meditations, shuffling cycled melodic snippets, hovering drones, gently rippling noise, and all manner of sibilant breathiness (courtesy of Mejer’s whispery, unpitched columns of air). |
Giallorenzo
is credited with piano, synthesizer, found samples, and computer, and
it’s to Masul’s credit that the genesis of any given sound often
remains hazy, both musicians managing to forge a rich entwined sound
stream where the subtle interactions are clearly audible. . . ."
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| Thomas K. J. Mejer studied Saxophone
with Urs Leimgruber (Jazz School Lucerne), Marcus Weiss (Konservatorium
Luzerne) and Mick Green (Dartington College of Art, GB) and composition
Vinko Globokar, Per Nørgard and Michael Finnissy (Sussex
University). His compositions were a.o. played by Allegri Quartett, BBC
Singers, Ny Dansk Saxofon Kvartett, Cambridge New Music Players, Vision
Saxophon-Quartett, basel sinfonietta. As a saxophonist, Mejer concentrated himself on the Contrabass-Saxophone and on ‚Bass’-Ensembles like KONTRA-Trio, Chicago Basses, TwoTubax, Nashi Dela etc. As an Improviser he played with Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Keefe Jackson and many more. Mejer received several prizes, a.o. Werkbeitrag 1993 and 1998 from town and city of Lucerne. 2004 studio space in Chicago from the Sister Cities Trust. His compositions are published at Schweizerischen Musikedition. CD’s are available on earup, Leo Records, Mode Records and Tzadik. KONTRA-Trio: Vulnerable Spaces Works by Choi, Hespos, Lucier, Mejer Madeleine Bischof: fl, Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs, Leo Bachmann: tuba Bloody Murder Records BM ???-? © 2007 www.bloodymurderrecords.com Mejer&Schmid: Nautilus - Music for Contrabass-Saxophones Works by Thomas K.J. Mejer & Peter A. Schmid Thomas Mejer: cbs, Peter Schmid: bcl&cbcl&cbs earup 1007 © 2006 www.cede.ch 774th Street Quartet: A Rare Thing Works by Gregorio, Jackson, Mejer, Shelton Guillermo Gregorio: as&cl, Keefe Jackson: ts&bcl, Thomas Mejer: cbs, Aram Shelton: as&cl Bloody Murder Records BM 101-1 © 2006 www.bloodymurderrecords.com Momentum 4: Rising Fall Works by Brennan, Coleman, Mejer & Unternährer John Wolf Brennan: pno&prepared pno, Gene Coleman: bcl, Thomas K.J Mejer: sopranino & cbs, Marc Unternährer: tuba Leo Records LR 440 © 2005 www.leorecords.com Kontraste - Gregorianik und Jazz im Dialog Works by Codex Einsidlensis 121 & Codex Engelberg 314, John Voirol Schola Romana Lucernensis (dir. Pater Roman Bannwart), John Voirol: ss&as, Roland von Flüe: ts&bcl, Thomas Mejer: bs&cbs Musiques Suisses; MGB CD 6214 © 2004 SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 61 www.musicedition.ch Phill Niblock: Disseminate 3 compositions, incl. Kontradictionaries played by KONTRA-Trio Ensemble OCNM with Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (dir. Petr Kotik), KONTRA-Trio, Q-O2 Ensemble Mode Records mode 131 ? 2004 www.moderecords.com Frank Denyer: Fired City 6 compositions, incl. Resonances played by KONTRA-Trio The Barton Workshop (dir. Walter Althammer), Duo Konink&Andriessen: perc, Christopher Taylor: bfl, KONTRA-Trio with Elizabeth Hall: box TZADIK Records TZ 7082 ? 2002 www.tzadik.comKONTRA-Trio: Diligent Places Works by Leo Bachmann and Thomas K.J. Mejer Madeleine Bischof: fl, Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs, Leo Bachmann: tuba stv/asm 005 ? 1999 www.unitrecords.ch Madame Claude: Music for Harp Trio Works by Clausen, Debussy, Koch, Koppel, Mejer, Thybo Pia Kaufmanas: fl, Astrid Christensen: va, Tine Rehling: harp RAPCD 130618-1 © 1997 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 125 www.musicedition.ch Mejer, KONTRA-Trio & MBO: Compositions for Contrabass-Saxophone Works by Bachmann, Clapperton, Denyer, Finnissy, Krieger, Mäder, Mejer, Planzer, sha., Toovey, Tosi Thomas K.J. Mejer: cbs and sopranino, KONTRA-Trio & Matthias Brodbeck (perc), MorschAchBlasorCHester (dir. Mani Planzer) earup 1003 © 1996 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 127 www.musicedition.chThomas K.J. Mejer: Borsari - Musik in 12+1 Mosttanks Madeleine Bischof: fl, Beat Unternährer: trb, Urs Meier: vn, Ruth Wey: git, Matthias Bider: objects wood, Renate Sargent: object water, Urs von Arx: object metal, Gabriela Hollenstein; object glas, Patrick Sargent: yidaki, Charles Oberson: hurdy gurdy, Hans Zellweger: jew’s harp, Barbara Herbener: voice earup 1001 © 1995 available at: SME/EMS Bestellnummer: 126 www.musicedition.ch |
Originally from New York, Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based
improviser, composer, and sound designer playing piano, synthesizer,
and electronics in a wide variety of groups and contexts, ranging from
jazz and improvised music to electro-acoustic / noise. Current projects
include the quintet Get in to Go Out, featuring Dave Rempis,
Josh Berman, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly (482 music, 2009); Breakway (electro/acoustic improvising trio with electronicist Brian Labycz and drummer Marc Riordan); the
synth pop duo The Telegraph Series with Allison Stanley,
featuring cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm (Augmented Records, 2007); and a piano trio featuring Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Tim Daisy. Additionally, Paul is involved with ongoing
collaborations with many members of the Chicago free music community
including Jeb Bishop, Michael Zerang, Steve Hunt, Mars Williams, Josh Abrams, Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Charles Rumback, Jason Ajemian, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, as well as Swiss musicians Urs Leimgruber, Beat Unternährer, Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Lionel Friedli, Marie-Cécile Reber, Marc Unternährer, and Martin Baumgartner. As a producer and arts organizer, Paul is a co-founder and
director of the Elastic Arts Foundation (EAF), a non-profit arts
organization that operates the experimental music and arts venue
Elastic. Paul collaborates with artists and musicians
from Chicago and beyond to present creative and independent
performances.
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