dear people,
while myspace is turning more and more into a wretched place of death that i care not to dwell in, i hope its possible use this vehicle positively to promote a celebration of one of my heros: composer Mauricio Kagel.   im organizing a live performance event at home home (space space) on Sat. February 21 and enlisted a slew of friends and soon to be friends to perform his music/film/theater pieces.   program and more details to come.  
<3 stephe

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kagel night:

a sound and performance event dedicated to composer Mauricio Kagel

surveying and dissecting the protean work of avant garde composer Mauricio Kagel, this event will immerse the viewer in Kagel's all-inclusive artistic vision.  performances will range from direct interpretations and abstracted tributes of his musical scores to interactive installation and film.

Kagel was renowned for his hysterical use of theatricality in concert music settings and also in film, TV broadcasts, and radio plays.  In his "instrumental theatre"  musicians are both instrumentalists and actors utilizing extended and classical musical techniques while parodying every conceivable element of contempoary culture.  This dimension of his work will be a strong focus of Kagel Night, with performances and excerpts of:

acustica
eine brise
rrrrrrr...
music for renaissance instruments
ten marches to miss the victory
antithese
recitativarie
atem
   ...& mmmmore

"no composer has so systematically explored the absurd aspects, not just of classical music, but of the whole culture industry." - Adrian Jack

   featuring performers:
beth griffith  
evan louison  
marching band to miss the victory  
jordan mclean
geoff nosach
nonsense company (from Madison,WI)
zach paige
chris peck
dan peck
sam sowyrda & dennis sullivan  

curated by Stephe Cooper & Sam Sowyrda
co-produced by Chez Bushwick

saturday, february 21 2009: 7pm $5
@ space space
390 Seneca ave.  (corner of Stanhope st.)
1st floor
Ridgewood, Queens, NY 11385

L train to Dekalb stop.  walk down Stanhope st. against traffic for 3 blocks.  last door on the left before Seneca Ave.

today i posted a new song called "fresh born" which is a Deerhoof song released in July on sheet music only. they purposefully released the chart to encourage people to do their own version of the song before it comes out on their album in the fall. this recording features Evan Louison & Sam Sowyrda on percussion and Charlotte Gibbons on voice and was recorded entirely on four track cassette tape.

thanks for yr ears. <3

-living things: is my duo with Sam Sowyrda. ranges from completely improvised to completely pre-meditated... this recording is from an improvisation in our house one afternoon. we are currently looking for a drum kit player to play/share our composed compositions.

-no snakes quartet: section H from a piece i wrote called "no snakes quartet." sounds like the name of a band, doesn’t it? its not! its the name of the WORK. this also features Sam Sowyrda on vibrphone & percussion, JP Schlegelmilch on piano & organ, Jacob Wick on trumpet, me on guitar and slide whistle. music written for a collabortion with choreographer Josh Bisset & Shua Group.

-1E42: 2 excerpts from an 80 minute piece also written for a performance with Shua Group @ the Taiwan Cultural Center. the content was all derived from human voice and i did a live 4 channel mix in the space for the performance.

-ape call: one of some jams i made on Reason recently.

-a worm is born: an old piece recorded @ Purchase College when i went there. basically this is my first "chamber music" recording.. i still kinda like it.

thanks for listening.