SET 1 ………. CJMJS
Chris McIntyre (CJM) – trombone; Michael J. Schumacher – G4 laptop
SET 2 ………. LOTET
CJM – trombone, Nord Lead 2; Charles Waters – bass clarinet, bass saxophone; Michael J. Schumacher – G4; Andrew Barker – cello; Kato Hideki – electric bass, EH bass synth; Jesse Dulman – tuba
Trombonist and composer, Christopher McIntyre (CJM) introduces two newly-formed projects of comprovisative electro-acoustic music.
The sound of CJMJS is a convolving of McIntyre’s background in solo trombone repertoire and free improvisation with Schumacher’s masterly skill in real-time manipulation of sound and composerly aesthetic. The result is a collaborative composition of structured and improvisative elements that blur the conceptual line between performance and installation.
In LOTET, McIntyre has formed a disparate group of artists with the organizing principle of a single, primary element of sound: the low end of the frequency spectrum. Within a loosely structured format, LOTET creates a collective sound world from the bottom up in which forms and textures intermix. Glacial sonic fields are juxtaposed over layers of twittering, motile linear material; petulant improvised discourse interrupts and explodes hypnotic stasis.
Each musician in LOTET brings a wealth of probing musical experience to the over-all group aesthetic. Included are Gold Sparkle Band core members Charles Waters (bass clarinetist and bass saxophone) and Andrew Barker, who together offer 10 years of collaborative music making from the heart of the Free Jazz tradition and beyond. Barker, best known as the drummer for GSB, joins LOTET on cell (a recent addition to his arsenal). Kato Hideki also brings years of spontaneous composition to the group, working with Ex-Music notables such as John Zorn, Ikue Mori, and Otomo Yoshihide. Tuba player Jesse Dulman’s singular approach to his instrument has led to several recordings and tours with legendary AACM member Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre. And Schumacher’s associations with sine wave maestro La Monte Young and noise virtuosi Borbetomagus will be present in his laptop gestures. In addition to playing trombone in LOTET, McIntyre will be heard for the first time on the Nord Lead 2, a virtual analog synthesizer which he plans to misuse in as many different configurations as possible.