Sean Meehan snare drum
James Fei microphone feedback & live electronics
James Fei (b. Taipei) moved to the US in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been active in New York as a composer and improviser on saxophone and electronics. Recent recordings include Alto Quartets, with his ensemble of four alto saxophones, and Sieves, an electro-acoustic duo with Kato Hideki. www.jamesfei.com
Sean Meehan became musically active in the late 80′s at the amica bunker series for improvised music which was then housed at ABC No Rio in New York City. Current performances generally find Meehan playing only the snare drum in a manner that sheds conventional usage and reconstructs the conception and function of the instrument. Concert activities, both at home and away, are generally divided between playing in conventional settings for experimental music and in seeking out unique locations that are often in the unobserved and unconsidered corners of the city. Meehan’s recordings document some of his collaborations and solo work. Other contributions to the material world include the construction of performance objects that serve as “compositional things”. Included in this are the pieces gift iii which musically activated a sink full of dishes; gift iv for woodblock; and audio, a boxed set of four cassettes to be played in the mind.