Archive for January, 2008

Mobtown Modern reviews

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The reviews are in! And by all accounts, Mobtown Modern’s launch last night at the Contemporary Museum was a spectacular success:

Tim Smith in the Baltimore Sun
Daniel Ginsburg in the Washington Post
Devin Hurd on Hurd Audio

We’re extremely grateful to all of our commited musicians and to Art Jones for making the trek down from NYC to […]

More Modern press

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Today, the day of Mobtown Modern’s maiden voyage, State of the Union makes headlines in the Sun with a nice preview article by Tim Smith.

State of the Union

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Mobtown Modern launches Tuesday (today, or tomorrow, depending on when you’re reading). All indicators are pointing to an exciting event. We’ve got some great coverage leading up to the show, including a CityPaper Critics Pick, 300 words in last Sunday’s Sun, and a Top-5 calendar pick from MetroMix. The politically-inspired program includes a Rzewski remix, […]

We’re still here…

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

…just been busy planning some things for next week…

AV on WNYC’s New Sounds

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I’m not sure how this one flew under my radar for so long, but back in September The Album (Erik Spangler’s pastlife laptops and attic instruments, to be exact) was featured on WNYC’s New Sounds with host John Schaefer. You can listen to the entire show on demand by clicking here. Our bit starts at […]

Bach on sax

Monday, January 14th, 2008

How about just a little Bach today? Yours truly with accordionist Lidia Kaminska, playing an arrangement of the fourth movement from the Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014.

Inner loop

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Hybrid Groove Project’s been busy in the lab experimenting with ways to expand our live sound. Erik’s augmented his arsenal with a brand new melodica and theremin. And I’ve unearthed the effects pedal that’s been dormant in my closet since some performances of James Tenney’s Saxony a couple years ago. The pedal’s best feature is […]

Gramophone review

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Well, 2008 is off to a grand start as The Album continues to garner some good press. Though my appeal for a recount is still being processed by the Academy, the CD review in the December issue of Gramophone Magazine, which occupies the better part of an entire page, more than makes up for the […]

Unsilent feedback

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

 
Unsilent Nighters may have noticed a mysterious man giving a play-by-play of the evening’s activities into a small handheld recording device. It turns out that our interloper was none other than Ed Schrader, whose Feedback article appears in this week’s CityPaper.