I'm just curious. Is I.M. Bulb any relation to an ol' buddy of mine,
Byron T. Bulb?
On Apr 12, 2005, at 7:28 PM, I.M. BULB wrote:
> Phil send me this cd asap !!! Can I send you money
> via paypal?
>
> Thanks buddy- look foreward to hearing this stuff!!
>
> Isaac
> --- Philip Gelb <phil@philipgelb.com> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am very happy to announce the release of the
>> second CD by the Natto Quartet!!
>> Our first CD received rave reviews and we expect
>> similar reactions to this one.
>> Look for a CD release concert in the bay area this
>> summer.
>>
>> The Natto Quartet is:
>> Chris Brown - piano
>> Philip Gelb - shakuhachi
>> Shoko Hikage - koto
>> Tim Perkis - electronics
>>
>> you can mail order the CD directly from me. Please
>> send a check for
>> $15 to Philip Gelb 840 warfield avenue, #9, Oakland,
>> CA 94610
>>
>> My website is undergoing a radical reconstruction
>> and CDs are
>> currently not available on there but you will be
>> able to purchase
>> from my website in a month or so.
>>
>> By collectively leaving the traditional and cultural
>> roles of their
>> acoustic instruments behind, shakuhachi player
>> Philip Gelb, koto
>> player Shoko Hikage and pianist/electronic musician
>> Chris Brown, join
>> live electronics pioneer Tim Perkis in finding
>> common ground in the
>> extended and experimental technique associated with
>> improvised music.
>> The ability of manipulated electronics to create
>> otherwise
>> unavailable musical sounds meshes with the acoustic
>> musicians' desire
>> to reinvent the possibilities of timbre and
>> instrumental interaction
>> in a collectively improvising ensemble. The result
>> is a beautiful and
>> elastic music that creatively juxtaposes old and
>> new, acoustic and
>> electric, and tradition and innovation.
>>
>> The members of the Natto Quartet have performed
>> together in various
>> configurations for years, finally solidifying as a
>> quartet in 2002 to
>> perform both composed works and freely improvised
>> music. Gelb has
>> studied the shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese bamboo
>> flute, since 1988,
>> and is one of the only performers in the United
>> States to use the
>> instrument in the new improvised music context.
>> Hikage grew up
>> studying the koto, traditionally a 13-string chamber
>> music instrument
>> taught to women in Japan, and uses her extensive
>> classical training
>> on her instrument in both traditional and new music
>> applications. A
>> founding member of the influential interactive
>> computer network
>> ensemble The Hub, Perkis performs regularly on the
>> improvised music
>> scene where he utilizes customized software and
>> hardware to create
>> his unique and sensitive electronic approach. Brown,
>> who frequently
>> collaborated with Trio Natto before it officially
>> became a quartet,
>> is the Co-Director of Contemporary Music at Mills
>> College in Oakland,
>> an epicenter of live electronics performance. He is
>> a composer,
>> electronic musician, and pianist whose mobile
>> preparations and
>> inside-the-piano technique help redefine the
>> instrument's role.
>>
>> Musicians: Philip Gelb (shakuhachi), Shoko Hikage
>> (koto), Tim Perkis
>> (electronics), Chris Brown (piano)
>>
>>
>> "...each sound has the self-contained integrity of a
>> stroke of
>> masterful calligraphy... each musician seems to have
>> a perfect bead
>> on the other's next steps... the resulting
>> anticipation is as
>> rewarding as the music's frequently surreal hues." -
>> The Wire
>>
>>
>>
>> "...exotic, exquisitely crafted and eye-opening." -
>> Signal to Noise
>>
>>
>>
>> "...truly new music unlike anything I've ever heard,
>> a strong
>> candidate for best avant project of 2003, and sure
>> to turn many a
>> global thinking, progressive minded ear inside out."
>> - Michael G.
>> Nastos
>>
>>
>> --
>> xoxo
>>
>> Philip Gelb
>> Bay Area Shakuhachi School
>> vegetarian personal chef
>> phil@philipgelb.com
>> http://www.philipgelb.com
>> http://www.bayareashakuhachi.com
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