The soundBarn presents: A Celebration of Tape Drift Records
Friday January 4th, 8PM
The
soundBarn is pleased to present an evening of experimental music
featuring Parashi, Matt Weston, Jason Cosco, Fossils from the Sun, Rambutan and
soundBarn in celebration of Tape Drift Records and Tape Drift founder Eric
Hardiman as he departs the Albany area for six months.
Tape Drift Records,
based in Albany, NY, has built an international reputation for its venturesome
releases of sound and experimental music.
Founded in 2007 by musician Eric Hardiman, Tape Drift Records has
released over sixty recordings in CD, tape and vinyl formats including eleven
(!!) new releases in just 2012. In addition to running Tape Drift, Hardiman, an upstate NY musician performs as a long-time member of
psych-rock ensemble Burnt Hills and as one-half of the prolific Century Plants and
also records prodigious and multifarious drone compositions under the alias
Rambutan. He is a founding member of
Albany Sonic Arts Collective, a grass roots experimental music presenting
collaboration that hosts regular performances at the upstate Artists Guild in
Albany, NY as well as other venues. He
also performs in the large scale guitar group Location Ensemble. Hardiman will be absent from the region in the
coming six months while abroad in Scotland.
Celebrating Tape Drift and Eric Hardiman will be Matt Weston,
Jason Cosco, Parashi, Fossils from the Sun, soundBarn, Hardiman himself… and
others…. Tape Drift Records recordings
and merchandise will be available for purchase.
Matt
Weston
Matt Weston plays percussion and
electronics, and has performed throughout the US and in Europe. He has appeared
on CNN, VH1, and CBS TV.
He has studied and/or collaborated with Arthur
Brooks, Bill Dixon, Kevin Drumm, Paul Flaherty, Charles
Gayle, Milford Graves, Mary Halvorson, Le Quan Ninh, Bob Marsh, Ben Miller
(ex-Destroy All Monsters), Roger Miller (Mission
of Burma), Jim O’Rourke, William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Jack Wright, and many others.
His work has earned critical praise from such publications as the Wire,
the Village Voice, Signal To Noise, Cadence, All About Jazz, Grooves,
and Bananafish. His solo works have garnered international acclaim, as
have his recordings with Barn Owl,
Tizzy, and Thrillpillow.
He has recorded for the Tautology, Sachimay, Breaking World Records, Imvated,
Crank Satori, BoxMedia, and Drag City labels. He currently records for his own 7272Music label.
In addition to his solo work, Weston is a member of Barn Owl with Chris Cooper (Fat Worm Of Error) and Andy Crespo; and is a member of Thrillpillow with Plum Crane and Maggie Nowinski.
Weston is a member of Albany Sonic
Arts collective and performs in various configurations within and without of
the regional experimental music community. The Italian webzine Kathodik
called Weston "one of the more important talents you can find in the world
today."
soundBarn
soundBarn’s
recent CD “The Gunpowder Conspiracy on TD was described
as: "Second TD
outing from this upstate NY pair of deconstructionists. Lail and Weklar
continue in their quest to explore the outer realms of the guitar.
Drawing their name from the cavernous reverberating room where they record,
these two tackle the challenge of making their guitars sputter, snarl and growl
in tandem. The resulting textures are thick, dark and ominous, with smoky
trails of feedback framing a journey into sound itself. The clanging
metallic scrapes of Russell/Morley and Moore/Ranaldo are the starting points,
yet these two extend the path into infinity. Take the ride."
"The connection between the music of soundBarn and Sonic Youth is apparent
on the duo’s 2011 CD Valentine whereby–true to Sonic Youth ideals–the duo
utilizes prepared guitars to create sprawling tracks loaded with feedback-laced
mayhem.". WBNY
Upstate SoundScapewww.soundbarn.blogspot.com
Jason
Cosco
1983 is Jason Cosco, an Albany based
noise and video artist, Upstate Artists Guild board member, and Albany Sonic Arts
Collective founding member. Cosco’s
performances are physical affairs where the body becomes instrument. Don’t be surprised if pedals, mics, cymbals,
turntables, bells and various other plastics and metals make an appearance!
Rambutan
Is the solo excursion of local noise/drone wizard Eric Hardiman,
member of the Albany Sonic Arts Collective, local psych-rock collective Burnt
Hills, and proprietor of TAPE DRIFT records, Albany’s most experimental music
label.
Fossils
from the Sun is the
solo moniker of Century Plants and Burnt Hills shredder, Ray Hare. Melodic electric guitar interludes share
space with dark synth & vocal weirdness, electronics hum and spurt out dust
and debris like a midnight meditation.
Hare has an impressive ability to cloak himself in whatever shroud he
spitting out. Hare is a founding member
of Albany Sonic Arts Collective.
Parashi
Mike Griffin takes the listener to
unexplored territories, with sonic pieces that will shake your system.
Implied drones create a sinister mood, while crackling electronic rhythms
suggest a pulsing system beneath the forces of gravity. Each sound is
careful and thoughtfully placed, and the end result is a masterpiece of bleak
and haunting power.
The soundBarn is a project of
artist/musician Thomas Lail and artist/gallerist Tara Fracalossi and is located
on what was once Heald Orchards in Valatie, New York. soundBarn Press publishes
limited editions of poetry and experimental writing including poetry by
musician/artist/writer and founding member of rock band Sonic Youth Lee Ranaldo
and poetry/writings by artist James Cullinane.
