Concert info:
Thursday, Aug 16 2007 8:00 PM
Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
1007 Market St.
@ 6th Street
SF
8:00 pm CD release concert for Ausfegen Dedicated to Joseph Beuys
with Paul Hartsaw(CHI), Kristian Aspelin, Damon Smith & Bryerton (CHI)
8:45 pm Bolivar Zoar
9:15 pm Aaron Bennett's Go-Go Fight Master!
Cost : $6-10
CD Info:
Ausfegen BPA012
Dedicated to Joseph Beuys
Paul Hartsaw - Soprano and Tenor Saxophones
Kristian Aspelin - Guitar, Broom
Damon Smith - Double Basses
Jerome Bryerton - Percussion
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott R. Looney
Graphic design by Alan Azalone
Cover art by Michael Tino
http://michaeltino.com/
Liner notes by Joe Morris
Ausfegen is Available on cd by paypal from:
http://www.balancepointacoustics.com
and for download at emusic:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Kristian.../11076247.html
Excerpt form Joe Morris' notes :
"When the world catches up, it will find that there are just as many
future-seeking musicians now as there ever were. The amount of soul
needed to persevere with new ideas and with the goal of suggesting a
new viewpoint is the same as it ever was, and is present on this
recording."
Notes on the title and recording by Damon Smith:
So often a dedication can seemed forced, especially between the visual
arts and music, like trying to draw a line we all hope is there. In this instance, it happened very spontaneously and it was exciting to be able to connect my two strongest interests this way.
Toward the end of the session, while listening to the earlier takes, I
felt like we needed another approach, with more distance from the
instruments. I thought of Brice Marden drawing with a long stick cut from a tree to
distance himself from the canvas or paper -- and then I saw a shop broom. I immediately thought of Joseph Beuys and his performance/vitrine "Ausfegen," where he swept Karl-Marx-Platz, Berlin in 1972, the year Kristian and I were born. He deposited the contents (see titles) and the broom in a vitrine and a recording of the action plays from a speaker next to it.
For the next piece we recorded, which ended up being track 7, I asked Kristian to play his guitar with the shop broom, and I used two double basses (thanks to Tony Dryer for the second bass), both prepared, laying on their backs, played standing with two bows.
Damon Smith
http://www.balancepointacoustics.com http://myspace.com/smithdamon
New solo project:
http://www.myspace.com/damonsmithsolo
