The Archer Ballroom of Chicago

2012-01-26 Guttural Freeprov session

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:44:37 -0600

Conway McLean - Tenor Saxophone, Trombone, Clarinet, Vocals, Electronics
Nicholas Davis - Electric Guitar, Oscillators, Electronics

ACADEMY: Christian Smith&&&&&&Eugene...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:46:00 -0600

ACADEMY:

Christian Smith
&&&&&&
Eugene Kim

Performing experimental pieces by Mark Poliks, Michael Pisaro, & Esaias Jarnegard

You can find them at http://cargocollective.com/academymusic

Photos and Video from our first residency in November 2011 with...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:00:00 -0600

Photos and Video from our first residency in November 2011 with John Parker DeHaven. He is a member of the band Capillary Action, an excellent trumpeter, and has a very cool solo style involving improvised loopings of fragments of song structures, tinges of fanfare, textures a plenty, and wonderfully existential lyrics. We worked on our own style of a Mass wherein there was improvisation, song, and loose structure. We were happy with the results, considering that it was worked on for such a short seven days.

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 Session pt4 | The Archer...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:41:00 -0500

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 Session pt4 | The Archer Ballroom

Teddy Rankin-Parker - Cello, Vocals, Electronics
Nicholas Davis - Guitar, Electronics

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 Session pt3 | The Archer...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:34:00 -0500

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 Session pt3 | The Archer Ballroom

Teddy Rankin-Parker - Cello, Vocals, Electronics
Nicholas Davis - Guitar, Electronics

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 session pt2 | The Archer...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:03:00 -0500

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 session pt2 | The Archer Ballroom

Teddy Rankin-Parker - Cello, Vocals, Electronics
Nicholas Davis - Guitar, Electronics

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 session pt1 | The Archer...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:04:00 -0500

“New Outfit” 10-15-11 session pt1 | The Archer Ballroom

Teddy Rankin-Parker - Cello, Vocals, Electronics
Nicholas Davis - Guitar, Electronics

“Cool Terraced” 11-25-11 session parts 4 and 5 | The...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:45:33 -0500

“Cool Terraced” 11-25-11 session parts 4 and 5 | The Archer Ballroom

Last piece of the “Cool Terraced” 11-25-11 Session.

11-25-11 pt2 | The Archer Ballroom Cool Terraced 11-25-11...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:05:19 -0500

11-25-11 pt2 | The Archer Ballroom

Cool Terraced 11-25-11 rehearsal part 2 of 5

Cool Terraced - 11-25-11 session - part one | The Archer...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:37:06 -0500

Cool Terraced - 11-25-11 session - part one | The Archer Ballroom

Cool Terraced 11-25-11 rehearsal part 1 of 5.

outsideforces: A free, musical improvisation group born from The...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:40:00 -0500

outsideforces: A free, musical improvisation group born from The Archer Ballroom.

Suddenly we were enveloped by a sphere of wires and strings. 6-29-11

Teddy Rankin-Parker - Cello, Vocals, Drums
Ben McFadden - Double Bass
Julian Chin - Piano, Vocals, Percussion
Nicholas Davis - Guitar, Mandolin, Electronics, Vocals

Experimental BBQ 7-16-11

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500

No, there was no experimental food, but plenty of different experimental musics. Here are the four acts we had in order of their performance:

Teddy Rankin-Parker, a virtuosic cellist in traditional, improvisational and experimental styles.

L’éternèbre. They are a continuing improvisational ambient project under the umbrella of Screaming Claws. Core members are Natalie Chami, Brian Griffith, and sometimes Nicholas Davis (that is Nick with the HVAC tube).

Ben McFadden (left), known as McFabulous & Rebel Man improvising with Jake Elliott (find him @ dai5ychain.net & Cardboard Computer). This was a treat because neither had met before that night, so they had definitely never played together before. Turned out to be a great, first-time improvisation.

Lastly, ARCANEBOLT, A trio of electronic wizardry: Alex Inglizian running most of the audio, Tamas Kemenczy & Mark Beasley running the video and incidentally some the audio. Very inspiring project!