CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BALTIMORE–2014
Cuneiform Records is very happy to announce that Cuneiform Night in Baltimore is taking place this Saturday, September 13, in Baltimore at Orion Sound Studios. It will be the first of three "Cuneiform Night" concerts held during the Fall of 2014, in celebration of the label's 30th anniversary; other Cuneiform Night concerts will be held in Boston(Oct. 17) and Brooklyn(Oct. 22).
2014 is a landmark year for Cuneiform; founded in 1984 in Washington DC/Silver Spring MD, it is one of the longest consistently running avant-garde record labels in the US and possibly the world. Specializing in releasing music that defies and redefines genre boundaries, progressing rock, jazz, electronic into realms beyond, over the past 3 decades Cuneiform has assembled a catalogue of nearly 400 albums that is astonishing for its adventurous scope and consistent high-quality. Its releases include albums by some of the best musicians in the international avant garde, including established icons as well as rising stars. The Fall 2014 Cuneiform Night Concert Series will feature long-standing Cuneiform bands as well as new signings.
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BALTIMORE, MD
Saturday, September 13, 2014
8:00 PM
Orion Sound Studios
2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C, Baltimore, MD 21230
A Celebration of Cuneiform's 30th Anniversary and
A Record Release Party for 3 Cuneiform bands:
the cellar and point
Anthony Pirog
Jonathan Badger
Cuneiform Night in Baltimore will be held at Orion Studios, a legendary live-studio performance space in the city's warehouse district. The show will feature Brooklyn band the cellar and point, supported by Jonathan Badger (from Baltimore) and the Anthony Pirog Trio (from DC). Each of these artists are releasing new albums on Cuneiform in Fall 2014.
Orion Studios is located at Suite C, 2903 Whitington Avenue, Baltimore MD 21230 (directions here). The show is all-ages and B.Y.O.B (coolers welcome). There is a $20 cover charge and all proceeds go to the artists. Find out more on the Orion Studios event page here:
Cuneiform Night in Baltimore will be held at Orion Studios, a legendary live-studio performance space in the city's warehouse district. The show will feature Brooklyn band the cellar and point, supported by Jonathan Badger (from Baltimore) and the Anthony Pirog Trio (from DC). Each of these artists are releasing new albums on Cuneiform in Fall 2014.
Cuneiform Night at Orion Studios
Orion Studios Website
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BALTIMORE: THE ARTISTS
THE CELLAR AND POINT
Might it be possible to draw equally upon these influences, while transcending mere collage and to present it in the context of a working ensemble, not just a studio project? After 3 years spent composing and recruiting an impressive cross-section of talent from New York City's classical, jazz and new music scenes, Ambit, the group's impressive debut album, is one answer to those questions, and they will be performing music from the album Saturday night.
The group will be performing music from their upcoming album Ambit, available on Cuneiform Records on October 14.
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ANTHONY PIROG TRIO
Washington, D.C.'s jazz and experimental music scenes wouldn't be quite where they are today without Anthony Pirog. The guitarist, composer and loops magician is a quiet but ubiquitous force on stages around his hometown. With fearsome chops and a keen ear for odd beauty, Pirog has helped expand the possibilities of jazz, rock and experimentalism in a town long known for its straight-ahead tradition.
Anthony's roots as a guitarist are in the work of D.C. guitar heroes Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan, and their virtuosic technique that blended all styles of popular music.
He has taken and built upon those roots, working in straight and experimental jazz, improvisation and electronics/looping, and he somehow takes these styles, all of which he's mastered, and makes them all work together and as well as makes them all his own.
He will be performing music from his upcoming debut solo album Palo Colorado Dream, which marks the young innovator’s entrance onto the national stage. The album has an immersive depth and understated allure that hold the listener rapt. And they illustrate all the various realms of Pirog’s artistry: the spinning fantasy-scape of his loops and the hard-nosed technical power of his soloing, his patience with a slow build and his knack for moments of fierce catharsis.
Palo Colorado Dream will be released on Cuneiform Records on October 14.
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JONATHAN BADGER
Jonathan Badger is a composer and performer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Formally trained as a classical guitarist, he went on to study music theory and composition at Duke University and arranged and composed music for theatre and dance. He then studied in Guitar Craft, a guitar school founded and guided by Robert Fripp of King Crimson.
He has toured extensively, performing his riveting style of “guitaristic” electronic music, processing guitar through an assortment of customized software and hardware - folding and weaving signals together into complex patterns of interlaced rhythm, harmony and texture. The resulting aesthetic is an ambient, avant-rock hybrid with DIY sensibilities.
Here is his account of his performance process: “My guitars generate two signals: one analog and one digital. Both signals are fed into a computer, and the digital signal controls a homegrown sample base I made of hundreds of recordings of acoustic instruments such as viola, cello, flute, the human voice, piano, and so on. So in addition to conventional guitar tones there is a wide palette of organic sonics. This audio is judiciously processed in the computer in a fashion that causes the music to swerve between acoustic chamber flavors to full-on noise explosions. The processing takes place in a MAX/MSP environment of my own design. Additionally, I use Jitter -- which also runs in the MAX context -- to control multiple video streams. Jitter is a programming language that enables the user to manipulate video either manually via outboard hardware controllers, or, more interestingly, via audio. I've written a series of programs that attenuate, distort, and blend several video streams at once according to what is happening in the music. The audio itself (its amplitude, rhythm, and frequency components) tugs and warps the visuals, which are projected in real time.”
He will be performing music from his upcoming album Verse, which is released on Cuneiform Records on September 30.
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CUNEIFORM NIGHT 2014: 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SERIES
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BALTIMORE, MD - September 13
Orion Sound - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, MD 21230 (Record Release Party for all 3 bands! - record release show! with Jonathan Badger, The Cellar And Point and Anthony Pirog)
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BOSTON, MA - October 17
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BOSTON, MA - October 17
Johnny D's - Somerville, MA (with Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic and the cellar and point)
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BROOKLYN, NY - October 22
CUNEIFORM NIGHT IN BROOKLYN, NY - October 22
Cuneiform Night at Shapeshifter Lab - 18 Whitwell Place - Brooklyn, NY 11215
(with The Microscopic Septet, Ideal Bread & Curtis Hasselbring's Numbers Stations Band)
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(with The Microscopic Septet, Ideal Bread & Curtis Hasselbring's Numbers Stations Band)
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For more information about Cuneiform Records, the talented artists that it represents, and the numerous adventurous music recordings it's released over three decades,
please visit:
www.cuneiformrecords.com/
www.youtube.com/CuneiformRecords
www.facebook.com/cuneiformrecords
www.twitter.com/cuneiformrecord
please visit:
www.cuneiformrecords.com/
www.youtube.com/CuneiformRecords
www.facebook.com/cuneiformrecords
www.twitter.com/cuneiformrecord
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