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Video Performance AS 220 Providence, RI 5.22.04



Hi folks,

I'm pleased and proud to be taking part in the 
annual shindig at one of the nicest performance 
spaces anywhere, AS220.  I'll be performing as 
part of

============>>> FOOL'S BASSIS <<<===============
1am     Sensual Dan     (spinning hip hop, two step and drum n bass)
12am    Mahi Mahi       (electronic acoustic minimalist maximalist bliss)
11pm    DJ Confucion v. DJ Vipat        (spinning 
breaks, bass and beats, downtempo, uptempo and in 
between)
10pm    <tfo> (with Matt Everett) 
        (beautiful happy trippy trancey blippy 
dancey)

with live improvisational video by:
Sign System
Dr. T  (http://foryourhead.com)
VJ She
============>>> FOOL'S BASSIS <<<===============

AS 220 is at 115 Empire St, Providence  401 831 9327    www.as220.org.

Directions to AS220


>From the North

RT 95 south to Exit 21 (Atwells Ave); At the top 
of the ramp take your first left; Go Left at 2nd 
light (after Holiday Inn) and go straight through 
2 lights; AS220 is on Left after 2nd light.
>From the South

RT 95 north to Exit 21 (Broadway); At the top of 
the ramp go Right Go through 3 lights; AS220 is 
on left after 3rd light.
>From the West

Take RT 6 to downtown Providence. After exiting, 
you will pass the Westin Hotel on your right. 
Take a right, and then another right on Sabin 
Street. Follow Sabin past the Convention Center 
until you must take a left onto Empire; follow 
Empire through two lights, AS220 is on the left 
after 2nd light.
>From the East

RT 195 West to RT 95 North; RT 95 North to Exit 
21 (Broadway); At the top of the ramp go right; 
Go through 3 lights; AS220 is on left after 3rd 
light


The entire event is described below

FOOLS BALL
Three Story House Party

AS220 is proud to announce the tenth anniversary 
of the Fools Ball, our  annual signature gala 
event, bringing five days of revelry to the 
Downtown Arts and Entertainment District, from 
May 18th though 22nd.

The culminating event will take place on 
Saturday, May 22, 2004,  beginning at 6 PM with 
our Sponsors Reception, followed by the House 
Party at 9 PM. The party will feature the best 
of local music including  performances by the the 
White Man, Rory Raven, Eric Fontana, the Kat-Fu 
Crew, Mahi Mahi, Neo'90s Dance Band, Broad Street 
Orchestra, Super Chief Trio and DJ Donald King. 
Revelers should come festively (or foolishly) 
attired to  dance the night away, play wild 
carnival games and party til the wee  hours of 
the morning! Tickets are on sale now, and space 
is limited -- so don't be a fool, buy your ticket 
today!   $25


TENT
6-9pm   Sponsor's Dinner
9-2am   Party

6-7pm
Raoul Bjorkheim and Lukas Ligeti
Two very gifted improvisers and composers, Raoul 
Björkenheim, guitar, and Lukas Ligeti, drums, 
embark on, in Ligeti's words, "an exploration of 
spontaneously created timbres and meters 
coalescing into harmonies and forms." Those 
searching for starkly new, extraordinarily 
original music may find it in this duo. "This is 
improvised music," Ligeti adds, "Our interplay is 
conversational. We prefer to have several 
distinctly different things happening at 
simultaneously and having these elements maintain 
precariuos yet discernible relationships to one 
another."

Both musicians are trained in jazz and classical 
Western music theory, and they share a keen 
interest in African and Asian traditional forms 
of music. All these influences, harnessed to 
razor sharp intellect and instrumental dexterity, 
give their music a sound unlike any other. Live, 
Björkenheim and Ligeti continue the conversation 
begun on their recent TUM release, Shadowglow, 
always extending their language while 
entertaining and nourishing intellectually 
curious music lovers everywhere. This concert 
marks the second stop on a tour of the Eastern 
U.S. to support Shadowglow.

Raoul Bjorkenheim has worked with the Finnish 
maestro of free jazz, Edward Vesala, with whom he 
recorded on the ECM label, formed the progressive 
jazz group Krakatau, which also recorded for ECM, 
and the Scorch Trio, which continues to tour. 
Composition commissions include three suites for 
big band, an ambitious work for electric guitar 
orchestra and three pieces for symphony 
orchestra. The most recent, a concerto for 
electric guitar, violin and Orchestra titled 
"Situations", premiered in 2002 to outstanding 
critical and popular acclaim. Raoul has been 
awarder the Young Finland Prize, the Emma prize 
(Finnish "Grammy"), Best Finnish Jazz Musician of 
the Year and two nominations for the Nordic Music 
Prize.

Lukas Ligeti has composed music for Ensemble 
Modern, the Kronos Quartet, and his own group 
Beta Foly, which combines African and Occidental 
music in experimental ways. His music has been 
performed by the London Sinfonietta, San 
Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Orchestre 
National de Lyon, London Composers' Ensemble, 
Amadinda, and Synergy. As an improvising 
musician, he has worked with Henry Kaiser, 
Elliott Sharp, Michael Manring, Wadada Leo Smith, 
John Tchicai, Benoit Delbecq, Gianni Gebbia, Jim 
O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Ned Rothenberg, Marilyn 
Crispell, and many others.cumbie

7-8:30pm
DJ Tim O'Keefe

8:30-9pm
Broad Street Orchestra

9-9:45
Super Chief Trio
The Superchief Trio plays a sassy mix of New 
Orleans flavored blues and boogie, a touch of 
swing, some old school R & B, and a waltz or two. 
Their repertoire includes mostly original tunes, 
as well as a few select covers of Professor 
Longhair, Randy Newman, Mose Allison, Ernie K-Doe 
and others.  The band features Keith Munslow on 
piano and vocals, Pamela Murray on trombone and 
vocals, and the one-of-a-kind percussion antics 
of John Cote.
http://www.keithmunslow.com

10-10:45pm
TRIO JAZZ
Young Min - guitar
Sean Noonan - drum set
Will Slater - bass
Trio Jazz is a modern jazz collaboration that 
blends lyrical melodies with rhythmic group 
improvisations creating an expressive and 
original sound for jazz.  Trio Jazz's is 
harmonically interactive and spontaneous, 
allowing the music to always explore different 
angles.   
The unique sound of guitarist Young Min has 
earned him a respected profile as a jazz artist 
in Korea.  Young's music has been broadcasted 
live on Korea's main television station "KBS" and 
performed live for over 20,000 listeners in 
various venues.  Young is joined by Brooklyn 
based drummer Sean Noonan who has been stunning 
audiences from the United States to the United 
Kingdom during his successful and ongoing career. 
Noonan displays incredible amounts of energy and 
creative talent that provide surprise whenever he 
approaches the drum kit.  Ted Belastock from 
Quarter Notes Jazz says, "Sean Noonan's 
involvement with Trio Jazz represents a giant 
step in the rapidly developing career of this 
gifted young jazz drummer and composer."  Will 
Slater is a young and emerging bassist where his 
impressive skills just starting to be heard in 
the Boston music scene.  Since 1998 Trio Jazz has 
performed with jazz greats such as John Lockwood, 
Mike Mainieri, Bob Moses, and George Garzone.  In 
2004 Trio Jazz will release their anticipated 
debut album that will reflect the group's strong 
commitment to share a new sound to the jazz world.

11-11:45pm
Paul Austerlitz and Real People
"Afro-Universal Merengue Jazz" featuring Paul 
Austerlitz, bass-clarinet, Dave Zinno, bass, 
Royal Hartigan, drum set, Jesús Andújar, 
Afro-Dominican percussion.  Bass-clarinetist, 
composer, and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz 
is Assistant Professor of Music at Brown 
University, where he teaches jazz and world 
music. Born in Finland and raised in the United 
States, he combines his background as an 
ethnomusicologist specializing in Afro-Caribbean 
music with his creative work as a jazz musician. 
His band, Real People, presents a unique fusion 
of merengue rhythms from the Dominican Republic 
with freely-improvised contemporary jazz. 
Austerlitz has worked with Doc Cheatham, Gonzalo 
Rubalcaba , Julius Hemphill, Dave Murray, Don 
Byron, Roswell Rudd, Jimmy Knepper, Ed Blackwell, 
Gunter Hampel, the poet Michael Harper, the 
Haitian Vodou-Jazz group Fula, and the African 
jazz group of Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng. His CD A Bass 
Clarinet in Santo Domingo and Detroit (X-DOT 25) 
presents original compositions and arrangements 
blending Afro-Caribbean and free-jazz idioms with 
sundry influences such as Indian classical music 
and the didgeridoo. Austerlitz's CD Dominican 
Dreams, American Dreams (Engine Studios 349) 
features traditional Afro-Dominican rhythms and a 
wah-wah bass-clarinet version of the "Star 
Spangled Banner." Austerlitz's most recent CD, 
Double-Take (innova 604) is a collaboration with 
the acclaimed poet Michael Harper and presents 
Harper's jazz-themed poems in conversation with 
rhythmic bass-clarinet flights.

12-2am
Donald King DJ
Donald King is the artistic director of the 
Providence Black Repertory Company.  He is also 
the resident DJ for electric relaxation Sundays 
at Jerky's Bar and Grill.

CAFÉ
6-9PM   DJS from BROWN STUDENT RADIO

8:45-9:30pm
The Anagram Ensemble
The Anagram Ensemble mixes edgy jazz sounds with 
free improvisation with slight classical leanings.

9:45-10:30
Reverend Glass Eye

10:45-11:30
Beat Circus (formerly Beat Science)
Beat Circus plays music time-warped out of the 
1920's and 1930'sŠ.in an amalgam of circus music, 
funeral dirges, music for burlesque, tangos and 
marchesŠall jump started, braked, and accelerated 
by their ringleader.  Exasperated by all of this, 
the musicians often rebel by soaring into wild 
improvisations.  Featuring the following cast of 
characters:  Brian Carpenter (slide trumpet, 
trumpet and conductor), Ron Caswell (tuba, 
turntables, bicycle horn), Jerome Deupree 
(drums), Jim Hobbs (alto saxophone), Alec K 
Redfearn (accordian) and Brandon Seabrook (banjo, 
smapling).

11:45-12:30am
Neo 90's Dance Band
http://www.neo90s.com

12:30-2am
DJ TY JESSO
(of Wyld Card DJs (RI), Subway Soul Club (NYC) & Soulilujah) (Boston)
Spinning only the best 60's Northern 
Soul-Mod-Jazz-Deep-Funk-Mod R-N-B & Rare Grooves


SECOND FLOOR STUDIOS/OFFICE SPACE
8pm - 11pm

BSS Office
The Wee One's Office
Weird Nook Space - rachels friend
Astrid
Plymouth Rock Studio
Laura Travis
  Tom Sgouros
Pam Murray

Silk Screen Room
Rory Raven - Mentalist and Mindbender   9-11pm http://www.roryraven.com
Rory Raven knows what you're thinking.  Rory 
Raven will read your mind. Employing a set of 
remarkable skills, he reveals thoughts, makes 
predictions that come true, and generally bends 
the minds of the audience.  While he insists he 
isn't psychic, you might not be so sure.  He 
offers an elegant and unforgettable form of 
entertainment unlike anything you've ever seen.

The White Man
"Executive Coordinators for The White Man, Inc., 
have verified that The White Man will in fact 
quite possibly, within the naturally 
unpredictable parameters of various well-known 
variables particular to the person of The White 
Man himself, be gracing, with his presence, 
vitality, and unfathomable ongoing interactive 
energies of creation, the 2004 version of AS220's 
primary annual fundwasting disaster, 
conventionally known as The Fool's Ball and 
devoted this particular year to a specially 
preposterous and desultory incantation of a vague 
conglomeration of pseudo-politically-correct 
sentiments associated with an exaggerated 
nostalgia for the reincarnation of a misconceived 
notion of something called 'Harlem'.  Artistic 
Indicators indicate, at this time, that the form 
of this grace that The White Man plans to bestow 
seems to be careening irrevocably toward a random 
interspersement of guerrilla-style 
performance-events modeled loosely on the 
traditional stereotype of the wandering acoustic 
minstrel and designated for a diversified 
assortment of locations and times in and around 
the Downtown Providence Rhode Island Beatnik 
League Complex on the night of 22 May 2004 and 
perhaps into the early-morning hours of 23 May 
2004.  Potential spectators and revelers are 
warned to be on their guard against possible 
spontaneous manifestations of genuine charisma 
and undeniably recognizable artistic quality."



UPSTAIRS GALLERY
8pm-12am

8pm - 10pm
ACME VIDEO PRESENTS:  Films TBA (will be theme related)

10-10:30pm
Sentimental Favorites
http://www.cwroelle.com
Sentimental Favorites, the new and improved, 
old-fashioned, yet so cutting edge duo, featuring 
Sonny and Geoff Griffin.

10:45-11:45
Eric  Fontana
Having gained invaluable experience as a 
touring/studio musician, Eric's first performance 
as a solo singer-songwriter was opening for 
Kristen Hirsh of The Throwing Muses. Since then, 
he has performed with such notables as Ben Folds, 
Tanya Donelly, They Might Be Giants, Erin 
Mckeown, Josh Ritter, Mellissa Ferrick, John 
Wesley Harding and Soul Coughing lead singer 
Doughty.  Nominated for Best Male Vocal category 
in the 2001 Providence Phoenix Music Poll, Eric 
has also performed on the Local Stage at the 
Newport Folk Festival and the Northampton Music 
Festival, in addition to live radio broadcasts on 
WBRU, WRIU, WXIN(R.I.) and WICN(Worcester,Ma.).

PERISHABLE CLASSROOM
10pm-2 am
Force Of Nature/A Dark  And Tranquil Place Presents:  DJ Peter Lee

DANCE STUDIO
10pm - 2am
============>>> FOOL'S BASSIS <<<===============
1am     Sensual Dan     (spinning hip hop, two step and drum n bass)
12am    Mahi Mahi       (electronic acoustic minimalist maximalist bliss)
11pm    DJ Confucion v. DJ Vipat        (spinning 
breaks, bass and beats, downtempo, uptempo and in 
between)
10pm    <tfo> (with Matt Everett) 
        (beautiful happy trippy trancey blippy 
dancey)

with live improvisational video by:
Sign System
Dr. T  (http://foryourhead.com)
VJ She
============>>> FOOL'S BASSIS <<<===============


-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

                Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer                  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!                    Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com              http://www.borisfx.com