Re: Paul Dresher

[Dan Trueman <dan@silvertone.Princeton.EDU>]

Paul Dresher is still living in the bay area. His most recent project is 
his own band-the Paul Dresher Ensemble-that has violin, bassoon, 
midi-vibes, drums (midi), keyboard, and himself on various guitars. The 
composer Steve Mackey (who has a great CD of his own, featuring all sorts 
of looping, called "Lost and Found," on Bridge Records) is currently 
working 
on an opera for the ensemble and Rinde Eckert, and I am lucky enough 
to be writing a piece for them as well; both will be performed as part of
their tour next spring. They will also be touring parts of CA this 
November. I think they have plans for a CD in the near future. They are 
one of the most interesting ensembles that I've run into, though I'm not 
sure how much looping they are currently doing...

Dan

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Edgar Varese
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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, The Man Himself wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Warren Sirota wrote:
> 
> > (that begs the
> > question, actually, of why I haven't seen any mention of Dresher in 
>this
> > group. Have I just missed it? Is anyone else familiar with his stuff?)
> 
> He's cropped up here and there on this list (in reference, not in 
>person). 
> For my own part, he was the first performer I ever saw who was using
> real-time looping in a live performance context.  I saw several of the
> performance art pieces he did with vocalist Rinde Eckert about ten years
> ago;  I'd surely like to have a copy of "Slow Fire" today (I fear my
> original cassette copy has vanished in the mists of time).  Last I heard,
> he was living in Minneapolis, and was doing some collaborations with the
> California EAR unit; anyone else know what he's been up to in the last
> several years? 
> 
> --Andre
>