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If I could just track down that CD with Kaiser on guitar! I just sent him, Danielle, and Miya email to request it, or some MP3s. This is exciting. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Milkey" <pilotcp@gmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:15 PM Subject: Re: New Guitar/Cello/Koto trio > you definitly have to record that. I really want to hear it! > > Charlie > > On 9/10/06, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: >> >> >> I can't wait to talk about the new ambient/experimental/free improv >trio >> I'm >> playing in now. It is with two women that I met, and who played at the >> Boise Experimental Music festival, both music students/graduates. The >> instrumentation is me on guitar, Gretchen on Koto (a really cool >sounding >> Japanese instrument - >> http://home.san.rr.com/koto/instru.htm), and Jesse on >> cello. We had our first rehearsal last week and our first gig is on >> October >> 8. >> >> The instrumentation and contrast of the different instruments is really >> interesting, and I was wondering if anyone else on the list had played >> with >> a koto player - because I'd like to hear what has been done to leverage >> some >> ideas. I found one reference to such a trio, with Henry Kaiser >(guitar), >> Miya Masaoka (koto), and Danielle DeGruttola (cello), and the CD is >> called >> Seance by Vex Records...but I can't find the thing for sale anywere. >Any >> clues? Gretchen lived in Japan for 10 years and knows a fair amount >> about >> the music and instrument. At our first jam session, I didn't do any >> looping, because I wanted to just focus on the sound of my guitar and >how >> it >> worked with the cello and koto. I used my nylon string, but >> surprisingly, >> both of them requested that I play my jazz electric next time, because >> they >> think the contrast of acoustic instruments with my electric will be more >> unique. >> >> Our basic approach for playing is that Gretchen can tune the Koto to any >> scale....we start with a traditional Japanese harmonic structure (D Eb >G >> A >> Bb D) and play with that...and then after that point, she tunes it to >> various modes (mixolydian, lydian, pentatonic, etc), and we play modally >> over a tonal center, which is great for me with my jazz background. >You >> can >> do some great things with the koto, such as scraping the plectra over >the >> strings, bending the strings for other tones, etc. The fun one is where >> she >> tunes the koto to the chromatic scale and we play atonally...the three >of >> us >> end up sounding like we're playing a 12 tone piece, though there are no >> rows >> or permutations involved. >> >> Next rehearsal I'll be bringing my notebook system and looping. My plan >> is >> to loop some ambient textures of basic melodic motifs based on the >tuning >> of >> the koto..and then we'll improvise over that...afterwhich I'll continue >> manipulating the loops to evolve with the performance. It should be >fun. >> I >> hope to record the Oct. 8 performance. >> >> Kris >> >> >> >************************************************************************** >> Krispen Hartung / Improvisational Looping Guitar >> www.krispenhartung.com / www.myspace.com/krispenhartung >> My Tribe: http://people.tribe.net/krispen-hartung >> info@krispenhartung.com / 1.208.724.5603 >> Discography - http://www.krispenhartung.com/catalogue.htm >> CD Baby Discography (CDs for only $5): http://cdbaby.com/all/khartung > >