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I just wanted to drop a line and tell you about a gig I have this Friday night. I have a special duet performance with pianist, Motoko Honda @ Cafe Metropol, a great restaurant/club in downtown. On the bill is also the fantastic guitarist, Andre LaFosse playing his unique style of "turntablist" guitar (not to be missed) and from New York we have violinist, Todd Reynolds playing a solo set, enhanced with electronics. Hope to see you there! Friday, June 20th, 2008 Rocco In LA Presents (http://www.roccoinla.com) "21st Century Solos and Duets... explorations in electro/acoustics" Cafe Metropol 8:00pm 923 E. 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 213.613.1537 Price: $10.00 with: Andre LaFosse- Turntablist Guitar Todd Reynolds- Violin and Electronics Motoko Honda/Daren Burns- Bass and Piano duet with electronics Todd Reynolds (www.toddreynolds.com) Composer, conductor, arranger, violinist and electronic musician, is a veteran of the New York City music scene, and a longtime touring and recording member member of Bang On A Can, Steve Reich and Musicians and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project . Collaborations run the gamut from Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson to Kenny Werner and Betty Buckley to Meredith Monk and Scanner. His solo sets on tour opening for Indie sensations, The Books, and his affiliation with and use of the music software phenomenon Ableton Live have opened his unique blend of "classically- improvised-quantum-ambient-electronica" to a new and wider audience. His commitment to genre-bending and technology-driven innovation in music continues to produce innumerable collaborations with artists that regularly cross musical and disciplinary boundaries, regularly placing him in venues from clubs to concert halls around the world. Andre LaFosse (www.altruistmusic.com) Andre LaFosse calls his performance style 'turntablist guitar': a post-DJ, non-linear cut-up of hip-hop, avante garde, and dance music... that just happens to come from a solo elecric guitar. LaFosse has played and/or shared performance bills with David Torn, Michael Manring, Mike Keneally, Carl Stone, G. E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, and many others. His work has been profiled in numerous print and online media, including Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, MOJO, Alternative Press, Time Out New York, and Expose'. LaFosse has performed at the 2004 and 2006 editions of the New York Guitar Festival, and was the subject of an episode of "New Sounds" on New York's WNYC radio. Daren Burns (www.darenburns.com) Daren is a unique electric bass player, composer, improviser and has been playing and creating music for well over twenty years. Much of his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how to make systems for developing improvisation in new and unique ways. He is working on notation systems which incorporate rock, world music, jazz, noise with his open structured compositions that give the musician freedom, while also giving the composer his fully realized ideas. Over his career. Daren has shared the stage with Wadada Leo Smith, Neil Sadler, Butch Morris, Mike Keneally, Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, Jeff Kaiser, Andre LaFosse, John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Chris Opperman, and many, many others. Motoko Honda (http://www.myspace.com/motokohonda) Motoko currently lives in downtown Los Angeles, CA, she is a founding member of Los Angeles Piano Unit, a group dedicated to perform all kinds of piano music from classical to experimental. She is also a member of M. Rare Trio, and a founder of Okiro music Series and Ensemble. She is currently working on the "Sound Escape Project", an experimental collaboration with some of the greatest improvisers in the world. Daren Burns Bass Player/Composer/Teacher/Good Guy (818) 693-1734 |