Technique!

 New Sounds at the Film Archive

audio documentation here

www.feedinghabits.bandcamp.com

Spoilers of Utopia CD reviewed by Nick Bollinger on RNZ

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thesampler/20130618

iiii Releases reviewed by Graham Reid at elsewhere.co.nz

get yer iiii albums now at www.iiiirecords.bandcamp.com

thanks Graham!

http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/jazz/5730/jazzquake-hits-capital-dotting-the-ts-and-crossing-the-iiiis/

Spoilers of Utopia Review!

http://www.offthetracks.co.nz/spoilers-of-utopia-spoilers-of-utopia/

NEW iiii Records release! SPOILERS OF UTOPIA

iiii Records presents 

iiii XV

PURCHASE AT www.iiiirecords.bandcamp.com

Bandleader / composer John Bell (Dominion Centenary Concert Band, Ruckus, Circling Sun, Dodecahedrons) began the Spoilers of Utopia to play Albert Ayler tunes arranged for Brass Band.

Since inception the Spoilers of Utopia have progressed to performing mainly original compositions and new arrangements of such diverse material as Don McGlashan pop songs and Salvation Army hymns.

The wide ranging musical material reflects the diverse backgrounds of the band members.

John Bell is Aotearoa's leading vibraharpist an outstanding composer and energetic tenor horn player, Don McGlashan (Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, the Muttonbirds Seven Sisters) is one of the lands most well known and loved popular songwriters, here he contributes his wonderful Euphonium playing  Kingsley Melhuish (Spargo, Brassouls) is a prolific brass player and composer / bandleader who has a background in brass bands, jazz, improvisation and Pacific music. Trombonist Ben Zilber is classically trained and performs regularly as a soloist and with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and the NZSO. Drummer Chris O'Connor is perhaps NZ's busiest percussionist and performs regularly with such leading artists and acts as Don McGlashan, SJD, Andrew Keoghan, the Joytoys, Ruckus and the Phoenix Foundation. Neil Watson is one of Aucklands leading jazz guitarists who has performed with the Finn Brothers, Frank Gibson Jnr., Dianne Schuur and the Sami Sisters. Finn Scholes is and exciting trumpet player and composer who has performed with Kantuta, Mamaku Project, Bannerman and leads his own groups. Owen Melhuish has a background in brass bands and anchors the S.O.U with his vibrant tuba. Darren Hannah began as a jazz bass player and now is a vital member of the Vitamin S free improvisation community.

Guests on the S.O.U album include Cameron Allen on Moog, maverick brass and performance artist Gerard Crewdson and Rarotongan drummers Jacob Unuia, TJ Unuia and Tua Mete.

The Spoilers of Utopia cd is released on Tues 23 April 2013 at the Wine Cellar, St Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Road, Auckland. 8pm.

The CD release party will also farewell John Bell who is relocating to South Korea.

Jaap Blonk in NZ

iiii Music is ecstatic to present JAAP BLONK on tour in NZ!

Wed Feb 27 - Christchurch - The Dark Room
Thurs Feb 28 - Dunedin - Static Mansion
Fri  March 1 - Wellington - 19 Tory St
Sat March 2 - Auckland - Old Folks Ass. Gundry St
Sun March 3 - Auckland - Graft, Ironbank Arcade 2pm

iiii music on bandcamp!

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listen and download music from iiii and !!!! records

Vitamin S Festival in Auckland!

www.vitaminsfestival.blogspot.co.nz

FRODE GJERSTAD NZ TOUR

New Music from the North! Pioneering Improvising reedsman FRODE GJERSTAD! has been active in Adventurous new music for 40 years playing with such innovators as Derek Bailey, John Stevens, William Parker, Johnny Mbizo Dyani, Rashid Bakr, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Hamid Drake, Peter Brotzmann. This is his first visit to Aotearoa! www.frodegjerstad.com PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE toured NZ last year as drummer with awesome power trio THE THING. He is Norways leading modern drummer and collaborates regularly with Mats Gustaffson, Peter Brotzmann, Neneh Cherry, Sten Standell, Lasse Marhaug and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten. Jon Rune Strøm is one of Norways leading young double bass players, this is his first visit to NZ The FRODE GJERSTAD TRIO - free jazz, improvised music, new music, jazz, adventurous sounds, fire music, ecstatic jazz, soul jazz, good times! TOUR SCHEDULE THURS 2 AUGUST - Feeding Habits - Auckland Old Folks Ass. Gundry St. 8pm FRI 3 AUGUST - THE WINE CELLAR, St Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Rd. AUCKLAND 8.30pm SUN 5 AUGUST - NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE, WELLINGTON 7.30pm MON 6 AUGUST - RUSSIAN FROST FARMERS, EVA ST. WELLINGTON - 8pm WED 8 AUGUST - CHICKS HOTEL - PORT CHALMERS - DUNEDIN 8pm THURS 9 AUGUST - WUNDERBAR - LYTLLETON - CHRISTCHURCH 8.30pm

iiii presents iiii014 Colour Code solo piano improvisations by Hermione Johnson Come and celebrate the release of Colour Code, the new album by Hermione Johnson, recorded in Berlin 2011. The release party will feature Hermione Johnson (prepared piano) Nisha Madhan performing a Sally Rodwell monologue Joshua Rutter and Jeff Henderson make lines in space CD's $10 entry $10/$5 waged/unwaged

Double CD launch!

iiii records presents

the release of two new albums of astounding improvised music

featuring Japanese superheroes

Shoji Hano and Tetuzi Akiyama

with

Aotearoa New Zealand meta musicians

Phil Dadson, John Bell, Andrew McMillan,

Paul Buckton, Paul Winstanley and 
Jeff Henderson.

iiii011 Eyeballs

iiii012 Novaya Zemlya

at THE WINE CELLAR

St Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Road, Auckland

TUES 24 APRIL 2012, 8.30pm

featuring performances by

Andrew McMillan / Phil Dadson / 
John Bell / Darren Hannah

and Paul Buckton / Jeff Henderson

TETRAS in Wellington!

TETRAS

Tetras is an improvising trio formed in 2010 with Jason Kahn (drums, percussion), Jeroen Visser (organ, electronics) and Christian Weber (contrabass). The group is based in Zürich, Switzerland. Their approach to improvisation focuses on long-form pieces with gradual structural development, blurring the sense of time passing as their sets slowly unfold.

Jason Kahn began playing music in the 1980's, initially releasing records on the Los Angeles SST label. During the 1990's he lived in Berlin, playing drums and percussion in many projects of improvised and electronic music. He has lived in Zürich since 2000.

Organ player Jerome Visser as worked as an engineer with The Ex, Tom Cora, The Honkies and many others. He has also played with The Pale Nudes and currently tours in the Trio Kazanchis with Ethiopian singer Mesele Asmamaw.

Christian Weber is involved in numerous jazz and improvised music projects across Europe, having played with a wide spectrum of musicians ranging from John Butcher to Otomo Yoshihide.

TETRAS 

+ 

JAMES DUNN (UK)

James Dunn is a London based musician and sound artist. Currently playing drums/synth in a duo 

with bassist Peter Blundell as Temperatures and in various improvising groups playing electronics. 

At Fred's James will be playing a solo acoustic guitar set.

 

SUN 8 JANUARY 2012

8pm

FREDERICK STREET SOUND AND LIGHT EXPLORATION SOCIETY

46 Frederick St, Te Aro.Wellington, New ZeAotearoaland

TETRAS

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JEFF HENDERSON / GERARD CREWDSON

MON 9 JANUARY 2012

8pm

FREDERICK STREET SOUND AND LIGHT EXPLORATION SOCIETY

46 Frederick St, Te Aro.Wellington, New ZeAotearoaland

iiii Festival Auckland !!!!

TUES 15 November

Creative Jazz Club Aotearoa
1885 BRITOMART basement
8pm $10


COR FUHLER (Amsterdam)

Renowned Dutch pianist, improviser, composer Cor Fuhler with
 Anthony Donaldson (drums
Jeff Henderson and Roger Manins - saxophones
Sam Pettigrew - bass
John Bell - vibraphone

Wed 16 November

AUDIO FOUNDATION HUB
Poynton Terrace
5pm


Improvised duets by Festival artists

WED 16 November

iiii Festival !!!!

The Wine Cellar - St Kevins Arcade

Karangahape Road

8pm

featuring..

EMBEDDED - Jim Denley  - saxophone / flute 

Sam Pettigrew (Sydney) - bass

Rishin Singh (Sydney) - trombone

Monika Brookes (Sydney) - accordion

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang (Taiwan) - voice

Rosalind Hall (Melbourne) - prepared saxophone

Rod Cooper (Melbourne) - invented instruments

THE SPOILERS OF UTOPIA BRASS BAND

Anthony Donaldson (Wellington) - drums

Greg Malcolm - guitars

Chris O'Connor - drums

Paul Buckton - guitar

Jeff Henderson - saxophone

Hermione Johnson - piano

Dean Roberts - guitar

Jim Langabeer - saxophone

Drew McMillan - saxophone / electronics

Darren Hannah - bass

Phil Dadson - invented instruments

Ivan Mrsic - invented instruments


PHILL DRYSON - guitar


John Bell - vibes

John Radford - performance

KRISTIAN LARSEN - dance

and MOREMOREMORE!

THURS 17 November

AUDIO FOUNDATION HUB - 5pm
4 Poynton Terrace, Sub-Basement of the Parisian Tie Factory, off 


Pitt St, AK CBD




Improvised duos by Festival artists!

THURS 17 November

iiii Festival !!!!

The Wine Cellar - St Kevins Arcade

Karangahape Road

8pm

featuring..
FORGOTTEN CAUSES

Jim Denley (Sydney) - saxophone / flute

Rod Cooper (Melbourne) - invented instruments

Monika Brookes (Sydney) - accordion

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang (Taiwan) - voice

Rosalind Hall (Melbourne) - prepared saxophone

Sam Pettigrew (Sydney) - bass

Rishin Singh (Sydney) - trombone

Anthony Donaldson (Wellington) - drums

Greg Malcolm - guitars

Chris O'Connor - drums

Phil Dadson - invented instruments

Paul Buckton - guitar

Jeff Henderson - saxophone

Hermione Johnson - piano

Dean Roberts - guitar

Jim Langabeer - saxophone

Drew McMillan - saxophone / electronics

Darren Hannah - bass

Ivan Mrsic - invented instruments

John Radford - performance
Derek Tearne - Ratamataaa
INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARS OF WESTLYNN

Friday 18 November

 Extra Digits!  - prepare for music for prepared and unprepared pianos!

Kenneth Myers Centre, Shortland St. 6pm

Music for Four Pianos and Sledgehammer 

by Andrew McMillan

performed by Hermione Johnson, Glenda Keam, Jim Gardener, Jeff Henderson and Chris O'Connor

Piano Performances by

MARK BAYNES

COR FUHLER

HERMIONE JOHNSON 

and special guest 
JIM DENLEY (Sydney)

iiii FESTIVAL SUN 6 NOV

Welcomes to you for the iiii Festival !!!! Adventurous Music!!!!New Jazz!!!! Dance!!!! Organ!!!! Fire!!!! Ritual Sacrifice!!!! And more !!!!

SUNDAY 6 November 

8pm

HAPPY 118 Tory St

THE MELANCHOLY BABES 
with ERIC BOEREN (Amsterdam) 

   

Eric Boeren  - trumpet  
Jeff Henderson – alto saxophone
Tom Callwood – bass
Anthony Donaldson – drums

Eric Boeren

http://eb.home.xs4all.nl/

The Melancholy Babes
www.melancholybabes.blogspot.com

THE TROUBLES

Lucien Johnson – saxophones

John Rae – drums
Patrick Bleakley – bass
Nick Van Dijk – trombone
Dan Yeabsley – saxophones
Tristan Carter – violin
Charley Davenport – cello

 www.lucienjohnson.com

iiii FESTIVAL MON 7 NOV

 

MONDAY 7 November
 

FREDERICK ST SOUND AND LIGHT 
EXPLORATION SOCIETY

 46 Frederick St, Te Aro

2 pm – 4pm – WORKSHOP SERIES – ERIC BOEREN leads an improvisation session - all welcome

7pm - ERIC BOEREN improvises with guests, including Hermione Johnson, Gerard Crewdson, Daniel Beban, John Bell

iiii FESTIVAL TUES 8 NOV

TUESDAY 8 November 

ADAM ART GALLERY

7pm

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL MOST FAMOUS ORCHESTRA OF MIRACULOUS DELIGHTS +

The NOT QUITE QUIET CHOIR

Graphic scores, alternative notation and conductions for large ensembles. WIMFOOMD explores music making using a wide variety of composition and notation methods. The orchestra utilises found scores such as lotto cards, cookbooks, and advertising leaflets to develop new methods of making music
from unusual sources.

Featuring..

Amos Mann, Claire O'Neil, Nell Thomas, Chris Prosser, Erika Grant, Bek Coogan, Sascha Perfect, Chris Wratt, Bridget Kelly, Kate Telford, Zazie Rae Taylor, Daniel Beban, Gerard Crewdson, Phill Dryson, John Bell,  Josh Rutter,  Reuben Derrick, Cor Fuhler, 
Rod Cooper, Richard Nunns, Hermione Johnson, Simon Cummins, Simon O’Rorke, Reece McNaughten, Noel Meek, Alex Bartley Nees,  Jeff Henderson and more.

MING 

Campbell Kneale and Ellen Rodda play amplified cymbals

iiii FESTIVAL WED 9 NOV

WEDNESDAY 9 November 

ROSENEATH LONG HALL, ROSENEATH

6pm

CAT RUKA 
presents 
NEW TREATY MILITIA

Award winning performance artist Cat Ruka presents her latest work NEW TREATY MILITIA, a theatrical protest that radically explores the contentious document of the Treaty of Waitangi. It investigates how this document relates to the way in which identity is constructed – and perhaps obsessed over – in New Zealand, and poses the idea that it preoccupies Maori and Pakeha with an abstract game of power transferral. 

NEW TREATY MILITIA is a surreal and decadent performance critique that strives to demonstrate the realities of how the Treaty manifests in all its horrifyingly dark and profoundly creative ways.

www.catruka.com

iiii FESTIVAL WED 9 NOV

WED 9 NOV

ROSENEATH LONG HALL

8pm 

FOLK OFF! UKE HUNT!

A Night of Acoustic Mayhem!

BASKETCASE

RICHARD NUNNS / MONIKA BROOKES (Sydney) /

CHRIS PROSSER

Richard Nunns -Taonga Puoro

Monika Brookes - accordion

Chris Prosser – violin

MANIMANIMA! Banjo and drum ensemble

Manimanima – banjo, 
Baba Rossa – banjo, 
Antony Milton – banjo, 
Mark Williams – banjo, 
Warwick Donald – banjo, 
Cor Fuhler – banjo, 
Phill Dryson – banjo, 
Torben Tilly - banjo

Rick Cranson – snare drum, Reece McNaughten – snare drum, Nell Thomas – bass drum,  John Bell – bass drum

SETH FRIGHTENING

Dick Whyte

TRISTAN CARTER / SAM PETTIGREW / 

ERIKA GRANT / TOM CALLWOOD

Tristan Carter – violin

Erika Grant – violin

Tom Callwood – bass

Sam Pettigrew – bass

ROD COOPER (Melbourne) / COR FUHLER  (Amsterdam)/ REUBEN DERRICK (Christchurch)

 

Rod Cooper – invented instruments

Cor Fuhler – prepared piano

Reuben Derrick - reeds

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