We'd like to call your attention to a performance this Friday (02/10) of the Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra, 8pm at the Douglass Street Music Collective. Very heavy free composition by Ben Miller - extremely cool and very challenging.
Announcements
February 06, 2012
January 05, 2012
the Awakening Orchestra, this Monday!
That's right - we set your tea to STEEPIN'. Hitting the Tea Lounge's Size Matters series HARD like Oolong on a Thursday, the Awakening Orchestra's gonna Chamomile your Earl Grey like it's a sissy little herbal peach-lookin' thing.
How you like us now?
Invite some friends - the tea is slammin'. The band is tea. Which is slammin'.
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ks - conductor
rob mosher, vito chiavuzzo, samuel ryder, andrew gutauskas, dr. felipe salles - reeds
daniel urness, seneca black, nadje noordhuis, tatum greenblatt - trumpets
michael boscarino, barbara hamilton, ben griffin, joe barati - trombones
seth fruiterman - voice
james shipp, michael macallister, aaron kotler, joshua paris, will clark - rhythm
November 04, 2011
I'd love it if you came, and gave me notes...
We humbly invite you to the Spot @ the Brooklyn Lyceum this Wednesday night (November 9th) for the final 2011 appearance of the Awakening Orchestra, our flagship ensemble bringing you all things epic since 2006. The band is rocking, as always, and the performance will include new music.
8pm
$10
2 sets, no repeats
Featuring:
ks
mosher / cornelius / ryder / gutauskas / salles
urness / gorham / heflin / dizack
griffin / hamilton / musselman / seigel
dingman / macallister / kotler / paris / clark
hetherington / fruiterman
October 27, 2011
Red Ball Rising - out now!
We're stoked to announce the official dropping of Natalie Riccio's much-vaunted Red Ball Rising, a straight-up killing record full of Natalie's most haunted collection t0-date.
Featured on the album:
strings and horns arranged and orchestrated by kyle saulnier
horn section includes Awakening Orchestra stalwarts vito chiavuzzo, matthew musselman, and kyle saulnier
string quartet includes alice. member amali premawardhana
Available now at CD Baby - this is some heavy music, people.
September 10, 2011
Nothing But a Bunch of F*cking Amateurs...
The above picture is Kevin Shea, a friend of ours from the highly-recommended avant group Mostly Other People Do the Killing.
Kevin almost lost his eye several days ago after a hit at University of the Streets (a LES shithole we will NOT link to) with Talibam!. Here's the story from bassist Tom Blancarte, as posted on BrooklynVegan:
"Breaking news to all musicians in NYC who might be playing at University of the Streets in the East Village:
I just played there with Talibam!, Tim Dahl and Moppa Elliott, and when we were finished, the owner and her son told us that we owed them 50 dollars. When we told them we didn't owe them anything, her son punched my friend Kevin in the face with keys in his hand! He came close to losing his left eye! Please boycott this place, they are bad, bad people."
We've verified this story, by the way - no rumor-mongering here. No doubt the fallout from this is only just beginning, but we're officially throwing full support behind Kevin on this, and please pass the word along - this is absolute bullshit, and there is no way anyone in NYC or anywhere else should allow something like this to happen - this pathetic excuse for a venue needs to be shut down. Now.
April 18, 2011
March 20, 2011
alice. MARCH UPDATE!!
A big shout to Leighanne Saltsman and Page4Music for podcasting my Think Coffee performance back on February 3rd… I was unable to make it that night as I was assisting the FBI with a few details in the Mitt Romney affair, but the band did a fantastic job as usual. You can find the full podcast here.
Speaking of Think Coffee, the gang and I will be back on Thursday, March 24th with the continuation of our monthly alice. Thinks Coffee series. Here's the deets on that one:
Speaking of Think Coffee, the gang and I will be back on Thursday, March 24th with the continuation of our monthly alice. Thinks Coffee series. Here's the deets on that one:
alice. Thinks Coffee, pt. III - Where Can alice. Get a Whiskey in this Joint?
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Think Coffee
248 Mercer, NYC
8:15pm
free
Very exciting stuff. As I've said, we'll be back once a month for the entire calendar year of 2011, and continuing to bring the ehcp noize. Come check us out; further details below.
If you haven't already, I'd like to make sure you've had the opportunity to check out the alice. Merchandise store, here - sure to supply the best gifts for others or yourself. Nothing says 'Spring is Here' like a short-sleeved t-shirt, right? So it may as well be one with my name on it.
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Think Coffee
248 Mercer, NYC
8:15pm
free
Very exciting stuff. As I've said, we'll be back once a month for the entire calendar year of 2011, and continuing to bring the ehcp noize. Come check us out; further details below.
If you haven't already, I'd like to make sure you've had the opportunity to check out the alice. Merchandise store, here - sure to supply the best gifts for others or yourself. Nothing says 'Spring is Here' like a short-sleeved t-shirt, right? So it may as well be one with my name on it.
Toodles, kids.
a.
March 07, 2011
Images from Awakening Orchestra, 03-04
from the Awakening Orchestra site:
Many thanks to the gracious Barbara Kotler for the images herein; it appears that a tremendous photographic eye runs in the family (reference Dana Kotler's fantastic pics from a 2009 hit here) - audio coming soon, we hope.
February 27, 2011
This Wednesday!
Coming this Wednesday to the Brooklyn Lyceum:
the Awakening Orchestra
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Brooklyn Lyceum
(227 4th Ave, 11215)
8:00pm
$10
featuring:
ks
rob mosher
vito chiavuzzo
samuel ryder
alden banta
kurt bacher
daniel urness
michael gorham
nadje noordhuis
jonathan powell
michael boscarino
barbara hamilton
benjamin griffin
joe barati
seth fruiterman
james shipp
michael macallister
aaron kotler
joshua paris
will clark
