2012 events:
-
Hamelin/Fisk duo
Simon Fisk is one of the more prominent of Calgary's
acoustic bass players these days. While mostly working in
the realm of jazz, Fisk is also occasionally inclined
towards the realm of free improvising, sometimes appearing
on cello, often with a bank of electronic enhancements. He's
played off and on with drummer/percussionist Eric Hamelin
(Chad van Gaalen, Nomoreshapes, Ryan Bourne, et al) over the
years, and tonight it's on.
- little man: Lands That Move (And People Moving Through
Them)
little man makes places make sense makes senses make place. In
her latest project, Toronto-based violist Rebecca Bruton moves
between song, sound and story, pulling fecund and familiar
worlds from string and gut and bone.
- hate Brahms
A wild and chaotic duo comprised of the fresh faces of
Jean-Sebatien Audet and Michael Halls (both play in the band
Faux Fur and The You Are Minez, but also have many other solo
and collaborative projects). Both can cover ground on a
plethora of instruments, but are both crazy guitar players.
When booking the band, there was a request to see a two-guitar
formation, so fingers crossed.
- WEEDS CAFE (1903 20th AVE NW), 8-10pm, PAY WHAT YOU
CAN
- February 8, 2012
- Eric Hamelin/Jason Sharp duo
Jason Sharp is a Montreal-based saxophonist who is visiting
Alberta as part of a Banff Centre Residency. He is deeply
entrenched in the scene in Montreal, playing with the likes
of Jean Derome, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Jean Derome, and
Matana Roberts. He is also a member of Josh Zubot's Mend Ham
and Sam Shalabi's Land of Kush. Heavy stuff, to be sure.
Eric Hamelin is one of the foremost proponents of
percussion-based experimentation and improvisation in
Calgary. He is well-loved for his work with Nomoreshapes (a
great, currently inactive group with Jay Crocker) and Chad
van Gaalen, and has recently been seen in a duo called XL
Hippie with Chris Dadge. His solo shows over the last year
or so have also been a delight. Should be a killer duo.
(http://www.jasonsharp.ca/)
- Chris Reimer
This man is also well-known to the Calgary music, having
been a member of the avant-pop group Women, as well as
currently holding down the drum chair in Gold, and playing a
handful of chaotic shows with No Homo (consisting of Pat
Flegel, Reimer, and Eric Hamelin). As if that was not
enough, he spent the bulk of the last year on the road with
the Dodos. Solo, he creates thick layers of sound using
cheap keyboards, guitars, pedals, and a finely honed musical
sensitivity.
- Aaron Leaney
One of the premier saxophonists in Calgary who is gallantly
pushing the boundaries of his instrument. Whether it's in a
solo context such as this (where he combines his
instrumental facility, electronically-enhanced explorations,
and finely honed sense of melody to excellent results), in
his duo with Chris Dadge, or many of the other ad hoc
combinations in which he finds himself, Leaney is a
passionate and rewarding performer.
(http://
www.aaronleaney.com/)
- WEEDS CAFE (1903 20th AVE NW), 8-10pm, PAY WHAT
YOU CAN
- February 28, 2012
- Tania Gill Group
- Munro/Hamelin/Vipond trio
- Acclaimed composer and pianist Tania Gill, originally
from Victoria, BC, is a key figure in the Toronto scenes of
jazz and popular music. She has twenty years’ experience
working with diverse world-class artists, including Deep
Dark United, Charles Spearin’s The Happiness Project, Mary
Margaret O’Hara and Anthony Braxton.
Her long-awaited 2010 debut recording, Bolger Station
(Barnyard Records) was ‘disc of the week’ and a top-ten disc
for 2010 according to The Globe and Mail, and was nominated
for debut album of the year in The Village Voice critics’
poll. It is one of the truly excellent Canadian jazz
recordings of recent years.
Tania will be touring with her Bolger Station Quartet,
featuring three of Canada’s outstanding jazz musicians, each
with a distinguished career recording and touring with
numerous projects. They will play music from Bolger Station
that features free-spirited improvisation and compositions
that are by turns playful, contemplative, fiery and serene.
The Tania Gill Quartet is a consummate contemporary jazz
group that plays with intelligence, passion and grace.
“Bolger Station makes itself a destination for many
travellers, journeying alone or in groups.”
–Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail
“If you met Tania Gill's Bolger Station at a party, you'd
quickly decide to hang out with it for the rest of the
evening. It's different, after all. A little eccentric,
unpredictable. In the best way.”
––Kevin Wilson, CKUA
“Pianist and composer Tania Gill understands the understated
power of lyricism... There's evidence of Gill having drunk
deeply at the double well of the Bleys (composer Carla and
pianist Paul): in motifs, harmonic concepts, pianism and
pauses.” –Glen Hall, Exclaim! Magazine
Tania Gill, piano and melodica
Lina Allemano, trumpet
Clinton Ryder, double bass
Jean Martin, drums
Plus, the night will opened up with an ad hoc trio featuring
Sam Vipond (from Montreal, of the Bug Incision-released
group Corse check www.myspace.com/samvipond for
more),
Scott Munro (of Bent Spoon Duo, Mama Safari, RapX, Lab
Coast, etc etc), and our good friend Eric Hamelin
(Nomoreshapes, Chad Van Gaalen, XL Hippie, etc) on
percussion and other stuff. These people have never played
in this formation before, should be exciting.
$10-$5 sliding scale; tickets at the door
Cantos Music Foundation - 134 11 Ave SW
- Thursday, April 26
We were first made aware of the music of Toronto's Allison
Cameron from her killer disc on the esteemed
Rat-Drifting record label. It featured her compositions for a
trio, featuring Eric Chenaux and Stephen Parkinsons, playing
very unusual pieces for a variety of stringed instruments. When
Allison applied for a touring grant via Circuit (the Canadian
network of of bookers/ performance-space-runners of which Bug
Incision is a member) it was a no-brainer to book her in
Calgary. It turns out that Allison is largely known as a
composer of contemporary chamber works. She's had pieces
performed all over the place, played by a who's who of new music
ensembles (check allisoncameron.com/bio.html),
and
maintains a healthy back catalog of releases. As an improvisor,
she's played with Ryan Driver, Doug Tielli, Gert-Jan Prins, and
Wilbert de Joode, among others.
Allison Cameron will perform solo, and then in collaboration
with the Bent Spoon Duo. The BSD, comprised of Chris Dadge and Scott Munro, has been working
together since 2002, remaining consistent members in the Bent
Spoon legacy as it shrunk from Ensemble and Trio. Their approach
is a multi-instrumental one, utilizing as many instruments as
they can be bothered to round up pre-gig. There is an
inclination towards stringed instruments, percussion, and crude,
on-the-fly amplification methods. They have a bunch of releases
on Bug Incision Records, as well as tapes on Holy Cheever
Church, Middle James Co, Total Vermin, and a new one on House of
Alchemy.
The night will begin with the latest chapter in Mark
Fleischhaker's odyssey of solo performance, aka Terrible
Crayon. He works with a minimal setup, using his
voice, some pedals, and tapes. What makes it work is his unique
sense of dramatic pacing within his pieces, which seem to be
uniformly concise and controlled, while quite clearly revelling
in the possibilities of 'experimental music'.
Preceding the music, Cameron will host an informal chat about
her music, methods, and ideas about performance and
improvisation. This is a highly welcomed new apsect to the Bug
Incision concert series, and will take place in the same room,
at 7:30pm. All are welcome.
Weeds Cafe: 1903 20th Ave NW
8-10pm, talk by Allison Cameron at 7:30pm
pay what you can
all ages
http://
www.allisoncameron.com/
http://
www.bugincision.com/
http://
terriblecrayon.bandcamp.com /
- July 5
Chris Riggs/Bent Spoon Duo + Zebrapulse + Pigeon Breeders +
Yankee Yankee (tbc)
Cafe Bohemia (10217 97 St, Edmonton, AB)
more info TBA
- July 6
Chris Riggs + Bent Spoon Duo performance + interview
Live on CJSW 90.0FM (or www.cjsw.com), around 8:30AM MST
Show: The
Big Friday, hosted by Myke Atkinson, 7-10AM MST
- July 6
Chris Riggs Workshop + Masterclass
Theatre Junction GRAND Rehearsal Studio (608 1st St SW, 2nd
floor)
Workshop: 6:30-7:30pm, aimed at a more general audience,
non-musicians/players welcome
Masterclass: 8:00-9:30pm, aimed more at instrumentalists and
improvisors
FREE and ALL AGES and OPEN TO ALL
THIS
IS A BUG INCISION 2012 SHOW - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
- July 7
Chris Riggs + Bent Spoon Duo
National Music Centre (134 11th Ave SE - formerly known as
Cantos Music Foundation)
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm / $7
THIS
IS A BUG INCISION 2012 SHOW - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
- July 11
Chris Riggs/Chris Dadge + more TBA
Rickshaw Lounge
- July 21
Eugene Chadbourne w/ Darren Williams and Chris Dadge + Jeff
Younger's Devil Loops
Weeds Cafe (1903 20th Ave NW)
8pm, all ages, pay what you can
The legendary guitarist Eugene
Chadbourne, once a resident of Calgary in the '70s, makes
another return to the city. He is known for his extensive solo
work, both in the fields of free improvisation and songform (of
course never hesitating to liberally mix the two), his group
Shockabilly, as well as collaborations with such luminaries as
John Zorn (check their brilliant work together from the
wonderful Parachute Records label), Paul Lovens, Han Bennink,
Camber Van Beethoven (as Camper Van Chadbourne), and many
others. He will play solo, as well as in a trio with Darren
Williams (tenor saxophone) and Chris Dadge (drums, percussion).
Vancouver's Jeff
Younger, one of the most busy and diverse guitarists in
Canada, will make another appearance in Calgary with his Devil
Loops project.
- August 13
Joust (John Oswald + Scott Thompson) with Chris Dadge +
Protagonist/Antagonist + Eric Hamelin
Very excited and honored to be presenting Scott Thomson and John Oswald (Joust) while they're
in the area this month. For those unfamiliar, Scott Thomson is a
trombonist currently located in Montreal, and he is an
absolutely monstrous player. Heavy with the extended techniques,
very much a "that's a trombone making that sound?"-kinda thing,
but can also kill it in more orthodox settings, such as his
Steve Lacy-songbook-playing group with Kyle Brenders, The Rent.
Check out his fantastic album with Lori Freedman, Plumb, on Barnyard
Records for a preview. John Oswald is known to most as the
man behind Plunderphonics, an extremely interesting project
incorporating sampling, pop culture critique,
copyright-challenging, and composition. He's also a saxophonist,
having worked with Eric Chenaux, Roger Turner, Michael Keith,
and many others. Excited to be playing with characters of this
calibre.
Also on the bill is Eric Hamelin (Chad Van Gaalen, Nomoreshapes,
Ryan Bourne, et al) on solo percussion and electronics, and Ryan
Von Hagen, a new name to the Bug Incision stage, doing....
something with electronics, I think.
At Weeds (1903 20th ave nw)
8-10pm, all ages, pay what you can
www.bugincision.com
- September
13
FREEDMAN (aka Haynes/Driver/Martin) + Black Mold @
National Music Centre (134 11th Ave SE)
- The scenario is this: Toronto's Justin
Haynes (Blah Blah Blah 666, Barnyard Drama) plays a
ukulele, Jean Martin (ZMF Trio, Tanya Tagaq,
The Reveries, Barnyard Records) plays brushes on a suitcase, and Ryan Driver (The Reveries, The Silt, solo)
plays street-sweeper bristle bass (has to be seen/heard to
believe - check the samples below). The three of them play from
the songbook of Myk Freedman (hence the sometimes-group name
Freedman), who writes wonderful '50s/'60s-style jazz
compositions, his own distinctive mashing of Monk, Money
Jungle-style Ellington, and tunes from the earlier '60 Blue Note
sides. They inject the tunes with a healthy dose of levity and
playful, offsetting the quirkier elements of the tunes
themselves with spirited solos and ensemble moves. These guys
killed it last time they were here, and I'm sure they'll do it
again. Not to be missed.
- We had such great time last time these guy were
in town, with the trio of Dadge/Munro/Van Gaalen on the bill, we
decided to get ol' CVG back for this one, this time under his Black
Mold guise. While Van Gaalen is largely known for his
songs, he's also got a wealth of recordings and performances
under his belt as Black Mold. The project usually is pretty
tough to pin down, sounding a little different each time it
presents itself, but usually he's coaxing alien sounds from a
modular synth and modiefied/bent drum machines and keyboards.
Also seems to get weirder and better every we see it.
- 8pm / $5 / all ages
- Friday, October 5
Not The Wind, Not The Flag Workshop + Masterclass
Workshop: 6:30-7:30
Masterclass: 8:00-9:30
Theatre Junction GRAND Rehearsal Studio (608 1st St SW, 2nd
floor)
FREE ADMISSION
- Saturday, October 6
Not The Wind, Not The Flag + Aaron Leaney
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm / $7
National Music Centre (134 11th Ave SE)
(formerly known as Cantos Music Foundation)
- Thursday, October 18
Bug Incision is proud to partner with CJSW 90.9 FM for their
annual string of funding drive concerts. Eugene
Chadbourne (a legendary avant/experimental figure in
the last 30+ years of music history, known for his work with
John Zorn, Han Bennink, Camper Van Beethoven, Jimmy Carl Black,
etc) was here this past summer, playing in a trio with Chris
Dadge and Darren Williams. Those who attended the show will
recall his uncanny penchant for mixing classic folk, country,
garage rock, and choice jazz tunes with his highly virtuostic
style of improvising. Whitney Ota (aka Yankee
Yankee, Unit Structure Sound Recordings co-proprietor, member of
Burro and Dada Centauri), Chris Dadge (of Bent
Spoon Duo, Lab Coast, Mama Safari, Bug Incision operator), and Scott
Munro (Bent Spoon Duo, Mama Safari, RapX, etc) will
form an ad hoc trio, taking off from Ota & Dadge's set in
Edmonton this summer. At that show, they toyed with the idea of
a lot of pulse-based improvising, Ota also playing the guitar in
a fine open tuning, lending a droney quality to the music. Munro
will join them on upright bass. Jean-Sebastien Audet (Faux Fur, Darren Wantz, You Are Minez, The Gooeys, etc) will be
performing as Zouk Fuck, his hip-hop vehicle.
As with everything this dude cranks out, this stuff is
top-notch, and I don't think there's been too many live
appearances for this material. Not to be missed. And finally, Larry
McDowell's Protagonist/Antagonist guise will be making a welcome return to the Weeds back room.
McDowell's smart, concise approach to samples, electronics, and
sequencers is always changing, and always pretty damn good.
Weeds Cafe (1903 20th Ave NW)
CJSW Funding Drive Event
8-10pm, pay what you can (it's for CJSW!)
- Thursday, November 15
JACK WRIGHT + Ellwood Epps, Chris Dadge & Scott Munro @
National Music Centre
part of the Bug Incision Calgary 2012 Concert Series
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm / $7
National Music Centre: 134 11th Ave SE (formerly known as
Cantos Music Foundation)
more info here
- Wednesday, November 14
Jack Wright Workshop + Masterclass
Hot Wax Records basement (114 10th Street NW)
FREE ADMISSION
6:30-7:30pm - Jack Wright Workshop
8:00-9:30pm - Jack Wright Masterclass
more info here
- Jack Wright Meets Calgary @ Weeds Cafe:
Friday, November 16
feat. Aaron Leaney, Whitney Ota, Jonathon Wilcke, Lyle Pisio,
more
Weeds Cafe (1903 20th Avenue NW)
Pay what you can, all ages
8-11pm
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