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On(e) Day - The Glass Key Trio Webcast Recording Session - November 16, 2019 - 2pm and 4pm MTN time
by High Mayhem Newsletter 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

ON(E) DAY ON(E) DAY IS THE NEWEST PROJECT FROM HIGH MAYHEM EMERGING ARTS. ARTISTS ARE BROUGHT INTO OUR STUDIO AND HAVE 1 DAY TO RECORD AN ALBUM. THE SESSION IS WEBCAST ON YOUTUBE [1] AND THE RECORDING IS RELEASED ON OUR ON(E) DAY ALBUM SERIES [2]. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER [3] TO STAY IN THE LOOP ABOUT THE WEBCASTS AND ALBUMS The Glass Key Trio Jeremy Bleich – acoustic guitar/composition Paul Brown – acoustic bass Milton Villarrubia III – drums The Glass Key Trio will broadcast on your interwebs 2 sets of music (2pm and 4pm, MTN time) as they record a new album. LIVE WEBCAST AT: WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/HIGHMAYHEM.LIVE [4] The Glass Key Trio led by Jeremy Bleich’s eclectic acoustic guitar and compositional style explores compositions inspired by folk, jazz, country, world music, and film noir. Each composition invokes a spirited dialogue between the players ushering the listener along a narrative exploration of musical frontiers without borders. “The Glass Key Trio… has conceived a strange combination of folk, gospel, spirituals, jazz and experimental curiosities, all without adhering too intensely to any one, and without an easy means to genre-fy.” The songs are strange yet familiar, with roots in finger-picking guitar that vacillates between feeling jazzy and moody to Middle Eastern patterns.” – Santa Fe Reporter Links: ------ [1] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USE/HIGHMAYHEM/LIVE [2] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://HIGHMAYHEM.BANDCAMP.COM/ [3] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTP://LISTS.HIGHMAYHEM.ORG/LISTINFO.CGI/NEWS… [4] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/HIGHMAYHEM/LIVE

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Re: Solo/Solo/Duo with Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan - October 2nd - San Miguel Chapel
by High Mayhem Newsletter 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan will perform Solo/Solo/Duo [1]. Each artist will perform a solo set in the oldest church in North America and will then perform a collaborative set. TATSUYA NAKATANI ナカタニ • タツヤ b.1970, Japan Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde sound artist, composer, and master percussionist. Active internationally since the 1990’s; Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. With his activity in the new music, improvisation and experimental music scenes, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan, he makes his home in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Nakatani creates his distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his hand carved Kobo Bows, it is an instrument he has spent decades developing. A master of extended percussion techniques, it can be difficult to understand the genesis of his sounds. Nakatani approaches his orchestral project (NGO) as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music. www.tatsuyanakatani.com [2] Solo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ecbv6-oMM [3] Carlos Santistevan is a musician, sounds engineer, and organizer. Since 2001 he has helped establish an oasis of creative music in the high desert southwest as the director of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts collective based out of Santa Fe, NM. Using an upright bass and electronics he creates soundscapes and spontaneous compositions from the extremes of acoustic and electric music. Early influences of punk rock and free jazz have led him to develop a unique approach to music and improvisation. He has performed at High Zero Festival, Ende Tymes Festival, The Outpost Performance Space, Hemlock Tavern, SITE Santa Fe, The Empty Bottle, The Outsound Creative Music Festival, The Olympia Experimental Music Festival, High Mayhem Festival and more performing with such artists as: J.A. Dino Deane, Laura Ortman, Thollem McDonas, Tania Caroline Chen, Marshall Trammell, Chris Jonas, Tatsuya Nakatani and more. Carlos is a seasoned improviser and a member of diverse ensembles such as In Defense of Memory, iNK oN pAPER, The Uninvited Guest(s), The Late Severa Wires, Out of Context, Black Iron Trio, Taiji Pole and more. Tatsuya will be doing a two-month long US tour, while Carlos heads to the east coast to perform a series of shows with In Defense of Memory, a trio with Laura Ortman and Marshall Trammel, that will culminate at The Stone in NYC. Carlos’ Audio here: https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/om- [4] https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem/carlos-santistevan-acoustic [5] https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/solo-bass-and-electronics-set-2016 [6] Links: ------ [1] https://highmayhem.org/event-details/solo-solo-duo-with-tatsuya-nakatani-an… [2] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tatsuyanakatani.com%2F%3Ffb… [3] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D… [4] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-28111702… [5] https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem/carlos-santistevan-acoustic?fbclid=IwAR0K… [6] https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/solo-bass-and-electronics-set-2016?fb…

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Solo/Solo/Duo with Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan - October 2nd - San Miguel Chapel
by High Mayhem Newsletter 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan will perform Solo/Solo/Duo [1]. Each artist will perform a solo set in the oldest church in North America and will then perform a collaborative set. TATSUYA NAKATANI ナカタニ • タツヤ b.1970, Japan Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde sound artist, composer, and master percussionist. Active internationally since the 1990’s; Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. With his activity in the new music, improvisation and experimental music scenes, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan, he makes his home in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Nakatani creates his distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his hand carved Kobo Bows, it is an instrument he has spent decades developing. A master of extended percussion techniques, it can be difficult to understand the genesis of his sounds. Nakatani approaches his orchestral project (NGO) as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music. www.tatsuyanakatani.com [2] Solo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ecbv6-oMM [3] Carlos Santistevan is a musician, sounds engineer, and organizer. Since 2001 he has helped establish an oasis of creative music in the high desert southwest as the director of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts collective based out of Santa Fe, NM. Using an upright bass and electronics he creates soundscapes and spontaneous compositions from the extremes of acoustic and electric music. Early influences of punk rock and free jazz have led him to develop a unique approach to music and improvisation. He has performed at High Zero Festival, Ende Tymes Festival, The Outpost Performance Space, Hemlock Tavern, SITE Santa Fe, The Empty Bottle, The Outsound Creative Music Festival, The Olympia Experimental Music Festival, High Mayhem Festival and more performing with such artists as: J.A. Dino Deane, Laura Ortman, Thollem McDonas, Tania Caroline Chen, Marshall Trammell, Chris Jonas, Tatsuya Nakatani and more. Carlos is a seasoned improviser and a member of diverse ensembles such as In Defense of Memory, iNK oN pAPER, The Uninvited Guest(s), The Late Severa Wires, Out of Context, Black Iron Trio, Taiji Pole and more. This is a tour kick off show for both Tatsuya and Carlos. Tatsuya will be doing a two-month long US tour, while Carlos heads to the east coast to perform a series of shows with In Defense of Memory, a trio with Laura Ortman and Marshall Trammel, that will culminate at The Stone in NYC. Carlos’ Audio here: https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/om-1 [4] https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem/carlos-santistevan-acoustic [5] https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/solo-bass-and-electronics-set-2016 [6] Links: ------ [1] https://highmayhem.org/event-details/solo-solo-duo-with-tatsuya-nakatani-an… [2] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tatsuyanakatani.com%2F%3Ffb… [3] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D… [4] https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-28111702… [5] https://soundcloud.com/highmayhem/carlos-santistevan-acoustic?fbclid=IwAR0K… [6] https://soundcloud.com/user-281117028/solo-bass-and-electronics-set-2016?fb…

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Opportunity for artists in NM
by High Mayhem Newsletter 22 Jun '19

22 Jun '19

Hello! Over the years, we have been blessed to have support from the Kindle Project. This year they asked us to pose a question and are offering a $1000 award for the best prize. We wrote about it here [1] HOW DOES YOUR WORK USE IMPROVISATION TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES IN NEW MEXICO? THE APPLICATION [2] IS SUPER SIMPLE AND IS OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. $1000 GOES TO THE WINNER! Links: ------ [1] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/index.php/mail/viewmessage/getattachment/fold… [2] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://DOCS.GOOGLE.COM/FORMS/D/E/1FAIPQLSFHX…

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On(e) Day album release by BODIES
by High Mayhem Newsletter 17 May '19

17 May '19

HIGH MAYHEM EMERGING ARTS [1] is pleased to announce the release of our 2nd ON(E) DAY [2] album by BODIES. THE ALBUM CAN BE FOUND HERE AT OUR BANDCAMP PAGE. PLEASE DOWNLOAD/SHARE/DONATE! [3] [4]THE NEXT ON(E) DAY WEBCAST AND ALBUM WILL BE BY HANDS OF MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 1ST. MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND HERE [5] Links: ------ [1] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTP://WWW.HIGHMAYHEM.ORG [2] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://HIGHMAYHEM.ORG/ONE-DAY/ [3] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://HIGHMAYHEM.BANDCAMP.COM/ALBUM/BODIES-… [4] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://HIGHMAYHEM.BANDCAMP.COM/ALBUM/BODIES-… [5] http://webmail.highmayhem.org/HTTPS://HIGHMAYHEM.ORG/EVENT-DETAILS/HANDS-OF…

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TONIGHT! On(e) Day Webcast recording show featuring Bodies!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

BODIES LIVE WEBCAST RECODING SESSION - APRIL 6, 2019 AT 8PM MTN TIME High Mayhem debuts its newest project entitled On(e) Day. ON(E) DAY is a webcast and album series. Musicians are brought into High Mayhem studio and have 1 day to complete a project. Studio work is webcast documenting the performances and creative process. The resulting work will be released digitally through the On(e) Day album series. Be sure to tune in to the webcast on https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [1] For On(e) Day- Bodies [2] is looking to do a live from the studio set of compositions and improvisations. WE WILL START AT 8PM MTN TIME ON APRIL 6TH and they will play a 45-60 minute set to you all online. Feel free to support the artists by making a donation to store(a)highmayhem.org via paypal or better yet, support the artist directly by buying a release from their site.https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [3] Upcoming On(e) Day Sessions: June 1st - Hands of Midnight (Denver, CO) -details TBA Please consider donating to High Mayhem to keep us and On(e) Day in your life. We are also pleased to release Satin Spar's On(e) Day album. Available here [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [2] https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [3] https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [4] https://highmayhem.bandcamp.com/album/satin-spar-on-e-day

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On(e) Day Satin Spar album release and Bodies webcast - April 6th
by High Mayhem Newsletter 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

BODIES LIVE WEBCAST RECODING SESSION - APRIL 6, 2019 AT 8PM MTN TIME High Mayhem debuts its newest project entitled On(e) Day. ON(E) DAY is a webcast and album series. Musicians are brought into High Mayhem studio and have 1 day to complete a project. Studio work is webcast documenting the performances and creative process. The resulting work will be released digitally through the On(e) Day album series. Be sure to tune in to the webcast on https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [1] For On(e) Day- Bodies [2] is looking to do a live from the studio set of compositions and improvisations. WE WILL START AT 8PM MTN TIME ON APRIL 6TH and they will play a 45-60 minute set to you all online. Feel free to support the artists by making a donation to store(a)highmayhem.org via paypal or better yet, support the artist directly by buying a release from their site.https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [3] Upcoming On(e) Day Sessions: June 1st - Hands of Midnight (Denver, CO) -details TBA Please consider donating to High Mayhem to keep us and On(e) Day in your life. We are also pleased to release Satin Spar's On(e) Day album. Available here [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [2] https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [3] https://bodies5.bandcamp.com/releases [4] https://highmayhem.bandcamp.com/album/satin-spar-on-e-day

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TONIGHT!- On(e) Day Webcast Recording session of Satin Spar
by High Mayhem Newsletter 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

TONIGHT AT 9PM MTN TIME High Mayhem debuts its newest project entitled On(e) Day. ON(E) DAY is a webcast and album series. Musicians are brought into High Mayhem studio and have 1 day to complete a project. Studio work is webcast documenting the performances and creative process. The resulting work will be released digitally through the On(e) Day album series. Be sure to tune in to the webcast on https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [1] The inaugural On(e) Day webcast and album is by Satin Spar. Satin Spar is a form of selenite that is most often silky, fibrous, and translucent. Satin Spar is Andrew Weathers and Connor Sorensen. For On(e) Day Satin Spar is looking to do a live from the studio set as this is the final show of their tour. WE WILL START AT 9PM MTN TIME ON MARCH 10TH and they will play a 45-60 minute set to a small studio audience and to you all online. Feel free to support the artists by making a donation to store(a)highmayhem.org via paypal or better yet, support the artist directly by buying a release from their site. https://satinspar.bandcamp.com [2] Satin Spar-On(e) Day album to be released before April 6th, when BODIES visits On(e) Day. Upcoming On(e) Day Sessions: April 6th- BODIES June - Hands of Midnight (Denver, CO) -details TBA Please consider donating to High Mayhem to keep us and On(e) Day in your life. Links: ------ [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [2] https://satinspar.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR1pf-ryO6GlU_nasx5yGSPAmqmRiXW4xg…

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On(e) Day Webcast Recording session of Satin Spar
by High Mayhem Newsletter 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

WE'RE BACK! - WE WILL START AT 9PM MTN TIMEON MARCH 10TH High Mayhem debuts its newest project entitled On(e) Day. ON(E) DAY is a webcast and album series. Musicians are brought into High Mayhem studio and have 1 day to complete a project. Studio work is webcast documenting the performances and creative process. The resulting work will be released digitally through the On(e) Day album series. Be sure to tune in to the webcast on https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [1] The inaugural On(e) Day webcast and album is by Satin Spar. Satin Spar is a form of selenite that is most often silky, fibrous, and translucent. Satin Spar is Andrew Weathers and Connor Sorensen. For On(e) Day Satin Spar is looking to do a live from the studio set as this is the final show of their tour. WE WILL START AT 9PM MTN TIME ON MARCH 10TH and they will play a 45-60 minute set to a small studio audience and to you all online. Feel free to support the artists by making a donation to store(a)highmayhem.org via paypal or better yet, support the artist directly by buying a release from their site. https://satinspar.bandcamp.com [2] Satin Spar-On(e) Day album to be released before April 6th, when BODIES visits On(e) Day. Upcoming On(e) Day Sessions: April 6th- BODIES June - Hands of Midnight (Denver, CO) -details TBA Please consider donating to High Mayhem to keep us and On(e) Day in your life. Links: ------ [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/HighMayhem/live [2] https://satinspar.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR1pf-ryO6GlU_nasx5yGSPAmqmRiXW4xg…

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SOLOS with CJ Boyd, Andrew Weathers, Ermine, The Uninvited Guest at Zephyr! Sunday, March 4th
by High Mayhem Newsletter 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

Join us at Zephyr for a night of sonic bliss. Longtime High Mayhem favs CJ Boyd and Andrew Weathers return and are joined by Ermine and HM's own Carlos Santistevan. [1] CJ BOYD B assist turned vagabond C.J. Boyd uses bass loops and voices in order to try and stop time. On perpetual tour since March 2008, movement and stasis are both at the center of his music. Weaving together improvisation with a sparse, minimalist aesthetic, Boyd creates waves of sound, worlds of provocative unlived memories through a singular approach to the upright bass and electric bass guitar that makes everything near and far. T hough solo performance takes up the bulk of his time and effort, he occasionally tours with the improvised chamber orchestra Kurva Choir [2] and has also released music with Chris Schlarb, Eliot Lipp, Move [3], and his electronic alias DJ Too Slow. Past projects include Desert Center, Rhonya [4], Like No Tomorrow, and he's been known to join a band for a one-off or the length of a tour, such as with Paleo (AZ), Shy Hunters (NY) [5], Real Live Tigers (TX), and Harm (AK). All the while, he also runs a small label called Obsolete Media Objects [6], which has released such lovely folks as Balmorhea, Aisha Burns, Dilute, and Nelly Kate. His non-stop musical travels have been propelled primarily by a van that runs on vegetable oil while in North America, whereas frequent European tours will find him catching trains, buses, planes, boats, and cars. But regardless of how he arrives to the gig, the music is driven by a commitment to ceaseless discovery and re-invention. His oceanic sounds provide a home for the homeless and journeys to the homebound. http://www.cjboyd.com https://cjboyd.bandcamp.com/ [7] Andrew Weathers http://andrewweathers.com/ [8] My name is Andrew Weathers, I’m a composer and improviser from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I was born in 1988 to parents from North Carolina and Texas. For a while I lived in Greensboro, NC, where I received a BM in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Now I live in Oakland, CA, where I studied Electronic Music at Mills College. I play guitar and banjo with occasional electronic augmentation. My music blurs composition, improvisation, and appropriation, taking key elements from folk, experimental, and punk traditions. I’m interested in using a minimal amount of source material and I’m interested in repeating myself. Art is a vehicle for social change, a means to create the world we want from what we have. I think the world at large could learn a lot from the DIY music community. I’m interested in the internet connecting us, but using it to make real world connections. I perform solo and head up a group called Andrew Weathers Ensemble. I also regularly perform and record as a part of Parties, Kirtan Choir, and Tethers. I’ve collaborated with Christopher Willits, Bicameral Mind, Andrew Marino, Squadda B, Tatsuya Nakatani, Lukas Ligeti, Laurent Estoppey, Tanner Menard, Brian John Mitchell, and Hal McGee, live and on record. I’ve studied with Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, Eugene Chadbourne, Mark Engebretson, and Alejandro Rutty. My good friend Andrew Marino and I also operate a record label called Full Spectrum Records because it’s important to me to have an outlet to promote musicians that I admire and love. We release work from young composers in unique forms and limited editions. I also regularly work with Overlap, Other Minds, & Dronebar. ERMINE from Burque! https://www.facebook.com/erminemusic/ THE UNINVITED GUEST(S) is the project of musician, sounds engineer and bass player Carlos Santistevan. The improvisational ensemble is anchored by Carlos on upright bass and electronics. At times inviting Guests to perform with, the group has ranged in size from solos to septets over the course of 15 years. Carlos Santistevan is a founding member and director of High Mayhem Emerging Arts. Since 2001 he has helped drive numerous genre bending and creative music ensembles including: The Late Severa Wires, iNK oN pAPER, A. Barnhouse, Taiji Pole, Out of Context, and more. His solo work incorporates acoustic and electric bass along with live looping and electronics to create a unique bass driven music. https://highmayhem.org/artists/music/the-uninvited-guests/ Links: ------ [1] https://highmayhem.org/home/cj-boyd-2/ [2] http://kirtan.bandcamp.com [3] http://obsoletemediaobjects.bandcamp.com/album/simple-machines [4] http://obsoletemediaobjects.bandcamp.com/album/motylanoga [5] http://shyhunters.bandcamp.com/ [6] http://obsoletemediaobjects.bandcamp.com/album/simple-machines [7] https://cjboyd.bandcamp.com/ [8] http://andrewweathers.com/

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