MPBE #16
Saturday, April 18, 8pm Five Bucks!
National Spiritual Alliance
2 Montague Street
Lake Pleasant, Montague, MA

Jessica Pavone & Mary Halvorson Duo
Horse Boys
The RICE Ensemble
slideshow / lecture by pi
cassette DJs Tumblecat & Cloaca

Mary Halvorson (guitar) & Jessica Pavone (viola) are "a
Brooklyn-based collaborative duo that have been working together for over four years composing and performing a unique body of music, drawing from classical, jazz and folk traditions while experimenting
with new forms. Their music explores improvisation and composition while utilizing amplification and electronic effects as well as acoustic presentation. The compositions in their current repertoire generally range in length from two to six minutes, with each of them
composing separate pieces for the project." A long impressive list of collaborations trail behind them & both have worked in composer/reedsman Anthony Braxton's various ensembles. They're on the
cover of this month's Signal To Noise mag & they have been getting mad press attention for their new record :"Thin Air.'
http://www.myspace.com/maryandjess
http://www.signaltonoisemagazine.org/currentissue.html
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4869
Horse Boys is the singular creation of new hampshirean
poet/noisian/collagist Zach Phillips. With the Horse Boys, his focus has been on the basic western childhood musical apparatus the keyboard/piano. Channeling the idiot savant, he clobbers the keys
with joyful melody & and squeezes out Cecil Taylorian tonal permutations. Under this moniker he has one tape out (to my knowledge) & a million others under different names/approaches like Heat Wilson, Sord, & Nals Goring.
http://myspace.com/horseboys

The RICE Ensemble is a multi-dimensional sound unit dedicated to expressing musical vibrations as a perceptual substance to be shaped into unique artifacts for each performance. Led by composer/improviser J Starpoli (a.k.a. Phloyd RICE), the Ensemble exists to
actualize original musical concepts across a wide range of styles. Drawing on fringe traditions of world-wide experimental music, unorthodox theory, and quack science, the RICE Ensemble creates sonic textures and materials that exist within themselves to be actively reinterpreted by the listener. Follow the sound. J Starpoli (aka Phloyd RICE) is an experimental musician based in Western Massachusetts. As a composer and improviser, Starpoli's work explores the multiple dimensions of musical sounds and multiple styles of
organizing the sounds into music. Focusing on original music, Starpoli has over fifteen years history performing on trombone and bass strings. He has collaborated with other musicians in bands such
as Correspondence Quartet, Squidlaunch, Resistance Blue duo, and the Middletown Creative Orchestra.
http://www.myspace.com/jaystarsound
We are thrilled to have pi (aka Pat Ireton) share with us slides & a talk about her 'energy photos' - tracing a trajectory from performances in the Boston punk scene in the 80's through vermont psychfolks of the past 20 years. Mellow boombox cassette jockeying will go on thru the night with Tumblecat & Cloaca trading tapes on the ones & twos..
byob/snax, as there's no public food/drink hole in Lake Pleasant - it's that cool!