verznights #003 – 2nd September

Posted on August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 Posted in verz imprint, verznightsTagged cassette, david bloor, drone, eleanor cully, electronics, improvisation, john macedo, phil maguire, rie nakajima, sound art, tape, verz imprint, verznightsLeave a comment

verz imprint returns to Hundred Years Gallery for edition #003 of verznights, presenting music and sound art works across the space, and the street outside.

Two duos and a solo:
Eleanor Cully & Phil Maguire
John Macedo
Rie Nakajima & David Bloor

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Eleanor Cully & Phil Maguire
Performing as a duo for the first time, Maguire & Cully present a collage of instrumental, enrivonmental, and found sounds from cassettes

John Macedo
Live electronics

Rie Nakajima & David Bloor
Performing as a duo for the first time, Nakajima & Bloor bring their enchanting practices with objects & electronics to the outside space of the gallery. Crepuscular improvised sound art

verzcast #002 – with Ben Zucker

Posted on June 4, 2017June 12, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized, verzcastTagged ben zucker, chris watson, drone, electronics, experimental music, improvisation, impulsive habitat, lowercase, noise, oren ambarchi, radio, ryoji ikeda, ryoko akama, sine tone, soft error, sound art, touch, verzcastLeave a comment

This month on verzcast, American composer Ben Zucker discusses his work and upcoming album of composed and improvised vocal works, to be released on verz imprint later in 2017. Also, mixes of tracks from Touch, and sound artists from Japan.

Tracklist:
Philip Jeck – Chime Again (2008)
Biosphere – fluviamorfologi (2006)
Oren Ambarchi – Highway of Diamonds (2005)
Chris Watson – Oceanus Pacificus 3m (2007)
Ryoko Akama & Bruno Duplant – immobilité 02 – meme place (2015)
Masayuki Imanishi – Clips – Side B (2017)
Ryoji Ikeda – untitled #25 (2006)
Hiroki Sasajima – into the nothings (2010)
Ben Zucker – KIMA
Ben Zucker – Threshold (2013-6)
Ben Zucker – Neither/N/Nor/N (2016)
Ben Zucker – O Ur Gab (2016)
Ben Zucker – Confluere Part I (2015)
Phil Maguire – Amsterdam field recording (2016)

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verzcast #001 – with Anne La Berge

Posted on May 7, 2017May 23, 2017 Posted in verzcastTagged anne la berge, drone, eleanor cully, electronics, experimental music, improvisation, james malone, joe williamson, joe wright, lowercase, noise, onin, otomo yoshihide, philip somervell, radio, sachiko m, shackle, thomas rohrer, verzcastLeave a comment

Anne La Berge joins Phil Maguire to discuss her work and thoughts on ‘quiet’ in contemporary music. Also, a mix of quiet music.

Tracklist:
Otomo Yoshihide & Sachiko M – Filament 1-7 (1998)
Thomas Rohrer & Philip Somervell – 7’28” (2016)
Tony Whitehead – Fluid (excerpt) (2014)
Onin – GdBdP (2017)
Eleanor Cully – the smallest place i tried to record was the inside of a shell (2017)

Anne La Berge – Brokenheart (2008)
Anne La Berge – Away (2008)
Anne La Berge – 800 Speakers (2001-2010)
Shackle – Graunch (2012)
Anne La Berge – TOO (2013)
Anne La Berge & Trio Scordatura – Lumps (2011)
Anne La Berge – ur_DU (2008)
Shackle – Zipper (2012)
Anne La Berge & Joe Williamson – The Hum (2016)
Anne La Berge – Drive (2003-9)