(Update: You don’t need to know much French to appreciate the tour photos on Lê Quan Ninh‘s blog. He and Doneda had quite the day going from Berkeley to Stanford up to San Francisco — he’s posted pictures of all three cities and the belowmentioned sfSound event. Cool stuff.)
KZSU playlist for Friday, Feb. 27, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Highlight: Lê Quan Ninh and Michel Doneda performing live!
And they were loud! I’d heard both of them in a variety of contexts, but maybe because I’d just been sampling the CD from The International Nothing, I was in the mind of expecting quiet, calm interplay. Nope.
Quan used a bass drum as a platform, creating sounds with an army of objects — a rolled-around pine cone, or the ends of drumsticks rubbed along the top, or a rock lightly scraped against the tuning pegs. He started the set by blowing viciously through a cymbal hole onto the drum surface, a big stormy sound.
Doneda got into some subtle long tones here and there but also used his saxes for brash, raspy declarations. A lot of listeners probably had trouble placing the saxophone amid the din. It was cool.
The first hour of the show was devoted to the sfSound Microfestival of New and Experimenal Music, a three-day set of shows that includes some visitors from Europe and from elsewhere in the U.S. It starts tonight, as noted here.
In addition to the live set, we played CDs from other artists at the festival, interspersed with Kyle Bruckmann explaining the whole concept. Doneda and Lê also talked about how they met up musically in communist Poland in 1986, noting that the cheesecake there was so much better than what one can find elsewhere. Doneda declared their second, shorter improv to be titled “Cheesecake Forever,” and so it was.
Most album titles link into KZSU’s Zookeeper database; the icon means there’s a review or description there as well.
Artist | Track | Album/Label | |
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International Nothing, The [Kai Fagaschinski & Michael Thieke] | We Already Know… | Mainstream
Ftarri |
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Doneda, Michel | Creux Actif | Anatomie Des Clefs
Potlatch |
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Lê Quan Ninh | Peau Neuve | Le Ventre Negatif
Meniscus |
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Coleman, Gene | Excerpt From Bands [excerpt] | No Smoking, Littering or Radio
Wnur-Fm 89.3 |
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Lê Quan Ninh & Michel Doneda | [live, in-studio improvisation] | ||
Lê Quan Ninh & Michel Doneda | “Cheesecake Forever” [live, in-studio improvisation] | ||
— (4:00 p.m.) — | |||
International Nothing, The | Wenn Alles Wehtut und Nichts Mehr Geht | Mainstream
Ftarri |
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Brötzmann, Peter & Fred Lonberg-Holm | Section 1 | ![]() |
Brain Of The Dog In Section, The
Atavistic/Truckstop Audio |
Frazier, Colter Quartet | Where000 | ![]() |
Colter Frazier Quartet
PfMENTUM |
Shipp, Matthew Trio | Quantum Waves | ![]() |
Harmonic Disorder
Thirsty Ear Communication |
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Léandre, Joëlle & Àkosh S. | Part 2 | ![]() |
Kor
Leo Records |
Spahlinger, Mathias | Apo Do Ii Quasi Da Capo Senza Fine | ![]() |
Furioso
Kairos |
— (5:00 p.m.) — | |||
Vervloesem, Pierre | 400 Personnes | ![]() |
Not Even Close
Off |
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Romus, Rent / Jazz On The Line With Chico Freeman | Cameltrot | ![]() |
Thundershine
Edgetone Records |
Ornstein, Leo | Metaphor #1 | ![]() |
Fantasy And Metaphor
New Albion Records |
Mosher, Rob / Storytime | Jupiter | ![]() |
Tortoise, The
Old Mill |
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Abrams, Muhal Richard | B Song | Live at Montreux 1978
Arista Records (Hiphop) |
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Pavone, Mario Double Tenor Quintet | Andrew | ![]() |
Ancestors
Playscape Recordings |
Villanella | Tranquillo | ![]() |
Villanella
Ubuibi |
Ware, David S. | Antidromic | ![]() |
Shakti
Aum Fidelity |
Mostly Other People Do The Killing | My Delightful Muse | ![]() |
This Is Our Moosic
Hot Cup |
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