784 65th St.
784 65th St., Oakland (2 blocks from Ashby BART)
Tatsuya Nakatani in trio with
Jacob Felix Heule and Kanoko Nishi.
Plus, Green Alembic with Bob Marsh doublebass,
Doug Carroll cello, Jeff Hobbs violin/alto clarinet,
Michael Cooke bassoon/sheng, Joe Lasqo piano,
Ron Heglin trombone, Theo Padouvas trumpet, Jacob Lindsay clarinets,
Jim Ryan flute/French horn/kalimba/spoken word/visuals.
Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan. He has been residing in the USA since 1994 and is currently based in Easton, PA. Nakatani's approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while avoiding any categorization. http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html
Jacob Felix Heule is a percussionist and electronic musician focused on sound-oriented improvisation following the traditions of electro-acoustic improv, noise, and 20th-century composition. His playing embraces both rough-edged intensity and disciplined instrumental technique.
http://www.heule.us/
Kanoko Nishi is a performer currently based in Oakland. Classically trained on piano, her recent interest has primarily been in performing 20th century and Contemporary musical compositions for piano as well as koto (Japanese 13-string zither), and free-improvisation in various different contexts.
Green Alembic is a chamber performance group combining improvised instrumental music, graphic projection, spoken word, and art song. It is engaged in the alchemical transformation of postmodern technological sterility into the warmth of living human experience with a wry smile.
The space: We are located 2 blocks from Ashby BART, on the Oakland/Berkeley border. Come through the gate on the left and walk back to the studio entrance. In order to preserve the dance floor, please leave your shoes at the door.
Cost: $6-10
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Green Alembic at Berkeley Arts 5-17-14
Jacob Felix Heule, Clarke Robinson, Matt Ingalls
Open Ended by Michael Cooke is a very versatile work that is composed live before your eyes and ears. Based on Rova‘s Radar techniques, Open Ended is less of a composition and more of a color or tool palette. It is an ever-growing collection of rules and games for the performers that are triggered by hand signals by the conductor/composer. The conductor/composer then composes the piece live using these hand signals to guide the performers. The ability to compose with what happens in the moment, in real time, is what is required to produce this piece. This similar to the “Soundpainting” language was created by Walter Thompson in Woodstock, New York in 1974. Open Ended has no set instrumentation and can be played by any number of performers. It also has no set length; the piece could last 5 minutes or 24 hours.