October 15, 2009
Set One:
Luke Polipnick, Guitar + Laptop
Minneapolis debut of Polipnick’s piece; a combination of delicate, processed classical guitar textures and glitchy, pounding drill’n’bass. A very dynamic piece, it is alternately dark and bright, cold and warm, fragile and violent. It is fairly “classical” in design, in terms of the flow of events and contrasts. Luke will be improvising and playing some pre-conceived material against the computer track.
Set Two:
Luke Polipnick, Guitar; Erik Fratzke, Bass; Tim Glenn, Drums
September 18, 2008
Set One Chris Thomson Solo Set laptop, saxophones, bass clarinet, loop pedal Randy Kramer visuals
Set Two Quintet w/ Fat Kid Wednesdays + 2 Dean Magraw guitar Chris Thomson saxophones Michael Lewis saxophones Adam Linz bass JT Bates drums
Thursday, May 17 at 9PM
Set One: Bryce Beverlin, percussion
Set Two: Chris Thomson, laptop, loops, woodwinds
Set Three: Chris McIntyre, trombone and laptop
More about Chris McIntyre: Brooklyn-based trombonist and composer Chris McIntyre’s iQuit Music Series performance is this Minnesota native’s first-ever solo set in Minneapolis. Born and raised in Mound, McIntyre moved to New York nearly 10 years ago for graduate school and subsequent professional activities. Before leaving, however, he was an active part of the mid-90’s Minneapolis music scene. He was a frequent guest of the Sensational Joint Chiefs in performance and is heard on a couple of tracks on the band’s much acclaimed LP Mornin’ Train. He was a regular participant in the weekly Fresh Squeez improv parties at The Front, and in later years, an occasional member of the Afrobeat/improv orchestra The Dijonnette’s with whom he’s heard on the Crossfaded Vol.1 release.
Featured at iQuit is his own work stuplimity no.3 for solo trombone and laptop. stuplimity no.3 continues a series of works that explores the process of temporal and sonic perception with the qualities of the trombone as the medium. The work uses an interactive software environment to capture and process sound, creating textural and thematic material that recurs throughout but in varying degrees of transformation and temporality. The work was first performed at the March MATA Festival in Brooklyn.
December 3, 2006
set 1: Nathan Hanson solo saxophone set
set 2: Volcao Insurance (Chris Bates, Luke Polipnick, Joey Phillips)
November 19, 2006
set 1: Adam Linz; Solo Bass
set 2: Special guests from Philadelphia—-> shot x shot ::
dan capecchi: percussion
matt engle: bass
bryan rogers: tenor saxophone
dan scofield: alto saxophone
November 5, 2006
set 1: Chris Thomson Laptop + Saxophones
set 2: Anti-Gravity Ensemble
October 15, 2006
Set 1: “Elk’s Blood” featuring Tim Glenn + Erik Fratzke
A first public performance amongst these two amazing folks!
Set 2: Improvised Explosive Device
VJ Neverwas Viddie-Auditory Madness
jamespatrick Groovulator Manipulator Machinator
Mark Henrickson Visual Stimulizer Trailblazer
Chris Bates Undulator of the Underbelly
Michael Ferrier Maximus Saxophonopolis
Greg Schutte Dubophonic Skinotriptic Percussives
October 1, 2006
set 1: Les Duex Alpes: Lars Christiansen, guitar; Ben Mills, saxophone
set 2: John Davis + Jeremy Ylvisaker
September 3, 2006
Set 1: The Legendary Bluesmen
featuring the bass duo of Jon Davis and Chris Bates
Set 2: Free Music by Legba
featuring Stephen Kung (trumpet), Bill Bergman, (guitar), Karl Koopman (guitar), Chris Thomson (saxophone), Chris Bates (bass)
Sunday, June 18th, 2006
Very Special iQuit!!!! Musicians from Berlin and NYC performing
Music @ 9PM
Set 1: Tim Glenn (solo) and Andrew Lafkas Group perform free improv
Tim tours with Fog. Andrew is regarded as one of the finest free/improv acoustic bassists of his generation. He has been living in NYC the past few years having moved from Minneapolis.
Set 2: Barbara Morgenstern
electronic pop
Please read about this great artist from Berlin on tour in the US supporting The Mountain Goats:
barbaramorgenstern.de
stylusmagazine
bbc.co.uk
myspace.com/barbaramorgenstern
June 9, 2006
Set 1: Original and improvised music in the spirit of Fela Kuti, Antibalas. Afrobeat, Yawo, etc.
Karl Koopman, guitar
Bill Bergmann, guitar
Yohannes Tona, bass
Stephen Kung, trumpet
Chris Thomson, saxophone
Greg Schutte, drums
Set 2: Chris Graham Trio
These three are some of the finest musicians recently graduated from high school. You will have to hear them to believe me…
Chris Graham, guitar
Dylan Shamat, bass
Miguel Hurtado, drums
