12/13 | Stand With Chennai – Flood Relief Fundraiser

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Sun, 12/13  |  4-7pm @ Eagle Heights Community Center

611 Eagle Hts, Madison, Wisconsin 53705

STAND WITH CHENNAI

Flood Relief Fundraiser

Our hearts go out to people in Chennai & Cuddalore, South India who are going through the aftermath of the worst flooding in the last 100 years.  BC Grimm will perform a 15-20 min solo cello set including Bach & Indian Classical; dedicated in remembrance of the lives lost during the flooding.  Exquisite music and dance acts on display -performed by artists from Madison and Milwaukee. This event is hosted by Saaz, Madison’s largest group of Indian musicians.

Debris from damaged houses have clogged neighbourhoods | AFP

Debris from damaged houses have clogged neighbourhoods | AFP


 

11/10 – 11/13 | ‘Faith On Medical Body’ 4 Day Exhibit

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FAITH ON MEDICAL BODY
Architectural & Media Installation
MA Show by KOALA YIP (Hong Kong)

Exhibition on view:
November 10th -13th, 2015

1:00pm – 7:00pm

 Gallery Seven
George L. Mosse Humanities Building,
455 N Park Street, Madison,
WI 53706 United States

Closing Event: Live art by Koala Yip and Brian Grimm November 12th, 6:30pm

An artistic exploration of societies’ faith in Western medical science becoming the new religion.  MRI stain glass designs, cello + MRI sound design, & video projections will be on display from Tuesday 11/10 – Friday 11/13 from 1:00-7:00pm.  On Thursday November 12th at 6:30pm, BC Grimm will join Koala Yip to perform a live adaptation of this 7 part piece for cello + MRI sounds using a live cello>computer setup.  This soundscape will accompany the exhibit, lecture and dance to close out Koala’s MA exhibition.  A double reception will follow.  We invite you to join this fascinating conversation.

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11/6 | Music of India – Sitar Concert with Pandit Sugato Nag

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Fri, 11/6 | 7pm Free @ Morphy Hall

455 N. Park St., UW Madison Campus

PANDIT SUGATO NAG – Sitar

SNEHESH NAG – Sitar

SUBHASIS MUKHERJEE – Tabla

Saaz is proud to present sitar Maestro Pt. Sugato Nag (Kolkata, India) in a LIVE Sitar concert. This will be a special jugalbandi concert with his son Snehesh Nag on sitar. Subhasis Mukherjee will accompany on Tabla.

I have been studying Indian Classical music on cello with sitar master Sugato Nag for the past year.  After 15 years of appreciating Indian Classical as a listener, I’m finally getting a player’s window into the deep inner workings of this profound musical tradition!  Nag’s guru, Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, is a sarod master who’s lineage fuses three major schools of sarod playing.  Buddhadev Das Gupta’s gharana has produced in Sugato a highly melodic style.  Variations of the chalan, the main melodic themes of a raga, spin outward in marvelous fashion.  During the opening alap section of a raga performance, Sugato bends melodies out of a single note, called a meend.  At times, by grabbing an upper harmonic tone of an already stopped left hand note, he is able to extend the meend.  It’s certainly hard to describe, so come hear it for yourself this Friday!

 


 

10/9, 10/10 | “Toxic Consonance” CD Release Updates!

“Toxic Consonance” CD Release Updates!

Tone Madison was gracious enough to debut our new single, Humus, last week!  This 5/8 tune written by our cellist Pat Reinholz features driving rhythmic elements in combination with singing melodies.  The track opens with a distorted double bass solo by Ben Willis, and features some hardcore shredding on Gaohu (two string Cantonese bowed fiddle) by BC Grimm.  Listen to this sneak peak of the album – it sounds great, thanks to our incredible studio engineer Landon Arkens!

On Friday, 10/09 from 4-5pm Live on WSUM 91.7fm ~ Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps “Phones It In” for an interview with radio host Emili Earhart!  She’ll dig into the contents of the new album and try to pry out the inside scoop whilst premiering some of her favorite tracks off of the new album!  Tune in on-air or online!

The CDs are here and they are a pleasure to the eyes. A big Thanks goes out to our artist/designer Josh Newland – he really knocked this one out of the park.  Another special thank you to Sooper Dooper, we’re so spoiled to have a great print house/duplicator service right in our back yard.  Keep your eyes out in the coming months for a special ‘letter press’ Mrs. Phipps poster.  **We’re currently printing off limited run mirror board edition CDs, only available at live shows!

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Album Art by Joshua Newland. Check out the limited edition mirror board run on the bottom!

The T-shirts are here, the posters are in, it’s all coming together folks!  As the band gathers this weekend, we’ll be organizing all of the prizes to be shipped out to our Indie-GoGo supporters.  We really couldn’t have produced this album without your help, thank you so much!  Your rewards will be heading out next week!

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We have a wonderful announcement: our friend and collaborator Dale Kaminski will be joining the show on Saturday! He’ll be performing live visual projections as PAKAPAKA Lightshow during the Lovely Socialite set! PAKAPAKA Lightshow always delights and adds an extra layer of narrative to some already programmatic music.  We are very excited and hope you will join us!


Join Us At The “Toxic Consonance” CD Release Shows!

Fri, 10/9 | $7 10pm @ Company Brewing (Mke)

735 E Center St  Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee LOVELY SOCIALITE “Toxic Consonance” CD release show with

WESTFAHL /NELSON-RANEY /MOLLERSKOV trio (Mke)

UGLY BROTHERS (Mke)

Sat, 10/10 | $5 8pm @ Bright Red Studios (Mad)

9 N Ingersoll Madison, WI

Madison LOVELY SOCIALITE “Toxic Consonance” CD release show with

PAKAPAKA LIGHTSHOW

LUNDBERG /PACKARD /PIREH trio (Mad /Chi /Mpls)

THROWAWAY (Ann Arbor)