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3/12 | YAK (DET) + visual projections w Emili Earhart & BC Grimm @ Art In
Sun, 3/12 | $8 730p door / 8p music @ Art In
1444 E Washington Ave., Madison, WI
Emili Earhart – opens
YAK (DET) on tour
BC Grimm – closes
YAK is an ambient/industrial duo of amplified, bowed friction on strings and metal. Their 2017 Midwest Tour is an audio-visual journey into the existential mind-state of the Tibetan beast, the Yak. These sounds are tailor-made for the shaggy beast of burden of the Himalayan Plateau, evoking their life and spirit in a mesmerizing structured improvisation cycle.
Yuri Popowycz (violin) is a Detroit-based violinist, electronic music producer/performer, and illustrator. He performs with the Michigan Opera Theatre and is assistant concertmaster with the Michigan Philharmonic. He also plays out frequently in the city and is active with Detroit Bureau of Sound. Yuri is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy ‘11, and the Oberlin Conservatory ‘15, and has toured in Japan as concertmaster of the PMF orchestra as well as performed in Europe alongside the Jack quartet with the Lucerne Festival Academy. Currently he runs the ambient music label Music To Stretch To and enjoys working with all the wonderful artists living nearby.
Zac Brunell (percussion) is a performer and concert producer in the Motor City. As director of the Detroit Bureau of Sound, his work engulfs a range of avant garde music through his productions, which have been described as “sounding as raw as mating bull elephants” (Lansing City Pulse on “X is for Xenakis”). A classically trained percussionist and pianist, Zac is a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Music and is currently Production Manager with the award-winning ensemble New Music Detroit.
Detroit Bureau of Sound Announcing… “BOS MUTUS“, the 2017 meditation in four movements by YAK. Digital download and physical pre-order available now via Bandcamp >>
Opening the show…
Emili Earhart is a pianist studying at UW-Madison. Recent projects have included performances of the Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by John Cage, and both books of Piano Etudes by Philip Glass. As Program Director at WSUM 91.7fm student radio, Emili hosts live ‘on-air’ performances and interviews touring acts (a/w/a local musicians!) Fridays on “Live @ WSUM”, 3-5pm. Emili is a member of noise/synth & bass duo, And Illusions. Sunday’s (3/12) set is part of a new effort to explore improvised new age piano and drone music.
photo via Troy Peterson
Closing the show…
BC Grimm to close the night with an Orbis Obscura set! Pipa, Guqin, #frankencello + “the hernia-maker” pedalboard.
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2/5 | “Seasons Of Change” Wellness Retreat @ Blue Mounds Dharma Center
**UPDATE: This event is being rescheduled to Sunday, Feb 5th, due to the weather this weekend. You can still reserve your spot by contacting Shannel at the info below!**
Sun 2/5 | $70 10:30a-4:00p @ Blue Mounds Dharma Center
2979 Main St. Blue Mounds, WI 53517
Join us for a one-day Wellness Retreat at Blue Mounds Dharma Center!
Contact Shannel – ymassageyoga@gmail.com or 608-438-9903
Checks payable to Y-Massage Bodywork and Natural Fitness
5950 Seminole Centre Court, Suite 145, Fitchburg, WI 53711
I’m thrilled for the opportunity to work with LaCouir D. Yancey this Sunday in the Bluemounds! I’ll provide introspective music accompaniment on the ancient guqin zither for LaCouir’s movement meditation instruction. I can’t wait to see what happens out of this collaboration! Here are some examples of my meditative style of guqin playing, perfect for contemplation, relaxation, reflection, yoga & mental wellness.
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8/11, 8/12 | BC Grimm “Orbis Obscura” CD Release Show!
Album Artwork by John Praw Kruse
Thr 8/11 | 8pm $5 @ West End Conservatory
5500 W Vliet St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208
“Orbis Obscura” CD Release Show feat.
HENRY/DROBKA/WELLER/MCEVOY/MILLER QUINTET
BC GRIMM
Fri 8/12 | 8pm $5 @ ArtIn Gallery
1444 E Washington Ave, Madison, Wisconsin 53703
“Orbis Obscura” CD Release Show feat.
HENRY (NYC) / WELLER (CHI) QUARTET
BC GRIMM
New BC Grimm “Orbis Obscura” (2016) CD $10
2nd ed. “The Ideating Knell” (2014) CD $10
Both CDs for $15
at the show
“Orbis Obscura” is a 35 minute “sci-fi tone poem” for Pipa (Chinese lute) with delay & fuzz pedals by BC Grimm. Available Friday, 8/12 on CD & Digital from Other Obscura Records! Other Obscura is a label promoting the compositions and improvisations of artists in Milwaukee, Madison and the surrounding areas. Est. 2016.
GrimmusiK Records is running a limited edition second printing of BC Grimm’s “The Ideating Knell”, originally released in 2014 by Signal Dreams. This seminal 70min work by BC Grimm features 16 experimental compositions performed on prepared Guzheng and phased Guqin Chinese zithers. Available at the show!
BC Grimm
Cellist & composer Brian Grimm grew up surrounded by Chinese string instruments of every sort. After initial lessons in Chinese music with Yang Wei (pipa) & Daxun Zhang (bass) of the Silkroad Enesemble, he was lucky to then study guqin (zither), pipa (lute), gaohu (fiddle) & daruan (bass lute) in Hong Kong with members of the 香港中樂團 Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra & Wuji Ensemble 無極樂團. Over the last 15 years Grimm has developed a deep language of Free Improvisation & Composition with groups such as The Brothers Grimm, Lovely Socialite, and Brennan Connors & Stray Passage. In conjunction with performing & teaching, Brian runs GrimmusiK Records – a label for all projects involving him & his brother AJ (classical & flamenco guitar).
BCG on cello + pipa by John Hiller Brumbaugh
