CRYSTAL BETH FILM MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE “SO I WAS WONDERING”
Directed by Richard Arum
Composed by Beth Fleenor
Performed by Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band
credits
released November 17, 2015
Recorded and Mixed by Floyd Reitsma
Studio Litho – Seattle, WA
Produced by Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band
with Floyd Reitsma
Executive Producer: Richard Arum
The Boom Boom Band features Tristan Gianola (guitar), Michael Owcharuk (keyboards), Isaac Castillo (bass), and Adam Kozie (drums), with Crystal Beth (voice/ bass clarinet).
www.imdb.com/title/tt4268230/?ref_=rvi_tt
www.facebook.com/soiwaswondering
SHOW 9/15/15: PARIS HURLEY’S NEW PROJECT OBJECT AS SUBJECT AT THE SPITEHOUSE
Tuesday, September 15
Spitehouse
1513 14th Ave – Seattle, WA 98118
Doors 8pm / Music begins 8:30pm
Food and drink are FREE! A suggested $20 donation goes directly to the musicians.
Stephen Fandrich & Bill Monto open, OBJECT AS SUBJECT follows, the third set is open to anyone!
OBJECT AS SUBJECT is the latest endeavor of maker/performer, Paris Hurley.
Primarily a band, OBJECT AS SUBJECT, works to invent new intersections between music, dance, performance, and installation. Built on an ongoing investigation of cultural mythologies, personas, ritual, oppression, and our individual, cultural, & collective performances of identity, the project brings these explorations to life in a visceral landscape of dark drones, gritty bass riffs, wailing vocals, and stage antics of overtly feminist proportions.
MORE ABOUT SPITEHOUSE:
Spite House Concerts started in 2013 as a venue for new music. Much beloved by Seattle’s improvisation communities, the series continues in 2015. Each concert begins with a presentation by the Spite House House Band, followed by a concert presentation. Concert artists are selected by a rotating group of curators, local musicians devoted to finding Seattle’s most interesting and unique new music. The third set is open to improvisers. Audience members are welcome to bring voices and other instruments. After the concert proper (approx 10:30pm) we form up impromptu duos and small ensembles to create a set of improvised magic in the third set.
SHOWS 10/23-25/15 KARIN STEVENS DANCE + SAM BOSHNACK QUINTET BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Karin Stevens Dance with the Sam Boshnack Quintet
October 23, 7:30pm
October 24, 7:30pm
October 25, 6:30pm
Velocity Dance Center
1621 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122
An evening of cross-continental contemporary dance – set to high-octane original jazz and part of the UW Dance Program’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.
As part of the University of Washington Dance Program’s 50th Anniversary, encore performance by KSD with the Sam Boshnack Quintet features works by celebrated UW dance artists. From Seattle to Switzerland, artists Karin Stevens (1999 Alum), Penny Hutchinson (Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Artist) and Jürg Koch (Professor 2004-2014) showcase their individual choreographic styles with 5 works set to live original jazz music.
Moved by the recent work of prolific Seattle trumpeter and composer Samantha Boshnack and a desire to build community and expand KSD’s reach, Karin brings together an artistic team of UW alumni, alumni faculty, and 10 new dancers. Back by demand, the four returning works and one new work pull inspiration from man-made and natural powerful local structures like the 99 Viaduct and Puget Sound, lively Juba music, intimate relationships and idiosyncrasies that occur inside of ensemble.
Karin’s three-movement finale work – Dormant, Exploding Syndrome, Ash Cloud – explores unexpected life eruptions with an expanded 10-dancer cast. Using the inspirations for Dormant, Karin aims to raise awareness for the Ben Townes Foundation and Seattle’s revolutionary childhood cancer research.
“Masterful artistry with precise timing, exacting movement and a sophisticated sense of flow. ” – Cyrus Khambatta, Seattle International Dance Festival
WAYNE HORVITZ CELEBRATES 60TH BIRTHDAY WITH 52 WEEKS OF BACK CATALOG RELEASES!
The word from Mr. Horvitz:
Hello everyone,
As I look back on 60 years on the planet and 35 years making and releasing music, I am humbled and frankly a little dazed.
I meet new people all the time, and some of them have come to know my music. Many are younger, and only know the music I have made recently, some are fans from NY in the 80’s, and haven’t heard my newer music; some have never heard of The President, or the Horvitz Morris Trio. Others may have no idea I have a CD of string quartets. So I thought it would a blast to do the following:
Starting today, and each Tuesday for the next 52 weeks, I will be releasing a free download from my back-catalog. Today’s is titled I’m A Fool from my 1997 release Monologue, on the Cavity Search label. You can download it here:
http://waynehorvitz.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-fool
Even those of you familiar with my work have likely missed certain releases. So these selections will include favorites, deep cuts, unreleased tunes, live recordings, and more – spanning the last 35 years.
Next week’s download comes from the 4+1 Ensemble (Reggie Watts, Eyvind Kang, Julian Priester, Skerik and Tucker Martine). The following week my favorite movement I’ve ever written for string quartet. And week #4 will be from my very first release; up until now only available on vinyl, a track entitled Art Police.
Each download will only be available for free for a week, and then available for streaming only the rest of the year.
We will be posting an announcement for each new track on my Facebook artist page every week. If you haven’t, join here:
http://facebook.com/waynehorvitz
We will also post on Twitter (@waynehorvitz). The downloads will be available via Bandcamp.
Looking forward to sharing this, and I hope you enjoy the music!
All the best,
Wayne
SHOW 8/28/15: THE FRANK AGENCY’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY & BETH FLEENOR’S BIRTHDAY
FRANK SPEAKS!
Friends – I’m absurdly excited about this….I’m celebrating my 35th birthday, and the 10th anniversary of The Frank Agency and to do it, I’m throwing myself a party!! All it needs now is YOU!!
Since it’s inception Frank has raised over half a million dollars and produced hundreds of events in support of so many incredible artists. We have intersected – we have interacted – we have integrated – and we have grown! We continue to contribute wholeheartedly – and know its impact – as an emphasis on creativity in a culture AT EVERY LEVEL gives rise to creative solutions to social problems.
In tandem with Frank, my own artistic vision is unfolding in new and exciting ways and I am generally feeling pretty overflowing with inspiration as I also cross the point that I’ve been in Seattle, WA as long as I grew up in Bristol, VA/TN. That’s an important point for me. Community = unity through communication…it’s a special kind of family.
All of this is important for me – and so important to me – so please join me in celebrating all of us embracing and fulfilling our biggest selves.
There will be 5 bands – Crystal Beth will close out the night – and there will be a craft table. Come on!! EAT CAKE!! RELEASE!! ((( ♥ )))
THE LINE UP:
8pm – Denio + Abouzied
9pm – Angela Sheik
10pm – Led to Sea
11pm – Trimtab
midnight – Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band
*** MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS ***
8:00pm: Denio + Abouzied
The Denio/Abouzied duo features internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio improvising and playing her compositions on bass, alto saxophone, clarinet and singing, accompanied by phenomenal musician Tarik Abouzied on drums. Denio was recently voted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. Abouzied is a composer, and well known for his excellent drumming skills in organ trio McTuff with Joe Doria and Andy Coe.
http://www.amydenio.com/
9:00pm: Angela Sheik
Angela Sheik opens up a world of sonic, rhythmic and compositional possibilities that have driven her success as a multi-faceted, trip-hop and electronic-infused folk-pop indie artist. The crafty multi-instrumentalist (autoharp, theremin, flute) is from Wilmington, Delaware where she has been brilliantly fusing her traditional singer/songwriter leanings with electronic innovations since the release of her aptly titled 2011 debut EP “Songs from the Red Box.” She was the Grand Prize winner of the BOSS Loop Station 2011 U.S. National Finals, winner of the Philadelphia Songwriter Project Competition and twice voted Female Artist of the Year (93.7 WSTW Hometown Heroes). Wowing audiences with her fearless creative experimentation, mischievous smile and self-generated swirl of rhythmic harmonies, Angela has toured the U.S. and Europe; and opened for The Neon Trees, Julia Holter, Joseph Arthur, and renowned bassist and pop singer Meshell Ndegeocello.
http://angelasheik.com/LISTEN.html
http://angelasheik.com/HOME.html
10:00pm: Led to Sea
Led to Sea is the unusual and magnetic solo project from the Seattle-based violinist, violist and singer Alex Guy, who fuses classical, pop and experimental music. Her live show as a string player and vocalist has captivated audiences all over the U.S. and Europe, and draws comparisons to St. Vincent and Andrew Byrd. She has opened for and shared the stage with a host of renowned artists, including Laura Veirs, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Mirah and Jherek Bischoff. She has also contributed to albums from Amanda Palmer, Xiu Xiu, Laura Veirs, Mirah and Parenthetical Girls.
https://ledtosea.bandcamp.com/
http://www.ledtosea.com/
11:00pm: Trimtab
Led by guitarist/composer Jason Goessl. The unpredictability and complexity of their compositions is magnetic, generating a seemingly new listening experience with each performance. Varied meters create hypnotic tensions. Abrasive chordal and percussive expression mixed with gentler melodies and intense dynamic changes creates a unique gravitational pull. Whether listening to the arc of a Trimtab album or just a single composition, a development from compression, to tension, to visual, to abstract, to the electrical is evidenced.
http://parlourtrick.com/artists/trimtab/
12:00am: Crystal Beth & The Boom Boom Band
“….fare perhaps best described as world music from an imaginary planet — or at least one recently visited by Yoko Ono….quite compelling and magical….” (Seattle Times)
With the reflexes of a mongoose and the swagger of a leftist John Wayne, Crystal Beth* (aka: Beth Fleenor) spins her own brand of posicore purge-pop-punk-hop: a sweaty trance psychedelic ritual. Expect intense currents of bethnic chanting, propelled by the ferocious beating of the Boom Boom.
The Boom Boom Band features Tristan Gianola (guitar), Michael Owcharuk (keys), Isaac Castillo (bass) & Adam Kozie (drums).
*Crystal Beth is a psychoactive stimulant that increases alertness, concentration, and energy, and in high doses, can induce euphoria, enhance self-esteem, and increase libido.
http://crystalbeth.bandcamp.com/
SHOW 7/31/15: BENEFIT FOR PAUL HOSKIN
Friday, July 31 – 8pm
Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N
Veteran Seattle improviser and concert organizer Paul Hoskin is currently in the hospital with very serious ailments. Nonsequitur is organizing a benefit concert to help him out, with many members of Seattle’s improvised music community participating. All artist fees and audience admissions will be donated to assist Paul in his recovery. Performers confirmed so far (check back for new additions):
Ivan Arteaga (saxophone)
Angelina Baldoz (trumpet)
Stuart Dempster (trombone)
Arrington de Dionyso (contrabass clarinet)
Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voice)
Sue Ann Harkey (guitar)
Greg Kelley (trumpet)
Jim Knodle (trumpet)
Susie Kozawa (toys, objects, homemades)
Carol J Levin (harp)
David Milford (violin)
Monica Schley (harp)
Wilson Shook (saxophone)
Wally Shoup (saxophone)
John Teske (bass)
Jenny Ziefel (clarinets)
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