SF Public Library Presents readybox (
Thomas Dimuzio - electronics,
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone)
Pairing the extended techniques, multiphonics, and circular breathing of saxophone virtuoso Philip Greenlief with live sampling and processing pioneer,
Thomas Dimuzio, readybox transforms the power of reeds and real-time musique concrete into soaring new realms. Two masters of their instruments forming an elemental core where air meets electronics.
BIOS
Promulgator of live sampling and real-time sound manipulation, San Francisco-based
Thomas Dimuzio transforms the techniques of the recording studio into a real-time digital musique concrete machine. Augmented by his flair for improvisation and an ardent musical approach, Dimuzio's sonic transformations recontextualize live sound sources from ambient microphones, shortwave radio, field recordings, MIDI-controlled-feedback, self-oscillating circuits, to live sampling of musicians, DJs and even entire bands. A veteran of live concerts, Dimuzio has performed solo in the USA, Canada, and Europe and with collaborators including Joseph Hammer, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Illusion Of Safety, Nick Didkovsky, Matmos, Negativland, Wobbly, Due Process, David Lee Myers, Elliott Sharp, Voice of Eye, Alan Courtis, and many others. “His work has a narrative, filmic tug that will draw you into its dark corners, ears alert… brilliant and rarely less than entertaining.” —Peter Marsh, BBC
http://www.thomasdimuzio.com/
Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, Evander Music founder and saxophonist
Phillip Greenlief has achieved international critical acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed and recorded with Fred Frith, Meredith Monk and They Might Be Giants; albums include THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, and ALL AT ONCE with FPR (Frank Gratkowski, Jon Raskin,
Phillip Greenlief). Recent residencies have included Headlands Center for the Arts and from 2012 to 2014 he was the curator at Berkeley Arts, a home for progressive music. He is the recipient of a San Francisco Bay Guardian Goldie Award. "The Bay Area's do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as
Phillip Greenlief." – Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle http://www.bayimproviser.com/artist/117/phillip-greenlief
Cost: free to the public