Dissonant Plane

Stuart Dempster, a self-described Sound Gather, will perform a short set on trombone and didjeridu using the glorious Resolution Audio sound system, followed by a new piece with guitarist Tanith Lanzillotta titled “Plain Dissonance”.

STUART DEMPSTER–Sound Gatherer–trombonist, composer, didjeriduist, et al, and Professor Emeritus at University of Washington, has recorded for numerous labels including Columbia, Nonesuch, and New Albion.  The latter includes In the Great Abbey of Clement VI at Avignon - a “cult classic” - and Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel consisting of music sources for a 1995 Merce Cunningham Dance Company commission.  Grants include:  Creative Associate at SUNYAB; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois; Fulbright Scholar (Australia); NEA Composer Grant; US/UK and Guggenheim Fellowships.  Dempster, a leading figure in development of trombone technique and performance, published his landmark book The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms in 1979.  A member of Cathedral Band and a founding member of Deep Listening Band, he has toured extensively and produced the first three DLB recordings.  Dempster is also known for soothing aches, pains, and psychic sores with his healing, yet playful, Sound Massage Parlor.  In June 2007 Dempster was a Deep Listening Convergence Artist in High Falls NY.  “Stuart Dempster ‘Sound Gatherer’” by Claire Sykes appears in Musicworks (#94 Spring 2006), and “Sedimental Journey” by Chris Stover appears in the International Trombone Journal (April 2006).  October 2008 saw the release of Deep Listening Band’s new high end dbl LP on TAIGA “Then & Now Now & Then” Celebrating the Band’s 20 Years.  

S.M.S. was a series of portfolios featuring original artists’ work in multiple form published in the late 1960’s.  Editor William Copley gave artists free range to submit materials in a variety of forms and did an amazing job reproducing items.  While many were works on paper, some took unusual twists such as Roy Lichtenstein’s folded paper hat and Bruce Conner’s stack of ‘legal tender’.  Some explored other materials such as Arman’s set of materials to assemble a piece consisting of paint tube encased in Plexiglass vice or Lil Picard’s contribution of a hand burned bow tie.  Among all these were to be found several pieces that used sound.  Pieces by Marcel Duchamp, Bernar Venet and Diane Wakowski used phonograph records, while those by Bruce Nauman, La Monte Young and Terry Riley used magnetic tape.  In collaboration with Davidson Galleries in Pioneer Square and Resolution Audio, we will be playing back the entire selection of audio works from the S.M.S. series.  Emily Pothast, Davidson Galleries’ director of antique prints, will be presenting the works.  As the La Monte Young and Terry Riley works are each an hour long, the whole event will be approximately 3 hours long.

David C. Nuss comes from Corpus Christi, Texas where he started his musical career with thrash metal band Angkot Wat, and has since come to greater fame as a member of New York City’s No-Neck Blues Band.  A highly creative and enthusiastic musician, he has also played in the groups Tenor Rising Drums Expanding (with free jazz players Sabir Mateen and Daniel Carter), Angelblood, Eastenburia (with members of Boredoms), Christian Family Underground (with Family Underground), Amolvacy (with Aaron Moore of Volcano The Bear), Gazheart, Under Satan’s Sun and Way of the Cross (with members of Kemialliset Ystavat, Kuupuu, Embryo, Uton, Keijo, and Skaters), and The Boredoms’ 77 Boa Drum, plus help orchestrate the come back of Yahowa 13.  On September 29, 2006 he played solo - a man in a gymnasium with only a drum kit.  Dedicated to Keiji Haino, Mick Barr and Frost, the performance is as much a test of endurance as it is a display of creative playing.  In this video, the camera constantly circles him on a track for the full hour of the performance - constantly changing the perspective while remaining focused on the lone musician.

Although we have been open for business for almost two months already, January 16th is our grand opening event. As this is our introduction to the community, the two owners of Dissonant Plane will present their own music to allow people to hear where we are coming from.
Tanith will be playing with his black metal trio Forest of Grey, who are well known to fans of the genre through their appearances as the Funhouse, Studio Seven, El Corazon, S.S. Marie Antoinette, and other venues. You can hear them at:
http://www.myspace.com/forestofgrey

Eric Lanzillotta will bring down the Moog and most likely make a heavy enveloping drone. Eric previously ran Anomalous Records and current runs Ri Be Xibalba which publishes the magazine Bixobal. You can find out more about his history here:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Eric+Lanzillotta

The music will start around 7:00 PM downstairs in the front room of Resolution Audioand is FREE!!!!