Its actually remix of an entire jazz festival – Novara Jazz 2006 – and a document of the frantic week I spent in a darkened Novara hotel room, going to the shows each evening, picking up recordings of them afterwards, and then putting everything together in time for the last night, where I performed the remix live in a medieval courtyard (w/ accompanying visuals by the artist Luc Trevisani).

You can listen to the whole thing, find places to buy it and so much more at www.v-e-r-t.com. Noise Room compilation A compilation of edited versions of all the tracks featured in the Noise Room – including my track Jellyrollmortonfeldmantwo – is out now on Sonig.

Also included are tracks by Lee Ranaldo, Black Dice, Kevin Blechdom, Mouse on Mars, David Grubbs, Vert, Jason Forrest, Daniel Schorno, Sun OK Papi K.O., Casey Rice, Robert van Heumen, Jeff Carey, Keith Fullerton Whitman aka Hrvatski and Michel Waisvisz.

The Noise Room is an autonomous surround sound space built for pre-recorded musical works and sonic experiments, initiated and designed by Jan St. Werner, and originally set up at STEIM. Questions? Suggestions? Accusations? Write to mail@v-e-r-t.com. ]]> http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/112/feed 0 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/106 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/106#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:02:43 +0000 Vert http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/106 I’m very happy to say that the musicians I worked with in Vietnam last November are coming to Germany, and we’ll be playing together at Gewoelbe, along w/ lots of other german/asian collaborations:

Thursday 14 August 20:00 (we play at about 22:30)
Gewoelbe im Westbahnhof, Hans-Boeckler-Platz 2, Koeln

The musicians:
Tri Minh (electronics)
DJ Kruise (turntables)
Dinh Huy Ha (drums)
Thi Van Mai Le (Đàn tranh – traditional Vietnamese 17 stringed instrument)

Also playing:
Console & Nanue Tipitier
Rubber Inc & Gebrueder Teichmann
Jamie Lloyd & Trickski
Goodnight Electric & Turner
& a panoply of DJs

Come one, come all

I’ll be road testing some new material that I’ve been working on recently (which is slightly more than a glimmer in its father’s eye and slightly less than an actual finished album), as well as playing old favourites and singalongs.

Coming up in May:

May 4, 2008, 6pm
Judson Church, New York
55 Washington Sq, NY
Hey Hey Glossolalia: The Eroticism of Pedagogy.Artist lectures w/ musical interludes provided my me w/ a band & gospel choir

May 8, 2008
Barbès, Brooklyn, NY
376 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
8 o’clock sharp

May 15, 2008
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
w/ the wonderful Hospitality (which features Nathan Michel)

Oct 4 Berlin, DE
Hebbeltheater Hau 2, Hallesches Ufer 32 / 10963 Berlin
w/ band, another Sonig/Karaoke Kalk/Autopilot/De:bug 10th birthday party, also starring Hauschka, Gaston, Candie Hank and more

Oct 8 Vienna, AT
Rhiz, Guertelbogen 37&38, 1080 Vienna
plus DJ Bernhard Fleischmann

Oct 9 Graz, AT
Cafe Scherbe, Stockergasse 2, 8020 Graz
plus DJ Elephant Power!

Oct 11 Codroipo (Ud), IT
Edera, Via Divisione Julia 8/1, Codroipo (UD)
plus DJ Elephant Power!

Oct 12 Cesena, IT
Officina 49 | Centromusicale, Via Roncofreddo 49, 47023 Cesena (FC)
plus DJ Elephant Power!

Oct 13 Faenza, IT
Clandestino, Viale Baccarini 21, Faenza (RA)
plus DJ Elephant Power!

Oct 14 Milan, IT
Funhouse, Ripa di Porta Ticinese 129, Naviglio Grande, Milano
plus DJ Elephant Power!

Oct 17 Dusseldorf, DE
Approximation 7:1 @ Salon des Amateurs, Grabbeplatz 4, 40213 Duesseldorf
Adam Butler & Hauschka remix the music of Michael Nyman

Oct 18 Porto, PT
Maus Habitos, Rua Passos Manuel 178, Porto

Oct 19 Lisbon, PT
Galeria Zé dos Bois, Rua da Barroca 59, Bairro Alto, Lisboa

Oct 20 Coimbra, PT
Via Latina, Coimbra

Oct 21 Barcelos, PT
Zoom Cineclube, Barcelos ]]> http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/89/feed 0 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/68 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/68#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:42:41 +0000 Vert http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/68 3With apologies to those of you who are nowhere near Cologne…

Friday 6/7 – VERT (w/ band) live in Museum Ludwig, Cologne
8pm See the exhibition – “What does the jellyfish want?” (Photography from Man Ray to James Coleman)

10pm Hear the concert – “What does the octopus want?” (Vert)

12am Watch the film – “Rear Window” (Hitchcock) 35mm Fassung

All for 7,50 € / 5,50 € (reductions) or (after 10pm) concert and film only 4 €

Vert: New Thing at Newport (Sonig) – a new CD long remix of the 2006 Novara Jazz festival, composed and performed in situ, featuring a panoply of great musicians and including special guest appearances by Jelly Roll Morton (release date tbc, pending the unravelling of multiple legal complications) Still available: Some Beans & an Octopus The album is out on Sonig and available on CD and (limited) LP (sold out) from yr local independent record shop, or as MP3 from a variety of reputable retailers. You can listen to the whole thing, find places to buy it (both real and virtual), read the lyrics, read what the press has to say and so much more at www.v-e-r-t.com. Velocity single & video Velocity (Faster mix), a new version of the album track, has been released as a free download single, available now at www.v-e-r-t.com. Also online is the video, made by French film-maker, script-writer, inventor of synthetic languages, and all-round après-garde hero Timothée Ingen-Housz. Check it out at YouTube. Questions? Suggestions? Accusations? Write to mail@v-e-r-t.com. ]]> http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/60/feed 0 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/46 http://www.v-e-r-t.com/wp/archives/46#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:38:55 +0000 Vert http://www.v-e-r-t.com/?p=46 Welcome to the first ever Vert newsletter. Ideally at this point there’d be a slightly dissonant fanfare, but you’ll just have to imagine that for yourself.

Velocity single & video
	Velocity (Faster mix), a new version of the album track, has been released as a free download single, available now at www.v-e-r-t.com.
	Also online is the video, made by French film-maker, script-writer, inventor of synthetic languages, and all-round après-garde hero Timothée Ingen-Housz. Check it out at YouTube.
Album release party, and other gigs
	The album release party, …said the Octopus to the Shell is on Wednesday this week at legendary Cologne new wave venue The Blue Shell. Doors are at 8, concert (featuring the world premier of the new Vert band with Fedor Ruskuc on double bass and Gianni Legrottaglie on drums) starts at 9:30, Uh-Young Kim is the DJ, and the whole thing only costs 5 euros. A couple more gigs in November: 17/11 Komponent, Copenhagen, DK – solo, supporting Jason Forrest 25/11 Unsound Festival, Krakow, PL – w/ the band I’m working on a tour for next Feb/March, so if you’ve got any ideas or you’re interested in putting on a gig, get in touch by replying to this mail.
Some Beans & an Octopus
	The album is now out and available on CD and (limited) LP from yr local independent record shop, or as MP3 from a variety of reputable retailers. You can listen to the whole thing, find places to buy it (both real and virtual), read the lyrics, read what the press has to say and so much more at www.v-e-r-t.com.