"Wind & Storm" was performed during the New Music Concert at the Green Mill on 10.27.2013. The performers included the audience (voices), Jeff Kowalkowski (piano, keyboard), Dan Godston (trumpet). Thanks to the audience members for joining the performance, and to Jeff Kowalkowski for curating the concert. More info: http://ow.ly/qe0Od

Wind & Storm

Discovered these sounds by accident. I'd taken my clothes out of a washing machine toward the end of the drying cycle. Noticed that after closing the lid, the machine began to whistle as it was spinning sans clothes (due to the little holes in the spinning cylinder). 

The whistling starts at approx. 25 seconds into the recording. At some moments the two machines seem to whistle at the same pitch, whereas other times there is dissonance. The final clicks at the end are the washing machines turning off. I'd placed my Zoom H2 in front of the two machines; no effects beyond compression. 

whistling washing wachines

Imagine a bridge spanning a river as a vertebra, and three bridges are three of the river’s vertebrae. Braided River, divided into three sections, performed "River's Vertebrae" on three bridges on the Chicago River’s north branch on June 21st, as part of Make Music Chicago 2015. Here's the audio from one of the bridges -- with Roger Carroll (tenor saxophone), Sara Zalek (moroccan drum, quacubas) & Dan Godston (cornet, percussion). The two other sections of Braided River were performing simultaneously on two nearby bridges, but unfortunately this recording didn't seem to catch even the distant sounds of those other musicians. Stay tuned -- a recording that combines two or three locations is in the works. 

Braided River: Tim Bonbonfera Keenan (drums), Natalia Nicole Nicholson (guitar, vocals), Roger Carroll (tenor saxophone), Jeff Kowalkowski (percussion, accordion), Joe Vajarsky (tenor saxophone), Sara Zalek (moroccan drum, voice, volca, toy theramin, quacubas), Spencer Hutchinson (alto saxophone), Josh Beatty (tenor saxophone), Dan Godston (cornet)

More info: dangodston.com/blog/rivers-vertebrae

River's Vertebrae

This is the audio recording for the Microcosmic Sound Orchestra's set during the HEREAFTERFEST at Heaven Gallery (9/4/2015). 

Program description: 
Sonic Healing Ministries presents its annual Chicago Jazz Fest after-set. HEREAFTERFEST: 2 nights of  noncommercial music for the soul rooted in the Chicago free jazz tradition. 
 
1st set: DJ Ayana Contreras 
spinning soul and rare grooves

2nd set: Participatory Music Collective 
Adam Zanolini (saxophone, flute), Angel Elmore (clarinet, piano), others TBA

3rd set: Microcosmic Sound Orchestra
David Boykin (drums set, reeds), Eliel Sherman Storey (tenor and soprano saxophones), Alex Wing (guitar, alto clarinet, piano), Dan Godston (cornet, piano), Maya Tokunaga Jensen (upright bass)

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Microcosmic Sound Orchestra set during the 2015 HEREAFTERFEST

This was recorded at Cafe Mustache on 4.9.2015, during Night of the Avant-Garde IV. NOTAG IV was curated by Brendan Finucane. The other performers included Nora Barton, Farsheed Toosi, Matthew Shelton, Jesse Giallombardo, and EHF.

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