Excerpt of "Suruf al dahr" (the changes wrought by time) recorded in real time with a Jamman looper in 1997.  Cello, Jamman looper - Jon Silpayamanant

"The course of events was believed to be determined by dahr or time, so that suruf al-dahr (the changes wrought by time) was a most frequent expression used by the Arabs and their poets for the vicissitudes of human life."
http://www.ottobwiersma.nl/philosophy/islamic_philosophy.htm

Suruf al dahr (excerpt 1997)

David Ott - Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra: movement 1 (excerpt)
Jon Silpayamanant, Eric Amidon-cellos
DePauw Symphony Orchestra; Orcenith Smith-conductor
live @ Kresge Auditorium, April 19, 1994

David Ott - Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra

This was one of many real time improvs I did on the cello with a digital delay on May 12, 2003

Cello improv with Digital Delay (excerpt 2003)

This is from a live performance from one of my noise sets (as Noiseman433) at the "experiMENTAL" show in Bloomington, IN.  The performance was at the Bloomington Playwright's Project on 20 March 2004.  Instruments included a chain of roughly a dozen effects pedals and rackmount effects.

https://linktr.ee/noiseman433

Noiseman433 - Live Performance (03/20/2004)

Camera Lucida (Roxell Karr - interactive video, electronics; Jon Silpayamanant - cello, electronics) with special guest, Sara Soltau - violin, at Lisa's Oak Street Lounge. This is an excerpt of the performance.

Friday, April 11, 2014
Lisa's Oak Street Lounge
Louisville, KY

http://www.dancelucida.com

Camera Lucida with Sara Soltau (violin) | Lisa's Oak Street Lounge

Excerpt of audio for a Camera Lucida tv/interactive video/sound installation at the Carnegie Center for Art and History.

The audio is a mix with some manipulation of field recordings I've been collecting for some months in the New Albany/Kentuckian area.  

Samples of field recordings from:
Falls of the Ohio
Sherman Minton Bridge
Big Four Bridge
Ohio River
Pearl Street (downtown New Albany)
Spring Street (downtown New Albany)

The exhibit will be on display from January 23 - April 4, 2015
Carnegie Center for Art and History
201 East Spring Street
New Albany, IN 47150

Opening reception is Friday, January 23 from 6-8pm
http://www.carnegiecenter.org/exhibit_current.html

"Argus Speaks; Polyphemus Listens" (excerpt)

Opening improv at Misha Feigin's "Tribal Diaries" Book release show at Dreamland. Misha Feigin - guitar, Jon Silpayamanant - cello

February 7, 2015
Dreamland
810 East Market Street
Louisville, KY 40206

MIsha was born and raised in Moscow and known as one of Russia’s premier guitarists. He released two albums on the state label Melodiya. Since moving to the U.S. in 1990, Misha has been featured on National Public Radio and BBC. He has toured throughout North America and Europe releasing ten CDs in America and Germany, and two in Great Britain on Leo Records.
Misha shared the stage, and has recorded with Elliot Sharp, Eugene Chadbourne, Ken Vandermark, Peter Kowald, LaDonna Smith, and Davey Williams to name a few. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Misha also won the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry and was awarded the Al Smith Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction. His latest book,"Tribal Diaries", is out now.

"Once uprooted, you become an outsider everywhere you go, and being an outsider relieves you from the compulsion to take sides or subscribe to any particular ideology. It is an auspicious point in time to begin Tribal Diaries." — Misha Feigin

https://www.facebook.com/events/588046674662244/

Misha Feigin, Jon Silpayamanant - "Tribal Diaries" Opening

I recorded vocals for the opening of this tune by Robert Bruce Scott. "Waiting for the Sign" is the second track of Robert's solo album, "Heavy Metal Poisoning," released in 2009.

vocals - Jon Silpayamanant, Robert Bruce Scott
music, lyrics, all instrumentation - Robert Bruce Scott

If you'd like to order the album, please go to the CDBaby link here: 

Waiting For The Sign (excerpt)

a live performance of me singing and playing the cello with il Troubadore, my world music ensemble based in Indianapolis.  An Albanian Folk tune called "Ani Mori Nuse" ("My Mother Said").

Ani Mori Nuse (Albanian folk)

Here's the last improv of a 50 minute set that Misha, Greg, and I did at Modern Cult Records in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the last part of a longer improv that started as a completely free atonal session which morphed into a flamenco fusion improv. The whole show was unlanned/unstructured. 

Misha Feigin - guitar
Gregory Acker - flute
Jon Silpayamanant - cello

June 28, 2015
Modern Cult Records
2001 Frankfurt Avenue
Louisville, KY
http://modern-cult-records.myshopify.com/

http://mishafeigin.free-jazz.net/
http://boldcellist.com

Image credit:
Mstyslav Chernov http://mstyslav-chernov.com/
used per license described here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flamenco_moves_and_dancers'_traditional_costumes,_Spain-2-2.jpg

Misha Feigin, Gregory Acker, Jon Silpayamanant - Flamenco Fusion Improv

Here's an excerpt of Jamil Awiz's "Samaii Nawa Athar" that we played at the Windfall Dance Studio in Bloomington, Indiana.

Victor Santoro - oud
Jon Silpayamanant - cello
Andy Smith - riqq

March 19, 2016

Samaii Nawa Athar (excerpt)

an early draft of music for the 'soundtrack' of Commedia Beauregard's production of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" that will be recorded by my band, the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project"

The finished version my be significantly different. For more info about the production visit this link: http://www.cbtheatre.org/ or their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/klingon.christmas.carol

"Hegh rur'a' ghopwIj?" for "A Klingon Christmas Carol"

Rest in peace, Hanna.

From my Senior Recital at DePauw University School of Music. December 1993. Greencastle, IN.

(excerpt) Franz Schubert arr. Gregor Piatigorsky – Introduction, Theme & Variations, for Cello & Piano

Schubert  – Introduction, Theme & Variations, for Cello & Piano

This is an excerpt of a track from a self release I put out in 2003.  All the sounds were recorded in real time with my cello hooked up to a digital reverb.  No cuts or edits (other than turning the 30 minute improvisation into three 10 minute tracks).  This is near the end of the third track.  The album was titled "Avant le violoncelle"



"parce que..." (excerpt)

Christofer Lincoln and Jon Silpayamanant playing "Herman" at Surface Noise Records. 
February 24, 2019.

Christofer Lincoln - vocals, guitar, songwriter
Jon Silpayamanant - cello, vocals

https://www.facebook.com/christoferlincolnofficial/
https://christoferlincoln.bandcamp.com/

Photo by Brett Eugene Ralph

Christofer Lincoln's "Herman" (excerpt) at Surface Noise Records

A real-time cello improv with a Jamman Looper in 1996.  This was the first time I used a looper and I thought it turned out well enough.

Cello Improv with Jamman Looper (1996)

Recorded on an old boombox (with the built in mic) back in late '96.  This was one of three improvs on an old cassette I found.  We never really discussed structures and invariably one or both of us would just start playing and we'd go from there.  I didn't do much processing of the file so there's a lot of background noise.

October 15, 1996
DePauw University
room 153 (Choir Room)

Johanna Smoak - piano
Jon Silpayamanant - cello

Cello and Piano Improv (1996)

A group taqsim improv I did with the wonderful Paul Mercer (of the Ghosts Project) and Nathaniel Johnstone during a workshop I taught in St. Louis.  The workshop was given by Celeste and me (we perform as Secondhand) during Angels and Absinthe 2013.  March 9, 2013 at Amore Dance Studio.

Nathaniel Johstone - violin 
Paul Mercer - viola
Jon Silpayamanant - cello

http://www.paulmercermusic.com/
http://www.nathanieljohnstone.com/
http://www.silpayamanant.com/

thanks to Saideh for recording this!

Paul Mercer, Nathaniel Johstone, Jon Silpayamanant - taqsim/improv

Benjamin Britten's Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 (1961)

Movement 5. Moto perpetuo. Presto

Jon Silpayamanant - cello
Johanna Smoak - Piano

March 21, 1996
Thompson Recital Hall
DePauw University School of Music
Greencastle, IN 46135

Britten - Cello Sonata, Op. 65 - 5. Moto Perpetuo. Presto

R Keenan Lawler (guitar, ebow/bow, effects) and Jon Silpayamanant (cello) in a live experimental improv at the Haymarket Whiskey Bar in Louisville, KY (May 8, 2013).  Other acts performing: Sweatermeat, Martin Bisi, and Ulan Bator.


R Keenan Lawler and Jon Silpayamanant (live excerpt)

Camera Lucida (Roxell Karr Video, Electronics; Jon Silpayamanant - Cello, Electronics) performs with Christine Olson during the second night of CORE: A Live Art Show. Commonwealth Gallery, Madison (WI). 2012 November 10

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