Boiler Room x St John's Sessions w/ Roly Porter, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree.

Broadcasted on 20th February 2014.

Tracklist and video at http://boilerroom.tv

Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree live at the Boiler Room x St John's Sessions

the cellar and point // ambit
debut record out October 14th, 2014 on Cuneiform Records

http://www.thecellarandpoint.com
https://www.facebook.com/thecellarandpoint
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com

THE CELLAR AND POINT is an adventurous "garage chamber" septet whose musical universe comprises the detail of modern concert music, the improvisational sensibilities of downtown jazz, and the emotional directness of alt-rock. Formed in 2010 by drummer/composer Joseph Branciforte and guitarist/composer Christopher Botta, the ensemble features an impressive cross-section of young talent from NYCʼs classical, jazz, and new music scenes. Members of the group also currently perform with JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Signal, and Mantra Percussion. Time Out NY's Steve Smith has described the ensembleʼs sound as “ethereal chamber-prog” and lauded their live performance as “brainy, yet highly engaging.” After three years spent crafting their debut recording, the band will release "Ambit" on Cuneiform Records in October 2014.

In addition to drums and acoustic guitar, the group features Christopher Otto (violin), Mariel Roberts (cello), Joe Bergen (vibraphone), Terrence McManus (electric guitar), and Greg Chudzik (bass). the cellar and pointʼs songbook includes original compositions by Branciforte and Botta as well as imaginative arrangements of such composers as Anton Webern, György Ligeti, and Pierre Boulez.

Since 2010, the ensemble has consistently polished its live performance in NYC, sharing bills with such artists as guitarist Ben Monder, bassist/composer Florent Ghys, guitarist/composer Andrew McKenna Lee, and David T. Little's Newspeak. After the release of its debut record in September, the cellar and point is planning its first East Coast tour for fall 2014.

joe bergen - vibraphone 
christopher otto - violin 
kevin mcfarland - cello 
terrence mcmanus - electric guitar 
christopher botta	- acoustic guitar + banjo 
rufus philpot - bass 
joseph branciforte - drums 

the cellar and point, "white cylinder (a)" from 'ambit' (Cuneiform Records)

for the past couple of months i've been working pretty hard on my new album. i developed a process of composition that works really well to achieve what i'm after.. which is intense repetition without sounding like it.

this here is a quick bounce down of a track in progress far from being finished, mixed, or otherwise "done"... but i thought i'd share.

the tentative title for the new album is "Sti.ll" which echoes the sentiment of its 2002 predecessor but i'm not sure i will so directly reference that album or not.

i hope you enjoy this direction.

march 13, 2015 (a work in progress, new album 2015)

Sonance for the Precession is a site-specific quadraphonic sound installation created by Neil Leonard, Arthur Levitt, Jr. '52 Artist-in-Residence at Williams College. The electroacoustic composition, played for 30 minutes each day half an hour before sunset, explores ancient ideas connecting the precession, or movement, of the equinox with the harmonic series. The composition provides a context to reflect on how Hindu and Greek theories of astronomy and acoustics developed through intercultural exchange as far back as prehistoric times. The installation plays from the top of Hopkins Observatory, the oldest functioning observatory in the U.S. Sonance for the Precession is presented by Williams College Museum of Art.

Copyright Neil Leonard 2019

Sonance for the Procession (Excerpt)

Leonard is a composer, saxophonist and transdisciplinary artist. Leonard has collaborated with Joanne Brackeen, Richard Devine, Vijay Iyer, Phill Niblock, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Robin Rimbaud, Stephen Vitiello. His compositions/performances were featured by Carnegie Hall, Musicacustica (Beijing), Sharjah Art Foundation, Moscow Autumn, Museo Reina Sofia, Jazz Plaza International Festival (Havana). Leonard's performances and installations with artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons were presented by the 11 Havana Bienal, 49th and 55th Venice Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum. Leonard score for Tony Oursler’s Relatives was featured by the Whitney Biennial. Leonard is the Artistic Director of Berklee College of Music's Interdisciplinary Arts Institute. In 2014-15 he was a Research Affiliate at M.I.T. Program in Art, Culture and Technology. 

"Mr. Leonard creates a haunting, rhythmic, chantlike score, secular spiritual music for a New World. After leaving the gallery I kept hearing it, with delight, in my head, on the street, all afternoon."
Holland Cotter, New York Times, October 2013

Sonance for the Procession (Excerpt)

Neil Leonard

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