{"id":5775,"date":"2015-11-18T09:57:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T09:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2015-11-20T05:29:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:29:27","slug":"laptoppianosynthobjects-w-viv-corringhams-life-is-clearer-seen-through-smoke-tour-%e2%80%94%c2%a0electronic-radicalized-new-rebetika-%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%ad%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/laptoppianosynthobjects-w-viv-corringhams-life-is-clearer-seen-through-smoke-tour-%e2%80%94%c2%a0electronic-radicalized-new-rebetika-%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%ad%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop\/Piano\/Synth\/Objects+: w Viv Corringham’s “Life Is Clearer Seen Through Smoke” tour \u2014\u00a0Electronic, radicalized New Rebetika (\u03a1\u03b5\u03bc\u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1 \u039d\u03ad\u03b1) w British NY-based avant vocalist | sound artist Viv Corringham\u2019s Multimedia Consort, 22-25 Nov \u2014 Nunnery (SF) \u2014 Studio Grand (OAK) \u2014 Center for New Music (SF) \u2014 Meridian Composers in Performance Series @ Canessa Gallery (SF)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Viv Corringham<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve had a total blast playing in Viv Corringham’s<\/a> last two West Coast tours, and I’m looking forward with great excitement to round 3 with her upcoming Life Is Clearer Seen Through Smoke<\/strong> Tour.<\/p>\n

The program is multimedia, electrified, radicalized New Rebetika<\/strong> (\u03a1\u03b5\u03bc\u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1 \u039d\u03ad\u03b1<\/em><\/strong>). Often called the Greek Blues, rebetika’s<\/em> best known songs date from the first half of the 20th century, and come from an urban subculture on the fringes of society, despised and persecuted: Greek refugees (or, as now called, “migrants”) forced out of Asia Minor who had poured into the cities in the 1920s. Their songs talk of exile, poverty, drugs, love and jail.<\/p>\n

The genre originally arose in the early 19th-century in \u0130stanbul (Constantinople), \u0130zmir (Smyrna) and Thessaloniki, the crossroads of Greek, Turkish, Sephardic, Black Sea, and Armenian cultures & musics, and is rich with influences \u2014\u00a0now<\/strong><\/em> including Stockhausen, Xenakis (\u039e\u03b5\u03bd\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2), and the My\u014dan-ji (\u660e\u6697\u5bfa) school of Zen shakuhachi..<\/p>\n

\"Viv<\/a>

Viv Corringham (R) & Andrea Parkins (L) performing at Douglass Street Music Collective, NYC, 13 Aug 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Immediately below is a list of the dates, followed by info on Viv and her crew, and then by time and place details of each date, adding info about the venues and other acts.<\/p>\n

Viv Corringham’s “Life Is Clearer Seen Through Smoke” Tour<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Bay Area Dates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

The Nunnery<\/em><\/strong> (<\/em>3016 25th St., San Francisco, between Florida and Alabama Streets, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sun 22 Nov <\/strong>Set 2: 3pm<\/strong> (N.B. matin\u00e9e)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+\u00a0Set 1<\/strong>: John McCowen<\/a> – new adventures in extreme technique for the clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and drum resonator: 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

(no film projection on this date)<\/p>\n

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Oakland Freedom Jazz Society @<\/strong> Studio Grand<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(<\/em><\/strong>3234 Grand Ave, Oakland, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mon 23 Nov \u00a0 \u00a0 Set 2: 10:30pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Set 1<\/strong>: neem<\/strong><\/a> (gabby fluke-mogul<\/a> & k. kipperman<\/a>) – queer improv duo focusing on issues of identity, bodies, gender, sexuality, feminism, eroticism, & more: 9:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Double Divas of avant vocal art, Pamela Z + Viv Corringham @<\/strong> Center For New Music<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/em><\/strong>55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tue 24 Nov<\/strong> Set 2: 9pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+\u00a0Set 1<\/strong>: Pamela Z<\/a> – multimedia mistress of loops, wearable controllers, video, the far reaches of tessitura, and gorgeous, rich tone: 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Meridian Composers in Performance Series @ <\/strong>Canessa Gallery<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(708 Montgomery St., 2nd Fl., San Francisco, map)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wed 25 Nov \u00a0 \u00a0 Set 2: 8:30pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

+\u00a0Set 1<\/strong>: CCMRA<\/strong><\/a> composers Romain Michon<\/a> & Eoin Callery<\/a> present selections ranging from Klingon Opera on mutant mandolins to psychedelic folk computer music, with invented and traditional instruments & gobs of processing: 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rembetronika<\/a>

Rembetronika (\u03a1\u03b5\u03bc\u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1), by Viv Corringham, Mike Cooper, and friends<\/p><\/div>\n

An idea of the unexpected and unconventional possibilities of this repertoire can be got from Viv’s New Rebetika album with UK avant lap-steel guitarist and electronic musician Mike Cooper, called\u00a0Rembetronika<\/em><\/strong> (downloadable and streamable: here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Now Viv and crew will take it a\u00a0bit farther<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

\u25c9<\/strong> <\/strong>Viv Corringham Multimedia Consort<\/span> <\/strong>\u25c9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viv Corringham<\/strong><\/a>: voice+<\/p>\n

Nancy Beckman<\/strong><\/a>: shakuhachi<\/p>\n

Tom Bickley<\/strong><\/a>: contra-bass recorder & EWI wind synth<\/p>\n

Nan Busse<\/strong>: dance & didgeridoo<\/p>\n

Anna Geyer<\/strong><\/a>: film & light abstractions<\/p>\n

Joe Lasqo<\/strong><\/a>: laptop, synth\/piano, objects, field recordings<\/p>\n

Here’s some info on our crew, then details of each date and artists in other sets.<\/p>\n

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(L \u2192 R) John Bisset, Viv Corringham, David Leahy, & Alison Blunt perform on the BBC's Jazz on 3 - Sound of Cinema<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Viv Corringham<\/a> (voice+)<\/p>\n

Viv has worked internationally since the early 80s, creating music performances, audio installations & soundwalks, using as her tools a gorgeous voice, a wide-open imagination, field recordings, and live electronics.<\/p>\n

For a taste, click below to experience her multi-media collaboration with\u00a0Elio Martusciello<\/a>:<\/p>\n