{"id":6794,"date":"2016-10-17T09:12:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=6794"},"modified":"2016-10-19T06:05:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T06:05:26","slug":"laptoppianoobjects-joe-lasqo-headboggle-space-ghost-etudes-2-pianos-2-electronics-tables-2-sets-of-objects-and-2-very-odd-musicians-%e2%97%89-set-1-lucian-ban-piano-mat-mane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/laptoppianoobjects-joe-lasqo-headboggle-space-ghost-etudes-2-pianos-2-electronics-tables-2-sets-of-objects-and-2-very-odd-musicians-%e2%97%89-set-1-lucian-ban-piano-mat-mane\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop\/Piano\/Objects+: Joe Lasqo & Headboggle: Space Ghost \u00c9tudes \u2014 2 pianos, 2 electronics tables, 2 sets of objects, and 2 very odd musicians \u25c9 + Set 1: Lucian Ban (piano) & Mat Maneri (viola) perform works from ECM album Transylvanian Concert \u25c9 Thu 27 Oct @ Center for New Music, San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L \u2192 R) Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Joe Lasqo, Headboggle (aka Derek Gedalecia)<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to join one of the Bay Area\u2019s most\u00a0exciting pianists and electronic musicians, Headboggle<\/b><\/a> (Derek Gedalecia) for mano a mano<\/i>, 2-piano, 2-electronics-table action in a series of Space Ghost \u00c9tudes<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m very excited to present in the same show the wonderful music of Romanian pianist Lucian Ban<\/a> & violist Mat Maneri<\/a>, who are on tour from their home base in NYC to perform material from their hit ECM album Transylvanian Concert<\/i><\/b><\/a> (plus new material) \u2014\u00a0a special opportunity to hear this unforgettable music live on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

3 unique pianists + 1\u00a0virtuoso violist + an unknown quantity of electronic sonics =\u00a0\u221e!<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Center<\/a>The scene of these haunting sounds will be San Francisco\u2019s focal point for forward-leaning music, Center for New Music<\/i><\/b><\/a> (<\/i><\/b>55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA \u2013 map<\/i><\/b><\/a>)<\/i>, <\/b>8:00pm, Thu 27 Oct<\/b><\/span>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u261e<\/b> Advance tickets<\/b><\/span> available: <\/b>here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Space<\/a>

Space Ghost and friends<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Space Ghost \u00c9tudes: 2 pianos, 2 electronics tables, 2 sets of objects and toys, and 2 very, very odd musicians:\u00a0Set 2, 9pm<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Enigmatic, ectoplasmic, culturally recycled into an ironic Cartoon Network drift-meme, and, by definition, beyond-stratospherically high<\/em>, Space Ghost<\/b><\/a> serves as an apt metaphor for the series of studies in synchronous &\u00a0asynchronous de-coherent interstellar entanglement which Headboggle<\/b><\/a> (Derek Gedalecia) & I will present.<\/p>\n

\"Ghost<\/a>

Ghost Tantras, by MIchael McClure<\/p><\/div>\n

Comprising a series of solo and duo interventions on the ether, we’ll wind up with an extended 2-piano | 2-electronics++ monster truck space voyage,\u00a0 inspired by musical techniques analogous to the radical deconstruction of language in Michael McClure’s<\/a> Ghost Tantras<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

In honor of\u00a0Space Ghost<\/b>, a wide variety of sound signals derived from various planetary and astronomical objects (up to and including the sound of the Big Bang itself…), will be also employed.<\/p>\n

A solo piano + electronics piece from me will also explore a meta-r\u0101ga built on the rare South Indian r\u0101ga<\/strong> Mand\u0101ri (<\/b>\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf<\/strong>)<\/b><\/em>, expanded into a bi-tonal form, and with additional electronic & non-pitch-based elements.<\/p>\n

Headboggle<\/b><\/a> is preparing some secret piano + electronics surprises as well\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u25c9<\/p>\n

It is my great pleasure and honor to revisit and explore this special double-piano sonic texture, made possible by the availability of 2 pianos at Center for New Music,\u00a0with the amazing Headboggle<\/b><\/a>. There is a wonderful, inspiring crunchiness in the interplay of 2 improvising pianos, especially when enhanced with spicy lashings of analog and digital electronics, objects, and strange toys.<\/p>\n