The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms 5 LP Set – Record Listening PARTY!

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May 20th 2013
The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms 5 LP Set – Record Listening PARTY!
W.C. Harlan (8 PM – 11 PM)
400 W. 23rd St.
Baltimore, MD 21211

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“The Disposition of Vibrant Forms is an epic release in every sense of the word.  It’s also quite frequently breathtakingly gorgeous, a recording that rewards spending the time it takes to drink it in. [...] Each piece is an example of extreme subtlety, music that works in different ways at low or intense volumes and becomes borderline hallucinogenic through headphones. What can initially sound like a snail’s plodding journey also carries these little dancing tones in clusters, and the ear begins to seek them out patiently. Such minute alterations, like a window’s lights coming on in Warhol’s Empire, occur over such elongated time periods that they accrue a dramatic impact.”

-Bret McCabe, Baltimore City Paper (2013)

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Event Details:

Very exciting!  Liz Meredith and John Somers will be celebrating the release of their new 5 LP set The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms, with a listening party at W.C. Harlan on Monday, May 20th.  They’ll be spinning the records (all 5 of them), throughout the evening… Starting at 8 PM, and going until 11 PM. Enjoy the album in a beautiful space…  Please join us! (((Free)))

FB Event:
www.facebook.com/events/137973796398019

TDOVF Album:
www.thedispositionofvibrantforms.bandcamp.com

City Paper article:
www.citypaper.com/music/sunny-disposition-1.1460531

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The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms (TDOVF) – 5 LP Set

TDOVF

ALBUM:
The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms – 5 LP Set
by John Somers & Liz Meredith

LP 1
1. Wind Harp Part I (19:00)
2. Wind Harp Part II (16:14)

LP 2
3. Forward Motion (18:42)
4. Resonant Flow (19:16)

LP 3
5. Montebello Lake Part I (19:48)
6. Montebello Lake Part II (19:32)

LP 4
7. Overarcing (19:02)
8. Slow Lift (20:02)

LP 5
9. Cloud Dance (19:14)
10. Precession (in time) (11:38)

Hello Everyone,
We proudly present to you our album “The Disposition Of Vibrant Forms” here in digital format and limited edition 12″ records (5 LP set). This project is a culmination of three years of collaboration, which gradually took shape over that time span. We really hope you enjoy it. Thank you so much for your support!

Very best,
John and Liz / March, 2013

Say hello @:
John Somers: mr.moonkid@gmail.com
Liz Meredith: violizzie@gmail.com
TDOVF: thedispositionofvibrantforms.gmail.com

Credits:
Album artwork by Cara Levy / Music by John Somers and Liz Meredith / Recorded in Baltimore, MD 2009-2012

© 2013

[Listen to the complete album → HERE ]

[TDOVF on SoundCloud → HERE ]

Spring Shows (2013)

April 5th-6th 2013
Time Stands Still: Notation in Musical Practice
Performing compositions by Will Redman
Wesleyan University
45 Wyllys Ave.
Middletown, CT 06459
www.wesleyan.edu

Festival-Conference

Wesleyan University, 5–6 April, 2013

Notation is a rich, mutable, and complex area of musical practice, in which composition, theorization, writing, and performance overlap and converge. This festival-conference brings together musicologists, performers, composers, and theorists to consider the nature of notation in the early 21st century.

Conference Program: www.notation.conference.wesleyan.edu/conference-program

April 12th 2013
Syntjuntan Workshop and Performance
MySpace: 407 N. Paca St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

A Syntjunta is a workshop for both uninitiated and initiated people, who are interested in stitching a simple synth. With just a few simple components, needle and conductive thread you will learn the basics of DIY synth building. A kit with all the necessary materials that you need to participate will be provided at the workshop.

Materials included in the kit are:
A syntjuntan circuit board, conductive thread, needle, capacitor, LDR (light dependent resistor), crocodile clips, washers, a piece of cloth, and instructions. You are welcome to bring your own cloth, or something else you want to attach your synth on.

◇◇◇Ante Camera presents Syntjuntan Workshop+Performance
◇◇◇Friday, April 12, 2013 @ Myspace [407 North Paca Street]
◇◇◇C/O Karl Ekdahl [Ring the buzzer with his name on it]

Workshop:
6-9PM
Fee/$30 [A kit with materials value $15 is included in the fee.]
RSVP/Reservation required for the workshop.
[Space is limited. Please contact Ayako via FB]

Performance:
Doors Open @9:30PM
Syntjuntan [Lise-Lotte Norelius & Ann Rosén]
Jenny Graf + Liz Meredith + Speaker DJ [Lexie Mountain & Shana Palmer]
Live video projection by John Somers
$6+ sliding scale
[Workshop participants do not need to pay for the show]

FB Event: www.facebook.com/events/153733231451502/

April 27th 2013
John Somers & Liz Meredith
X|i|O @
The Vigil
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
1300 W. Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
www.mica.edu

The Vigil all-night music festival

Hosted by the Sound Art program of the Interaction Design and Art department, in collaboration with the Video and Film Arts, Animation, and Interdisciplinary Sculpture departments.

Entire lineup listed → HERE

May 22nd 2013
Performing with Microkingdom
Microshows: Mobtown Studios
2603 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
www.mobtownstudios.com/microshows

Mobtown Studio’s Microshows, featuring Microkingdom. I’ll be performing as a special guest with the band Microkingdom. So excited!  They’re one of my favorite bands.

May 26th 2013
Liz Meredith, Jonathan Badger, + TBA!
2640 Space
2640 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
www.redemmas.org/2640/

Liz Meredith, Jonathan Badger, + TBA!  @2640 Space.  Details soon…

Winter Shows (2013)

December 12th 2012
Jaimie Branch’s Bombshelter, X|i|O, Alcoder
The Windup Space
12 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
www.thewindupspace.com

{{{ Improvised Music }}} Performances by:

JAIMIE BRANCH’S BOMBSHELTER
|| Compositions by Jaimie Branch + Toby Summerfield ||
Jaimie Branch (trumpet), Jarrett Gilgore (saxophone), Chris Pumphrey (rhodes), Kevin Davis (cello), Toby Summerfield (bass), Alan Munshower (drums)
www.myspace.com/princessprincesschicago
www.myspace.com/musketchicago
www.thisisbullethell.tumblr.com
www.jaimiebranch.tumblr.com
www.timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/53537/branching-out

X|i|O
|| Improvised Music + Visual Scores ||
Liz Meredith (violin), Mick Ricereto (clarinet)
www.lizmeredith.com
www.facebook.com/x.i.o.sounds

ALCODER
|| Improvised Music ||
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Jason Cohen (drums), Derrick Michaels (saxophone)
www.susanalcorn.net

January 9th 2013
The Windup Space
12 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
www.thewindupspace.com

X|i|O @ The Windup Space – Details TBA!

February 2nd 2013
AMBIENT NIGHT
Nagual, Liz Meredith, Andrew McClymont, Tyler Tamburo
Club K
2101 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21218

||AMBIENT NIGHT|| Performances by: Nagual (Oberlin, OH), Liz Meredith (Baltimore, MD), Andrew McClymont (Baltimore, MD), Tyler Tamburo (Baltimore, MD)

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February 8th 2013
Graphic Scores: X|i|O, Burt, Talk Show
The Red Room
425 E. 31st St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
www.redroom.org/calendar

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Graphic Scores: X|i|O, Burt, Talk Show

Performances of graphic scores by Baltimore composers.

X|i|O
Scores written and performed by Liz Meredith and Mick Recereto.
Meredith, violin
Ricereto, clarinet

Samuel Burt
A dynamic score by Samuel Burt.
Burt
Meredith, violin
Ricereto, clarinet

Talk Show
Score written and performed by Jarrett Gilgore, Zack Branch, and Andrew Delclos.
Gilgore, saxophone
Branch, cello
Delclos, bassoon

February 9th 2013
Sonic Circuits:
X|i|O, New Loft, Blue Sausage Infant, Tag Cloud, Billy Pizarro
The Pyramid Atlantic
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
7:30 p.m. ($10)

X|i|O. Say “She-Oh”
Improvised music duo consisting of Liz Meredith on violin/viola, and the designer/composer/musician Mick Ricereto on clarinet (with occasional guests). Focused on graphic compositions, spatial/acoustic imaging, spontaneous composition and visual-acoustic kinetics. Exploring the interplay between instrumental performance, sound, and visual imagery.
http://www.soundcloud.com/x-i-o

New Loft
High energy freedom from Richmond, Va

Blue Sausage Infant
is the work of Chester Hawkins of Washington DC. Since 1986, BSI has produced music that combines aspects of noise, drone, Krautrock, dark ambient, and analog kosmische electronics to produce a deep feast for the brain. Hawkins describes his music as “mean-spirited euphoria,” an improvised form of psychedelia with a glaze of paranoid tension. BSI’s 2011 album “Negative Space” was nominated for France’s Qwartz Award for experimental music.
http://www.bluesausageinfant.com

Tag Cloud
Tag Cloud started in 2009 as a series of experiments with field recordings and has come to include analog electronics, fx, cheap keyboards, metal percussion, shruti box, etc. Best described as “electroacoustic sound sculpture and carpets of drone”. Releases to date include Vol. 13 of the remix project “14 Versions of the Same EP” on the Front & Follow label (look for a follow up for the “Collision/Detection” series in collaboration with BLK w/Bear) and the album “Named Entities” on Zeromoon.
http://www.zeromoon.com/releases/tag-cloud-named-entities-zero130/

Pyramid Atlantic
8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD (map)
http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org