Wednesday Dec. 26th, front, 9pm, $10
Twas the Night After Christmas
All Night Dance Party"-Introducing The Mark Pires Trio
Mark Pires, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist-With over eighty original songs to his credit. Mark has gained acclaim through his original style, and contagious energy. Mark has several accolades under his belt. His songs have been featured on Fox’s “The Simple Life 2” and MTV's “Road Rules.” Mark's song "Different" was also featured on Episode 26 of “The Real World Denver”. "Something to Live For," the title track off Mark's new album was featured on Episode 17 of “The Real World Sydney.” His song "I'm Gone" was recently chosen by VH1 as a finalist for Song of the Year. His new solo album, Mark Pires "Something to Live For" has just been released and his two disc acoustic album is in post-production. Look for your Mark Pires music on iTunes or go to CDBaby.com/markpires. Mark has formed a new trio to tour and record, and is proud to announce this compilation of incredible artists. The artists below, along with Mark comprise, “The Mark Pires Trio.”
Ron Thaler, Drummer-Recognized for his "exhaustively innovative drumming" (NYTimes), for performances that leave "a lasting impression of his talent and his particular approach to music" (Drums Etc.), and for a "virtuosity that touches great depth, eliciting that special emotion from his listeners well beyond the mere consideration of his technical wizardry" (Batteur Magazine, France), Ron Thaler continues to blaze trails around the world. Ron’s career spans a wide range of styles and disciplines. He has recorded and performed with many of the worlds most visible and respected artists including Dweezil Zappa, DJ Logic, Tess, Sarah McLachlan, The Led Zep Project, Sophie B. Hawkins, Moev, Mae Moore, Taj Mahal, Simaku, Taylor Dayne, Al DiMeola, Ashley Simpson, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, Mike Stern, Hiram Bullock, Rufus Reid, Jason Yudoff (for which he received 4-Grammy nominations including Producer of the Year) and many others. Recently, Ron was invited by drummer Liberty DeVito (Billy Joel)) and pulitzer-winning photo-journalist Jules Follett to participate in a photographic-essay hardcover book all about New York City drummers. Along with such renown drummers as Billy Ward (Joan Osbourne), Joe Franco, Clint De Ganon, Keith Carlock (Sting, Steely Dan), Anton Fig, (Late Night with Dave Letterman), and Shawn Pelton (Sheryl Crow), Ron was a featured subject of Jules eye-spy lens. As she put it, “These drummers, I tell you, such character&brkbar; It’s the stuff that no one sees, cause they’re always so hard to photograph on stage, being way back there; these guys deserve the limelight! In association with Modern Drummer Magazine and several other publishing sponsors, look for the book to hit store-shelves in late 2008.
Joe Sanchez, Bassist- has been a Musician\ Bass Guitarist since he was 15 years old. He was a private student of his friend Matt Garrison for several years, also Master classes and Bass Nature Camp with his good friend Victor Wooten. Joe has played with Bela Fleck, (Futureman) Roy Wooten, Mike Pope, Dominique DiPiazzaJuan Garcia – Herreros and many others.
Wednesday December 26, back, 8pm $5
DARMSTADT "CLASSICS OF THE AVANT GARDE" presents
THEREMIN NIGHT
Anthony Jay Ptak (b. 1970 Brooklyn, NY) - pictured - is an artist and composer who has studied under Tony Conrad, Paul Sharits, Lydia Kavina, and Herbert Brun, and had technical consultations with Robert Moog. He performed at the First International Theremin Festival in 1997, and has been a guest artist at the historic Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2000. He was appointed visiting researcher in 2001, and teaches sound for new media artists in the School of Art and Design. He has given presentations, designed site specific compositions, and performances on the theremin, invented instruments, and electro-acoustics at Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), School of the Art Institute, Chicago Cultural Center, St. Louis Art Museum, Krannert Art Museum, FFMUP, Princeton University, Issue Project Room, Millennium, Media Lab, Madrid, Calart Actual, LaGranja, Roulette Intermedium, The Kitchen, IMEB Bourges, and Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. He is a founding member of the New York Theremin Society.
http://axoxnxs.com
Javier Díez-Ena (b. 1974 Zaragoza, Spain) plays mainly theremin, upright bass and electric bass, and also instruments like the
steel-guitar, electric kalimbas, saz, setar, didjeridoo and musical saw. He has toured and recorded with Spanish artists in avariety of
genres including jazz, rock, IDM, hardcore, experimental avant-garde. He plays upright bass with the band Dead Capo. He also works on solo projects that mix noise, ambient and musical instruments processed with software. As a thereminist he has played with DJs, in festivals, TV shows, theatre plays, and as a solo performer at Media Lab Madrid.
http://www.myspace.com/javierdiezena