source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:30:17 -0700 Subject: JI in Philly From: Steve Curtin >A few days ago I wrote this and I don't think I was very clear: > >>Green Machine >>Ben Neill >>Astralwerks ASW 6159-2 >> >>Ben Neill uses his MIDI muta-trumpet to create a >>JI ambient that reflects current underground >>musical trends. I don't have a problem with >>that since I happen to like that as much as I >>like Partch, LaMonte Young, Pierre Boulez, >>John Cage, Brian Eno or Richie Blackmore. > >> >>My "Green Machine" record on Astralwerks avoids 4/4 altogether; the >>rhythmic parts are all in 6/4. The whole record is based on the harmonic >>ratios 6/7/8/9, therefore 6 is the fundamental rhythmic element throughout, >>and the 7, 8 and 9 are used as subdivisions of the 6. >> Ben Neill will be the featured artist on the latest "Star's End Gathering" on the campus of UPenn in Philadelphia: Star's End Gathering VI 8:00pm Saturday, September 28th, 1996 Houston Hall Auditorium 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia Performing Live: *Ben Neill* I'm sure you're aware of Ben's music from all the times I featured his CD: "Green Machine" (Astralwerks) on Star's End. And/or you may have heard Ben play at Cloudwatch down in Baltimore around that same time. At The Gathering on September 28th Ben will be performing pieces from not only "Green Machine" but from his brand new CD "Tryptical" (Antilles) which is being released on September 10th, 1996. There's also a slide show presented along with Ben's music. Star's End is a "Space Music" radio program broadcasting out of WXPN in Philly. These Gatherings are a combination spacefest/benefit for the show. The last one in late June featured Steve Roach. Another JI artist, Robert Rich, is currently touring and will be playing one of his "sleep concerts" at WXPN on Oct 12/13 along with a bunch of other gigs on the east coast. I'll put up a tour schedule on the list soon. My apologies to people in other areas for the regional focus. Steve Curtin Ensoniq Corp Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:30 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA18581; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:31:34 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16379 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id KAA04906; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:31:32 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:31:32 -0700 Message-Id: <41960910172714/0005695065PK4EM@MCIMAIL.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu