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Avocet

About Me

Video by Pak********************************************************* *******************The limited edition cdr from my tour with Brightblack is now available here, until i have sold out. Thanks very much for listening!MORNING SINGING IN AFTERNOON EP by Avocet

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Music:

Member Since: 30/09/2006
Influences: Maryanne Amacher, Moro Bohn, Tlahoun Gessesse, Olivier Messiaen, Johan Dalgas Frisch's bird recordings of Brasil, Mildred Couper, Frippertronics, Van der Graaf,Yes, Alvin Lucier, Diamanda Galas, the ANS synthesizer, Cluster, Boubacar Traore, Davide Mosconi, Golden Rain Gamelan, Molly Drake, Brion Gysin, Conlon Nancarrow, Prandit Pran Nath.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New Chladni film

Hio,My friend Lisa Foti-Straus just made a short video of some of the work I've been doing with a Chladni plate--(I am writing songs based on the resonant pictures that emerge from singing specific fr...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 00:17:00 GMT

Avocet Tour EP now for sale on the hinternet

Hello,I've now placed the rest of my tour cdrs for sale here! If you write me a note, I will draw something on the cover for you, but otherwise the packaging is isometric tracing paper in a white env...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:26:00 GMT

Shows with Brightblack Morning Light, Iasos, and News

Hi,I'm back for a minute in the middle of my tour with Brightblack, and just wanted to post some things that have been and will be happening!1 being: I'm out on the road with my first-ever Solo ep/tou...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Avocet on WNYC, this Sunday, July 6th!

Hello,I recently recorded a session with David Garland for WNYC in New York as Avocet with my friends Sara Magenheimer and Eben Portnoy from Flying and Fertile Crescent!It airs this Sunday, July 6th, ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:04:00 GMT

Eastern Dates

Hi,I'm going to be East for a few weeks, playing some shows both as Ans (my project with Brooke from Espers) and Avocet (just me). Let me know if you want to hear the radio session, and I'll try and ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:36:00 GMT

Avocet, Rio En Medio and Quinn Walker on Tour!

Hello,I’m going out on tour soon (playing solo under the name Avocet) with Rio En Medio and Quinn Walker! Dates up North with Michael Hurley and in Canada with Ora Cogan. March 29th Los Angele...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:01:00 GMT

New (old) song

I've just posted a demo version of a song that I wrote for my old band Feathers, that was never recorded. I'm working on a solo album and some other recording projects, so I thought I would start put...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Tour with Michael Hurley

I'm touring across the US this December with Michael Hurley and Brooke Sietinsons from the band Espers. Brooke and I are forming a group called ANS. Brooke will be performing a kaleidescope light sh...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:12:00 GMT