guitarist/composer/improviser
projects:
5x5
Triplicate
Spezza Rotto
dotdotdot
Pink Mountain
Daniel Popsicle
SFSound
Eskimo
Molecules
Ebola Soup
more?
bio
John Shiurba is a composer and guitarist whose musical pursuits include improvisation, art-rock, modern composition and noise. Shiurba has recorded and toured the U.S. and Europe as a member of the bands Eskimo, The Molecules and Spezza Rotto, as a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Anthony Braxton's ensemble and the SFSound Group, and as an improvisor.
Shiurba has conducted the premiers of his compositions at ODC in 2005 ("Moon Cycle" for SFSound) at New Langton Arts in 2002 ("Triplicate") and at SFAlt in 2002 ("5x5 1.4" for SFSound).
Shiurba was invited to play at the Seattle Improvised Music Festival in 1998, at the High Zero Festival in Baltimore in 1999, at the SFAlt Festival in 2004 and at the Olympia Experimental Music Festival in 2002 and 2004.
As a guitarist Shiurba has developed a unique and personalized approach to the guitar. Through the use of extended techniques and unusual preparations, he expands the traditional sound range of the instrument, producing stunning, often unrecognizable results. Cadence Magazine calls Shiurba a 'wildly creative guitarist... anti-jazz, anti-everything else, yet utterly compelling.'
recent discography:
John Shiurba: 5x5 with Anthony Braxton 1.2=A 2007 (Rastascan)
Spezza Rotto: Tredici Canzoni 2007
Molecules: Friends CD + DVD 2007
Dan Plonsey: Daniel Popsicle Wise King 2006 (unLimited Sedition)
Brand/Perkis/Robair/Shiurba/Sperry: Supermodel Supermodel 2006 (Emanem)
Pink Mountain 2006 (Frenetic)
John Shiurba: Triplicate 2004 (Spool)
Dan Plonsey: Daniel Popsicle Portcullis 2004 (unLimited Sedition)
Fuchs/Djll/Perkis/Robair/Shiurba/Sperry- Six Fuchs 2004 (Rastascan)
John Shiurba: 5x5 1.1=M 2004 (unLimited Sedition)
Bruckmann/Diaz-Infante/Shiurba/Stackpole: Grand Mal 2003 (Pax)
Scott Rosenberg Skronktet West: El 2003 (Spool)
Anthony Braxton: Six Compositions (GTM) 2001 (Rastascan)
