Interview with Rosi Hertlein about her upcoming concert with Joe McPhee and Joe Kubera.
We talked to two composers from this Thursday’s EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA
Interview with Composer/Multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp about the upcoming multimedia production of Spectropia.
Byron Westbrook is an artist working with the dynamic quality of physical space using multi-channel sound, images, and objects. His audio/video performances under the name CORRIDORS involve the distribution of processed instrumental and environmental recordings through a multi-channel environment.
On May 4 and 5, Roulette presents Toni Dove’s Spectropia, an interactive live-mix sci-fi/noir film hybrid featuring time travel, telepathy, and elements of film noir in a drama set in England, 2099 and in New York City, 1931, starring Aleksa Paladino (Boardwalk Empire), with music by Elliott Sharp.
Robert Ashley talks about his upcoming show at Roulette, “The Old Man Lives in Concrete”
We talked to genre-bending composer, vocalist, and cellist Robert Een about his upcoming performance at Roulette – featuring a chamber version of his opera, “The Escape Artist”, as well as a song cycle of Walt Whitman poems, and a dance suite inspired by the Indian singer of the 14th century whose voice it is said could cause spontaneous combustion.
A unique combination of keyboards, guitar and tape manipulation, the experimental rock duo Blues Control casts their palette wide – invoking such different genres (sometimes simultaneously) as new age, krautrock and noise. On March 28th at Roulette, Blues Control teams up with new age zither artist, Laraaji, who is best known for his work with Brian Eno. We talked with Blues Control’s Russ Waterhouse about the upcoming show at Roulette
Ever since we started the Roulette Blog, we’ve been asking each artist one very annoying question: “WHAT IS MUSIC?” It’s a deceptively simple question. We’ve received everything from sighs, to jokes, to mini essays. Here’s a little collection of some of the answers we’ve received….
On December 13th, beloved Bay Area techno-songstress Amy X Neuburg returns to Roulette, this time in collaboration with NYC pianist/improviser Cory Smythe (of ICE), The evening will consist of new compositions for voice, piano and live electronics, improvisational duets, and solos from Amy and Cory — including Amy’s spirited ‘avant-cabaret’ songs for voice and drum-controlled looping, and works from Cory’s recent release “Pluripotent” for piano with live processing.