A double bill with electroacoustic improvising trio Kertenkele featuring special guest Darius Jones, followed by a solo set from guitarist and improviser Tashi Dorji.
With an array of instruments including home-made and circuit-bent electronics, processed radios, synthesizers, a banjo, a double bass, and voice, Kertenkele creates music which welcomes any and all forms of sound into a performance practice informed by improvisation, composition, and herpetology.
Kertenkele
Nick Dunston bass, banjo, feedback
Cenk Ergün electronics
Joan Sue voice, electronics, clarinet
Darius Jones alto saxophone
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. Watch below or on YouTube.
Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese guitarist and improviser based in Asheville NC. Tashi’s own skewering of guitar traditions has developed an idiosyncratic take on the instrument, one defined by movement and profound openness to technique. Tashi has released music both as a soloist and as a collaborator, notably with Mette Rasmussen, Aaron Turner (Sumac, Mamiffer), Che Chen (75 Dollar Bill), Susie Ibarra, Aki Onda, Michael Zerang, John Deiterich (Deerhoof), C. Spencer Yeh, Patrick Shiroishi, KUZU ( w/ Dave Rempis & Tyler Damon), MANAS (w/ Thom Nguyen), Patrick Shiroishi, Dylan Fujioka on labels like Moone Records, Gilgonko Records, Bathetic Records, Trost, Feeding Tubes, UNROCK, VDSQ, MIE, Aerophonic Records, Family Vineyard, Astral Spirits etc. Tashi is currently on Drag City records.
At any given moment Kertenkele could switch from a walking bass line to a distorted banjo tune with lyrics by Christian Bök, before settling on a time-stretched remix of a Turkish folk requiem.
Darius Jones has created a recognizable voice as a critically acclaimed saxophonist and composer by embracing individuality and innovation in the tradition of Black music. Jones has been awarded the Van Lier Fellowship, Jerome Foundation Artist-in-Residence and commission, Western Front residency and commission, French-American Jazz Exchange Award, Robert D. Bielecki Foundation Award, and Fromm Music Foundation commission from Harvard University. Jones has received acclaim for not only his studio albums featuring music and images evocative of Black Futurism, but also for his commissioned work as a composer throughout the United States and Canada.
