Experimental Accordion and Such: Andrea Parkins + Smirkers

Sat, Jan 28
9 pm
$6-10 sliding scale

Andrea Parkins is a New York-based sound artist, composer, and =

improviser who plays electronically-processed accordion, laptop =

sampler, electronic keyboards, and piano. Parkins sonically expands =

her accordion with analog electronics and by fragmenting traditional =

accordion syntax with noise and other disruptive allusions. In live =

performance, this idiosyncratic approach to the instrument collides =

with densely polyrhythmic keyboard tactics and laptop sampling that =

pays homage to mid-20th century musique-concrete and '70s analog =

synth sounds. Parkins' composition projects have included solo works; =

small and large ensemble pieces; and sound design for her own multi- =

media sculptural installations. During the past 15 years, she has =

performed in New York City and toured throughout North America and =

Europe as an ensemble leader, solo artist, and collaborator, and as a =

member of Ellery Eskelin's widely acclaimed avant-jazz trio with Jim =

Black. Parkins' audio work, Freak Cloud Idiom, was among those =

featured in "Bitstreams", a digital art exhibition at the Whitney =

Museum in 2001.

Smirkers is the trio of Kurt Kotheimer (acoustic bass), Mari=E9 Abe =

(accordian), and Josh Smith (saxophones) builds improvised pieces, =

unearthing the fragile timbral regions of these unamplified =

instruments. Each player brings a formidable range of musical =

currency for exchange in a completely acoustic realm of tiny and =

hyper-detailed sounds.

Venue:

21 Grand
416 25th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland
510-444-7263
http://www.21grand.org

http://www.21grand.org/map.html

Additional Info:


http://www.21grand.org/20060128.html