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Live recordings of experimental improvisations
organized as a part of 1998-2001
tracks, mp3s, show links

disc 1 san pedro

1 Nels Cline - acoustic guitar; Michael Intriere - cello; Heather Lockie - viola; Rod Poole -just intoned acoustic guitar; Rick Potts - double bass
April 30, 2000 excerpt 9:16 1 minute MP3

2 Mitchell Brown - tape loops; Joe Potts - Chopped Optigan; Ama - vocals; Maya - vocals; Vetza - vocals
January 30, 2000 excerpt 5:49

3 Rod Poole - just intoned acoustic guitar, The Fire Left to Come
September 26, 1999 excerpt 10:00

4 Joseph Hammer - Ampex 600; Marina Rosenfeld - record players; Mike Watt - electric bass
August 16,1998 excerpt 3:54

5 Don Bolles - turntables, Revox A77, cassettes, CDs; Joseph Hammer - Ampex 600; Rick Potts - Dr. Sample, kalimba, Synare, a toy; Joe Potts - Chopped Optigan; Gabie Strong - percussion
February 28, 1999 excerpt 4:51

6 Nels Cline - acoustic guitar, Solo Tidbit
April 30, 2000 excerpt 4:54

7 Miya Masaoka Orchestra, What is the Difference? (Don Bolles - turntables, Revox A77; Alex Cline - percussion; Julie Fowells - violin; Michael Intriere -c ello; Lynn Johnston - woodwinds; Miya Masaoka - conductor/composer; Rick Potts - synthesizer, sampler; Scot Ray - trombone; Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon; Harry Scorzo - violin; G.E. Stinson - guitar)
Guest curated by Kelly Kamen
August 29, 1999 excerpt 5:16 1 minute MP3

8 Nels Cline - electric guitar, effects; Michael Intriere - cello; Lynn Johnston - bass clarinet; Devin Sarno - electric bass; Rich West - percussion
March 28, 1999 excerpt 6:28

9 Rick Potts - double bass, Thumblina
April 30, 2000 excerpt 5:44

10 Vinny Golia - woodwinds; Vince Meghrouni - drums, harmonica, flute, voice; Mark Trayle - electronics; Tom Watson - electric guitar
March 26, 2000 excerpt 5:01

11 Michael Intriere - cello, No Espresso
April 30, 2000 excerpt 8:12

12 Bonnie Barnett - vocals; Carla Bozulich - effected guitar vocalizing, Little keyboard thing; Rick Potts - musical saw, Dr. Sample, Do You Dig?
January 20, 2000 excerpt 2:46

disc 2 schindler house

1 Voice Of The Bowed Guitar (Joseph Hammer, Rod Poole, Doug Williford - just intoned acoustic guitars)
June 17, 2000 excerpt 8:11

2 Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
July 22, 2000 excerpt 4:48

3 Solid Eye (Steve Gregoropoulos - analog synths; Joseph Hammer - Ampex 600; Rick Potts - Hinge-neck electric guitar, musical saw, Dr. Sample, analog synthesizer and kalimba)
September 29, 2000 excerpt 6:33

4 Philip Gelb - shakuhachi; Pauline Oliveros - accordion tuned in just intonation, Below The Clouds
July 28, 2001 excerpt 6:06

5 Lynn Johnston - baritone saxophone, Turf
July 22, 2000 2:58

6 Carla Bozulich - constructor/host, voice to play with; Geoff Brandin - man in the cassette coat pushing tape recorder buttons to trigger voices; Nels Cline - bass recorder; Audience button pushing collaborators - distributed cassette players; David Scott Stone - low-frequency oscillator, Carla Bozulich's Fake Party: Audience Cassette Tape Improv
August 27, 2000 excerpt 3:29

7 Vinny Golia - sopranino saxophone, Screaming faces on your naked foot
July 22, 2000 9:58

8 Pauline Oliveros - accordion tuned in just intonation, Pauline's Solo
July 28, 2001 excerpt 10:12 1 minute MP3 or full length MP3
(MP3s of Pauline Oliveros' track are licensed under a Creative Commons License).

9 Extended Organ (Mike Kelley; Paul McCarthy; Fredrik Nilsen; Joe Potts; Tom Recchion)
September 29, 2000 excerpt 10:10