Pulse

Corey Dargel, Anti-Social Music + Gena Rowlands Band, The Sharp Things@Norhtsix

Tonight at Northsix:

Corey Dargel opens. (I reviewed Corey's debut record here.)

Anti-Social Music (a Pulselike eclectic new music band) and the Gena Rowlands Band present their multimedia opera, The Nitrate Hymnal.

The Sharp Things close.

Doors at 8 PM. $10.

[xposted at Secret Society]

Vipassana - tonight, 8 PM, the Puffin Room

Joe is clearly too modest (or too busy) to post the news here, but he has a gig tonight well worth checking out. I'm reproducing his press release here:

Numinous

presents

VIPASSANA

by

Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Thursday June 22, 2006

8:00 PM

The Puffin Room Gallery

435 Broome Street

(between Broadway and Crosby Street)

in SoHo, New York City

Tickets are $15 at the door. There will be an informal reception following the performance.

In the Pali language of the early Buddhist texts, "vipassana" means "to see things as they really are" or insight. Vipassana is a four-movement, 70-minute composition partly inspired by Björk's Selmasongs as well as photographs from Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Earth from Above series and Jake Rajs' The Hudson River. Vipassana, which also features the poetry (in the final movement) of Denise Levertov (Variation and Reflection on a Theme by Rilke) is scored for 25 instrumentalists and singers: Ben Kono, Dan Willis, Ed Xiques (woodwinds), Dave Smith (trumpet, fluegelhorn), Deborah Weisz (trombone), Tom Beckham, Dan McCarthy (vibraphones), Rachel Eckroth, Brenda Earle (pianos), Amanda Monaco, Joel Newton (electric guitars), Peter Wise, Dave Mancuso (percussion), Charenee Wade, Julie Hardy, Amy Cervini, Jo Lawry, Monika Heidemann (voices), Ana Milosavljevic, Kiku Enomoto (violins), Frank Foerster, Adam Hill (violas), Leigh Stuart, Lauren Riley (violoncellos), Kermit Driscoll (bass), and Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (conductor).

You can find more information, including program notes and an audio excerpt from Vipassana, on my updated website -- www.numinousmusic.com.

Get with the elements, eloquent spacecraft

Many thanks to all who came out to Galapagos on Thursday. We were a little apprehensive about the sound going in -- Pulse is not any easy group to mix by any means -- but the house sound guru, Josh, worked minor miracles behind the boards all night, freeing all the musicians to focus entirely on playing their asses off.

This was the first time I'd seen many of the projected photographs used by my fellow performers, and it was fascinating to see how they influenced my perception of the music. Galapagos was a great space for us to play and I hope we can return soon.

Meanwhile, if you missed us on Thursday you have one more chance to catch this edition of The Eloquent Light -- tomorrow (Sunday) evening at St. Peter's Church (619 Lex, at 54th Street) -- 7:30 PM hit.

Also, in extracurricular news, Pulse violinist Ana Milosavljevic is performing at the American Composers Alliance American Music Festival tonight at the Thalia (Symphony Space) -- 8 PM. She will be performing a solo violin work by Eleanor Cory, as well as a dance work by Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy written for the Takè Dance Company.

UPDATE: Pulse Vibraphonist Tom Beckham is also playing tonight, at La Lanterna (129 MacDougal Street btw W3rd and W4th), with guitarist Tom Guarna and bassist Chris Higgins. 2 sets starting at 9 PM.