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It's been a good two days of loop music recording here in Boise, Idaho for me and one of my free-improv collaborators, Jarod Hallock, who plays the electronic drumset, acoustic drum set, and marimba. Friday night, an interesting phenomenon occured, which I suppose happens when a looper like myself, after playing couped up in coffehops for three years, gets hurled into a major night club in downtown Boise. We played two hours of complete free-improv madness. The first set was very electronic, ambient, & industrial orientated...two songs in 45 minutes! On the second set, Jarod hopped on his small jazz acoustic set and we played free jazz fusion...the first piece was spontaneous. The second was a loose interpretation of one of my favorite jazz tunes, "Alice in Wonderland." Jarod played like a freakin' savage...I've never played with a drumer like this in Boise. He can play free jazz like a real champ. We blew each others' minds. It's totally fun when you play with someone in a context like that for the first time with no prior rehearsals. Anway, below is the smallest clip of our performance. I'm pretty much a lunatic on this one....doing all sorts of improv and insane stuff with my voice, etc. I'm surprised there weren't men in white coats waiting for me at the door after this one. :) I wonder myself whether it was really me up there, or if I was possessed by sinister yet humorous aliens. Set 1, Session 2 - http://box.net/public/khartung/files/2140414.html And below is a short excerpt of the second more free jazz fusion set. Unfortunately, Jarod's drumset was not going through my board, only to the main PA board, so you can't hear the drums very well. I had to set my vocal mic next to his set to capture some of it. Set 2, Session 1 - http://box.net/public/khartung/files/2140008.html Then the day after, today, Jarod and I had a 3 hour recording session for a new CD that we should have out in a month or two. This was the first time I played with a marimba player in an free-improv, experimental, and avant-garde music context....very interesting, marimba and guitar. I won't be sharing any of that until it's on CD. Hah hah. Cheers, K- ************************************************* Krispen Hartung Improvisational / Avant-Garde Looping Guitarist http://www.krispenhartung.com info@krispenhartung.com / 208-724-5603 Performance Calendar: http://www.mojam.com/concerts/search?key=performer&value=Krispen%20Hartung Discography - http://www.krispenhartung.com/catalogue.htm Text message me at 2087245603@cingularME.com