Kyle Bruckmann teaches oboe and performance at four universities (the University of California campuses in Santa Cruz, Davis, and Berkeley plus the University of the Pacific), plays with five new-music ensembles (Quinteto Latino, sfSound, the Eco Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and Splinter Reeds), and subs with the San Francisco Symphony and several […]
Tag: Pascal Niggenkemper
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Italian-born improvising percussionist Carlo Costa focuses on friction
Carlo Costa’s Neither/Nor label releases two new improvised recordings packed with rubbing, scraping, and scratching.
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Bassist Pascal Niggenkemper transforms his instrument into a tactile generator of sound
In 2015 Franco-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper dropped a bracing solo album called Look With Thine Ears (Clean Feed), serving up 13 visceral, aggressively tactile studies of his instrument. With the aid of sharp-edged amplification he revealed a particular genius for sound exploration. Niggenkemper prepared his bass with objects like Styrofoam or sticks, then bombarded it, […]
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Belgian reedist Joachim Badenhorst brings his solo style to Heaven
The Belgian reedist Joachim Badenhorst celebrates the release of his strong new solo album The Jungle He Told Me Saturday night at Heaven Gallery