Episode 023 - feat. Moripton, Helix Quartet, Basilica, Avner Dorman

Moripton - "Sakura"
The Helix Quartet - "Tea For Two"
Basilica - excerpt from theforevervictoriousunfathomablegreatmightyone
Avner Dorman - Mandolin Concerto

http://www.bowed.org/023/023.mp3

Moripton is a violinist out of Osaka, Japan. He has been primarily working as a guitarist with the band Stonehenge. He is currently devloping his violin work - this ia one of his first recorded pieces.

The Helix Quartet is a group out of France. A non-traditional quartet, their instrumentation consists of two violins, tenor violin, and double bass. Their work is wildly eclectic - with elements of Irish, gypsy, jazz, country-werstern, and others

I have been waiting with some considerable anticipation for the release of the debut disc by Basilica. An uncommon mix of death metal, math rock, and chamber music, these guys are relentlessly creative. An unearthly mix of the pious and the profane.

Rounding off the show is composer Avner Dorman - Israeli by birth and currently a resident of New York. His work is seamless, using non-traditional instrumentation with great invention of melody. Or to rephrase, his work doesn't sound nearly as strange as you might expect. The recording featured on this program is the world premiere, recorded late last year. The US premiere will take place on May 24 at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts, 172 Norfolk Street in the lower east side of New York. Featured mandolin soloist will be Avi Avital.

Enjoy the music!!

Mark
string@bowed.org

Episode 018 - Hosted by Mark Allender frm his car

Christian Howes - “Fugue in G Minor”
Darol Anger - “In the Basement”
Dirty Three - “Flutter”
Miri Ben-Ari (feat. Akon) - "“Miss Melody”
Ben Heaney - “Elvionix”
Zydepunks - “Blues En Jen”
Zhe Clampitt - “They Will Know”
Ben Jacob - “Invocation: An improvisation for solo violin ”

http://www.bowed.org/018/018.mp3

Hello everybody,

Well it came two weeks behind schedule, but it came just the same. Here it is - Episode 018. I am currently working three jobs, so finding time to actually record the show has been difficult. But I got this brand new Sansa mp3 player - complete with voice recorder - so I recorded the announcements for the show while driving to work on a recent snowy 6 am drive.

As the openning to the show indicates, this show features work by a Christian (Zhe), two guys named Christian (Howes and Kuffner of the Zydepunks), a guy named after a mortal sin (Darol Anger), and three people named Ben (Heaney, Jacob, and Miri Ben-Ari). There's also the Dirty Three, but I couldn't think of anything clever for those guys.

I don't know what else to say - the tunes are great, the artists are wonderful. And I'm tired. But thank you for your patience.

Enjoy the music and keep in touch!

Mark
string@bowed.org
www.bowed.org