Amy Denio – La Tessatura delle Nonnette

December 15, 2010

Trimpin’s 2003 installation in the Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Klavier Nonette, contained nine coin-operated, electromechanically played toy pianos capable of playing 41 different pieces, included this composition by Amy Denio.

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Hearing History – Roberto Ascalon

December 8, 2010

Roberto Ascalon writes instinctually. He reaches into the core of his subjects and exposes raw emotion. His poems, which flow like essays, reveal an unspoken history, surprising and powerful. THIS PODCAST CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. Music by Seattle Experimental Opera, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Kinski – A CLEAR DAY AND NO MEMORIES

December 1, 2010

This is a short excerpt from Kinski’s soundtrack to the Jim Hobbs installation A CLEAR DAY AND NO MEMORIES, opening in Jack Straw’s New Media Gallery on Friday, December 3rd. The full soundtrack is available for purchase as a limited edition vinyl LP.

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Meet Neon Buddha – Michael Dylan Welch

November 10, 2010

Michael Dylan Welch explores haiku and longer poetry, as well as his own spirited take on the traditional Japanese haiku. He uses Allen Ginsberg’s haiku-derived form of American Sentences to record his family’s witticisms, and he’s written hundreds of haiku-like “neon buddha” poems as “a surreal sort of personal mythology.” Music by the St. Helens […]

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Rachel Matthews – Circle

November 10, 2010

This performance of Jack Straw Resident Artist Rachel Matthews‘s Circle was recorded at Composer Spotlight at Jack Straw on April 14, 2010.

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Something Tiny – Marjorie Manwaring

November 3, 2010

Through her writing, Marjorie Manwaring explores her fascination with the tiny. Keenly observant and uniquely funny, Manwaring creates a sense of nostalgia for gumball machines and tiny dolls. Her short poems lead listeners into the often overlooked world of miniscule things. Music by Matt Weiner and Del Rey, produced as part of the Jack Straw […]

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Seattle Percussion Collective – Interstice

November 3, 2010

Dale Speicher’s composition Interstice, recorded during his recent Jack Straw Artist Residency, can be found on the Seattle Percussion Collective’s new album , available from Present Sounds Recordings.

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