REPORT: Du Yun, John Mannion, and Jeremy Nissan

Yesterday we recorded some really far out music! The primary piece was titled "OBLITERATION" (instrumentation listed below). Du Yun was singing and playing the zither by bowing, plucking, and tapping or scraping with a metal rod. The zither was recorded clean and live processed by John with his laptop. Jeremy created a feedback loop with his pedals, feeding thw signal to two amps. He also added additional effects with his pedal. During the final section of the piece, Jeremy added percussion on a concert bass drum, a snare, and a cymbal.

We also recorded several short pieces with just John on electric guitar and Du Yun on piano or zither.

So... I don't really know how mp3 posting is going to work. It will be some time until I can get rough mixes. Du Yun and I will be mixing some time in July. Maybe I can post some of the shorter pieces soon...
UNTIL THEN, listen to some of Du Yun's music HERE (or here)!

Du Yun, John Mannion, and Jeremy Nissan

This weekend I'll be up in Purchase, NY recording a New Music type ensemble. The piece is composed by Du Yun with John Mannion and Jeremy Nissan (both of Accretion Disk) accompanying. Here is some info sent to me by Du Yun about the piece:

Du Yun: ampflied Chinese zither (one out to the amp, unprocessed; one
out to John's mixer, processed), vocal

John Mannion: laptop (live electronics) - mostly low frequencies and
live process my zither sound;

Jeremy Nissan: a couple pedal-processors; one frequency generator; one
low tomtom and one suspended cymbal

Pretty fucking cool, right?
Yeah! So they are going down to Guanajuato, Mexico this October to play the Festival Internacional Cervantino which has been around for 35 years, and showcases music, dance, film, theater, and visual arts from all over the globe. Pretty neat. Might like to go... I don't think I'll make it down there, though. hmm

Well, I'm pretty psyced! I guess this is the first official thing happening! Check in for an update and some details on the piece and the recording! Yes!

In the words of Du Yun,
Cyber-Salute!!