Remember The Time It Spun Out And Fell Into Itself. It Never Stopped Rising... With Casey Rice On Nord Micro Modular - Musique

Remember The Time It Spun Out And Fell Into Itself. It Never Stopped Rising... With Casey Rice On Nord Micro Modular by Rob Mazurek

Rob Mazurek

Biographie de l'artiste pour Rob Mazurek

Rob Mazurek Born Jersey City NJ 1965 Is A Sound/vision Abstractivist Cornetist Improviser Composer And Multi-Media Artist With A Unique Style Drawing From Many Facets Of Contemporary And Non-Contemporary Sound And Vision. A Prime Mover In The Vibrant Chicago Sound Scene He Is The Leader/organizer Of The Exploding Star Orchestra Chicago Underground Collective Mandarin Movie And Sao Paulo Underground. His Discography Includes Recordings On Thrill Jockey Delmark Aesthetics Mego Family Vineyard Bottrop-Boy Submarine Records As Well As Other Labels. He Has Received Numerous Reviews/features In Publications Such As New York Times The Wire Rolling Stone Chicago Tribune BOMB And Others. Mazurek Has Toured Extensively And Established Himself As A Performer And Recording Artist Throughout The United States Canada Europe Brazil And Japan. He Has Collaborated And/or Recorded With Bill Dixon Jim O'Rourke Fred Hopkins Luc Ferrari Tigersmilk Ted Sirota's Rebel Soul Ensemble Gastr Del Sol Noamnesia Isotope 217 Active Ingredients Tortoise Brokeback Stereolab Pan American Sam Prekop Among Others. His Solo Projects Reflect His Experimentation With Sound/visiual Manipulation And Musique Concrete With Releases On Mego Moikai Bottrop-Boy En/Of Delmark And Aesthetics. A Visual Artist As Well He Has Exhibited His Works At Le Consortium Dijon Heaven Gallery Chicago Naked Duck Gallery New York Gantner Multi-Media Center France And Other Locations Throughout US And Europe. In March Of 2003 Mazurek Participated In The SUB/SAS Workshop In Palermo Italy. A Workshop Exploring The Means Of A Contemporary Trend Of Interdisciplinary Relationships Between Artists Sound Artists Landscape Designers And Architects. Through This Group He Has Exhibited Paintings-Videos-Sound Works In Rome Copenhagen Brussels Paris And Palermo And Continues His Collaboration With The Group With Exhibitions/workshops Planned In 2005 For Helsinki Barcelona And Toronto. In 2005 Mazurek Was Awarded The Prestigious Grant/residency At The Abbaye Royale De Fontevraud In France Where He Developed A Multi-Media Piece Based On The Enviroment Of The Abbaye. The Piece Which Includes Digital Manipulation Of Piano Compositions Paintings Digital Manipulation Of Paintings Video And Text Was Presented In May 2005 As Part Of The Abbaye's "Creation Week". On August 11 2005 Mazurek Debuted His New Large Ensemble "Exploding Star Orchestra" At Millenium Park In Chicago. The Group Includes Some Of The Most Powerful And Interesting Players In Chicago Today. In 2006 He Introduced The Sao Paulo Underground Aesthetics Records/Submarine Records/Headz Japan Touring Worldwide And Became A Member Of Jason Ajemian's New Ensemble "Day Dream New Life Styles" Featuring Tony Mallaby Jeff Parker And Chad Taylor. January 2007 Saw The Debut Release Of His EXPLODING STAR ORCHESTRA "We Are All From Somewhere Else". In April Of 2007 He Celebrated The Release Of A DVD/CD Release Of The Chicago Underground Trio Entitled "Chronicle" Which Features The Film Work Of Raymond Salvatore Harmon. In June Of 2007 Tigersmilk Will Release It's Third Cd "Android Love Cry" With New Digital Prints By Mazurek. Currently He Is Working On New Solo Cornet/music Concrete Works Based On Material From The Abbaye Royale De Fontevraud Residency That Will Be Released On Adluna Records Fall Of 2007 And New Sound/visual Works That Will Be Featured On The Bottrop-Boy Label In Winter 2008. In June 2007 He Was Invited To The Dieppe Bienale In Normandy France To Present New Sound And Visual Works. On September 2nd 2007 His Group Exploding Star Orchestra Performed At The Chicago Jazz Festival With The Great Bill Dixon Performing A New Composition By Bill Dixon And A New Composition By Mazurek Utilizing His First Experiments In The World Of Video Score. Planned Releases For 2008 Include Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra Recorded At Electrical Audio In Chicago That Will Be Released On Thrill Jockey Records February 5th 2008 And Various Solo Works That Deal With Sound/vision Experiments Based On The Capture And Release Of Light.
COLLABORATIONS/MULTI-MEDIA SubSas Troll Protocol Interdiscipinary Sound Work Collaboration With Paris Based Architects AWP Sound/video/painting Exhibitions And Performances In Sicily Brussels Copenhagen And Rome 2004. Helsinki Barcelona And Toronto 2005
"Noamnesia" Gene Coleman Featuring Composition "Electric Eels" For Bass Clarinet Tuba Cello Percussion Clarinet Contra Bass Cornet And Computer. Premier In Lucerne Switzerland 2004
"The UnEmbaresesed Mind" - Sound For Theatre Piece By Stefan Mazurek Chicago 2004
Luc Ferrari Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago 2002
"Red Pool". Multi-Media Sound Dance Video Piece Featuring Dancer Choreographer Marianne Kim Drummer Chad Taylor.
BlueRyder Theatre Chicago 1997
"Sea Of Fire" - Sound For Theatre Piece By Kevin McCoy Chicago "Frank's Corner" - Sound For Theatre Piece By Kevin McCoy Chicago Edinburgh 1992
EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS Le Consortium Dijon September-October 2007
Gantner Center For Multi-Media France October 2006
DANK Museum Rough Space Gallery Chicago May 2006
Alternate Currents Empty Bottle Chicago August-September 2006
Abbaye Royale De Fontevraud France May 2005
Troll Protocol Helsinki Barcelona Toronto 2005
Heaven Gallery Chicago July 2004
Naked Duck Gallery New York Feb-March 2004
Open-End Gallery Chicago March 2004
Troll Protocol Paris Rome Copenhagen Brussels 2004
Sub/Sas Exhibition Sicily 2003
Carrie Secrist Gallery Chicago 2002
GRANTS RECEIVED La Grande Fabrique Residency Throughout 2008 Dieppe France
Creative Connections Grant For Mandarin Movie Performance 2006
Abbaye Royale De Fontevraud Le Centre Culturel De L'Ouest France. Grant-Residency For Multi-Media Piece 2004-2005
Scotish Arts Council Grant For Composition. 1994