PAINTING WITH BASS (solo)
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, loops, effects, found objects, voice, fretless electric bass, tape player with field recordings, metals
VECTOR TRIO Scott Forrey - trumpets, loops, electronics, percussion. Marshall Hughey - drums, roland handsonic, landscape percussion.
Gary Rouzer - basses, electronics, small random objects
ALEASTHETE
Jason Tremblay - feedback, modulation, oscillation, delay
Jason Mullinax - toys, percussion, electronics
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, loops, effects, objects
NINE STRINGS
Daniel Barbiero - double bass, preparations
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, found objects
DANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP
Jason Tremblay - feedback, kaoss, modulation, drum machine, guitar
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, loops, effects, electronics, the kit
THREE GOINGS
Jeff Bagato - springamajig
Amber Dunleavey - thermin
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, loops, effects
NINE STRINGS + PILESAR
Dainel Barbiero - amplified double bass, preparations
Jason Mullinax - effects, live loops, percussion, vox
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, found objects, vox
TRIO O
Rich O'Meara - amplified vibes, electronics, percussion
Kevin O'Meara - drums, percussion, voice, objects
Gary Rouzer - NS bass cello, effects, metals
NOSHUGAZING
Scott Feeney - laptop, percussion, objects, metals, voice
Gary Rouzer - fretless electric bass, effects, metals, voice
THIRD OBJECT ORCHESTRA
Daniel Barbiero - double bass, leader
Doug Kallmeyer - NS bass
Gary Rouzer - NS bass-cello
Doug Stailey - cello
Paolo Valladolid - viola
T.A. Zook - NS bass-cello
Influences
John Cage, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bob Marsh, Mick Karn, David Torn, Percy Jones, King Crimson 72-74, Joe Morris, William Parker, Soft Machine, Tom Cora, Fred Frith, Stefano Scodanibbio, Frances-Marie Uitti, Giacinto Scelsi. Also Michelangelo Antonioni, Rene Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp and Mario Balati.
What should say? Language cannot describe music anymore than it can describe the taste of food. I am an improvising musician that works in noise, minimalist textures, and jazz/funk-based interplay. My current approach utilizes extended techniques, loops, effects and preparations as ways to extend the vocabulary of the bass. Also I have begun experimenting with text and vocals as live sounds and as recorded cassette tapes. This follows my love of languages and words/sounds which had remained separate from my music until now.
I describe my solo project as "painting with bass", to borrow a concept from David Torn. The music here is in solo, duo and trio settings. I released my first solo bass recording entitled "Without Hidden Noise" in June 2009.
VECTOR TRIO We are trumpet, bass and drums playing original electronic urban grooves soundscapes. We like to blur the line between composition and improv and sound and noise using loops and effects. Our third CD, Paths Unknown, was released in September 2006 at the Festival of New Trumpet (FONT) in NYC. Our fourth CD, Nomina, was recorded in May 2008 and is now available at CdBaby.com. The trio allows me more than enough room to stretch out and to play more than just the bass function.
ALEASTHETE Aleasthete is an electro-accoustic trio which includes Jason Mullinax aka Pilesar (toys, percussion, electronics) and Jason Tremblay (feedback, modulation, oscillation, delay) and myself on NS bass cello that explores texture and denisity within a linear continuum. I've posted a track from our first EP recorded in Jan 2008 and an improv from Nov 2008.
NINE STRINGS Nine Strings is a duo project with Daniel Barbiero on double bass and myself on NS bass cello. Our first gig as a duo was in June 2008 at Artomatic here in Washington DC. Our first CD "A Part of Wholes" was released in Dec 2008 and followed up by a live recording "Open Circuits/Communicating Fields" released in May 2009. See our new myspace page above for details.
DANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP DPG is directed and choreographed by Nancy Havlik. We have performed at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington DC (July 2008) and in NYC (Sept 2008) and the Electric Possible here in DC (Nov 2008). I provide both music and movement, blurring the line between musician and dancer. The seven of us work with improvisation and structure. See above for performance times.
NINE STRINGS + PILESAR
A trio. Double bass (Dan) and NS bass cello (Gary) are amplified and fed into effects and live loops (Jason). The three voices are then twisted via post-production by Pilesar and spit out on a limited edition EP. I've posted a song above.
ITALIAN - Studio italiano da cinque anni ma non sono mai stato in italia. Ho comenciato di suonare il basso all'eta di 16 anni. Mi piace offuscare la linea tra composizione e improvvisazione, tra suono e rumore. Quando sono andato a un concerto di King Crimson in 1974 fu una folgorazione. Alcuni dei mei sogni sono andare alla festival Rassegna di Nuova Musica a Macerata, verdere un derby allo stadio di San Siro e mangiare tortellini in brodo a Bologna.
SWEDISH - Jag läste svenska sedan 5 månader man jag har läst inte in en kurs... enbart på kassetter. Jag vet inte varför jag gillar svenska men jag gillar vintern. :-) Jag spelar en Steinberger NS bass cello pa bilen. Jag redan pratar spanska och italienska. Nu spelar ni och tänker på Salvador Dali.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2009 Without Hidden Noise - Solo
2009 Live at Pyramid Atlantic - Vector Trio
2009 Departure Broken - Mason/Rouzer
2009 The Sincerity of Non-Sentient Things - Nine Strings + Pilesar
2009 Open Circuits/Communicating Fields - Nine Strings
2009 Nine Strings + Pilesar – Nine Strings + Pilesar
2008 A Part of Wholes – Nine Strings
2008 Nomina – Vector Trio
2008 Ramped – Vector Trio
2008 Outside Room – Vector Trio
2008 Aleasthete – Aleasthete
2006 Paths Unknown – Vector Trio
2006 Live at Electric Possible – Vector Trio
2006 Live at Bangkok Blues – Vector Trio
2005 Live in DC – Vector Trio
2003 Plot Twist – Vector Trio
2000 Contagagious Images – Vector
1997 Sonic Hieroglyph - Vector
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Hello Gary! Thank you for your kind comment!!Finally I spend some time on your site...my favorite song is NINE STRINGS AND...good stuff...cloudy cellogreetings from Düsseldorf,Donja
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