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Track 6 from Duets w/ Uchihashi Kasuhisa

Album: Duets ( Shelley Hirsch/Uchihashi Kasuhis

Released: Feb 27, 2008

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Genre: Experimental / Other
Location NEW YORK, New York, Un
Profile Views: 52410
Last Login: 7/19/2012
Member Since 2/19/2007
Website www.shelleyhirsch.com
Record Label Tzadik
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Shelley Hirsch is "an unorthodox, extraordinary fusion of vocalist, composer, and performance artist " (Anne LeBaron) whose work encompasses story telling pieces, staged performances, compositions, improvisations, collaborations, installations, and radioplays, which have been presented on 5 continents... Her mostly solo performance pieces including the multimedia "O Little Town of East New York" and "For Jerry" (virtual duets with the late great Jerry Hunt) and "States"; "My Father Piece"; "The Passions of Natasha, Nokiko, Nina, Nicole and Norma" (in collaboration with visual artist Barbara Bloom)have been performed at The Hebbel Theater and Akademie de Kunste(Berlin), WienerFestWochen (Vienna), The Zurcher International Theater Spektakel (Zurich), The Kitchen, The Whitney Museum at 42nd St (NYC), ICA (London and Philadelphia) TBA Festival (Portland Oregon);Experimenta Festival (Buenos Aires), Helsinki Biennale (Finland), Angelica Festival (Bologna Italy), City of Women Festival (Llubliana Slovenia), Beyond Innocence Festival (Kobe Japan), The Dom (Moscow), Adelaide State Theatre (Australia), Marstall (Munich), etc. She has collaborated with visual artist Jim Hodges over the years. Their interactive piece "All the Way with Jim and Shel" was exhibited at PICA for the Summer of 2003 more about Hirsch from Anne Lebarons essay published on Garland Press: "Going as far back as her childhood, Hirsch relentlessly mines her life experiences, concocting brilliant collage-like reminiscences that are alternately, and sometimes simultaneously, disquieting and euphoric. Embracing archetypal personas such as Blanche Dubois, she weaves their reinvented essences into the maze of associations conjured by her alchemical compositions. Investigating immediate consciousness, memory consciousness, and image-making consciousness, she becomes a producer of sonic images, recycling the discarded and the strange. Her remarkably unfettered access to the motherlode of automatism enhances her gift of spontaneous ingenuity. Hirsch's command of extended vocal techniques imparts enormous variety to her music. The tone of her voice can range from audacious vulnerability, to charismatic intimacy (especially in the story-telling segments), to hallucinatory excursions floating effortlessly out of the spoken/sung voice and into pure Hirschian singing. Such transitions always remain viscerally connected to the text and in context"
Members
Among the dozens of CDs Hirsch can be heard on are, the mostly solo lp "Singing" w/ some duos with Samm Bennett and David Simons; "Duets" w Uchihashi Kasuhisa; "Haiku Lingo" and" O'Little Town of East New York" w/David Weinstein; "A Room with A View" wJon Rose;Improvisations Recorded,performed as vocalist in ensembles groups X-Communication, (Martin Schuetz, Hans Koch, Jason Hwang, J.A.Deane,Hans Reichel ,Butch Morris,Paul Lovens and September Band (Hans Reichel, Paul Lovens,Rudiger Karl)both on FMP and as vocalist in the bands in OddJob w/David Weinstein,Ned Rothenberg,Samm Bennett) ,Public Servants w leader Phillip Johnston, Dave Hofstra, Dave Sewelson ,Bill Horvitz,Dickie Dworkin,Steve Moses and has recorded in projects by Butch Morris,Jerry Hunt John Zorn, Raz Mesinai Elliott Sharp, Dave Soldier, Robert Dick, Nina Danino, David Shea, Ron Anderson, Grace Yoon. Martin Schuetz/Hans Koch,Dwight Andrews Richard Teitelbaum(George Lewis, Carlos Zingaro,David Moss),Nicolas Collins, Alvin Currin (w/Joan Jenrenaud,Willie Winants,Fred Frith) Domenico Sciajno) Billy Martin, (with Calvin Weston,Eyvind Kang,Shahzad Ismailly,Kato Hidek,Cyro Baptiste),Jon Rose- with various people inc (Irene Schweitzer,Chris Cutler, Otomo Yoshihide) ,Hardcore Chamber Ensemble w/Fredy Studer,Martin Schuetz and Hans KochDavid Weinstein, Sven Ake Johannsson/ Alexander Von Schlippenbach, (w/Anne LeBaron,Dietmar Diesner,Tristan Honsinger, Wolfgang Fuchs) Jim Staley(trio projects w/Samm Bannett,Ellott Sharp)Chantal Dumas, Chrisian Calon, David Watson, Joel Forrester, Gunther Christman, Max Lyandvert,; David Moss’s Direct Sound Project (w/Greetje Bijma,Anna Homler,Carlos Santos) Kirk Nurock and various groupings,Jay Claytons Voice Group,Thomas Schultz, Joseph Celli,Jin Hi Kim. Hirsch has been working collaborating on a new Cd of songs w/string ensemble with Simon Ho- to be released on Tzadik. . Hirsch has performed duos /trios w/ Christian Marclay,(Anthony Coleman, Shaking Ray Levis; Aki Onda, Uchihashi Kasuhisa, Okkyung Lee, Ikue Mori, Mark Ribot, DJ Olive, Sven Ake Johannssen, Fred frith,Roger Turner, Chris Cutler; Jon Rose Tom Cora, Hans Reichel, Matthias Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Connie Bauer, Phil Minton, Otomo Yoshihide, Shahzad Ismailly, Kato Hideki,Ted Reichmann, Melvin Gibbs, Arto Lindsay; J Calvin Weston, John Medeski, Jodi Gilbert, Tenko, Catherine Janiaux, Ned Rothenberg, Stomu Takeishi, Michel Waisvisz,Joey Baron, Dennis DelZotto, Toshio Kajiwara, Makagami Koichi, Billy Martin, Richard Teitelbaum, David Watson, Denman Maroney,Min Xiao Fen, Fred Frith,Marina Rosenfeld, Ursula Oppens, Anthony Braxton; Mark Dresser, Lee Renaldo, Gerry Hemingway, Zeena Parkins, Wolfgang Fuchs,Marco Capelli, David Moss,SainkoNamchalak, Iva Bittova,Theo Bleckmann, Steve Beresford, Alexander Frangenheim, Tony Buck, Joe Williams, Oren Armbachi, Chris Abrahms, Juan Pablo Villa, Lutz Glandien, David Simons, Denman Maroney.Sebastain Hilkin, Stefan Wittwer,Barry Reynolds,Derek Bailey,Hann Benninck,Eugene Chadbourne,Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith,Misha Mengelberg,Chuck Bettis, Chris Cunningham, Arik Hayut, Alexei Plousnine. Guy Klusevsek,Gary Lucas, Jim Pugliese,Nuno Rebelo,David Van Tieghem, Jeff Buckley , Michael Schumacher,Mario De Vega, David Weinstein.Dan Kaufman,Barbez, Raz Mesinai, Performed in projects by Christian Marclay,and recently his score Manga Scroll and duo with his images Zoom Zoom! Jerome Cooper (William Parker,Steve McCall, Thurman Barker) Arnold Dreyblatt , Phillip Johnston, Alexander Frangenheims Concepts of Doing, Massimo Simonini, Christian Calon, Bruce Andrews, Kenneth Goldsmith,Hal Willner(Tim Buckley)Hans Reichel, Ernesto Klar,Konk Pack(Roger Turner,Tim Hodgkinson,Thomas Lehman) With Visual Artists Jim Hodges,Ursula Scherre;rBarbara Bloom, Fred Pommerehn, Ilan Katin, Herrman Pitz, Veronika Kellndorfer,Kiki Smith(Charlie Ahearns soundtrack) artists/video makers, , Zoe Beloff, Eric Muzzy,Abigail Childs,Nina Danino,Lee Sachs,Chris Kondek.Christian Marclays "Ensemble" a group show of artists including Pistoletto,Carolee Schneeman, Tim Hawkinson,Jim Hodges, Yoko Ono, John Kessler; and duos with his visual art . Dancers, Sally Silvers,Xavier LeRoi, Benoit LaChambre,Jennifer Monson, Sin Cha Hong,Jennifer Miller.etc etc
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im kind of a sponge absorbing everything around me incorporating it into my work.