July 1st 2009
We just stole a car members to play in The Blanket Orchestra with Paul Plimley at 1067 on July 10th 2009
 
The Blanket Orchestra at 1067 on Friday, July 10th 2009. Doors at 10pm. $5 Cover.
The Blanket Orchestra is a combination of ten Vancouver-based composers and improvisers, each of whom was instructed to write two minutes of music. The resulting compositional "panels" were then "sewn" together to create a "musical quilt," which will be performed by The Blanket Orchestra on Friday, July 10th at 1067. Joined by internationally acclaimed pianist/guitarist Paul Plimley, the Blanket Orchestra presents a combination of Vancouver's active established and emerging musicians. The event is presented with the cooperation of The Vancouver New Music Society, and made possible by a grant from the Millennium Scholarship Foundation.
Paul Plimley has played with many of the greatest improvisers in jazz and new music, including Cecil Taylor, Derek Bailey, Andrew Cyrille, Barry Guy, Han Bannink and Nicole Mitchell.
The Blanket Orchestra is:
Daryn Cassie: piano.
Dominic Conway: tenor saxophone.
Alice Hamilton: alto Saxophone
Janine Island: guitar.
John Mutter: guitar, electronics.
Kevin Romain: drums.
Tim Sars: baritone saxophone.
Jonathon Wilcke: alto saxophone.
Wynston Minckler: double bass.
and Paul Plimley on piano, guitar and percussion.
We just stole a car -- BARN available on this site with PayPal, at CDBaby.com, at Zulu Records (1972 West 4th Ave and at Red Cat Records (4307 Main Street) in Vancouver, BC. Mp3s available at CDBaby.com, Amazon.com and on Itunes.
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Bees
Bear
Moth
Fish
Owl
Cat
Ants
Fireflies
Whale
Bird
Dog
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We just stole a car’s new release, BARN, propels the group into new grounds: Digital processing is exchanged for concrete sound and analogue manipulation, man-made city soundscapes are replaced with “animal narrative,” and three new musicians (Kevin Romain, Dominic Conway, and Richard Shaffer,) join to convert the original duo into a quintet. The album combines through-composed material with free improvisation. Manipulation and processing of sound was kept minimal in order to coincide with the “natural” theme of the album. As a result, concrete sound and the sonic exploration of various instruments (clarinet, acoustic and prepared piano, trumpet, French horn, acoustic and electric bass, electric and prepared guitar, drums, percussion, saxophone, trombone, violin) makeup the majority of the more abstract textures on the album.
Each copy of BARN includes Polaroid-size photographs by John Mutter and Jessica Groome which depict scenes of “destroyed” or “damaged” circumstances and scenarios. The photographs are a visual representation of a common theme of We just stole a car’s music, which is to set up a motif or a theme, and then destroy it. Each album contains a different combination of photographs, some of which are rarer than others.
Credits:
John Mutter: electric guitar and prepared guitar, electronics, clarinet, acoustic piano and prepared piano, trumpet, glockenspiel, violin, bells, beer bottles, cutlery drawer, tree bark, leaves, faucet, radio, reel to reel and analogue effects processing. Peter Kim: electric bass, double bass, trombone.
Kevin Romain: drum set, drum stool, objects.
Richard Shaffer: acoustic piano, Rhodes, electric piano, French horn.
Dominic Conway: tenor saxophone.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by John Mutter. Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering in Vancouver, BC.
CD cover by Jessica Jang. Photography by John Mutter and Jessica Groome. Blood by Grace Schoorl.
WE JUST STOLE A CAR'S debut CD: available with PayPal and at Zulu Records (1972 West 4th Ave
Vancouver B.C)
"Kid John and Peter: two west coasters trying to come to terms with their overwhelming need to experiment. We expect a whole lot more from this duo in the future..."
-CBC Radio 3/New Music Canada
$15. will ship anywhere for free.
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1. (8:26)
2. (5:11)
3. (8:06)
4. (4:31)
5. (5:01)
6. (6:52)
7. (6:26)
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credits:
John Mutter: guitar, drums, trumpet, piano, electric piano, feedback, percussion, hand claps, water.
Peter Kim: bass, hand claps.
produced by John Mutter.
cover art (front and back) by Jessica Jang
photography by Jessica Groome and John Mutter.
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LINKS:
wejuststoleacar.com
WE JUST STOLE A CAR on FACEBOOK.
WE JUST STOLE A CAR on CBC radio 3.
contact: info@wejuststoleacar.com
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