This series of essays, that explore the ideas of sequencing and montage between two pieces of recorded music or two film scenes, continues with another one of my favorite albums: […]
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Svetlost w/Nilssen-Love & Vandermark pt. 4
[Paal Nilssen-Love and Kiko Novkovski] After arriving in Skopje, Macedonia on April 12th to begin work with Svetlost (Kiko Novkovski [drums], Deni Omeragić [electric bass], and […]
Read moreDamon Locks: “We Are Our People/Listen To This” exhibition at Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago
Thankful to be back in Chicago after the project with Svetlost and Paal Nilssen-Love (more on the second half of that tour shortly) and in time to see Damon Locks’ “We Are Our […]
Read moreSvetlost w/Nilssen-Love & Vandermark pt. 3
[pictured left to right: Vladan Drobicki and Kiko Novkovski] After a strong second concert in Sofia, Bulgaria at Club Singles on Thursday night, which pulled the new […]
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[photo by Can Inandim; left to right: Deni Omeragić, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark, Nino Spirovski, Kiko Novkovski, and Vladan Drobicki] Following a second rehearsal with […]
Read moreAlbum coverage: “Broadcast Transformer” and “This Is Not A Holiday”
The process of creating new work and documenting it has been essential to me for decades, driven by periods early on when both were difficult and the knowledge that Herbie […]
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