Flux Theater – Shelton Nordeson Duo
Played tonight with Kjell Nordeson at the Flux Theater out in east Oakland. Shared the bill with Jacob Zimmerman’s Lawson project. Playing with Kjell in duo form is both fun & challenging. In a way what we do is simple – we just play. But Within that simplicity there is so much to do! His playing style is encompassing – the sound of his kit is full and active with many layers. It allows me to follow tangential thoughts while also following a path. Fittingly to the venue, it’s sort of like LaMonte Young’s Fluxus piece that simply states: draw a line and follow it. We start in one place and follow the ideas to their end. Sometimes they don’t end, they just change direction, but we keep following it. Always with energy.
I play alto & tenor when we play in duo form, and we’ve settled on a microphone technique involving 4 mics total. I’m hoping that by sometime this summer we’ll have decided on some material to release.
Jacob’s compositions for Lawson were quite strong and thoughtful. I favored one piece in particular: a melody harmonized in clusters, the lead evenly flowing around the voices of the ensemble (Cory Wright, Matt Nelson, Drew Ceccato, Rob Ewing, Dan VanHassel, and Dan Good). Sound painting.
I like the Flux theater – Mitchell Random is a good guy – glad to have played there tonight.
Tags: flux, nordeson, oakland, zimmerman
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