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"Zai Circle is the musical bridge to cultures from around the world...fusing them together with contemporary grooves in a musical conversation. "
Geoff Ott Producer/Owner London Bridge Studios, Seattle WA
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Zai Circle Updates 3/5 2010
Hello and happy year of the Tiger!
Its been awhile since I posted any new developments and I wanted to give you all an update of new projects at Zai Circle.
I am currently mixing and designing the new CD from the "Dialogues of Here and Now" series from 2009. I am taking two pieces from each conversation and putting that all together on one CD. It is difficult to find which 2 pieces from each concert go on the disc but in the end I think this will be a nice overview of the series as a whole and give a solid look into the range and depth of Zai Circle. I hope to have this CD finished and released in June of this year.
"Water Tiger 10" is a new CD that I am working on-also scheduled for June release. "Water Tiger 10" will feature 3 different trios and will showcase some new original compositions as well as some improvisational sets. This will have a bit more of a jazz flavor to it. I am excited about the way it is shaping up. Recording for this project begins in March.
The next Conversation will be at the Good Shepard Chapel in Seattle on June 24th, 2010. The working title for this conversation is "The Dance of Meditation" and will hopefully push Zai Circle to a new place combining our conversations, with a seminar and will focus on healing and transition through movement and sound waves/overtone vibrations. Although still in the works we could feature dance, bass, and Tibetan gongs and possibly trombone, saxophone, or accordion. If all goes according to plan this June 24th conversation will be the conclusion of a mini "healing" tour in the Midwest with the same ensemble and will be preceded by a day long workshop going deeper into the conversation and healing process. Stay tuned for more details as they develop.
New sound clips have been posted in the project archives sections with more to come soon. I will be posting clips from the Dialogues series- check them out-they are free to download.
New photos added in the Gallery section-
Dialogue #4
Ribbons of Individuality: Voices of Clarity/Voices of Obscurity
All Concerts will be held at:
The Good Sheppard Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside Ave. North (corner of 50th St. in Wallingford)
4th floor,
Seattle, WA 98103
Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80611
Fall Concert Series (all 4 concerts $10 savings): https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80614
Dialogue # 3
Dialogue # 3:
“The Sound of Home”: Floating Flutes over Intangible Walls
The Good Sheppard Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside Ave. North (corner of 50th St. in Wallingford)
4th floor,
Seattle, WA 98103
Show times: 7:30 pm
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80608
Featuring. KeLan: 5 and 6 string electric basses, acoustic and electric guitars, loops. Madeleine Sosin, violins, voice, percussion. Sono Hashisaki, violins. Greg Sinibaldi, tennor sax. and others TBA.
What does “home” sound like? How does something become “home” no matter where we are geographically-no matter how distant in setting-no matter how uncomfortable in surroundings. For me it is sound that calls up “home”. If music has been a part of our culture perhaps one can hear that sound of our homeland and be instantly transported home again-instantly at peace with our distance. However the sound of our home may not be familiar, pleasing or comfortable to those around us. In dialogue 3 we explore this peace and tension with traditional Chinese flutes, voice, saxophone, violin, bass, guitar, dance, and projected images with the idea that we are “All” visitors and tolerance is the key to understanding-the key to home.
Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets
Dialogue # 2
Dialogue # 2: "Language of the Spirit" Convergence of 3 Centuries.
The Good Sheppard Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside Ave. North (corner of 50th St. in Wallingford)
4th floor,
Seattle, WA 98103
Show times: 7:30 pm
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80600
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Featuring. KeLan: 5 and 6 string electric basses, acoustic and electric guitars, loops. Masguda Shamsutdinova: voice. Greg Sinibladi: EWI. (electronic wind instrument). Steve Banks: snare drums and cymbals. DJ Gentle Gee: turntables, loops, and beats.
The "mystical and spiritual space" we occupy-whether conscious of it or not- overlaps many different eras, cultural parallels, and dissimilarities. In this conversation we will explore these worlds through the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273), and Emily Dickenson (1830-1860), interpreted in a modern (2009), dialogue, through spoken word/voice, electric guitars, loops, electric basses, turntables/beats and samples, EWI (electronic wind instrument), and percussion. We will cross these cultural generations of technology and sound and explore this conversation in three distinct languages: Russian, Tatarstan, and English, engaging the Avant Garde in our own unique “modern” voice of now.
Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets
