Zenzizenzo-Golden Saguaro, Tucson AZ 4/27/2024

Zenzizeno-Golden Saguaro, Tucson 4/27/2024

 

Suffice it to say that the Golden Saguaro is a very groovy place and I am so grateful to have had another chance to play some music there! Nathan Smith and I, under the moniker Zenzizeno, had a nice time doing a set of improvised music, opening for the wonderful Tatsuya Nakatani and Miguel Urbino last night. Things felt cool, and it was a blast to conjure up some zones with Nathan and his simple rig of acoustic guitar (through amp) with only one pedal. Inspired, I hope. Video here shortly.

Below: Nathan and I in various states of improvisational expression

Playing this Saturday in Tucson!

 

I will be playing in duet with guitarist/composer/visual artist Nathan Smith! The show happens here:

Golden Saguaro

Saturday April 27th

7:30 PM

609 East 6th St.

Tucson AZ 85705

Sliding scale up to $10, NOTAFLOF 

Our act, Zenzizenzo will be appearing with Tatsuya Nakatani and Miguel Urbina. A stacked show, come for the entire damn thing.

A couple of short Musique Concrete pieces from last weekend.

 

Getting weird with sounds out in the Mojave Desert during the weekend of Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival! Short vignettes with found object and everyday material. 

https://archive.org/details/mojavemetal

https://archive.org/details/track-11-20240406-113843

 

Diaspora Focii Collective/Feral Luggage/Amanda Chaudhary - Wonder Valley...

Diaspora Focii; The Palms Restaurant, Twentynine Palms CA 4/6/2024

 

When Mika Pontecorvo contacted me in January of this year, requesting that I head over to Twentynine Palms to jam with Diaspora Focii at the Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival, I emphatically replied in the affirmative. Booked my motel room that day in fact. Despite the knowledge that sets at these types of events are generally truncated, I figured that it would be worth making this kind of "Fool's Errand", in order to reconnect with my musical compadres and to possibly make new connections. Let's face it: I am that kind of fool. Having reached out to the festival organizers (lead by Deborah), part of my mission was to help out with set up/logistics/tear down for the day's events. It seemed that if I had a task to do, my time spent there would be of more use. Hopefully my presence as a kind of dorky stage hand was of some help to participants. It's still gratifying to feel as though one is part of some kind of community. 

As for Diaspora Focii's set, it was performed by a slimmed down version of the original group conceived by Mika. Only Eli Pontecorvo and myself from the band were able to get over to the Palms Restaurant. Amanda Chaudhary graciously agreed to fill in as the third tip of our now trio configuration. Mika emailed us a video link, with sound samples and brief instructions as to what type of approach we should take for the performance. Amanda sampled some of those sounds and sent them out from her keyboard. Eli and I keyed our rhythm section uni-brain interactions from those sounds. It's wonderful to realize that, even after a four year break, we are still very much in sync as players and as humans. Love that dude so much. As stated, we didn't get to play for that long, but every moment of our end of night set (played to the desert and about ten heads) was a blessing to me. Such a lovely time seeing some old pals and becoming acquainted with a lot of Noise and Experimental players from the Los Angeles area. Y'all a bunch of freaks, and I loves ya! 

Below: Diaspora Focii in flight, photos by and courtesy of Suraj Patra, thanks Suraj!

Above: Eli Pontecorvo, Mark Pino, Amanda Chaudhary. A lovely reunion!

Playing with Diaspora Focii this Saturday in Twentynine Palms!

 

This Saturday I will be playing within some form of Mika Pontecorvo's Diaspora Focii at The Palms Restaurant in Twentynine Palms CA! The set will be part of the Wonder Valley Experimental XVI music festival. 

Saturday, April 6th 2024, 5 PM to 12 AM, Free Admission

The Palms Restaurant 

83131 Amboy Rd, Twentynine Palms CA 92277

I will also be some kind of staff member for this event as well as a photographer. Involved in a d.i.y. way, the best way. Hopefully some heads will turn out for his event. I'm looking forward to seeing some dear friends.