23 August 2008, 8:00 pm
New England Phonographers Union
Mobius, 725 Harrison Ave, Boston
19 August 2008, 7:00 pm
Abstract-Concrete: a panel discussion on new music with Brendan Murray, Jessica Rylan, Ernst Karel, Susanna Bolle, and Angela Sawyer; moderated by Jed Speare
Axiom Gallery, 141 Green St, Jamaica Plain, Boston
21 June 2008
solo performance for analog electronics and analog electronic video on 5" B&W CRT monitor
Open Sound series, Third Life Studio, Union Square, Somerville
19 April 2008
solo performance
Piano Factory, Boston
8 April 2008
Heard Laboratories [Electroacoustic Suite], a transposition for acoustic and electronic instruments, performed for Chicago Sound Map 2008 in the New Millenium/New Music series
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
6 April 2008
live radio performance with TV Pow on Something Else
WLUW 88.7 FM, Chicago
8-9 March 2008
Heard Laboratories stereo version [excerpt]
Sound Constructions
Program, Berlin
24 October 2007
Heard Laboratories [extended multichannel version]
6-channel performance/installation
Studio Soto, Boston
22 September 2007
Thomas Ankersmit solo
Ernst Karel solo
Bill Nace & Liz Tonne duo
Nonevent, Studio Soto, Boston
1 July 2007
presentation of Heard Laboratories at 'Beyond Text? Synaesthetic and Sensory Practices in Anthropology' conference
University of Manchester, Manchester UK
26 May 2007
Ernst Karel solo
Eric Leonardson (Chicago) and Anna Friz (Montreal, Canada)
Sylvain Chauveau (Paris, France, Fat Cat)
Aarcl Ung (Providence)
Area C (Providence, Last Visible Dog)
Skeletons Out (Boston, Intransitive)
Geoff Mullen (Providence, Entshuldigen)
with short experimental film screenings throughout the event, curated by Magic Lantern Cinema
Eye Ear Nose & Throat Festival, AS220, Providence
13 May 2007
Signal Quintet (Tomas Korber, Norbert Möslang, Günter Müller, Jason Kahn, and Christian Weber)
EKG plays Oboe and Orchestra by Morton Feldman
Non-event, Mills Gallery at the BCA, Boston.
11 May 2007
8:00 set: EKG plays Oboe and Orchestra by Morton Feldman
10:00 set: EKG with Bhob Rainey
The Stone, NYC
10 May 2007
EKG plays Oboe and Orchestra by Morton Feldman
Something Else More Festival, Bowerbird, Philadelphia PA
9 December 2006
Red Horse
Marc McNulty solo
Ernst Karel solo
Derek Hoffend & Jonathan Chen duo
Nonevent, sQuareone, Boston [review]
12.09.2006
EKG with Alessandro Bosetti, soprano saxophone/electronics, and Audrey Chen, cello/voice
Bowerbird, Philadelphia PA
11.09.2006
EKG with Alessandro Bosetti, soprano saxophone/electronics, and Audrey Chen, cello/voice
New Bedford
10.09.2006
EKG with Alessandro Bosetti, soprano saxophone/electronics, and Audrey Chen, cello/voice
Third Life Studios, Union Square, Somerville MA
09.09.2006
EKG with Alessandro Bosetti, soprano saxophone/electronics, and Audrey Chen, cello/voice
Loony Bin, Atlantic Mills, 118 Manton Ave, Providence RI
08.09.2006
EKG with Alessandro Bosetti, soprano saxophone/electronics, and Audrey Chen, cello/voice
Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
19.5.06
The Assdroids, with Slepcy and Jason Forrest
with guests:
Ernst Karel, Trompete
Augustin Maurs, Cello
Sabine Vogel, Flöte
ZENTRALE RANDLAGE, Schönhauser Allee 172, Berlin
14. Mai 2006
Weddingsalon
Chris Heenan - analog Synthesizer
Michael Vorfeld - Glühbirnen
Strommusik pur!
Lucio Capece - Bassklarinette, präpariertes Saxofon, Objekte
Ernst Karel - analoge Elektronik, Trompete
Weddingsalon, Schlegelstr. 10, 10115 Berlin
26 April 2006
the 4-dimensional music band:
ernst karel (composition, location recordings, analog electronics)
jason ajemian (bass, electronics)
todd carter (electronics)
frank rosaly (percussion, electrioncs)
with Keefe Jackson's Project Project
The Shape Shop, 2255 S. Michigan, Chicago
23 February 2006
Nate Wooley
A&E: a text-sound correspondence between Alessandro Bosetti and Ernst Karel
Ausland, Berlin
19.2.06
Cobra gamepiece by John Zorn, curated by Sabine Vogel
Nathan Fuhr - Prompter
Fernanda Farah - Voice
Sabine Vogel - Flute
Ernst Karel - Trumpet
Boris Hauf - Sax
Elisabeth King - Accordeon
Ethan Schaffner- Banjo
Augustin Maurs - Cello
Derek Shirley - Bass
Alexander Frangenheim - Bass
Aaron Snyder - Drums
Erik Schäfer - Drums
Ignaz Schick - Turntables
AUSLAND, Lychenerstr.60, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
19. Feb 2006 at 19:00 hrs.
ANNETTE KREBS / JEFF GBUREK / LUCIO CAPECE / ERNST KAREL
Zentrale Randlage, Schonhauser Allee, 172, Berlin
23 November 2005
THOMAS ANKERSMIT / GIUSEPPE IELASI / ERNST KAREL / GERT-JAN PRINS
Kule / Labor Sonor, Berlin
June 18, 2005
Relay Signals: Ajemian/Daisy/Karel/Shelton
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio
Robert Barry/Paul Rutherford duo
Sam Rivers solo
9th Annual Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Empty Bottle,
Chicago
29 May 2005
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra w/ Ken Vandermark, Abe Gibson, Jason Stein, Aram Shelton, Kate Young, Frank Rosaly, Michael Colligan, Amy Cimini, Jason Roebke, Kevin Davis, Matt Schneider, Josh Berman, Ernst Karel and Ivan Khilko
Bartlett performance space, University of Chicago
7 May 2005
The Books
EKG
Hutch Commons, University of Chicago
Wednesday 4 May 2005
* EKG
* Who Cares How Long You Sink - Matt Bauder, Stewart Bogie, Kyle Bruckmann, Tim Daisy, Ernst Karel, Jeff Parker, Aram Shelton, Dan Shelton
* Tim Daisy's Relay Signals w/ Aram Shelton, Ernst Karel, Jason Ajemian
9:30 PM at the Empty Bottle, Chicago
March 19, 2005
Set One:
Ernst Karel, trumpet & electronics
Set Two:
Anthony Coleman - electric piano
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Jason Soliday - electronics
Set Three:
Anthony Coleman - piano
Keefe Jackson - reeds
Frank Rosaly - drums
Jason Roebke -bass
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
3030 (3030 W. Cortland), Chicago
14 March 2005
Flockterkit (Aram Shelton, Ernst Karel, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason
Roebke, Steve Hess)
oso
Zs
Renaissance Society, 5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago
10 January 2005
* Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra w/ Matt Long, Shannon Morrow, Liz Payne, Julie Pomerleau, Woody Sullender, Ben Vida, Michael Zerang, Michael Hartmann, Brent Gutzeit, Jason Roebke, Aram Shelton, Terri Kapsalis, John Corbett, Ernst Karel
* Soft Serve w/ Janina Angel Bath and Lady "Huerra" Paloma
* Rotten Milk vs. Bubblegum Shitface
9:30 PM at the Empty Bottle, Chicago
4 November 2004
* Weary Already of the Way, w/ Matt Bauder, Ernst Karel, Jeff Parker, Josh Abrams
* Paul Giallorenzo/Josh Berman/Frank Rosaly
3030, Chicago
October 31st 2004
Toshimaru Nakamura (no input mixing board),
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar and daxophone),
Gene Coleman (bass clarinet)
and
Television Power Electric: Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Ernst Karel, and Toshimaru Nakamura
Dual CD release show for:
Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Gene Coleman Storobo Imp (False Walls)
and
Television Power Electric 2 (Kuro Neko Music)
Links Hall, Chicago
24 October 2004
Ernst Karel / Matt Bauder / Jason Ajemian Trio
Open End Gallery, Chicago
16 October 2004
Flockterkit - Ernst Karel, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly
the Candlestick Maker
20 June 2004
Aram Shelton, Ernst Karel, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly
Hungry Brain, Chicago
23 May 2004
* El - Brad Bordine, Marina Peterson
* Ernst Karel, Brian Labcyz, Todd A. Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Charles King, Blake Edwards, Jason Soliday, Uhito Kiyosue
* On;(Kyo)//Kei? - Koutaro Fukui & Uhito Kiyosue
Deadtech
19 April 2004
Ernst Karel - trumpet/electronics
7:30 PM at Myopic Books
12 April 2004
* Helen Mirra - guitar, Ernst Karel - trumpet, electronics
* Fred Lonberg-Holm solo - cello, electronics
3030, Chicago
January 31 2004
Boris Hauf - saxophone, Ernst Karel - trumpet, Todd Carter - organ, canjo, Michael Hartman - percussion, drums, Michael Zerang - percussion, Kurt Johnson - bass, Brent Gutzeit - guitar
the Candlestick Maker
18 January 2004
Decomposers series
* Fred Lonberg-Holm
* Ernst Karel's Richmond Field Station Quintet: Ernst Karel, Jason Ajemian, Aram Shelton, Tim Daisy w/ Jason Soliday
Deadtech
27 June 2003
EKG
the Candlestick Maker
18 April 2003
* EKG - Object 2 release
* Fred Lonberg-Holm accompanies an unpreviewed Axel Dörner video
3030, Chicago
Feb. 25 2003
Ernst Karel & Tim Daisy
Myopic Books
Sun 6 October 2002
"Una A Go Go!" noise brunch with:
Goat
Irene Moon
Mammal
Zombi
Mike Shiflet
Aerospace Soundwise
Vertonen
Pod Platz
Rob Ray
Lunaken
Ernst Karel
Seafoam
noon @ Empty Bottle
5 October 2002
Frank Gratkowski (reeds) with Ernst Karel (trumpet), Josh Abrams (bass), Jerome Bryerton (percussion)
Candlestick Maker, Chicago
Thu 7/11/02
Sticks and Stones (Matana Roberts (alto sax), Josh Abrams (bass), Chad Taylor (drums))
EKG + Bhob Rainey (soprano sax) and Chris Cooper (prepared guitar)
3030, Chicago
Tue 5/14/02
Unclocked: Ernst Karel (analog electronics, trumpet), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Zoe Buck (computer), Tim Daisy (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass)
Empty Bottle, Chicago
Thu 5/2/02
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra (for this show: Fred Lonberg-Holm (conductor), Jim Baker (electronics), Michael Colligan (reeds, dry ice), Tim Daisy (percussion), Ben Vida (guitar), Guillermo Gregorio (reeds), Jason Roebke (bass), Kyle Bruckman (double reeds), Liz Payne (bass), Ernst Karel (trumpet, electronics), Mark Unternaehrer (tuba))
3030, Chicago
Sunday 24 March 2002
Unclocked: Ernst Karel (analog electronics, trumpet), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Zoe Buck (computer), Tim Daisy (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass)
Hungry Brain, Chicago
Wednesday 6 March 2002
Unclocked: Ernst Karel (analog electronics, trumpet), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Zoe Buck (computer), Tim Daisy (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass)
Empty Bottle, Chicago
13 January 2002
Nervous Center Improvised Music Festival, night 4 of 4:
Josh Abrams (bass) solo
EKG
Aram Shelton (alto sax), Matt Lux (bass), Dave Pavkovic (drums) trio
Nervous Center, Chicago
2001.11.08 - 2002.01.06
Fern Room
quadrophonic installation at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, commissioned for Florasonic as part of the Experimental Sound Studio's 2001 Outer Ear Festival, Chicago
11/1/01
"Siteless Sounds": roundtable discussion with Chantal Dumas, M.W. Burns, Ernst Karel
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
8/8/01
as part of Transmissions Festival:
Helen Mirra (guitar), Ernst Karel (prerecorded/altered guitar) duo
Steve Roden
Michael Schumacher
Hot House, Chicago
Sun 7/29/01
Ernst Karel
Something Else, WLUW 88.7 FM
Thu 7/19/01
Helen Mirra (guitar), Ernst Karel (prerecorded/altered guitar) duo
Expansion Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM
Wed 8/9/00
Matt Bauder (reeds), Jeb Bishop (trombone) duo
Weary Already of the Way (Matt Bauder (reeds), Aram Shelton (reeds), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Ernst Long (trumpet), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello))
Empty Bottle
Sat 7/29/00
Gunshop; CD release show for '/n0
Kevin Drumm / Ernst Karel duo
Nervous Center, Chicago
Thu 6/22/00
Ben Vida (guitar) solo; CD release celebration for Minneapolis (BOXmedia)
Helen Mirra (guitar) with Ernst Long; CD release for Field Geometry
Josh Abrams (bass) solo
James Bond's loft, Chicago
Wed 6/21/00
KK Null with Christian Matts (video) present "Cosmo-Anatomy"
Robb Drinkwater/Ernst Long duo
Deadtech, Chicago
Sun 6/18/00
EKG
Helen Mirra
Something Else, WLUW 88.7 FM
Sun 6/11/00
as part of Sound Field 2000:
Ensemble Noamnesia (featuring Gene Coleman (bass clarinet)) with guests Kevin Drumm (guitar, electronics), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Jeb Bishop (trombone), TV Pow, Ken Vandermark (reeds), and others play music by Cornelius Cardew ("Treatise", large ensemble version, Art Lange conducting), John Cage ("Concert for Piano and Orchestra"), Coleman ("Klavierraum")
Hot House, Chicago
Tue 5/23/00
as part of Sound Field 2000:
Pos/Neg (Gene Coleman (bass clarinet), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Michael Moser (cello), Burkhard Stangl (guitar, electronics), Werner Dafeldecker (bass, electronics), Boris Hauf (saxophone, computer)) play music by Coleman, Dafeldecker, Nicolas Collins
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (112 S. Michigan, ballroom)
Wed 5/10/00
Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, night 1 of 4:
Fred Anderson (tenor sax), Peter Kowald (bass), Hamid Drake (drums) trio
Cor Fuhler (piano, keyboards, keyolin) with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Michael Zerang (drums)
Ernst Long (trumpet, analog electronics), Boris Sinclair Hauf (computer) duo
and a surprise set
Empty Bottle, Chicago
Sun 5/7/00
Boris Sinclair Hauf, Michael Hartman, Ernst Long (all: electronics)
Something Else, WLUW 88.7 FM
Sun 4/2/00
5:00: Brennan McGaffey (CB broadcasts, tones); release party for Project Citizens Band ver. 1: Mood Control
8:30: Ernst Long (electronics), Brent Gutzeit (electronics) duo, using live CB broadcasts as source material
6ODUM (2116 W. Chicago)
Sat 3/18/00
chamber music by composers Olivia Block, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Helen Mirra; performed by Jeb Bishop, Kyle Bruckmann, Michael Colligan, Ernst Long, Liz Payne, Scott Rosenberg, Jason Thor, Michael Zerang
6ODUM (2116 W. Chicago)
Sun 3/12/00
Ernst Long (electronics), Jason Soliday (electronics) solos and duos
Something Else, WLUW 88.7 FM
Sat 2/12/00
EKG + Bhob Rainey (soprano sax) and Scott Rosenberg (contrabass clarinet, saxophones, flute)
Nervous Center
Sun 2/6/00
"Active Music Marathon"; theme: music and architecture; Gene Coleman and others including Kyle Bruckmann, Lisa Goethe, Guillermo Gregorio, Art Lange, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ernst Karel, Lou Mallozzi, Shelley Weiss, Tatsu Aoki, Carrie Biolo, Steve Butters, Julia Bentley, Jeb Bishop, Michael Cameron, John Corbett, Ken Vandermark, TV Pow, et al, perform improvisations and compositions by Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Daniel Liebeskind, Edgard Varese, Robbie Hunsinger, Gregorio, Coleman, Lange, and others
11:00am-5:00pm @ Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Thu 5/27/99 9:30 @ Nervous Center
Jim Baker (ARP synthesizer), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics) duo
Mon 5/24/99 10:00 @ Roby's (1944 W. Division)
Brent Gutzeit (20 string steel bass), Ben Miller (electronics), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics) trio
Ken Vandermark (reeds), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums) trio
Thu 5/20/99 9:30 @ Nervous Center
Brent Gutzeit (electronics), Ernst Long (electronics) duo
Thu 5/13/99 9:30 @ Nervous Center
Ernst Long (trumpet), Matt Lux (bass), Adam Vida (drums) trio
Thu 4/8/99 9:30 @ Nervous Center
Ernst Long (trumpet-controlled analog synthesizer), Jim Baker (analog synthesizer) duo
Thu 3/25/99 9:30 @ Nervous Center
Ernst Long (trumpet), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums), Ken Vandermark (reeds) quartet
Thu 3/11/99 @ Martyr's
Richard Pinhas (guitar, electronics) and Maurice Dantec (texts) duo
TV Pow Big Band (Brent Gutzeit (electric koto, 18 string steel bass), Michael Hartman (drums, laptop), Todd Carter (laptop, sampler), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Ben Vida (guitar), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums))
Thu 3/4/99 8:00 @ Nervous Center
Television Power Electric (Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Ernst Long)
Thu 2/4/99 @ HotHouse
8:00: Olivia Block CD release for Pure Gaze (Sedimental Records) with Jeb Bishop, Kyle Bruckmann, Ernst Long, John Robbins, Jason Thor
Wed 1/20/99 10:00 @ Empty Bottle
Through Trio (Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums))
Helen Mirra (guitar, vocals) solo; record release concert for Along Below
Sat 1/9/99 9:00 @ Nervous Center
Through Trio (Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums))
Tue 10/27/98 8:00 @ HotHouse
Television Power Electric:
Otomo Yoshihide (electronics) with Kevin Drumm (electronics), Rob Wilkus (electronics), Ernst Long (electronics), Michael Hartman (electronics), Brent Gutzeit (electronics), Todd Carter (electronics), Jim Baker (electronics)
Tue 9/29/98 9:30 @ Empty Bottle
Through Trio (Ernst Long (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums))
Thu 5/28/98 7:30 Smart Museum of Art
Through Trio (Ernst Long (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics), Liz Payne (bass), Adam Vida (drums))
Thu 12/11/97 Myopic Books
Improvised Music Workshop Festival, night 4 of 5:
Kevin Drumm (guitar), Ernst Long (trumpet/electr), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Jim Dorling (harmonium)
Brent Gutzeit Ensemble
Mon 12/8/97 Myopic Books
Improvised Music Workshop Festival, night 1 of 5:
Ernst Long (trumpet/electr), Adam Vida (percussion), Matt Weston (percussion, electronics)
Steve Butters (percussion), Michael Colligan (reeds, etc.), Kevin Drumm (guitar), Matt Weston (percussion, electronics)
Dave Stone (reeds), Weasel Walter (percussion, etc.), Matt Weston (percussion, electronics)
Mon 5/5/97 7:30 Myopic Books
Improvised Music Workshop with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Ernst Long (trumpet, electronics), Liz Payne (bass), Ben Vida (guitar)
etc.
sound installations:
2002
"Errors in measurement", with photography by Rena Leinberger, as part of At the Intersection of Sight & Sound, City of San Antonio International Center, San Antonio, Texas
"Maps of parallels 41°N and 49°N at a scale of ten seconds to one degree", 2-channel installation in collaboration with Helen Mirra, for her exhibition Declining Interval Lands, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Transit", as part of Sound Canopy, a 32-speaker installation in a construction canopy downtown Chicago, organized by M.W. Burns, supported by the Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago
"Map of Parallel 48?N at a scale of ten seconds to one degree", mono, in collaboration with Helen Mirra, Artist as Navigator, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto
2001
"Fern room", 4-channel installation at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, commissioned by florasonic and the Outer Ear Festival of Sound
"Miller", in collaboration with Helen Mirra, Art Statements, Basel, Switzerland
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