The schedule for performances by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project and other projects, together with links to free downloads of music in which I am involved,i is posted at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852179. Other works are posted at http://www.soundclick.com/tazook.

This site contains the schedule for performances by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project and other projects in which I am involved, together with links to free downloads of music in which I am involved: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852179 .

What: Lost Civilizations experimental music project w/ Doug Kallmeyer + Loop 2.4.3 + Natura Morta

Where: Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant, 2210 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

When: Tuesday, March 20, beginning at 8 pm.

Courtesy of Dave Mann’s “DC Booking” and made possible by the generous support of the fine people at Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant, the
Lost Civilizations experimental music project (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/lostcivilizations) has a “Third Tuesdays” residency at Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant, 2210 14th Street, N.W.

On March 20, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project, featuring Doug Kallmeyer on bass, will be joined by two phenomenal groups
from Brooklyn: Natura Morta and Loop 2.4.3.

Natura Morta (http://www.carlocostamusic.com/carlocostamusic/Natura_Morta.html) is a trio for viola, bass, and drums dedicated to exploring musical structures and relationships through collective all-acoustic improvisation. The ensemble creates acoustic sound-sculptures and sonic landscapes through the use of nontraditional techniques and instrumental preparations. The musical range of the trio stretches from heated silences to relentless drones to frantic hyperactivity. Natura Morta crafts a single sound into a stillness that gains density and momentum from
an unwavering insistence upon non-development. It’s music is an experience that traumatizes as it soothes, cleanses as it soils, and wounds
as it heals.

Loop 2.4.3 (http://loop243.com/) has been praised for their ”taut compositions with a stunning improvisational sense” (Time Out Chicago) and
their ”intricate, energetic performances” (New York Times), the percussion-based ensemble Loop 2.4.3 creates original music and enthralls international audiences with vibrant performances on a vast array of drums, keyboard percussion, voices and electronics. Loop 2.4.3’s music
has been described as ”transportive percussion odysseys” (The Boston Phoenix), ”dramatic, layered, colorful and brilliantly constructed,” (FirstCoastNews.com) and full of ”action-adventures and reveries” (NPR). “Loop 2.4.3 redefines [percussion] as tuneful, melodic instruments capable of expressing more than base emotions” (Alarm Magazine). Often compared to the voices of Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and
Harry Partch, Loop 2.4.3’s music conveys a deep humanity and warmth that carries the listener from grounded primal energy to cosmic
atmospheric reaches. “If Partch had been warmer, more linear and had a better sense of dramatic narrative, he might have made music like
this.” (Fresh Air – NPR) Loop 2.4.3 is an original voice that resonates with American musical traditions of Jazz, rock and roll, and contemporary classical chamber music. “It all sounds like part of a well-thought-out tradition. Only the tradition has never existed until now.” (Milo Miles,
Fresh Air – NPR)

Loop 2.4.3 is based on the New York Percussion Duo (composers and performers Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson). After the release of
their first album for percussion duo, Batterie, Kozumplik and Watson expanded their writing to encompass strings, electronics, and voices.
Loop 2.4.3 has toured internationally as the New York Percussion Duo and in expanded formation in collaborations with Clogs, Newband
(Harry Partch Ensemble), Dafnis Prieto, Belle Orchestre, the Books, Evan Ziporyn, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond, the Decemberists),
Joe Morello, their late mentor Robert Hohner, dancer/choreographer Alan Good, and director John Jeserun. They have soloed with the
Brooklyn Philharmonic at the BAM Opera House, and performed at Times Square in a collaboration with Robert Indiana, Michael McKenzie
and Teresa Smith. They have performed for radio, theater, and television, including The Learning Channel and MTV, and have appeared at
the Sydney Festival, the London Jazz Festival, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Japan Society (NYC) among others.

The Lost Civilizations experimental music project (http://bit.ly/shMNfN; http://on.fb.me/zyJCcC) is a duo comprised of Mike Sebastian (bass
clarinet; tenor sax; saxello) and T. A. Zook (basscello; lap steel guitar and KORG Monotron synthesizer). It began in 2008 and has featured
guests such as Larry Gomez (Tabla, Cymbals, Misc. percussion), Louie Rozier (Flute; Percussion), Fugazi’s Jerry Busher (percussion), Aaron Martin (Alto Sax, Soprano Sax), Doug Kallmeyer (bass; electronics) Emre Kartari (Percussion), Sam Lohman (percussion), Ben Azzara
(percussion) and Angela Morrish (vocals).

For the March 20 performance, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project will be featuring bassist Doug Kallmeyer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/302_Acid; http://sesshinnofi.wordpress.com/; http://www.myspace.com/302acid;
http://www.myspace.com/themantis).

Performances by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project are totally unscored, unrehearsed and extemporaneously improvised on the
spot. It has been described as:

”Combining atmospheric strings with Ayler-esque expression, this group provides a fundamentally different approach to improvisation, with a focus on mood, landscape, and intensity.”

Recent recordings by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project:

(a February 21 live performance of the Lost Civilizations experimental music project with Sam Lohman (drums), later joined
by Aaron Martin (alto sax) and WPFW’s Luke Stewart (upright bass) at Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant)

(a February 3 live performance at Baked and Wired coffee shop in Georgetown)

(with Fugazi’s Jerry Busher on percussion)

http://bit.ly/sH47iX (with pedal steel icon Susan Alcorn)

(with DC Improvisers Collective Ben Azzara on percussion)

Details: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8520444

Downloadable (for free!) recordings of February 2012 performances:

February 3, 2012 performance at Georgetown’s Baked and Wired coffeeshop: http://soundcloud.com/lcemp-
baked/live;

February 11, 2012 Comet Ping Pong performance of ASSEMBLE, a night founded by Brooklynite/former bassist of These Are Powers and Liars, Pat Noecker. The evening was staged by Sasha Lord and the performers consisted of local greats from NPR, Fugazi and more: Bob Boilen (NPRs All Songs Considered, Tiny Desk Series), Jerry Busher (Small Doses, French Toast, Fugazi), RAFT (Patrick Noecker x These Are Powers, The Liars), Marian Fahey McLaughlin and T. A. Zook (Lost Civilizations experimental music project; Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble): http://bit.ly/wVi7nm.

February 21 live performance of the Lost Civilizations experimental music project with Sam Lohman (drums), later joined by Aaron Martin (alto sax) and WPFW’s Luke Stewart (upright bass) at Dynasty Ethiopian Restaurant: http://bit.ly/Aj3kVY.

The February 3, 2012 performance at Georgetown’s Baked and Wired coffeeshop has been posted as a downloadable (free!) mp3 at http://soundcloud.com/lcemp-baked/live; my next performance is Saturday, February 11 at ”Assemble ’A round robin of artists’” — details: http://on.fb.me/zfBFCV; http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8736649.

On February 3, 2012, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project performs at Georgetown’s übertrendy Baked & Wired coffeeshop (http://bakedandwired.com/). The Lost Civilizations experimental music project (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/lostcivilizations) has been described as:

”Combining atmospheric strings with Ayler-esque expression, this group provides a fundamentally different approach to improvisation, with a focus on mood, landscape, and intensity.”

Downloadable mp3s of recent performances by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project:

http://soundcloud.com/morrish-sebastian-zook/morrish-sebastian-zook-live-at
http://soundcloud.com/t-a-zook/alcorn-sebastian-zook-live-at

Details: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8654148/