Ceg / Jonathan Scales And Rhythm And Stealth at DROM

David Fiuczynski! Guitar shredder, maestro, researcher, composer and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
His latest excursion into the microtonal universe is Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian MicroJam! Jointly dedicated to 20th century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and innovative hip-hop record producer J Dilla, this ambitious venture has the guitarist-composer pursuing his passion for the notes that fall between the cracks with his intrepid microtonal crew. Over the last ten years David has embarked on a voyage of creation and discovery whose final (yet always transient) goal is to expand guitar language, technique and technologies by incorporating foreign music traditions, harmonies and styles to create a unique idiom that transcends them all....

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David Fiuczynski! Guitar shredder, maestro, researcher, composer and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
His latest excursion into the microtonal universe is Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian MicroJam! Jointly dedicated to 20th century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and innovative hip-hop record producer J Dilla, this ambitious venture has the guitarist-composer pursuing his passion for the notes that fall between the cracks with his intrepid microtonal crew. Over the last ten years David has embarked on a voyage of creation and discovery whose final (yet always transient) goal is to expand guitar language, technique and technologies by incorporating foreign music traditions, harmonies and styles to create a unique idiom that transcends them all.
http://www.planetmicrojam.com/

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra explodes onto stages with an indescribable sound that is as much felt as it is heard: “a Thelonius Monk-like attitude with a Mozart creativity” (Pan on the Net). Weaving together collective and individual influences without compromise, they are as much themselves as they are a unit—a crucial trait of landmark instrumental ensembles. At center stage, steel pannist and founder Jonathan Scales’ compositional skill mixes with tasteful, avant-garde improvisations to form an unmistakably unique approach to an instrument often associated with cruise ships and tropical music.
http://www.jonscales.com/

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