Cottonballman live at The Nerve Oct. 12, 2009

no mysteries may be revealed.

all is darkness.

Matt Wellins + Nick Painter live at the Nerve Dec. 17th 2009

this duo performance occurred as part of the last show at The Nerve Art and Performance Studio in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Jason Zeh, Pimlo and Hunted Creatures were also on the bill.

Ryan Emmett set up the show.

it was recorded to audio cassette by Nick Painter.

it was digitized and leveled by Edgar Um Bucholtz on March 1st, 2010.

photo by Ryan Emmett.

Edgar Um Bucholtz "Solo for WRCT" (2009)

Edgar Um Bucholtz performs "Solo for WRCT" (with assistance from Josh Beyer on mixing console/production and Marcus Kim on two Denon CD players.)

This piece was improvised and composed for broadcast on WRCT as part of Josh Beyer's "Local Solo Improvisation Summer Radio Series."

Edgar Um Bucholtz reads "Writing Through Derek Bailey's IMPROVISATION," a mesostic text composed by Edgar Um Bucholtz for the 2003 HIGH ZERO Festival of Experimental Improvised Music in Baltimore. Accompanying the reading are excerpts of Edgar Um Bucholtz improvising on cornet and miscellaneous objects (recorded at The Nerve on Monday July 13th 2009) and on soft synths and drum machine (via LOGIC STUDIO PRO; recorded on Monday July 13th 2009 in the attic at 4222 Calvin St. in Pittsburgh.)

The piece in full was recorded at WRCT on the evening of Tuesday July 14th.

It was broadcast on Thursday July 23rd.

Thanks to Josh Beyer for asking me to do this. Thanks to Marcus Kim for helping out. Thanks to John Cartwright for letting me use his MicroKorg as a controller.

I apologize for mispronouncing "scherzos" and "passacaglia"!!!!

Fuck Telecorps "RedGreenBlueWhite"

video, audio and edit by Edgar Um Bucholtz, 2009.

this video was shot and edited in Pittsburgh on Monday July 6th 2009.

the audio soundtrack consists of edits of solo improvisations on multi-various electronics by Edgar Um Bucholtz recorded in 1994-1996 live on WRCT 88.3 FM Pittsburgh.

the audio was edited for video on Monday July 6th 2009.

this video was produced to be the Fuck Telecorps set of a concert organized by Mike Kasunic at the Nerve featuring Caboladies, Tusk Lord, Sundogpeacehouse and Fuck Telecorps. at the concert the video was projected on a white wall. the audio was played loudly through a stereo PA.

this video is dedicated to Mike Kasunic, Marcus Kim and Lauri Mancuso.



flyer by Mike Kasunic.

Thurs. May 28th: improvised sounds of JACK WRIGHT + BOB MARSH and more...

Thursday May 28th

an evening of improvised electro-acoustic sounds at The Nerve

with

JACK WRIGHT + BOB MARSH
improvised reeds + cello/voice
http://www.springgardenmusic.com/

MICHAEL JOHNSEN + MARGARET COX
home-built electronics, saw, magnetic cards, etc.

FUCK TELECORPS
(Steve BOYLE + Edgar UM BUCHOLTZ + Jim STORCH)
improvised percussion/etc. + cornet/etc.

JOSH BEYER
homemade guitar manipulations

$7 or so

admission begins at 6pm.

live sounds begin at 7pm.

performances will finish by 10pm.

The Nerve: an art and performance venue
500 Dargan Street (at Minerva St.)
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

"Playing together since 1986, Jack Wright (alto & soprano saxophone, contra-alto clarinet) and Bob Marsh (cello, violin and processed voice) really convey how theirs is an "improvisational music that reflects and celebrates the mutual dependence of the players", to quote the liner notes (of their Birds in the Hand CD release.) There's an almost physical feel of strict interplay between the instruments, though in a realm of sonic cubism, with broken lines, abrupt changes and jigsaw dialogues; and the key word must be joy, the joy of creative jamming bewteen two long-time friends. Something clearly audible even if you're not a jazz expert." - Eugenio Maggi

noise show in Pittsburgh with Cock Scene Investigator

tonight Friday May 8th

the first power electronics/noise show at the Nerve

with

CHAOS CHARACTER
solo digi-noise from Providence, RI
http://www.myspace.com/characterchaos

JAMES AMOEBA
solo neon-noise from NYC
http://www.myspace.com/jamesamoeba

FLEA APPARITIONS
solo anemic noise from Pgh
http://www.myspace.com/fleaapparitions

HANDHOLDER
solo porno noise from Pgh

COCK SCENE INVESTIGATOR
terrible noise trio from Pgh/Monroeville
(Nick Painter, Joe Roemer + Edgar Um Bucholtz)

7pm - 11pm

$5

all-ages

The Nerve
500 Dargan Street (at Minerva St.)
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

(flyer by Marcus Kim)