Vanilla Sky (download)
Ugly (download)
“Jew Point Owe”, recorded in 2008/2009 began as a series of folk songs, each with a compositional twist, to serve as 'lead sheets' to be interpreted. True to form, each one was recorded with unique instrumentation, and approached differently. The electronic half comes from laptop/DIY electronics improvisations created to counterbalance the acoustic nature of the initial songs.
The Ocean’s, Like, Right There
Full Speed Face Plant
Recorded in 2006, “The Beatles White Album” is the culmination of several years worth of relatively independent projects, recordings, compositions, and improvisations. Tracks range from a solo prepared piano improvisation, to a through composed guitar trio, to a plagiarized sound collage, to data file to sound noisefest, to a CD skipping rendition of a Bach Prelude.
“The Sans of Gilbert” was recorded in late 2008 and is TSC’s first release. It is a studio recording involving three improvising musicians, and one improvising artist recorded with nearly as many cameras as mics. The music is completely improvised, as are the visuals, but the two inform and affect each other.
Recorded in early 2009, “We Call Them Accidents” is DTVGE’s first studio EP. It contains five of the mathiest and poppiest tracks you’re likely to have heard. DTVGE’s sound is characterized by being complicated but not virtuosic, catchy but not common.
Failure, Arc of Beauty was the predecessor to Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern. It contained many of the elements of TSC but in a more song oriented format. The art, the improv, the “Why is that drummer making so much sound!” was even there already! The group was disbanded in late 2006 when Rodrigo and Angela relocated to the UK.
Bach Prelude in F minor #12, I (download)
Nunchucka Barrio (download)
Bonus Track 3 (download)
Bonus Track 2 (download)
Several Ways To Eat A Biscuit (download)
And Then
Evan Wilson - Guitar/Vox
Adam Wilson - Guitar
Holly Carter - Bass/Keys
Rodrigo Constanzo - Drums
AUDIO
MEDIA
Recorded in early 2009, “Drum & Bass” is a duo album with Pierre Alexandre Tremblay. It is comprised of improvisations that range from textural laptop-scapes, to grimy stutter-hop, to some smooth jazz, and many other things that I can’t pretend to come up with names for (those above are inadequate enough).
Don’t U Eva (Stop!)
Dream (Catch Her)
Rodrigo Constanzo - Drums
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - Bass
I AM YOUR DENSITY, recorded in 2008 and released in 2010, is a composition written for a group of improvisers. It is loud. It is noisy. It is long.
The instrumentation ranges from voice, to didgeridoo; from circuit-bent drum machine, to acoustic drums, all manners of ruckus are celebrated.
Section 1
VIDEO
Piano + Laptop performance at Cross Street Chapel - November 17, 2009
Performing “The Ocean’s Like Right There”, at the SOUND Festival in Aberdeen - October 26, 2008
Rodrigo Constanzo - Namasitar
Sergio Gato - Banjo
Angela Guyton - Live Painting
A studio recording of Takemitsu’s “Litany” from my audition to get back into school.
Rodrigo Constanzo - Piano
PHOTOS
ART
Although I am primarily a musician, I have always had an interest in visual art. Through numerous collaborations with my wife, Angela Guyton, that interest grew into a passion, spawning several art/music projects including ‘Failure, Arc of Beauty, and currently Takahashi's Shellfish Concern.
Digital Photography
i-Zone Photography
B & W Photography
Solo drum performance the GEMDays festival - January 29, 2010
photo by Martin Wilson
PalmPix Photography
Scans and Misc.
GameBoy Camera
photo by Martin Wilson
