#27: 2012 by SIMF

The 27th Seattle Improvised Music Festival took place February 8-11, 2012 at Good Shepherd Center Chapel in Wallingford, presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur with assistance of a Neighborhood & Community Arts grant from Seattle Office of Cultural Affairs. It was curated by Gust Burns and Paul Hoskin. (blog review: http://www.spiralcage.com/blog/?p=3048)

Participating artists:
Jason E. Anderson, modular synth
Gust Burns, piano
Matt Carlson, electronics (Portland)
Mark Collins, contrabass
Jamie Drouin, objects/electronics (Berlin)
Tim DuRoche, drums (Portland)
Paul Hoskin, contrabass clarinet
Jeph Jerman, objects (Cottonwood, AZ)
Tari Nelson-Zagar, violin
Johan Nystrom, percussion (Philadelphia)
Lance Austin Olsen, field recordings (Victoria, BC)
Matthieu Ruhlmann, objects/electronics (Vancouver, BC)
Seattle Phonographers Union, field recordings
Mara Sedlins, viola
Wilson Shook, alto saxophone
Taku Sugimoto, electric guitar (Tokyo)
John Teske, contrabass
Doug Theriault, electronics (Portland)
Jonathan Way, field recordings
Tyler Wilcox, saxophones
Jack Wright, saxophones (Philadelphia)

Wednesday, February 8:
Trio - Jeph Jerman, Matthieu Ruhlmann, Jonathan Way (video: https://youtu.be/KXx59rQT1bM)
Quintet - Mark Collins, Paul Hoskin, Lance Austin Olsen, Wilson Shook, John Teske (video: https://youtu.be/5176YCbHrfE)
Quintet - Seattle Phonographers Union
Trio - Jamie Drouin, Lance Austin Olsen, Mattieu Ruhlmann

Thursday, February 9:
(review by Dana Wen @ The Sunbreak: https://tinyurl.com/zzhwb8f)
Quartet - Jamie Drouin, Matthieu Ruhlmann, John Teske, Jonathan Way
Quartet - Mark Collins, Mara Sedlins, Taku Sugimoto, John Teske (composition by Sugimoto)
Quintet - Mark Collins, Jamie Drouin, Lance Austin Olsen, Mara Sedlins, Jack Wright
Trio - Paul Hoskin, Jeph Jerman, Doug Theriault

Friday, February 10:
Duo - Jason Anderson, Matthew Carlson
Trio - Gust Burns, Tim DuRoche, Jack Wright
Quartet - Jeph Jerman, Mara Sedlins, Jonathan Way, Tyler Wilcox
Solo - Taku Sugimoto

Saturday, February 11:
Quintet - Mark Collins, Tim DuRoche, Tari Nelson-Zagar, Wilson Shook, Doug Theriault
Duo- Johan Nystrom, Jack Wright
Quartet - Gust Burns, Jeph Jerman, Taku Sugimoto, Tyler Wilcox
Large Group - All of the above

Tracklist

1.	Seattle Phonographers Union, pt. 1	17:58

2.	Seattle Phonographers Union, pt. 2	12:24

Credits

released February 11, 2012

Recorded by Steve Barsotti on Feb. 8, 2012 at Good Shepherd Center Chapel.

STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER RECORDINGS FROM THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL! If you have any, please share.

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