kind words for abailable by cecilia lopez and wenchi lazo!

Some improvisations seem less about dialogue – listening, responding, listening – and better resemble an agreement to let loose at a set time. Abailable starts with the sound of two musicians dragging crates of jumbled sound to the edge of a hillside: old Casio keyboards, toy synthesisers, MIDI trigger pads, spaghettis of patching cable and jack lead. 3, 2, 1, go. They spill them out. Drum machines clatter and bounce. Synthesisers grunt as they slam against jutting rocks on the way down. It’s a reckless cascade of pattering and tumbling, interjected by sudden bursts of gushing wound, riding the downward slope all the way to the bottom (wherever that may be). Everything fast becomes caked in the fuzz of bad wiring. Some of the sockets and cabling take an irreparable beating on the way down.

Source: Review: Cecilia Lopez + Wenchi Lazo – Abailable | ATTN:Magazine

pan y rosas release abailable by cecilia lopez and wenchi lazo!

cecilia lópez is a composer, musician and instrument builder from buenos aires, argentina. her work explores the boundaries between composition and improvisation, as well as the resonance properties of diverse materials through the creation of non-conventional sound devices.

wenchi lazo is an improviser from argentina who uses a guitar and electronics.

the two musicians met over the course of 2015 and 2016 to document a series of electronic improvisations. they used synthesizers, drum machines and processors. the sound is: resonance feedback. pummel. wooze bend. castles in space. clocks ticking from station to station.

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kind words for de escamas by máquina solar!

the kindness comes from free from free jazz.

“Encontro entre a baixista chilena Amanda Irarrázabal e o guitarrista argentino Wenchi Lazo, o registro mostra um pouco da improvisação livre que vem sendo desenvolvida na América Latina. Apesar da proximidade, o intercâmbio com a música livre de nossos hermanos ainda é muito insípida, o que acaba por nos privar de projetos interessantes como este. Amanda e Lazo fizeram essa gravação em Santiago, no começo do ano. Em meio a seu dedilhado, a baixista gosta de explorar também ruidosidades vocais. Lazo, conhecido anteriormente por conta de seu trabalho no quarteto de Ada Rave, se divide entre guitarra elétrica (seu núcleo) e espanhola. No site do Pan y Rosas é possível baixar/ouvir o disco.”

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pan y rosas release de escamas by máquina solar!

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máquina solar is a duo consisting of amanda irarrázabal (b. santiago, chile) on double bass and vocals and wenchi lazo (b. buenos aires, argentina) on guitars and vocals. they have been playing on and off for two years recording their first album de escamas in january of 2013. the music they play is based on free improvisations of concise and varied time lengths resulting in sounds that resemble, at times, short compositions.

their first album, de escamas, is a collection of twenty brief improvisations that were improvised and recorded in santiago, chile in january of 2013. short. noisy. dramatic. scratchy. singy.

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ada rave quartet, live, march 20!

hey everyone. the ada rave quartet will be playing tomorrow night, march 20th 2012, as part of the jam de martes series. so head over, up, down, to buenos aires. do it!

the details:
Jam de martes – Ladran Sancho – desde las 22.30 hs – $10 Abren este Martes 20 de Marzo: Ada Rave Cuarteto presentando su disco la Continuidad Ada Rave * saxo Wenchi Lazo * guitarra + FX Martin de Lassaletta * contrabajo Martin Lopez Grande * batería + Cumple de Martín de Lassaletta Guardia vieja 3811 – Esquina Bulnes

wenchi lazo and martín de lassaletta live, tonight!

this just in from buenos aires. the sixth edition of ada rave’s monthly free jazz series, free jazz de miercoles, features guitarist wenchi lazo and bassist martín de lassaletta plus six other amazing improvisers. if you happen to find yourself in buenos aires this evening, make sure to check it out!

the info:

6º “FREE JAZZ DE MIERCOLES!”
Edición mensual de música improvisada, jazz experimental.
IMPERDIBLE!!!

Miércoles 2 de Noviembre, 21:00hs:

LAZO/deLASSALETTA/BAGGIANI
Wenchi Lazo: guitarras + procesadores

Martín de Lassaletta: contrabajo
Marcos Baggiani: batería

IMPROVISADORES INVITADOS:
Julieta Eugenio: saxo alto

Federico Kersner: saxo tenor
Ceci Quinteros: cello
Germán Lamonega: contrabajo
Andrés Elstein: batería

Este ciclo esta compuesto de 7 fechas en donde habrá dos “Bandas”, la primera se trata de grupos de improvisadores que vienen trabajando sus ideas musicales; y el segundo grupo son músicos improvisadores convocados especialmente para cada ocación (se conozcan o no, toquen juntos o no) así se podrá crear un espacio para el desarrollo y el disfrute de estos estilos o maneras de improvisar música que suelen agruparse bajo las palabras: Free Jazz.

Una convocatoria de Ada Rave

UN LUGAR EN ORTUZAR: Álvarez Thomas 1612
Evento privado, tocar timbre
Bono contribución: $20.-
GRACIAS X LEER Y DIFUNDIR EXPRESIONES ARTÍSTICAS.

ada rave quartet live october 29!

if you happen to be in buenos aires this weekend, make sure to go see the ada rave quartet presenting:

la nave del poeta
sábado 29 de octubre: trasnoche, 00:30hs.

ada rave: saxofones, composición
wenchi lazo: guitarra + procesadores
martín de lassaletta: contrabajo
martín lópez grande: batería
El objetivo de este proyecto es el desarrollo de la improvisación, ya sea en función de una composición o sin ésta, en donde estos cuatro músicos van creando diversos espacios, formas, movimientos, instancias, paisajes sonoros, proyectando así el libre juego sonoro entre ellos; combinando su tradición jazzistica y de la improvisación europea, junto a propuestas más contemporáneas y algunas influencias del rock de los 60 y 70’s.

VIRASORO BAR : guatemala 4328, Palermo.
reservas: 4831-8918 / entrada: $20
www.virasorobar.com.ar
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www.myspace.com/martinlopezgrande
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