George Cremaschi
selected recordings :
Prague Improvisation Orchestra
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Michaela Antalová, Xavier Charles, George Cremaschi, Barbora Čopáková,
David Danel, Ken Ganfield, Veronika Hladká, Agnes Hvizdalek, Jan Jirucha, Mazen Kerbaj, Didi Kern, Pasi Mäkelä, Michal Matejka, Tomáš Mika, Elia Moretti, Lucie Páchová, Ivan Palacký, Iveta Plná, Vojtěch Procházka, Burkhard Stangl, Petr Vrba, Zdeněk Závodný, Michal Zbořil, Pavel Zlámal recorded September 2017 at Czech Radio studio, Prague 2018 Poli5 [EPP 140–1] listen/buy |
Lambs Gamble – Farewell Body Bags
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Fritz Welch: percussion and voice
Eric Boros: guitar, electronics and voice George Cremaschi: electronics and electric bass recorded 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland 2017 Discombobulate [BOB012] listen/buy |
Resonators
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George Cremaschi: double bass and electronics
Irene Kepl : violin and electronics Petr Vrba: trumpet, clarinet and electronics recorded June, 2015 in Czech Republic 2016 Another Timbre [at 014] listen/buy |
George Cremaschi – 4 Medicines
composition by Tom Avino
arrangement, contrabass and recording by George Cremaschi
cover by Klára Zahrádková
recorded September 2015
Ex-Nihilo ex-npl_007
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Los Amargados – El Dia de Los Amargados
Petr Vrba: trumpet and vibrating speakers
George Cremaschi: electronics and contrabass
recorded at Školská 28, Praha, CZ December 2012
and Dům Umění, České Budějovice, CZ April 2013
with guest Susanna Gartmayer: bass clarinet
cassette 2014 Unusual Records
listen/free download
Los Amargados – Villa K
Petr Vrba: trumpet and vibrating speakers
George Cremaschi: electronics and contrabass
recorded live in Amsterdam and Den Haag, Netherlands, June and July, 2012
Signals From Arkaim [SFA006]
listen/free download
Lambs Gamble – Jazz Puke on the Presidential Dancefloor
Fritz Welch: percussion and voice
Eric Boros: guitar, electronics and voice
George Cremaschi: electronics and electric bass
recorded live Sept/Oct 2011 in Bradford, England and Edinburgh, Scotland
We Have No Zen [WHNZ 33]
listen/free download
George Cremaschi – Nearly Last Breath
Composition for for oboe, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones, Bb, bass and contrabass clarinets, piano, percussion and electronics.
Compilation of four pieces commissioned by Česky rozhlas (Czech Radio)
2011 Česky rozhlas/Vltava
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NoSugar – Beta Vulgaris
Liz Allbee: trumpet and electronics
George Cremaschi: contrabass and electronics
10 tracks recorded 14 June, 2010 at Ausland, Berlin
cover by Liz Allbee
limited edition
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NoSugar – 10. Juni: Oberdeck
Liz Allbee: trumpet and electronics
George Cremaschi: contrabass and electronics
recorded live 10 June, 2010 by Pit Noack at Silke Arp Bricht, Hannover, Germany
2010 KSV 089
"NoSugar in superlative form at the Oberdeck. The face that was ripped was re-ripped, then nervously re-assembled, then adorned with char." - Tom Smith
excerpt:
KRK – Acouasm
George Cremaschi: contrabass and analog electronics
Matthew Ostrowski: digital electronics and controllers
recorded December 2008 at Harvestworks, New York City
2009 Acheulian Handaxe aha 0802
"vivid post-industrial and probably post-apocalyptic events" – Howard Mandel
"fucking modern" – Bob in Firenze
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Lambs Gamble – Casual Pustule Lingo
Fritz Welch: percussion and voice
Eric Boros: guitar, electronics and voice
George Cremaschi: electronics and electric bass
recorded live in Italy Feb 2009
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NoSugar – Bitter Pill
Liz Allbee: trumpet and electronics
George Cremaschi: contrabass and electronics
recorded June, 2008 in Oakland, California
mixed in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Tábor, Czech republic
cover by Liz Allbee
limited edition
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Stoneless Dates:
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Ninety Degrees:
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Grosse Abfahrt – Everything That Disappears
w/ Tom Djll, Matt Ingalls, John Shiurba, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis,
George Cremaschi, Lê Quan Ninh, Frédèric Blondy, John Bischoff
recorded 13 March 2007 Mills College, Oakland, CA
2008 Emanem 4146
info/reviews/buy
Jon Raskin Quartet
Jon Raskin: saxophones
Liz Allbee: trumpet
George Cremaschi: electronics and contrabass
Gino Robair: percussion and analog synthesizer
recorded 4 March 2005 Guerrilla Recording, Oakland, CA
2007 Rastascan Records BRD 059
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Tim Perkis – Noisy People
Documentary film by computer music pioneer Tim Perkis about the San Francisco Bay
Area improvisational and experimental music community, focusing on George Cremaschi,
Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair,
and Damon Smith.
Also included are two shorts featuring composers Laetitia Sonami and Kenneth Atchley.
2007
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review/info
Lambs Gamble – Memory Collapse
Fritz Welch: percussion and objects
George Cremaschi: contrabass and devices
recorded November 2002 Black Helicopter Studio, New York City
2006 Evolving Ear EE16
out of print
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Everything Works As One Might Expect:
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Inchoate Quest:
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Out by Five – Shards from a Future Utopia
18 compact tracks: using a variety of techniques and textures, this group quickly gets in,
explores its ideas, and gets out.
Bill Horvitz: guitars
Garth Powell: percussion
Jon Raskin: saxophone
George Cremaschi: contrabass
recorded 2000-2002 by Garth Powell at Sonoma State University, Cotati, California
2006 Rastascan Records BRD 1234
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Moekestra – An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Therein and Other Whereabouts
Composer Moe Staiano's Pieces No. 5 and No. 7 for orchestra
recorded in 1998 and 2003 in San Francisco and Oakland, California
2006 Amanita AMOE2/Rastascan BRD 056
info/listen/buy
Woody Woodman's Circus of Construction Acts 1-14
Greg Goodman: unprepared piano and objets d'intérieur
Garth Powell: percussion and very bent saw
George Cremaschi: contrabass and cantilevered chopsticks
recorded 2 August, 2003 Hoffman Studios, Occidental, California
2005 The Beak Doctor BD8
"The Acts in this Circus Of Construction were discovered after years of intensive investigation and perhaps dangerous travels to places that have not even been named yet." - Woody Woodman
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Harris Eisenstadt – Ahimsa Orchestra
Composer/percussionist Eisenstadt's compositions for 12-piece ensemble, featuring Liz Allbee,
Steve Adams, Kyle Bruckmann, Alex Cline, Vinny Golia, Bill Horvitz, Sara Schoenbeck etc.
recorded 2004 and 2005 in Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
2005 Nine Winds Records NWCD0237
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Vinkeloe/Cremaschi/Masaoka/Robair –
Klang. Farbe. Melodie
Biggi Vinkeloe: alto saxophone, flute
George Cremaschi: contrabass
Miya Masaoka: 21 string koto
Gino Robair: percussion
recorded 29 April, 2001 Guerrilla Recording, Oakland, CA
2004 482 Music 482-1030
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Nicolas Collins – Pea Soup
Nicolas Collins: electronics
George Cremaschi: contrabass
recorded June 1999 Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic
2004 Apestaartje listen002
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In Pea soup (1975-76), circuitry nudges the pitch of audio feedback to a different resonant frequency
every time the feedback starts to build. The familiar shriek is replaced with unstable patterns of hollow
tones, a site-specific raga reflecting the acoustical personality of the room. These architectural melodies
can be influenced by moving in the space, making other sounds, or even by letting in a draft of cold air. - Nicolas Collins
excerpt:
Goodman/Gustafsson/Cremaschi – They Were Gentle and Pretty Pigs
Greg Goodman: unprepared piano and objets d'interieur
Mats Gustafsson: imposing saxophones, disgruntled flute
George Cremaschi: contrabass and very strict rulers
recorded 5-6 February, 1999 Woody Woodman's Finger Palace, Berkeley, California
2002 The Beak Doctor BD7
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George Cremaschi – bow,pluck,scrape,click,beep,rustle,roar,thrum,strum,thwack
Contrabass solo recorded as part of the Artship solo recordings project
5 November, 2002 Oakland, California
2002 The Artship Recordings 36
out of print
Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra
Aaron Bennett: compositions, saxophones and drinking straw
Mark Chung: violin Jeff Hobbs: violin Adam Lane: cello
Merlin Coleman: cello George Cremaschi: contrabass
Joe Sabella: tuba Dan Cantrell: accordion John Finkbeiner: guitar
recorded July, 2001 Berkeley, California
2002 Pax Recordings PR90254
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Golia/Cremaschi/Powell – Win This Time
Vinny Golia: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute
George Cremaschi: contrabass
Garth Powell: percussion and megaphone
recorded January, 1998 by Garth Powell at Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California
2000 Limited Sedition LS018
out of print
Marco Eneidi/Glenn Spearman – Creative Music Orchestra
with Matthew Goodheart, Donald Robinson, Scott Rosenberg, Tara Flandreau,
Jessica Jones, James Routhier etc
recorded 12 June, 1995 Oakland, Califormia
1997 Music & Arts CD-980
out of print
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Rituel – New Music for a New America
Jonathan Byerly: saxophones
Molly Carter: voice
George Cremaschi: contrabass
Garth Powell: percussion
recorded 1995 Guerrilla Recording, Oakland, California
1995 Rastascan Records BRD 022
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more:
Günter Heinz/Sue Schlotte/George Cremaschi – 2 2+1 3
recorded 20 January, 2008 Bonn, Germany
2008 Haus Koncert hk1021
Moekestra – 2 Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations vol.II
recorded 6 May, 2003 & 3 August, 2004 Black Box, Oakland, CA
2007 Edgetone Records EDT 4050
Stiff Dead Cat – Molotov Barbecue
recorded 2003 Forestville, California
2006 In the Pocket/Avila Records SDC003
Reel Change – Open in Total Darkness
w/ Andrew Voigt, Phillip Greenlief, David Michalak, Tom Nunn, Joe Sabella
recorded 2003/04 Oakland, CA
2005 Evander Music EM 019
Stiff Dead Cat – Snake Oil
recorded 2003 Forestville, California
2003 In The Pocket Productions
Spiral Bound – Dirty Overhauls
1999 Camp Meeker, CA
2000 Folklore Productions
Jonas Müller Quartet
Müller, Steve Adams, Joseph Sabella, Cremaschi
recorded 17 April, 1999 Mills College, Oakland, CA
2000 limited edition
Beth Lisick Ordeal – Pass
recorded 1998 Mobius Music, San Francisco
1998 DuNord Recording
Marco Eneidi and the American Jungle Orchestra
with Glenn Spearman, Wadada Leo Smith, Bertram Turetzky, Jon Raskin, Bruce Ackley, Matthew Goodheart,
Phillip Greenlief, Tara Flandreau, Garth Powell, Jackson Krall, etc
recorded 7,14,21,28 September, 1996 Venue 9, San Francisco
1998 Botticelli Records 1012/13
Brandon Evans Quartet – Elliptical Transfiguration
with Kevin Norton, Chris Matthay, Evans, Cremaschi
recorded January, 1997 Cadence Building, Redwood, NY
1997 CIMP #135
ROVA – John Coltrane’s Ascension
with Glenn Spearman, Dave Douglas, Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Chris Brown, Lisle Ellis,
Donald Robinson
recorded 6 December, 1995 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
1996 Black Saint 120180-2
George Cremaschi – Sound
11 acoustic and electroacoustic compositions with contrabass, electric bass, percussion, synthesizer, objects,
and electronics
recorded January - June, 1993 Guerneville and Sebastopol, California
1993 cassette
Rebel Poets – America Fears the Drum
recorded January - July, 1992 Olde West, San Francisco
1992 Irresistible/Revolutionary IR 016
Relentless Jones – Makes Me Shake All Over
recorded 1992 Sound Connection, Santa Rosa, CA
1992 cassette
Rebel Poets – Worlds Made Flesh
recorded February - June, 1989 Olde West, San Francisco
1989 Revolutionary Records RR3
recorded 20 January, 2008 Bonn, Germany
2008 Haus Koncert hk1021
Moekestra – 2 Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations vol.II
recorded 6 May, 2003 & 3 August, 2004 Black Box, Oakland, CA
2007 Edgetone Records EDT 4050
Stiff Dead Cat – Molotov Barbecue
recorded 2003 Forestville, California
2006 In the Pocket/Avila Records SDC003
Reel Change – Open in Total Darkness
w/ Andrew Voigt, Phillip Greenlief, David Michalak, Tom Nunn, Joe Sabella
recorded 2003/04 Oakland, CA
2005 Evander Music EM 019
Stiff Dead Cat – Snake Oil
recorded 2003 Forestville, California
2003 In The Pocket Productions
Spiral Bound – Dirty Overhauls
1999 Camp Meeker, CA
2000 Folklore Productions
Jonas Müller Quartet
Müller, Steve Adams, Joseph Sabella, Cremaschi
recorded 17 April, 1999 Mills College, Oakland, CA
2000 limited edition
Beth Lisick Ordeal – Pass
recorded 1998 Mobius Music, San Francisco
1998 DuNord Recording
Marco Eneidi and the American Jungle Orchestra
with Glenn Spearman, Wadada Leo Smith, Bertram Turetzky, Jon Raskin, Bruce Ackley, Matthew Goodheart,
Phillip Greenlief, Tara Flandreau, Garth Powell, Jackson Krall, etc
recorded 7,14,21,28 September, 1996 Venue 9, San Francisco
1998 Botticelli Records 1012/13
Brandon Evans Quartet – Elliptical Transfiguration
with Kevin Norton, Chris Matthay, Evans, Cremaschi
recorded January, 1997 Cadence Building, Redwood, NY
1997 CIMP #135
ROVA – John Coltrane’s Ascension
with Glenn Spearman, Dave Douglas, Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Chris Brown, Lisle Ellis,
Donald Robinson
recorded 6 December, 1995 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
1996 Black Saint 120180-2
George Cremaschi – Sound
11 acoustic and electroacoustic compositions with contrabass, electric bass, percussion, synthesizer, objects,
and electronics
recorded January - June, 1993 Guerneville and Sebastopol, California
1993 cassette
Rebel Poets – America Fears the Drum
recorded January - July, 1992 Olde West, San Francisco
1992 Irresistible/Revolutionary IR 016
Relentless Jones – Makes Me Shake All Over
recorded 1992 Sound Connection, Santa Rosa, CA
1992 cassette
Rebel Poets – Worlds Made Flesh
recorded February - June, 1989 Olde West, San Francisco
1989 Revolutionary Records RR3
compilations and guest appearances:
Theoral no 8 – Christof Kurzmann
George Cremaschi/Leonel Kaplan/Christof Kurzmann
2014 Theoral
(Re)thinking improvisation: artistic explorations and conceptual writing
2 tracks with KRK
book, DVD, 2-CD set
2013 Lund University
Wakushoppu 0+1
w/Ava Mendoza and Petr Vrba
recorded 19 October 2011 Praha, Czech Republic
2012 His Voice/Czech Music Information Centre
Surplus 1980 – Relapse in Response
Let's Put Another One There with Moe Staiano, Ava Mendoza, Jesse Quattro, Dan Rathbun, G.W. Sok
recorded October 2010 Tábor, CZ and Oakland, CA
2011 Dephine Knormal Music DKM12
Helena Gough – Mikroklimata
recorded 2009 Berlin
2010 Entr'acte
Schrattenberg Hotel Pupik 1999-2009
w/Low Frequency Orchestra (Angélica Castelló, Thomas Grill, Maya Osojnik, Matija Schellander,
Mathias Koch, Herwig Neugebauer
recorded August, 2009 St Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria
Improtest 2008/09
w/ No Sugar (Liz Allbee, George Cremaschi)
recorded 13 May, 2009 Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Improtest Records
Jon Raskin & Myles Boisen – Music + One an improvisation compendium
track 1 – solo contrabass
2006 Rastascan Records BRD 054
Porest – Tourrorists
“Let’s Roll”
2004 Oakland, CA
2005 Abduction Records ABDT 034
Moe Staiano – The Lateness of Yearly Presentations
“Al Capone Died of Syphillis”
1998 The Bomb Shelter Oakland, CA
2001 Amanita/Dephine Knormal Music AMASTA2/DKM06
Ron Anderson – Anything is Possible
“Flying in the Face of Convention”
1997 The Bomb Shelter Oakland, CA
2000 Megaphone/Amanita MEG 022/AMAN 004
Till the Bars Break
Spoken word/sound compilation
1989-91 Olde West San Francisco, CA
1991 Irresistible/Maya/Revolutionary CD/LP/Cassette IMR 014
George Cremaschi/Leonel Kaplan/Christof Kurzmann
2014 Theoral
(Re)thinking improvisation: artistic explorations and conceptual writing
2 tracks with KRK
book, DVD, 2-CD set
2013 Lund University
Wakushoppu 0+1
w/Ava Mendoza and Petr Vrba
recorded 19 October 2011 Praha, Czech Republic
2012 His Voice/Czech Music Information Centre
Surplus 1980 – Relapse in Response
Let's Put Another One There with Moe Staiano, Ava Mendoza, Jesse Quattro, Dan Rathbun, G.W. Sok
recorded October 2010 Tábor, CZ and Oakland, CA
2011 Dephine Knormal Music DKM12
Helena Gough – Mikroklimata
recorded 2009 Berlin
2010 Entr'acte
Schrattenberg Hotel Pupik 1999-2009
w/Low Frequency Orchestra (Angélica Castelló, Thomas Grill, Maya Osojnik, Matija Schellander,
Mathias Koch, Herwig Neugebauer
recorded August, 2009 St Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria
Improtest 2008/09
w/ No Sugar (Liz Allbee, George Cremaschi)
recorded 13 May, 2009 Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Improtest Records
Jon Raskin & Myles Boisen – Music + One an improvisation compendium
track 1 – solo contrabass
2006 Rastascan Records BRD 054
Porest – Tourrorists
“Let’s Roll”
2004 Oakland, CA
2005 Abduction Records ABDT 034
Moe Staiano – The Lateness of Yearly Presentations
“Al Capone Died of Syphillis”
1998 The Bomb Shelter Oakland, CA
2001 Amanita/Dephine Knormal Music AMASTA2/DKM06
Ron Anderson – Anything is Possible
“Flying in the Face of Convention”
1997 The Bomb Shelter Oakland, CA
2000 Megaphone/Amanita MEG 022/AMAN 004
Till the Bars Break
Spoken word/sound compilation
1989-91 Olde West San Francisco, CA
1991 Irresistible/Maya/Revolutionary CD/LP/Cassette IMR 014