Bill Horist going to Japan 


A couple big shows for Bill Horist this week in the Pacific Northwest 

Friday March 11
BILL HORIST
APRIL 2005 JAPAN TOUR FUNDRAISER
TWO SETS OF SOLO GUITAR MUSIC
On Friday March 11, Seattle guitarist, Bill Horist,
will be making a special appearance at Gallery 1412
(formerly Polestar Music Gallery) for two sets of solo
guitar music. This evening will be a fundraiser for
Bill's upcoming Japanese tour in April 2005. While in
Japan, Bill will perform solo and collaborate both
live and in the studio with Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins),
Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), KK Null (Zeni
Geva) and Marco Fernandes among others. The proceeds
from the event on March 11 will be applied toward
travel expenses.
For the first set of the evening, Bill will present
his rarely heard acoustic guitar compositions.
With rural environments as inspiration, many of these
pieces have been composed in small towns throughout
the world, including provincial spaces in the US,
Canada, Italy, France and Thailand. Bill's acoustic
guitar work has garnered comparisons to Leo Kottke,
John Fahey and Stephen Basho-Jungens.
The second set will feature Horist's trademark
prepared guitar improvisations. With a battery of
strange and otherwise useless objects, Bill culls
otherworldly textures from his guitar and fosters a
unique "balance between noise and note"(François
Couture). Bill's idiosyncratic guitar language has
been featured on dozens of recordings and in hundreds
of live performances throughout the US, Canada, Europe
and Mexico. His work in this capacity has been placed
alongside the solo music of Fred Frith, Hans Reichel
and Keith Rowe.
Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave, SEATTLE, 8pm. ALL AGES!!

Saturday March 12
ONEIDA
BLACK MOUNTAIN
KINSKI (w/BILL HORIST)
Bill Horist will be subbing for the lovely and
talented Matthew Reid Schwartz for this one-off stint
with the mightily psychedelicious Kinski. Arrive
early as Kinski opens! For specific show information
call the University of Oregon!
Agate Hall @ University of Oregon, EUGENE, doors @
7:30, ALL AGES!
 

Posted: Thu - March 10, 2005 at 06:15 PM          


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