UPCOMING:

Thursday August 19th – Annette Giesriegl, vocals Dave Rempis,saxophones, Elisabeth Harnik-piano, Tim Daisy, drums
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave 10pm

Saturday September 4th – Marco Polo @ The Chicago Jazz Festival

06 SEP-20 SEP :: VANDERMARK FIVE/ATOMIC DOUBLE BILL – EUROPEAN TOUR
07 SEP :: Stockholm, Sweden | Jazzclub Fasching
08 SEP :: Bø, Norway | Bø Jazzklubb
09 SEP :: Oslo, Norway | Victoria, Nasjonal Jazz Scene
10 SEP :: Bergen, Norway | Bergen JazzForum
11 SEP :: Trondheim, Norway | Dokkhuset
12 SEP :: Eindhoven, Netherlands | Flux/S Festival
14 SEP :: Schorndorf, Germany | Club Manufaktur
15 SEP :: Wels, Austria | Alter Schl8tof
16 SEP :: London, England | Vortex
17 SEP :: Manchester, England | Band On The Wall
18 SEP :: Birmingham, England | CBSO Center

Sept 23rd- Oct 2 Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack West coast tour
24 SEP :: Wrack | College of Marin | Lefort Recital Hall, Fine Arts Rm. 72, corner of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Laurel Avenue, Kentfield | 8:00
25 SEP :: Wrack | Trinity Chamber Concerts, 2320 Dana St, Berkeley CA | 8:00
28 SEP :: Seattle, WA | Wrack | Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave (at Union St) | 8:00
29 SEP::Portland, OR | Wrack | presented by Creative Music Guild | WorkSound, 820 SE Alder | 8:00
01 Oct :: Wrack + Rova | On Procedural Grounds: premiere of an extended collaborative work, with a second set by Rova | Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. SF | 8:00

Oct 7 Vox Arcana -Fluorescent Gallery – Knoxville, TN
Oct 8 Vox Arcana -Columbia Museum Of Art -Columbia, SC
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Watershed Arts Alliance Somerset,KY 3pm
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Gumbo Ya Ya Lexington, KY
Oct 11 Vox Arcana Thomas More College- Crestview Hills,KY

Oct 18 Aaron Zarzutski – Tim Daisy @ Myopic Books
1564N Milwaukee Ave Chicago 7:30pm
Oct 27th New Fracture Trio :: Dave Miller-guitar Jake Vinsel-bass Tim Daisy-drums @ The Whistler 2421N Milwaukee Ave 9:30pm

Nov 3 Umbrella Fest w/Xavier Charles details tba
Nov 4 Umbrells Fest w/Waclaw Zimpel details tba

Nov 13-18 Vandermark 5 – Morelia,Mexico
Nov 21 Marc Riordan- piano Daniel Thatcher-bass Tim Daisy-drums
@ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave

Nov 30th-Dec 10 Mikolaj Trzaska/Steve Swell/Per-Ake Holmlander/Tim Daisy – Tour of Poland

Dec 12th- Tim Daisy Solo @ Nowy Swiat – Warsaw, Poland

Vox Arcana CD Release concert This Wednesday August 11th

Vox Arcana
Tim Daisy. Percussion/Marimba
James Falzone. Clarinet
Fred Lonberg- Holm. Cello/Electronics

Wednesday August 11th
@ The Hideout
1354W Wabansia Ave
10pm
www.hideoutchicago.com

With DJ Sets by Jim Baker!

A nice review of the new Vox Arcana Record by Troy Collins:

Vox Arcana
Aerial Age
Allos Documents 004

Following in the footsteps of fellow drummer-composers Harris Eisenstadt and Tyshawn Sorey, ubiquitous Chicago–based sideman Tim Daisy formed the unconventional trio Vox Arcana in 2008 to perform his own pieces. Though technically their sophomore effort (following a limited edition debut), Aerial Age is the first widely available recording of the trio. A protean hybrid of numerous disciplines, this studio album juxtaposes experimental concepts pioneered by New York school composers like John Cage and Morton Feldman, structural aspects of early minimalists like Terry Riley and La Monte Young, and the open-ended strategies of early AACM innovators like Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins.

Largely eschewing pyrotechnics in favor of understated trap set and marimba excursions, Daisy’s nuanced approach is bolstered by the considered support and intimate interplay of two of the Windy City’s most versatile improvisers, clarinetist James Falzone and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm. Falzone’s nimble cadences reveal an expansive tone that veers from mellifluous to strident, making a perfect foil for Lonberg-Holm’s chameleonic tendencies, which alternate between dulcet pizzicato and raw, punk rock influenced arco, amplified by a bevy of effects pedals. Whether engaged in three-way dialogues, supportive accompaniment or lone cadenzas, Daisy, Falzone and Lonberg-Holm offer a kaleidoscopic array of texturally adventurous harmonic invention.

Daisy fuses these divergent approaches into a series of episodic compositions that develop through numerous changes in density, mood and tempo. Morse code-like staccato melodies build on knotty contrapuntal interplay, underscored by irregular locomotive rhythms and spare solo sections that transpose jagged themes into expansive meditations on space and sound – refracting the madcap lunacy of Raymond Scott through the mirrored lens of Steve Reich. At other times, exotic atmospheres negotiate extremes of chiaroscuro, cinematically transitioning from bright optimism to ominous darkness. On “Blue Space” and “Chi Harp Call In E,” Daisy’s percolating marimba lines and ritualistic tom-tom rolls accent the mood, supported by Falzone’s sonorous glissandos and Lonberg-Holm’s tender pizzicato and sinewy arco.

The chamber music tilt of the trio’s instrumentation does not prohibit detours into more assertive territory. Lonberg-Holm’s frantic double-stops dominate the angular onset of “The Silver Fence,” while the coruscating waves of white noise emanating from his pedals book-end “Winnemac,” which is smartly offset by an interlude for spare clarinet and percussion. The tortuous closer, “Falling,” deftly invokes jazz tradition, with Daisy’s swinging ride cymbal and fragmented snare rolls fueling circuitous statements from his sidemen, including spry walking bass lines from Lonberg-Holm – a bluesy detour briefly mirrored on “The Silver Fence.”

Falzone’s lyricism, Lonberg-Holm’s timbral diversity and Daisy’s disciplined trap set ruminations provide these labyrinthine works with a lively, albeit sober center. Expanding beyond the prescribed conventions of jazz tradition to incorporate elements of contemporary classical music, Aerial Age documents the impressive talents of Chicago’s next generation of composer/improvisers.
-Troy Collins

Vox Arcana “Aerial Age” Now Available!

Order “Aerial Age” at:

www.dustygroove.com
downtownmusicgallery.com
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/VoxArcana
www.amazon.com

You can also order a copy directly from me….just send me a message: timothydaisy@warpmail.net

I use Paypal., you don’t need an account, just a credit card

Check out this review at All About Jazz: http:// href=”http://”>www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37073

Vox Arcana
Tim Daisy – percussion/marimba
James Falzone- clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm- cello/electronics

More info at: www.allosmusica.org

CD RELEASE CONCERT!!!!!!WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11th at the HIDEOUT!!
On Wednesday August 11th Vox Arcana will have a cd release
concert at the Hideout in Chicago. The Hideout is located at
1354W Wabansia Ave- The show will begin at 10pm…we will play
two sets- Hope to see you there!

Vox Arcana
@The Hideout
1354W Wabansia Ave
www.hideoutchicago.com

UPCOMING

Tue 8/3 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee ave
9pm

Sat 8/7 at 4pm. On air interview discussing and playing selections from the new release by Vox Arcana “aerial age” WNUR/Northwestern University= www.wnur.org

Tue 8/10 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Wed 8/11 Vox Arcana – CD release party for “Aerial Age” allos documents
@The Hideout 1354W Wabansia
10pm

Tue 8/17 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Thu 8/19 Alpenglow – Elisabeth Harnick – piano Annette Giesriegl- vocals
Dave Rempis – saxophones Tim Daisy – drums

Tue 8/24 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Thu 8/26 The Dave McDonnell Group
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Sat 9/4 Marco Polo Big Band
@ The Chicago Jazz Fest
2pm Jazz On Jackson Stage

Sep 6-19th Vandermark 5/Atomic Double Bill European Tour!
07 SEP :: Stockholm, Sweden | Jazzclub Fasching
08 SEP :: Bø, Norway | Bø Jazzklubb
09 SEP :: Oslo, Norway | Victoria, Nasjonal Jazz Scene
10 SEP :: Bergen, Norway | Bergen JazzForum
11 SEP :: Trondheim, Norway | Dokkhuset
12 SEP :: Eindhoven,Netherlands | AxesJazzPower
14 SEP :: Schorndorf, Germany | Club Manufaktur
15 SEP :: Wels, Austria | Alter Schl8tof
16 SEP :: London, England | Vortex
17 Sep :: Manchester,England | Band on the Wall
18 SEP :: Birmingham, England | CBSO Cente24 Sept 2010 Wrack | College of Marin Recital Hall, 835 College Ave, Kentfield | 8:00

Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack – West Coast Tour!
24 Sep 2010 Wrack| College Of Marin – Lefort Recital Hall, Fine Arts Rm. 72 corner of Sir Frances Drake Blvd and Laurel Ave Kentfield 8pm
25 Sept 2010 Wrack | Trinity Chamber Concerts, 2320 Dana St, Berkeley CA | 8:00
28 Sept 2010 Seattle, WA | Wrack | Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave (at Union St) | 8:00
29 Sept 2010 Portland, OR | Wrack | presented by Creative Music Guild | venue TBA
01 Oct 2010 Wrack + Rova | On Procedural Grounds: premiere of an extended collaborative work, with a second set by Rova | Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. SF | 8:00r

Vox Arcana Southeast Tour!
Oct 7 Vox Arcana -Fluorescent Gallery – Knoxville, TN
Oct 8 Vox Arcana -Columbia Museum Of Art -Columbia, SC
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Watershed Arts Alliance Somerset,KY 3pm
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Lexington, KY – Gumbo Ya Ya
Oct 11 Vox Arcana Thomas More College- Crestview Hills,KY

Wed 11/3 Umbrella Fest w/ Xavier Charles www.umbrellamusic.org
Thu 11/4 Umbrella Fest w/ Waclaw Zimpel www.umbrellamusic.org

7/09/2010

It’s been a little slow gigwise this first half of July….taking advantage of the free time to prepare for the Vox Arcana cd release concert at the Hideout on August 11th. I have a few new pieces written for the concert, should be a fun night……super excited! Also, been in wedding planning mode …many things to take care of, even if your technically only in charge of the music!!! Come August 28th I am a married man!! Getting married on a boat in beautiful Lake Geneva, Wisconsin….. many friends and family will be in attendance! Awesome!!

Now that the world cup is almost over (Viva Espana!) It’s time to get back into serious practice mode (which for me means practicing everyday if possible, even for 10 minutes! As long as I physically sit down behind the kit, it feels like I’m not losing anything!!) I have a good amount of work ahead of me that I’m super excited about, so it’s time to prepare……..

In the meantime, I hope all of you have a great summer and I hope to see you at out a gig soon!!

Tim

Happening Soon:

Sun 7/18 Daniel Levin-cello Tim Daisy- percussion
@ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave Chicago, Il
10pm

Thu 7/22 (Sitting in 2nd set) W/ Nate Wooley -trumpet Jason Roebke-bass Fred Lonberg Holm – cello
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave Chicago,IL
10pm

Sat 7/24 The Engines at Okka Fest II @ Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI
More info at: www. improvisedsound.org

Sun 7/25 Ken Vandermark’s Topology featuring Joe McPhee @ The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee WI

Wed 7/28 The Engines (Dave Rempis/Jeb Bishop/Nate McBride/Tim Daisy)
@ The Hideout 1354W Wabansia Ave Chicago,IL
10pm

Thu 7/29 Darren Johnston- trumpet Tim Daisy -percussion
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
10pm

Tue 8/3 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee ave
9pm

Sat 8/7 at 4pm. On air interview discussing and playing selections from the new release by Vox Arcana “aerial age” WNUR/Northwestern University= www.wnur.org

Tue 8/10 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Wed 8/11 Vox Arcana – CD release party for “Aerial Age” allos documents
@The Hideout 1354W Wabansia
10pm

Tue 8/17 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Thu 8/19 Alpenglow – Elisabeth Harnick – piano Annette Giesriegl- vocals
Dave Rempis – saxophones Tim Daisy – drums

Tue 8/24 Vandermark 5
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Thu 8/26 The Dave McDonnell Group
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave
9pm

Sat 9/4 Marco Polo Big Band
@ The Chicago Jazz Fest
2pm Jazz On Jackson Stage

Sep 6-19th Vandermark 5/Atomic Double Bill European Tour
07 SEP :: Stockholm, Sweden | Jazzclub Fasching
08 SEP :: Bø, Norway | Bø Jazzklubb
09 SEP :: Oslo, Norway | Victoria, Nasjonal Jazz Scene
10 SEP :: Bergen, Norway | Bergen JazzForum
11 SEP :: Trondheim, Norway | Dokkhuset
14 SEP :: Schorndorf, Germany | Club Manufaktur
15 SEP :: Wels, Austria | Alter Schl8tof
16 SEP :: London, England | Vortex
18 SEP :: Birmingham, England | CBSO Center

Sept 23rd- Oct 2 Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack West coast tour

Oct 7 Vox Arcana -Fluorescent Gallery – Knoxville, TN
Oct 8 Vox Arcana -Columbia Museum Of Art -Columbia, SC
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Watershed Arts Alliance Somerset,KY 3pm
Oct 10 Vox Arcana- Lexington, KY
Oct 11 Vox Arcana Thomas More College- Crestview Hills,KY

Wed 11/3 Umbrella Fest w/ Xavier Charles www.umbrellamusic.org
Thu 11/4 Umbrella Fest w/ Waclaw Zimpel www.umbrellamusic.org

Vox Arcana Aerial Age to be released August 3rd

The latest release by Vox Arcana “Aerial Age” will be available on Tuesday August 3rd.
Here is how you can get it:

Online sales at Amazon.com,CDbaby.com,JazzLoft.com, and Itunes
Also Available at Downtown Music Gallery,Dusty Groove America, and Jazz Record Mart

OR, you can send me an email at timothydaisy@warpmail.net, and get it directly from me through Paypal

Enjoy the music!!!

Allos Documents To Release Vox Arcana’s Aerial Age August 3rd

(May 6, 2010)

On August 3rd, Allos Documents will release Aerial Age, the second recording by the Chicago-based trio, Vox Arcana. Led by prolific drummer/composer Tim Daisy, this unusual two-year old working band features cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and clarinetist James Falzone, Daisy’s collaborators in such other prominent ensembles as KLANG and the Vandermark 5. Aerial Age documents a series of new Daisy compositions that juxtapose the structure of contemporary chamber music with the highly attuned, open-ended improvisation that distinguishes Chicago’s storied jazz scene.

“Much of the inspiration for this music comes from three different schools of experimental music that forged new paths in the sonic arts during the mid-to-late 20th century,” writes Daisy in the liner notes. “These include the New York school of composers (led by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff), the pioneers of the minimalist movement (including Terry Riley and La Monte Young), and the early innovators of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (including violinist/violist Leroy Jenkins and multi-reed player/composer Anthony Braxton).”

“Adding to these musical influences,” he continues, “a great deal of inspiration comes from the world of visual art. This includes the kinetic sculptural machines of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, American Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘combine’ paintings and his use of non traditional materials in innovative combinations, and the wall drawings of American Sol Lewitt, whose work straddled the line between minimalism and conceptualism and whose focused use of line and shape correlates with my own sense of rhythm and melody.”

“Commingling abstract expressionism with minimalism, open improvisation with thorny contemporary composition—it’s all in a day’s work for a musician as sensitive and catholic as Tim Daisy,” writes the Columbia Free Times‘ Logan K. Young. Known primarily for his drumming in more than a dozen active ensembles, Daisy founded Vox Arcana in the spring of 2008 as an outlet for his own original compositions. Since then, the group has self-released a limited edition debut and performed at venues around Chicago, including last year’s Umbrella Music Festival, as well as on tour dates across the Southeastern U.S.

www.improvisedcommunications.com

Upcoming performances

It’s shaping up to be a busy summer…I hope to see you out at one or more of these performances!!

Tuesday June 15th – The Frame Quartet
@ Sala Rossa- Montreal QC 9pm
www.casadelpopolo.com/suoniperilpopolo/

Wednesday June 16th – The Vandermark 5
@ LA Sala Rossa- Montreal QC 9pm
www.casadelpopolo.com/suoniperilpopolo/

Thursday June 17th – The Vandermark 5
@ Beverly Halls SPK Toronto, ON
www.beverlyhalls.com

Sunday June 20th- Vinosonic II at Experimental Sound Studio
5925N Ravenswood Ave 5-7pm
More info at :www.experimentalsoundstudio.org

Monday June 21st – The Engines Trio
@ The Skykark 2149S Halsted 10pm

Sunday July 18th – Daniel Levin. cello Tim Daisy. percussion
@ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave 10pm

Thursday July 22nd – w/ Nate Wooley.trpt Fred Lonberg-Holm.cello and Jason Roebke.bass @ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave 10pm

Thursday July 29th – Darren Johnston/Tim Daisy Duo
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave

Okka Disk Anniversary! July 23rd -July 25!! @ The Sugar Maple Milwaukee WI
Friday July 23rd The Engines
Saturday July 24th Ken Vandermark’s Topology featuring Joe McPhee

Wednesday August 11th – Vox Arcana CD release party for “Aerial Age” (allos documents) @ The Hideout 1354W Wabansia 10pm

Thursday August 19th – Annette Giesriegl, vocals Dave Rempis,saxophones, Elisabeth Harnik-piano, Tim Daisy, drums
@ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave 10pm

Vinosonic II at Experimental Sound Studio

Sunday, June 20, 5-7 PM
Vinosonic II at Experimental Sound Studio, 5925 N Ravenswood

Vinosonic II is a special event at Experimental Sound Studio – fine wines are
paired with pieces of live and electronic music for a unique
sound-and-taste experience. In addition, there will be a raffle of ten
museum-quality visual art works.

Live musicians: Tim Daisy, Anton Hatwich, Josh Berman, and Dave Rempis.

Composers: Noé Cuellar, Ryan Ingebritsen, and Hal Rammel.

Visual artists: Sandra Binion, Mark Booth, Alice Hargrave, Mary Kennedy,
Linda Kramer, Stephen Lapthisophon, Darryl Lauster, Kristin Mariani, Michael
Mazurek, and Hal Rammel.

$20 suggested donation / $150 raffle tickets (only 10 available)

Please RSVP by e-mailing Lou Mallozzi at
lou@experimentalsoundstudio.org

More info: http://www.experimentalsoundstudio.org/pages/vinosonic/82.php

Vox Arcana Aerial Age To Be Released August 3rd

Allos Documents To Release Vox Arcana’s Aerial Age August 3rd

(May 6, 2010)

On August 3rd, Allos Documents will release Aerial Age, the second recording by the Chicago-based trio, Vox Arcana. Led by prolific drummer/composer Tim Daisy, this unusual two-year old working band features cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and clarinetist James Falzone, Daisy’s collaborators in such other prominent ensembles as KLANG and the Vandermark 5. Aerial Age documents a series of new Daisy compositions that juxtapose the structure of contemporary chamber music with the highly attuned, open-ended improvisation that distinguishes Chicago’s storied jazz scene.

“Much of the inspiration for this music comes from three different schools of experimental music that forged new paths in the sonic arts during the mid-to-late 20th century,” writes Daisy in the liner notes. “These include the New York school of composers (led by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff), the pioneers of the minimalist movement (including Terry Riley and La Monte Young), and the early innovators of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (including violinist/violist Leroy Jenkins and multi-reed player/composer Anthony Braxton).”

“Adding to these musical influences,” he continues, “a great deal of inspiration comes from the world of visual art. This includes the kinetic sculptural machines of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, American Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘combine’ paintings and his use of non traditional materials in innovative combinations, and the wall drawings of American Sol Lewitt, whose work straddled the line between minimalism and conceptualism and whose focused use of line and shape correlates with my own sense of rhythm and melody.”

“Commingling abstract expressionism with minimalism, open improvisation with thorny contemporary composition—it’s all in a day’s work for a musician as sensitive and catholic as Tim Daisy,” writes the Columbia Free Times‘ Logan K. Young. Known primarily for his drumming in more than a dozen active ensembles, Daisy founded Vox Arcana in the spring of 2008 as an outlet for his own original compositions. Since then, the group has self-released a limited edition debut and performed at venues around Chicago, including last year’s Umbrella Music Festival, as well as on tour dates across the Southeastern U.S.

www.improvisedcommunications.com

Excerpts From Marchland

I was fortunate to collaborate with and build a live percussion score for the Seldoms, an amazing contemporary dance ensemble based in Chicago led by choreographer Carrie Hanson. The work, titled “Marchland” was performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art on March 12th-14th 2010

Check out some excerpts from the work below

For more information about the Seldoms, visit:
www.theseldoms.org