Jazz Footprints for Wednesday 27 July 2011

Programme 6 in a series of 13

This week on Jazz Footprints:  Wellington guitarist Daniel Beban. His studies in Ethnomusocolgy have taken him from recording the voices of New Zealand to his travels around South East Asia.  He’s active in the creative music scene in Wellington - managing the venue FREDS as a performance and art space - and builds instruments for his band Orchestra of Spheres who are heading to the UK to play a major music festival in December.  He talks about his inspiring travels abroad, but also the creative people who inspire him.

Music Details:

The Slab: Infra Dawn
Composer: Beban / Wuts / O’Rorke
From the album:  The Slab: Live At The Space
(Space CDs)

Primitive Art Group:  Five Tread Drop Down (partial track)
Composer: Primitive Art Group
From the album: Five Tread Drop Down (LP) 1984
(Braille)

Orchestra of Spheres: Hypersphere
Composer: Orchestra of Spheres
From the album: Nonagonic Now
(Sound Explorers)

Links:

Dan Beban interview with Janina Nicolls for RNZ Concert
Orchestra of Spheres album
Orchestra of Spheres live at 'Freds', Frederick St, Wellington
Orchestra of Spheres at All Tomorrow's Parties