The motivations for allowing my work to be posted on YouTube, and links to the initial videos can be found here. Subsequently, footage and photos from May, 2015’s reformARTwest concerts, a December, 2015 concert in memory of Sepp Mitterbauer , and a snippet of “noise” were posted. More recently, a 2016 Gmunden, Austria concert ..read more
Jun 1st, 2016
The recently released Nero’s Neptune LP “FOR SEPP (SELECTIONS FROM THE EDGAR ALLAN POE SUITE)“ by reformARTwest, curated by Mark Trehus, features sextet and nonet material culled from the recently released limited edition triple CD set. My mid-to-late May 2016 trip to Germany and Austria was made possible by Chad Popple, who managed to ..read more
Jan 11th, 2016
On the heels of poignant simultaneous 12/30 Minneapolis (reformARTwest) & Vienna (reformARTunit) concerts dedicated to Sepp Mitterbauer (1946-2015), THE EDGAR ALLAN POE SUITE (Sporadic Tangible Documents STD 2-4) is now available. (To order: Purchase Recordings.) Captured in concert May 15-17, 2015, the replicated/wav file limited edition recording celebrates the first North American ..read more
Dec 6th, 2015
In May, 2015, trumpeter Sepp Mitterbauer, co-founder of Austria’s Reform Art Unit (est. 1965) made his first North American appearance at Minneapolis’ Studio Toile d’Angles alongside his comrade and RAU spiritus rector Fritz Novotny. His playing was as ebullient and indefatigably inventive as his personality was warm, open and giving. 6 months later he had ..read more
Oct 9th, 2015
Aug 26th, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml_lzcxDm5g
From a 2 hour + concert @ the Kitty Cat Klub 8/17/15 as part of the Tourniquet Noise Series curated by Kevin Cosgrove and Dolores Dewberry. (Thanks to Jon Copeland for taking the snapshot and getting the green light to post.)
Fritz Novotny and Sepp Mitterbauer are once again safely ensconced and active in Vienna. As much as I despise self-aggrandizement (or what can appear as such), and am not entirely comfortable with “blogging” in this manner, I must state that this was an amazing weekend filled with, quite frankly, spectacular music and deep camaraderie ..read more