“I am starting this thing with the hopes of breaking even, but I think there will be intangible benefits even if that fails.” — Atrocious Gnosis When THE ONLY DIGNITY IS OBLIVION was released in 2017, my thought was that, for many reasons, it would be the last document of my work to be issued … Read More

From the film QUATERMASS AND THE PIT: Colonel Breen: Do you ever find your early career catching up with you? Quatermass: I never had a career. Only work. From the book DIXONIA: “I’ve spent my entire career trying to do something for this art form; meanwhile, my contemporaries have spent their careers trying to do … Read More

A first, after 48 years (and counting)…More to the point, this happened without any networking or hustling on my part. (In this regard, it should also be noted I am not a viable commodity in the now, and for some time commodified world of improvised music/free jazz, and, additionally, have no “handlers”.) So, particularly in this … Read More

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Motivations. There was (almost) enough money in the Shih Shih Wu Ai Records “account” to fund it. (Since the label’s inception in 1972, all proceeds, save for money paid back to associate producers, have been recycled into further publications.) From there, I wanted to document the sound of my instruments in a solo context within … Read More

The music recorded during 2 days of sessions at Porgy & Bess in Vienna on May 26 and 27, 2016 — over three dozen 4 minute pieces featuring small groups culled from the 21 member reformARTorchestra —was originally intended to be published as a 2 CD set accompanying a follow-up book to “Wiener U-Bahn-Kunst”. Evidently, … Read More

Footage and photos from May, 2015’s  reformARTwest concerts, and a snippet of “noise” have been posted. More recently, a 2016 Gmunden, Austria concert under the  reformARTwest banner was uploaded along with footage from recording sessions at Vienna’s Porgy & Bess club (and elsewhere) featuring small groupings of reformARTorchestra members. A couple clarifications need to be made … Read More