18-12-2001

hinahgift001 - Empty House Cooperative

"Improvisational Dinner Music at Middle East Restaurant"

"I refer to these recordings as "dinner music" because we performed for people while they were eating dinner at a restaurant. The environment is quite noticeable, with the noise of a busy night in the background... glasses, plates, silverware, a squeaky door, and people talking...
Everybody has their own aesthetic about what makes music interesting. For some, the crowd noise might sound ugly and distracting. I feel that we were part of the dinner scene that night, and not necessarily the reason why people were there. For that reason, I can accept the background noise on the recordings as a part of the experience. Some were listening and enjoying, and some didn't seem to notice.
Hopefully, there was a soothing subconscious message in the music that quietly worked its way through to the attentive, a bit like telling dark secrets to a dog. The dog doesn't seem to care, but the person sharing the secrets feels better.
The solo violin piece is a quiet eulogy, made at my apartment in Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 13th, 2001. I think I was imagining spirits rising when I played it."
- David Michael Curry

Downloadable MP3s
1 - "Untitled #1"
(DMC, Chris Brokaw, Thalia Zedek)
00:07:48 / 10.0 MB
2 - "Untitled #2"
(DMC - guitar & loop, Thalia Zedek - clarinet)
00:03:13 / 4.06 MB
3 - "Untitled #3"
(DMC - viola & loop, Thalia Zedek - clarinet)
(00:08:24) / 11.0 MB
4 - "Untitled #4"
(DMC - solo guitar & loops)
00:02:02 / 2.55 MB
5 - "Untitled #5"
(DMC - loops & trumpet, Chris Brokaw - guitar)
00:18:44 / 24.7 MB
6 - "Happy Birthday"
(DMC & Chris Brokaw)
00:01:02 / 1.31 MB
7 - "Violets, January 10, 2001"
(DMC, Chris Brokaw & Thalia Zedek)
00:05:42 / 7.51 MB
8 - "One Solo Violin Piece"
(DMC - solo violin, made on September 13, 2001)
00:01:48 / 1.81 MB

Recording Info
- Music by Empty House Cooperative
- Recorded on January 10, 2001 at Middle East Restaurant, Central Square, Cambridge, MA, USA except "One Solo Violin Piece" recorded on September 13, 2001

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hinah releases

- hinah005 - Empty House Cooperative "Improvisational Music"
- hinahgift001 - Empty House Cooperative "Improvisational Dinner Music at Middle East Restaurant"

links

- Empty House Cooperative
- Willard Grant Conspiracy

:: hinah series

:: hinah gifts - mp3

:: hinah split singles - mp3

:: hinah collaborations

:: hinah series

21-04-2008

hinah029 - Templo Diez

"Crowheart"

We discovered Templo Diez thanks to an exchange of records with the French label Intercontinental Records, which had released the band's debut album "Hoboken". Three years later, while hinah was on a sabbatical year, Pascal Hallibert sent us the new cd of Templo Diez, "Winterset", on which we especially loved the beautiful song "Sal". We suggested we could put out an EP if they felt like going for more acoustic tracks and putting the voice of Gloribel Hernandez (who was also singing on "Sal") more upfront. And they agreed!

:: hinah gifts - mp3

24-10-2008

hinahgift026 - Fulton Lights

"hinah session"

We discovered Andrew Goldman's music a few years ago, at the time of his folk, melodic project Maestro Echoplex. After playing for a while under the name John Guilt, Andrew started a new project named Fulton Lights, which has just released its second album "The Way We Ride" and its heavier and more distorted atmospheres and tempos. As Andrew was on solo tour in Europe, we invited him over for a session that was meant to be electric but ended up being acoustic after the amp of our friend Éric decided to break down at the last minute. So here is a chance to discover Fulton Lights in its most stripped-down version!

02-06-2008

hinahgift025 - Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin

"hinah session"

Those who visit our website regularly are bound to have come across the name "Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin" once in a while in the news section. Indeed, we have been following closely Morgan Caris’s project in the last five years and we would very much like to release something with his name on it... But Morgan is a perfectionist and this something is yet to come. Therefore a hinah session had clearly become necessary and the opportunity of an acoustic evening with Shelley Short and Brittain Ashford to inaugurate our Parisian hinah hq was just the perfect excuse!

27-04-2008

hinahgift024 - Matt Bauer

"hinah session"

This is not the first treat we get from Matt Bauer: a few years ago, he had already contributed to our "Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music by Harry Smith" with an edited cover of "Willie Moore". Shortly afterwards, he had sent us his big EP "Wasps And White Roses", a beautiful folk piece on which the banjo blends with Matt's suave voice. In addition, Matt was surrounded with nice people, as Jolie Holland and Mariee Sioux joined him for this EP! So as Matt was touring Europe as part of Alela Diane's backing band in the spring, we invited him to make a detour via Frankfurt for a live hinah session.