[Nonsequitur] Jan. 27, animist orchestra

[Steve Peters]

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2007
Jeph Jerman & Animist Orchestra

Saturday, January 27, 8 PM
Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle
(in Wallingford, just south of 50th St.)
$5-$15, sliding scale

Arizona-based improviser Jeph Jerman founded animist orchestra in 1999 
while living in Seattle. From the outset the group's aim has been to 
create, using only unamplified natural objects, a listening environment 
that is not based on traditional reasons for making music, such as the 
sharing of emotion or the demonstration of instrumental prowess. They 
make sound to listen to, intuitively and with the simplest of means - 
delicate, extremely quiet, and completely spellbinding. To date they 
have released one beautiful CD, wuwei, on Anomalous Records. The 
orchestra has since splintered and sub-divided while still managing to 
perform sporadically in Seattle, Portland, and Phoenix. For this 
performance the orchestra will be greatly expanded to include as many 
members as can be available, along with long-time core members Jerman, 
Dave Knott, Mike Shannon, Rob Millis, Eric Lanzillotta, Rachael 
Jackson, Dean Moore, David Stanford, Matt Shoemaker, and Suzie Kozawa.

This is the first of what we hope will be many Nonsequitur-sponsored 
events in the newly renovated Chapel Performance Space at the Good 
Shepherd Center in Wallingford. Once a Catholic boarding school for 
"wayward girls," it is now owned and maintained by Historic Seattle and 
houses numerous non-profit groups and resident artists. The Chapel is 
located on the fourth floor and is wheelchair accessible. It is a short 
walk from restaurants and bars on 45th Street, and there is plenty of 
parking in the lot.