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Live aus Deutschland/Live in Germany<BR>
August 2010
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5 August, Donnerstag, 21 Uhr, <A HREF="http://www.salondesamateurs.de/">Salon des Amateurs</A><BR>
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Grabbeplatz 4, 40213 Düsseldorf<BR>
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U-Bahn: Heinrich Heine Allee<BR>
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<I>Also featuring a screening of the film </I>Step Across the Border<I> about guitarist Fred Frith.</I>

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7 August, Samstag, Jutta’s mom’s birthday party<BR>
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Jutta’s house, Bergisch Gladbach<BR>
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<I>This is an invitation only event! Send an 
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if you really want in, and I’ll see what I can do.</I>

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13 August, Freitag, 23:00 Uhr, <A HREF="http://www.camptipsy.de/">Camp Tipsy</A><BR>
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Some forest near Berlin<BR>
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<I>This is a Ben Houge solo show. Fake Mistress and lots of others will also perform.</I>

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15 August, Sonntag, 18:30-20:00 Uhr, <A HREF="http://www.misshecker.org/">Miss Hecker</A><BR>
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Secret location, Berlin

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19 August, Donnerstag, 22 Uhr, <A HREF="http://eschschloraque.de/">Eschschloraque</A><BR>
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Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin<BR>
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U-Bahn: Rosenthaler Platz<BR>
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<I>Mit DJ Dr. Nexus!</I>

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Note that in some cases details of schedule and pricing are still being determined. Please visit the websites of the various venues for the latest info, directions, etc.

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At these performances, Justin and I are celebrating the release of <I>Chingachgook(s)</I>, our new CD.
<I>Chingachgook(s)</I> presents a real-time framework for improvisation for trumpet and laptop that we developed in collaboration.
It was inspired by our shared appreciation for Andrei Tarkovsky’s film <I>Stalker</I>, 
in which a guide with obscure gifts leads curious sojourners through a mysterious Zone, which more or less describes our strategy over the course of our performances. 
The writer in the film frequently calls the guide "Chingachgook," which at first I took to be a Russian term,
but upon further research turned out to be a reference
to another guide named 
<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chingachgook">Chingachgook</A>, 
a Mohican chief, in the book <I>Last of the Mohicans</I> by James Fenimore Cooper.

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We presented it for the first time at the Mini Midi Festival in Shanghai and Zhujiajiao in May 2010, at the invitation of 
<A HREF="http://www.yanjun.org/">Yan Jun 颜峻</A>, and since then have also performed at 
<A HREF="http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotshanghai">Dorkbot Shanghai</A>
and 
<a href="http://www.artplusshanghai.com/index.php">Art+Shanghai Gallery</a>.

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Have a free listen 
<A HREF="Chingachgook(s).mp3">here</A>
(right-click and "Save Target As..."); 
if you dig it, please come to a show and buy a CD!

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