Check it out! Let the speculation bungling begin……………………..
“That brings me up to June which I can’t talk too much about right now nor the months that follow because it’s secret and probably completely insane, but let’s just say that I plan on setting a world record this year. And I’m not even fucking kidding.”
So it looks like Secret Chiefs 3 and Cobra aren’t the only places for ex Mr-B guys to work together. Trey guested in MC a while back and now Trevor Dunn and William Winant are helping out!
Sorry guys, been busy and have been neglecting you lately I know…..also copped some shite from someone I used to respect regarding stubb which made me question the future of the site briefly.
Anyway, have been posting news to twitter though so if you don’t follow stubb yet, please do.
Thought I would post a quick round up of what has been happening lately:
via theholyfilament, who’s that with Vincent & Mr Green?
via PattonArchivo, Stanier is back working with Duane, will we see a new Tomahawk this year (and who’s on bass)?
via stubber “Timb”, a huge new Trevor Dunn interview at invisible oranges. A must read.
via postyMcP, a new Book of Knots album, Garden of Fainting Stars, and it’s on Ipecac!
via WanderLusting and Gadfly, a great live review of the Pivixki/Patton and Bill Gould’s “The Talking Book” show.
Trey announces on facebook a whole stack of new Secret Chiefs 3 tour dates along with the tip that there will be an extensive U.S tour with dates to be announced shortly.
Billy Gould releases “The Talking Book” (more to come on that soon).
A new one from Stanier’s Battles, Gloss Drop, out in June.
A huge newsletter from Carla Kihlstedt including news on a new Tin Hat album!
Think that’s most things for now. Hope everyone is doing well 
Stubb-Buddy Walkingdudette was one of the lucky ones who attended Zorn’s Masada Marathon last Wednesday in New York and she managed to grab a few pics during the madness. She had good seats. Check it.
According to Trevor Dunn’s gig calendar on his website, he is due to play with “Zorn’s Dreamers, Electric Masada, The Secret Chiefs 3, and Medeski Martin and Wood (subbing for Wood)” at Zorn fest, Lincoln Center NYC on March 30.
Not sure if this means he will be playing with SC3 or on the same bill as, but it’s great to see him due to play with Secret Chiefs again after all these years (and the semi-estrangement).
A little bit more info and full line up can be found here. If anyone has any more info please post in comments.
Thanks to APVrresto for the tip
UPDATE: And a better site with more info, NYCopera.com:
“Written in a flash of creativity during three months in late 2004, the 316 compositions in John Zorn’s Book of Angels contain some of his most lyrical and inspiring music. Performed by a wide variety of ensembles over the past seven years, the music has generated 17 CD recordings to date, with three more scheduled for release in 2011. This special marathon concert brings together 12 different groups of wildly divergent backgrounds – jazz, rock, classical, world music, jam band, a cappella vocals and more – for one spectacular evening of music from this prolific songbook.
Featuring: Marc Ribot, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, John Medeski, Secret Chiefs 3, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron, Cyro Baptista, Kenny Wollesen, Jamie Saft, Erik Friedlander, Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Trevor Dunn, and many others.”
It’s a day for reminiscing, here at stubbadub. A year ago today, Gronk and I were with a bunch of you good people at the Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, for Faith No More‘s first sidewave. But, after wallowing in many a bittersweet memory today, it’s time to look to the future, and so to the up-and-coming Secret Chiefs 3, MadLove and Umlaut tour of South America, rumoured to be set for August.
Recently Trevor Dunn spoke MadLove with theoffline.com. The interview, shown below, touches on Trevor’s brief involvement with ex-Korn guitarist and born again christian, Head…no comment, his lack of involvement with Secret Chiefs 3 and the jazz influenced dynamics of the band he has crafted, MadLove .
Meanwhile, amid torrential rain and Melbourne floods, Umlaut took to the stage at the Evelyn, on February 4, and unleashed a few new tracks on the wet, happy crowd. Could these unreleased songs be a taste of the new album? We can only hope. Below is one said track, titled Trutes, courtesy of Jean Lizza aka Mother Hubbard. Check out her youtube channel for more, including the epic number RIP Richard Dunn.
Stay tuned for more details on the South American tour, but first, here is a look back at the Secret Chiefs 3 lineup that toured Australia in 1998, back when music programs in Australia were actually decent. Recovery…we miss you. Renunciation, featuring Trey Spruance, Danny Heifetz, Trevor Dunn and Bär McKinnon:
Trevor Dunn played a show recently in Seattle with the Nels Cline Singers as part of the Is This Jazz? Fest. CoS writer WanderLusting managed to make it to the show a blogged a review with some very nice photos of the show included.
There are a few more Nels Cline Singers shows featuring Trev coming up. Check out there calendar page for more info
Trevor Dunn recently took part in Amoeba records’ “What’s in my bag” revealing his latest purchases at the record store.
It’s a nice little insight in to what our favourite bass player is in to at the moment:
Good news everyone! (If you live in South America). Jean (Umlaut’s manager) tweeted a very interesting “Big announcement”……. a Secret Chiefs 3, Umlaut and Madlove tour through South America to take place August of this year.
Details are few at best, but check out the tweet for the hard evidence and I’ll do my best to keep you all updated with any news.
Full credit to Silvina Stemberger for making this thing happen.
Mainly technical/bass questions:
“QRD – Do you see your bass as your ally or adversary in making music?
Trevor – I used to have this theory that our instruments were prisons for the song trapped inside & it was our duty to wrestle (practice) & overcome this cumbersome entombment. But now I think that’s kind of a dark analogy. I love my bass. Some of them have traveled the world with me & they are always there for me. Without that ally I would be nothing.
QRD – Who are the bassists that most influenced your playing & sound?
Trevor – Bobby Vega, Rusty Allen, Carol Kaye, Jaco Pastorius, Jerry Jemmont, Charlie Haden, Jimmy Garrison, Charles Mingus, Scott Lafaro.”
The next installment of John Zorn’s Moonchild series and the follow-up to 2008′s The Crucible, Ipsissimus has just been released via Tzadik. Featuring Mike Patton, John Zorn, Trevor Dunn, Joey Baron and Marc Ribot, the Moonchild series is in my opinion one of the most interesting collections of music to appear on the label, and Ipsissimus is sure to not disappoint:
“Weaving sonic dramas around the legacies of Magick and Alchemy, Moonchild is one of Zorn’s most intense and powerful projects. Active since 2006, Moonchild has released four CDs speaking directly to young, open minded and curious music lovers around the world, and their newest recording is the most varied and driving to date.
Nine new duos, trios and quartets swirling with melodic and rhythmic invention featuring the searing guitar of Marc Ribot, the magical vocals of Mike Patton and Zorn’s manic sax with the astounding Dunn-Baron rhythm section. Ipsissimus is the fifth surprising installment in the remarkable Moonchild legacy.”
Just missing the aussie contingent, Bar Mckinnon and Danny Heifetz to make this a full blown Bungle shindig. Maybe one day (soon?) I can dream……
