CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Solo Contrabass & Washtub Bass Christopher Williams (1981, San Diego) is a way arer on the !o"y#mind continu$m. %is me"i$m is m$sic. PhD, 'ei"en (ni)ersity (with *ichar" +arrett and Marcel Co!$ssen); +., (ni)ersity o Cali ornia, San Diego (with Charles Curtis, Chaya Czernowin, and +ertram 0$ret/1y). .s a composer and contrabassist, Williams2s wor1 r$ns the gam$t rom cham!er m$sic, impro)isation, and radio art to collaborations with "ancers, so$nd artists, and )is$al artists. Collaborators incl$"e Derek +ailey, Compagnie 3$ie/Dire, 'aMonte 4o$ng2s 0heatre o 5ternal ,$sic, 6erran 6ages, +ar!ara %el", *o!in %aywar" (as *ei"emeister Mo)e), Christian Kesten, %ans W. Koch, Christina 7$!isch, 'iminar, ,aulwer1er, Charlie Morrow, Davi" Moss, .ndrea 8eumann, ,ary 3li)er and *o/emarie %eggen, +en &atterson, *o!yn Sch$l1ows1y, Martin Sonder1amp, and 5nsem!le S$per,$si9$e. Wor1 presented thro$gho$t 5$rope : (S., incl$"ing ;&*3 *adio < (%olland), Deutschland $nk 7$lt$r, the ,$seum o Contemporary .rt +arcelona, Vol1s!=hne +erlin, and the .merican Doc$mentary 6ilm 6esti)al. CONTACT Williams2 artistic research takes the orm o !oth conventional academic p$!lications and [email protected] practice-base" m$ltime"ia pro>ects. %is nati)e "igital "issertation Tactile Paths: on and through Notation for Improvisers is available at http://www.tactilepaths.net. %e also c$rates the +erlin http://www.christopherisnow.com concert series 7380*.7'.8G and wor1s with so$n" experience makers MorrowSo$nd. Williams knows how to create a dialogue with his sonic environment % this enormous instrument… these impossible sounds% yes a % entrancing... in which he actually manages to say musical things – something few dream, a most surprising dream, and also, I must say… a blast. – (ark #wed, LA Times, on Williams’ and improvisors are capable of. – #alvador &iralt, Núvol. Diari digital de cultura. ,harlie (orrow’s Arcanum -. – Ben Watson, author of Derek Bailey and the #tory of $ree Improvisation Program 20 ! PHILIP CORNER" A THOROUGH BASS, AND THOROUGHLY… BASED #20 $ https://so$ndclo$".com/christopherisnow/a-thoro$gh#!ass#and#thoro$ghly#!ased/s#!l*s3 Corner2s inimitable handwritten )er!al notation A or a pl$c1ed one-string instr$mentB, here played on the washt$! !ass: an inverted 5ast German gal)ani/ed steel wash !asin, a metal D string rom the contrabass, and a !roomstic1. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS" WATER MUSIC #20 %$ https://)imeo.com/86CD861E ADrip "rop, "rip "rap "rep "rop. So it goes on, this watery melo"y, or e)er witho$t an end. Inconcl$si)e, inconseq$ent, ormless, it is always on the point o "eviating into sense and orm. 5)ery now and then yo$ will hear a complete phrase o ro$nde" melo"y. .nd then G "rip "rop, "ri#"rep, "i#"rap G the ol" inconseq$ence sets in once more.” (6rom .l"o$s %$@ley2s AWater ,$sicB, 1920) SCOTT MCLA&'HLIN" NEW WOR( )OR CONTRABASS AN* RIN' PREPARATIONS #20 !$ Show and tell o ring preparations: https://yo$t$.be/9.IJmg7>wms Irish composer and cellist Scott Mc'aughlin’s irst piece or solo !ass $sing his ingenio$s JD-printed plastic ring preparations or !owe" string instr$ments. 0he rings create sed$cti)e inter erence patterns, or energy ApoolsB, among the strings. 0he player !ecomes li1e a tightrope wal1er mo)ing !etween points o !alance and tension. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS" SING, BUCKET #20 !$ Most washt$! !asses have a wad o "$ct tape on the insi"e o the t$! to "ampen the so$n" and get a goo" perc$ssi)e Ath$"B. My washt$! "oes not G it is a !ell. +owing a loose string >$st right reveals a song within the rich o)ertones o the t$!. WERNER *A)EL*ECKER" LIPIDVESIKEL #20 +$, https://so$ndclo$".com/christopherisnow/lipi")esi1el/s-hor</ +est 1nown as the !ass player o Polwechsel, Da el"ec1er concei)ed this str$ct$red impro)isation rom a "rawing o proteins taken rom evol$tionary !iologist *enée Schroeder2s !oo1 "ie /rfindung des (enschen. 0he !ass lies on the loor, its strings and har"ware played perc$ssi)ely with !oth hands, and the !ow is $sed as a preparation. T-.h R/0-r In principle the program is totally aco$stic. 0he organi/er sho$l" s$pply • 1 ad>$stable piano !ench or chair with no arms ca. <D#KCcm high • 1 m$sic stand • 1 carpet or !lanket ca. 2x1m to lay $nder the !ass or )ipidvesikel F the )enue is large, noisy, or "ead (i.e. "elicate aco$stic so$nd "oesn2t carry well), the washt$! !ass m$st !e ampli ied. In this case, the organi/er sho$l" also s$pply • 1 condenser mic (e.g. *M"e 80D) N !oom stand • Stereo &..