Author: JG Thirlwell

Alterity Chamber Orchestra perform new music by JG Thirlwell

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On January 13 2024, Alterity Chamber Orchestra will be premiering major new chamber works written for them by JG Thirlwell in Orlando, Florida. The program will feature the new orchestral work Magnus Morbus and a new woodwind quintet entitled Hernea. In addition Alterity will perform Thirlwell’s Exulansis, which was originally composed for the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, and has been re-voiced for chamber orchestra. In addition Alterity will perform a string quartet version of the Manorexia classic Armadillo Stance.

Alterity Chamber Orchestra’s instrumentation is two violins, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano and two percussionists.

The show is presented by the Timucua Arts Foundation. The performance is free, although you can donate if you wish. You can reserve tickets here.

JG Thirlwell + Ensemble to perform at Big Ears Festival in TN

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JG Thirlwell + Ensemble will be appearing at Big Ears Festival on March 23 2024. The festival will take place in Knoxviille TN March 21-24. Other scheduled performers at Big Ears include Kronos Quartet, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Herbie Hancock, Colin Stetson, Sex Mob, Fred Frith, Jon Batiste, billy woods, John Paul Jones, Laurie Anderson and millions more!

In addition, JG Thirlwell will present his Silver Mantis project at Big Ears on March 24 2024.

 

Tickets are available here.

Photo by Dan Efram.

JG Thirlwell brings Silver Mantis to Sydney

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JG Thirlwell will bring his Silver Mantis project to Sydney on Sept 27 2023 with a free concert as part of the Volume Festival at Art Gallery of New South Wales.

There will also be separate performances the same day by Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, amby downs, Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong, Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Primitive Motion, Saint Abdullah. The program is curated by Lawrence English of Room 40 Records.

This is the first time that Thirlwell has performed in Sydney.

JG Thirlwell featured on MC5 Tribute album

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JG Thirlwell appears on the album Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5 which is released by Saustex Records on Nov 1 2023.
 
The album is credited to by Memphis band Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre, who perform the backing tracks. The 22 tracks feature a myriad of guest stars including Alice Cooper, Keith Morris, Zal Cleminson (Sensational Alex Harvey Band), Jello Biafra, Wayne Kramer, Tex Perkins, Cherie Currie, Mike Watt, Lydia Lunch, JD Pinkus and Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers), J Mascis, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Eugene Robinson, Norman Westberg (Swans), Chris Connelly, Billy Gould (Faith No More) and many more. You can pre-order and listen to the Cherie Currie track at the link.
JG Thirlwell performed vocals on the title track “Call Me Animal” which also features a guitar solo from Norman Westberg.
 
You can order the album here

JG Thirlwell presents Silver Mantis in Wellington and Auckland New Zealand

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We are excited to announce that JG Thirlwell will be presenting his surround sound Silver Mantis project in Wellington New Zealand at Meow on Sept 14 2023 and in Auckland New Zealand at Audio Foundation on Sept 15 2023.

Silver Mantis is a 50 minute live surround-soundelectro-acoustic presentation, performed with keyboards, prepared piano and theremin. It is performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.
Tickets are available here

JG Thirlwell limited art print #6 available now!

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We are proud to announce the issuing of the sixth limited edition silkscreen print by JG Thirlwell, entitled Zomoscape #6. This gorgeous art piece is a signed and numbered four-color screen print in Thirlwell’s signature palette of black, red, white and gray. It is printed on French 100lb cover paper, and is 24″ x 18.” which makes it easy to place in a standard sized frame. You can order the print here

The artwork is in a very small edition of 75, but only 60 copies will be made available in the Foetus Shoppe. The print sells for $75.00 plus flat postage and packaging fee of $20 in the US, $25 in Canada and $30 in the rest of the world. Since the print ships in a tube by itself, when ordering the print you cannot order other items in the same shipment. Other items (CDs, T-shirts, vinyl, tote bags, digital) must be ordered separately.

Zomoscape marks the sixth and final print in this series. The first three prints are sold out.

Venture Bros Movie announced!

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The long-awaited Venture Bros movie “Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart” will be available to purchase digitally on July 21 2023; it hits Blu-ray Disc on July 25 2023. The movie features an all-new score by JG Thirlwell.
The story is described as “Doc’s latest invention will either bankrupt Team Venture or launch them to new heights, as Hank searches for himself, Dean searches for Hank, the Monarch searches for answers, and a mysterious woman from their pasts threatens to bring their entire world crashing down on them.”
Thirlwell describes the movie as “epic”.
The film will be broadcast on Adult Swim on Sep 1 2023. Go Team Venture!

JG Thirlwell presents Silver Mantis at the Melbourne Recital Center

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We are excited to announce that JG Thirlwell will be presenting his surround sound Silver Mantis project at the Melbourne Recital Center in Australia on Thursday September 28, 2023.

Silver Mantis is a 50 minute live surround-sound electro-acoustic presentation, performed with keyboards, prepared piano and theremin. It is performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.
Tickets are available here

JG Thirlwell’s ‘Dystonia’ string quartet album on Cantaloupe Music

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JG Thirlwell‘s Dystonia album will be released by Cantaloupe Music on May 19, 2023, on CD and digitally. You can order the album on Bandcamp here.


‘Dystonia’ is an album of JG Thirlwell’s string quartet compositions performed by Mivos Quartet. Recording took place at Shiny Things Studio in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn with Mike Tierney recording and engineering.The sleeve notes were written by composer Michael Gordon.

There will be an concert of Mivos Quartet performing the album to celebrate the album’s release at National Sawdust in Brooklyn NY on May 16 2023. You can buy tickets to the concert here

JG Thirlwell brings Silver Mantis to Colchester Arts Centre

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We are excited to announce that JG Thirlwell will be presenting his surround sound Silver Mantis project at the Colchester Arts Centre in England on Friday August 18 2023.

The Colchester Arts Centre is located at Church Street, Colchester in Essex

Silver Mantis is a 50 minute live surround-sound electro-acoustic presentation, performed with keyboards, prepared piano and theremin. It is performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.
Tickets are available here. Photo by Lenny Nasekailo.