Review from The Wire Magazine of The Harmonic Series: A Compilation of Musical Works in Just Intonation.

I'd like to announce the release of a special compilation that I curated over the past 2+ years, consisting of some amazing artists, called The Harmonic Series: A Compilation of Musical Works in Just Intonation. This project was a long journey, but well worth the work and wait. You can buy the CD via my discography page (which also doubles as my online store). Check out the press release, learn more about the artists, explore educational links on Just Intonation, and more at www.theharmonicseries.com. Read what Baltimore's City Paper had to say about it and listen to mp3 samples of a few tracks at www.importantrecords.com. Enjoy.

Some reviews of ED09 for String/Wind Ensemble - Live at Roulette:
Cyclic Defrost (Australia)
Vital Weekly (The Netherlands)

I have a new release available, via Quiet Design Records, of a live performance of ED09. This was a 22-piece ensemble performance of the piece that took place at NYC's Roulette in December '08. From the Quiet Design site: "ED09 is an evolving, long-tone composition by Duane Pitre. This recording features 21 of New York's finest string/wind performers accompanied by subtle layers of bowed electric guitar played by the composer".
Read more about it and purchase it here.

I've recently finalized a few records (two live and one studio) and aside from some composing and experimentating with a new "electronic" setup, I'm enjoying a mellow beginning of the summer. My next performance will not be until August 29th at MoMA's PS1 art center in Long Island City, NY. This performance is part the PS1's summer 2009 Warm-Up series. Also performing in the 2009 series will be Glenn Branca, Elliott Sharp, Zeena Parkins, Stars Like Fleas, Growing, Talibam!, and more. These events are punctual and I'll start at 3pm. Check out the full line-up here.

It seems I write on this page less and less as time goes on...anyways, I have two more performances under my residency at ISSUE Project Room. April 11 (w/ Tony Conrad) will be a performance of my ED09 composition with a 17-piece string/woodwind ensemble and April 25 (w/ tba) will be a performance of Origin, for my bowed harmonic-guitar ensemble. After these shows I'll take a lengthy break from these type of ensemble performances so come on out before the summer sun graces our chilled bones.

New video clips (from last December's 22-piece ensemble performance of ED09 at Roulette) and photos (from last September's Origin performance at Phillips de Pury HERE.

Happy New Years folks, hopefully your '08 closed nicely. Winter/Spring 2009 is a busy one for myself...working on a short film soundtrack, an 11-piece all string ensemble performance at The Stone in late-February (performing my newly reworked ED09 composition), and I'm pleased to annouce I'll be Artist in Residence at ISSUE Project Room in Spring 2009. For my residency I'll be presenting new and revised works over a span of four performances in March and April. More details later on...

Thanks to Chris at Trome Records, Jerome at ali_fib, and Mark and Chiz at Qu Junktions for setting up my shows overseas this past October. Also a very HUGE thanks to the musicians who took part in the performances to help me bring my work to life...It was wonderful, thanks!

New releases (cassette tape & split cd-r) now available.

The ensemble organization for my London, Bristol, and Paris ensemble performances in October is going quite well. It seems each city's group will consist of 12-15 musicians and there will be some instrumentation that although has been desired, has not yet seen its way into my Ensemble Drones composition (which will be what is performered in these cities) such as Trombone, Bass Trombone, French Horn, and Accordian. You can check an explanation of the Bristol performance here. Details on the shows here.

From the old days.

I'll be one of the guitarists in the August 15th performance of Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail (2008) for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version) @ Lincoln Center/Damrosch Park Bandshell.
More info here.

New photos posted, on the visual page, from a trip to Opus 40 in the Catskills and the recent east coast shows with Ilya Monosov. More photos from the Philly show can be seen here.

Performances of my Ensemble Drones composition in London, Bristol, and Paris for October '08 are currently being planned...details to come.

Some performances coming up for mid/end of July. The performance on the 18th will be the premiere of a new work of mine titled Origin, you can read about it here. Check out the details for the performances here.

I'll be doing some East Coast shows this july with D.C.-based Ilya Monosov. For this tour we will be setting up together, playing alternating solo pieces/songs, and then ending with a collab duo. Should be fun. We are planning to hit D.C., Baltimore, Philly, and NYC. Dates/details coming soon...

New site launched. Each new site seems to be more reduced than the last one, a reduction process of sorts i guess. I've implemented some new features on the visual page, which includes video.

April and May performances posted on performance page.

I have a few shows coming up over the next few weeks, check the performance page for details. Also I've recently put up two new sound segments on my Myspace page.

I have a new Net release titled A Circle and the Sound that Fills It on Bremsstrahlung Recordings.

It's actually a re-release of a limited run (50 copies) tape put out about two years ago on Kitty Play. It has been re-mastered and made available for limited-time free download here. A Circle and the Sound that Fills It is part of Bremsstrahlung's Trans>Parent Radiation Series...to read what the label says about the series go here.

The release consists of a minimal guitar drone piece split into two tracks that was mathematically arranged via a conceptual equation using pi and a 2.038" circle.

Happy New Year folks. I've recently created a channel on YouTube to post videos relating to my music and/or art. The first 2 videos are excerpts from my ensemble performance in Burlington last month, you can view them at www.youtube.com/duanepitre.

A concert review of last weekend's Burlington, VT performance.

A big thanks to Toby Aronson, Greg Davis, the rest of the ensemble players, and Tick Tick for all the time, talent, and desire that went into last night's 13-piece ensemble performance of Ensemble Drones in Burlington, VT. The performance went amazingly and was truly magical. Two audio recordings and one video recording were made; if they turn out good they will make their way out to you somehow. People in Burlington are super friendly and very nice. Thanks, guys!