We’re celebrating the fifth Unseen Worlds Records release – Elodie Lauten “Piano Works” 2CD collection - with a listening party on some of the very sublime sounding stereos at Whetstone Audio at 5pm. The audio will be enhanced by the inclusion of some Paris Manhattan cocktails, given that Lauten is a Parisian living in Manhattan, along with the usual beers or byo. Tips will be appreciated but not required, and we’ll of course have albums for sale.

Following the listening party we’ll have a concert at Baby Blue to celebrate.

Starting at 8pm:

Nick Hennies performing his Psalms solo-percussion works and a piece by Alvin Lucier

followed by

J.D. Emmanuel, whose 1982 private-press, meditative synth improvizations LP “Wizards” will soon be reissued by Important Records

Proceedings should be over by 10pm so you can have successfully prepartied for whatever comes next that night (i.e. R U FIT at Cheer Up Charlies)

The Baby Blue show will have a $5 suggested cover at the door and there will be drinks on hand to make it worthwhile.

We recommend riding your bike to and from these events, though parking is available.

RSVP on Facebook here.

Come on out if you’re in the Austin area.

Elodie Lauten has a solo-piano concert upcoming, next Sunday, 4pm, April 25th at The Gershwin Hotel in New York, marking the release of her new collection Piano Works Revisited.  She will be performing Variations on the Orange Cycle as well as a selection of early piano works and Sonate Modale.  Suggested donation is $10.

With this we also bring you the second installment of video from Lauten’s 1985 performance at Music Gallery in Toronto.  This is video of the extended piece Sonate Modale which is featured on Piano Works Revisited. Also available to view on YouTube.

This past November we produced a joint solo-piano concert for “Blue” Gene Tyranny and Lubomyr Melnyk.  The concert was a great success in large part for the gift of “Blue” Gene Tyranny composing a new piece in honor of the occasion. The piece, entitled “George Fox Searches,” was inspired by the beautiful 15th Street Friends Meetinghouse of Manhattan where the concert was held.

Our professional live recording came out terrific, but we’d love to have the opportunity to document a performance on a piano of our choosing, since the piano at the Meetinghouse had some bad keys. Tyranny has other new pieces, as well, which we would document in studio at the same time.

We are humbly asking for your contributions to make this happen.  In return for your generous support of the studio time, we’re sharing the audio and video documentation from the November 12, 2009 concert, as well as opportunities to receive advance recordings from the studio sessions we aim to book.

Please note that the Lubomyr Melnyk portion of the evening will be made available separately at a later date.

Thank you all for your interest and support.

To make an advance reservation for the Blue Gene Tyranny and Lubomyr Melnyk concert on November 12, 2009 in NYC, please enter number of guests and a name for your party. Email confirmation will follow.