Jon Abbey's guest appearances

Jon Abbey

5049 Records

Signifying Something

Sarah Hennies

Paul Shapiro

Colin Stetson

Dave Douglas

David Krakauer

Nels Cline

Jason Stein

Matt Nelson

Michael Foster

Robbie Lee

Kelly Moran

Sam Amidon

Tyshawn Sorey

Jay Campbell

Dave Harrington

OwlTail

Keith Rowe

On the show today, I’m joined by Keith Rowe, who was a founding member of AMM, a free improvisation group from the mid-1960s. With him is Jon Abbey of Erstwhile Records, who over the last 20 years has seen his label closely intertwined with Keith’s work. Since the late 1990s, Erstwhile Records has been releasing some of the most exciting and challenging recordings within this area of music, many of them involving Keith. Keith Rowe is a musician and visual artist, perhaps best known for popularizing the “prepared guitar” — that is, an electric guitar, laid flat on a table and played with various objects- motors, springs, toothbrushes, you name it. Keith is also well known for his use of the radio as a musical instrument. This interview was recorded in October 2018 while Keith was in New York performing what was likely his last American show following a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Keith was kind enough to give us an unreleased piece to accompany this podcast called “A Response to Treatise”. It’s available for a free lossless download at our Bandcamp with accompanying notes and annotated pages of Treatise. credits for A Response to Treatise (2002): recorded Feb 8, 2002 in Austin by Tom Carter mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura thanks to Rick Reed, Richard Pinnell &amp; P.G. Moreno/Epistrophy Arts dedicated to Sherrie Lynn Streeter (1959-2010) (Please see the .pdf included with the Bandcamp download for further notes by Keith - https://signifyingsomething.bandcamp.com/album/episode-008-keith-rowe-jon-abbey)

On the show today, I’m joined by Keith Rowe, who was a founding member of AMM, a free improvisation group from the mid-1960s. With him is Jon Abbey of Erstwhile Records, who over the last 20 years has seen his label closely intertwined with Keith’s work. Since the late 1990s, Erstwhile Records has been releasing some of the most exciting and challenging recordings within this area of music, many of them involving Keith. Keith Rowe is a musician and visual artist, perhaps best known for popularizing the “prepared guitar” — that is, an electric guitar, laid flat on a table and played with various objects- motors, springs, toothbrushes, you name it. Keith is also well known for his use of the radio as a musical instrument. This interview was recorded in October 2018 while Keith was in New York performing what was likely his last American show following a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Keith was kind enough to give us an unreleased piece to accompany this podcast called “A Response to Treatise”. It’s available for a free lossless download at our Bandcamp with accompanying notes and annotated pages of Treatise. credits for A Response to Treatise (2002): recorded Feb 8, 2002 in Austin by Tom Carter mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura thanks to Rick Reed, Richard Pinnell &amp; P.G. Moreno/Epistrophy Arts dedicated to Sherrie Lynn Streeter (1959-2010) (Please see the .pdf included with the Bandcamp download for further notes by Keith - <a href="https://signifyingsomething.bandcamp.com/album/episode-008-keith-rowe-jon-abbey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://signifyingsomething.bandcamp.com/album/episode-008-keith-rowe-jon-abbey</a>)

Episode 008 - Keith Rowe & Jon Abbey

An avid and life-long listener, Jon Abbey started the Erstwhile label in 1999. Since its inception, Erstwhile has served as a crucial source for uncategorizable music and has become an institution and home for artists such as Keith Rowe,  Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M, Günter Müller and Otomo Yoshihide. For this talk, Jon takes me back to his early days in the mailroom at the Time Life building, the early days of Erstwhile and his current listening habits. A good one.ERSTWHILE

An avid and life-long listener, Jon Abbey started the Erstwhile label in 1999. Since its inception, Erstwhile has served as a crucial source for uncategorizable music and has become an institution and home for artists such as Keith Rowe,  Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M, Günter Müller and Otomo Yoshihide. For this talk, Jon takes me back to his early days in the mailroom at the Time Life building, the early days of Erstwhile and his current listening habits. A good one.<h1><a href="http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ERSTWHILE</a></h1>

Episode 125, Jon Abbey