"Atria" by Jessika Kenney available in digital format

Jessika Kenney's "Atria" is now available digitally here:

https://jessikakenney.bandcamp.com

Jessika Kenney "Atria" LP available at SIGE store

The Jessika Kenney LP "Atria" is now available at the SIGE Records BigCartel store:

http://sige.bigcartel.com/product/jessika-kenney-atria-lp

Track listing: 

1. HER SWORD I 
2. TURNING INWARD 
3. SARIRA TUNGGAL 
4. PAMOR 
5. WIJI SAWIJI MULANE DADI 
6. INGSUN 
7. HER SWORD II 

LP edition of 300 copies, in custom printed tri-tone jackets with oversized LP booklet containing scores and translations, and handstamped LP labels. Album art by Jessika Kenney and Faith Coloccia.

Jessika Kenney "Atria" LPs now available/ SUMAC "The Deal"

Jessika Kenney "Atria" LP now available for pre-order HERE.

Track listing: 

1. HER SWORD I 
2. TURNING INWARD 
3. SARIRA TUNGGAL 
4. PAMOR 
5. WIJI SAWIJI MULANE DADI 
6. INGSUN 
7. HER SWORD II 

LP edition of 300 copies, in custom printed tri-tone jackets with oversized LP booklet containing scores and translations, and handstamped LP labels. Album art by Jessika Kenney and Faith Coloccia.

The term “Atria” emerged in a dream in 2007, at a time when I was si- multaneously writing new music for the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble at the invitation of Chris Miller, and recording “Voices of Spring” with Ostad Omoumi. “Atria” sounded like the Latin plural of atrium, evoking the chambers of the heart, and reminded me of the Javanese Satriya or “Knights”, but it was only later I realized the reference to the Arabic triliteral root “atr” or scent. This music has come into being in a similar way, by associations, breaths, correspondences, and dreams, with the untranslatable and the inexpressible as a compass. At the same time it is a document of a learning process, and although I have been so fortunate to have incredible teachers, all the errors and delusions are my own. This is a meditation on an internalized meta-historical dynamic between Javanese and Persian traditions, and is a tribute to the role of sound in the context of esoteric practices, including prophetology and healing water. - JK 



SUMAC's 2xLP "The Deal" is now sold out. They will have copies on their upcoming PNW tour.
A re-press is already underway.

SUMAC's "The Deal" (first pressing) LP (SIGE037) now available for pre-order HERE

Track listing:

 The Deal

1. Spectral Gold  (03:26)

2. Thorn in the Lion's Paw  (09:04)

3. Hollow King  (12:26)

4. Blight's End Angel  (10:19)

5. The Deal (13:34)

6. Radiance of Being  (05:25)

CD version available from Profound Lore Records HERE

Digital available HERE

Japanese CD from Daymare Recordings available HERE

03/11 // VANCOUVER, BC // BILTMORE CABARET

03/12 // VICTORIA, BC // LOGAN'S PUB

03/13 // PORTLAND, OR // WHITE OWL SOCIAL CLUB

03/14 // BELLINGHAM, WA // THE SHAKEDOWN

03/15 // SEATTLE, WA // HIGHLINE

Jessika Kenney: Anchor Zero, and "ATRIA" LP

Cover art for the Jessika Kenney LP "Atria" to be released by SIGE in Feb. 2015.

Some copies will be available at Jessika Kenney's art exhibition at the Frye Art Museum. 
The opening is tomorrow night.

For more information please go HERE.
To see more artwork from the record please go HERE.

Review of the show in the Seattle Times

*The exhibition also features video work commissioned by Jessika by SIGE artist Daniel Menche using paintings by Faith Coloccia.

The Frye Art Museum Board of Trustees and Director Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker invite you to celebrate the opening of
Jessika Kenney: Anchor Zero 

Friday, January 9, 6:30–9:30 pm
Remarks at 7 pm

RSVP Online

Please reserve your tickets to the exhibition opening by Monday, January 5.

January 10 – February 1, 2015

Internationally recognized vocalist and composer Jessika Kenney is the first recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award, funded by the Raynier Institute and Foundation through the Frye Art Museum | Artist Trust Consortium. The Frye Art Museum is proud to present Kenney’s first exhibition Anchor Zero. Comprised of talismanic scores, ethereal imagery, interactive spaces, and a new work for spatialized anti-choir, Anchor Zero expresses a mysticism which posits itself in the midst of the tensions between personal and universal, traditions and immediacy, prayer and discourse.

Kenney employs voice, breath, sonic atmospheres, and texts, in her own compositions and in her practice as an acolyte of the cosmopolitan Persian and Javanese literary musics. Her music has been performed internationally. Significant performances include premieres at the Tectonics festivals in Reykjavik and Brooklyn. An LP of recent works titled “ATRIA” will be released by the avant-metal label SIGE in 2015.

As part of Anchor Zero, Jessika Kenney is working with the diverse communities served by the Frye. Kenney will be involved in the Frye's Creative Aging Programs as well as School Tours for K-12 students. The public programming for this exhibition includes two free Gallery Talks with the artist.

Jessika Kenney: Anchor Zero is a Raynier Institute & Foundation exhibition organized by the Frye Art Museum and curated by Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker. The exhibition is funded by the Raynier Institute & Foundation through the Frye Art Museum | Artist Trust Consortium; the Frye Foundation; and Frye Art Museum members and donors. Seasonal support is provided by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and ArtsFund.

The artist would like to acknowledge her collaborators on this project: Faith Coloccia (painting stills), Mell Dettmer (sound design, engineering, and mixing), Otong “Iron” Durahim (breathing room design and construction), Eyvind Kang (sound mixing), Claudia Märzendorfer (videography), and Daniel Menche (video design).

Frye Art Museum
704 Terry Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
USA

http://fryemuseum.org

SIGE records artists performing tonight in Portland Oregon

Black Spirituals, Mamiffer, and Jessika Kenney perform tonight in Portland Oregon at Disjecta Gallery:


http://disjecta.org/exhibitions-events/black-spirituals
August 30th / $8 / tix available at door
8371 N Interstate Avenue
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 286-9449

ALL AGES

New SIGE records insert/ Black Spirituals tape cassettes

Heres the new SIGE records insert, highlighting new releases coming out this Fall and Spring 2015.
SIGE is happy to announce that we will be working with Jessika Kenney on her solo LP "The Heart's Damask", and also SUMAC(Aaron Turner, Nick Yacyshyn and Brian Cook) on their debut LP!

Below are some photos of the new Black Spirituals "Of Deconstruction" tape cassette which will be available on their upcoming tour, and also through the SIGE Bigcartel in September.

Black Spirituals tour dates: (Playing with SIGE artists Mamiffer, Jessika Kenney and Mesa Ritual!)

Thursday, August 21 Black Spirituals with Skyline Electric, Rob MacGill
Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA 90012http://humanresourcesla.com/
8p, $5

Saturday August 23 Black Spirituals with Mesa Ritual
Spirit Abuse 1103 4th Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87102http://www.postcommodity.com/SpiritAbuse.html
7:30pm $5.00-$10.00 sliding scale

Thursday, August 28th Black Spirituals with Mamiffer & Jessika Kenney
The Chapel 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Seattle WA, 98103http://www.waywardmusic.org/
8p

Saturday August 30th Black Spirituals with Jessika Kenney & Mamiffer w/ Live visuals and film by Daniel Menche
Disjecta 8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97217http://disjecta.org/

Mamiffer, Jessika Kenney, Black Spirituals, and Mesa Ritual shows

Sige records artists are playing some shows together on the Black Spirituals Summer tour:

Black Spirituals fund raiser and shows

Black Spirituals is raising funds for tour and recording, please support! :

http://blackspirituals.com/

*photos of Zachary and Marshall with the SIGE030 test pressing "Of Deconstruction" out in September.
Photos by Amy Tugor.

Black Spirituals will be playing shows in August with Mesa Ritual, Mamiffer and Jessika Kenney