JEFF THOMPSON |
"Wavering Spruce and 100,000 Blades of Grass" CDr now available - - $10 postpaid To order, please email me here. Recorded the fall of 2007 while artist-in-residence at the Department of Safety in Anacortes, Washington amongst the ferns and mountains and gray fog. All songs are recorded live (no overdubs) using looped electric guitar, laptop, cymbals, and vocals. |
LIVE SHOWS |
Friday, August 16, 2008 Performing as part of Rhys Chatham's "Crimson Grail", a piece for 200 electric guitars! A free part of Lincoln Center's Wordless Music Series Friday, September 5, 2008 Performance at Hunter College Gallery in Times Square, NYC Playing live with two other musicians, all improvising at the same time. |
BIO |
Jeff Thompson is a musician, artist, and teacher living in New York City (Long Island City, to be exact). He makes sculptures, sounds, drawings, installations, records, and furniture. He also is the co-founder and director of the Texas Firehouse, an alternative gallery and performance space in Long Island City. |
SOUNDS |
[ performance at Texas Firehouse, light show by a dozen flashlights and the audience, video by Angeles Cossio ] Listen to excerpts of "Wavering Spruce and 100,000 Blades of Grass" Track 2 - - The Heater and the Cold Wind Track 4 - - Tiny Snails - Glitter Stump Track 6 - - The Wavering Spruce and 100,000 Blades of Grass Track 7 - - Lamination |
| PHOTOGRAPHS Click on the photo for full size. |
 Performance at Texas Firehouse Photo by Angeles Cossio  Performance at Department of Safety Photo by Luke Mahan  Performance at Department of Safety Photo by Luke Mahan  At Elsewhere Artist Collaborative Photographer unknown (is it you?)  Drawing by me |
