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 SLAMMIN all-body band — released 2005.
SLAMMIN brings down the house with lightning-fast improvisation, electrifying harmonies, blazing percussive dance, and raucous humor. Deeply rooted in the grooves of Jazz, Funk, R&B and World Music, SLAMMIN pushes a cappella music outside the box, and over the ledge.
Vocals by Bryan Dyer, Zo‘ Ellis, Kenny Washington and Destani Wolf.
Beatboxing by Steve Hogan.
Body Music by Keith Terry.
Plus a special appearance by Vicki Randall (#8, Freedom Jazz Dance).
"Mixing jazz, reggae and techno with a funky hint of Sly and Family Stone, this body music group abandons not only convention but instruments altogether. Slammin relies exclusively on the musical potential of the human body to cook up a fresh take on old favorites such as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and Toots and the Maytals. The Bay Area sensation, known for its signature off-the-wall improv sessions, offers up an organic blend of a cappella, beatboxing and body music (imagine a funk-soul version of Bjork's Medulla)." - Jackie Black, GOOD TIMES
SLAMMIN's concerts are rowdy, funky, humorous, vibrant and fresh; the material -- old school, contemporary, and of the moment. Much of SLAMMIN's debut CD is improvised and live, capturing that energy. The album features these phenomenally talented vocalists playing off the other members of the band and reacting to the smallest nuances from the audience. The rhythm section lays down the ride, with Body Music throwing in a kinetic component unseen in a cappella music. As with every Crosspulse recording, the inter-culturalism and soul imbedded in the Oakland music scene is rampant.
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 Professor Terry's CIRCUS BAND EXTRAORDINÁIRE LIVE! — released 2004.
Conjuring Moods from the BIG TOP to the BOUDOIR. Gua ranteed to leave your HEAD spinning and BODY twitching.
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Professor Keith Terry (Crosspulse) drums, percussion, body music, found sound
Linda Tillery (Cultural Heritage Choir) vocals, percussion
Evie Ladin (Stairwell Sisters) banjo, rhythm dance, vocals
Rich Kuhns (Claudia Villela & Ricardo Peixoto) accordion
Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck & The Flecktones) bassoon
Jeff Cressman (Santana) trombone
George Brooks (George Brooks' Summit) saxophone
David Belove (John Santos' Machete Ensemble) bass
David Balakrishnan (Turtle Island String Quartet) violin
"A wild, woolly-headed, brilliantly spotlit circus dream of music that not only swats the senses but stirs the soul." - Darol Anger
These Intrepid Musicians soulfully skew Crooked Originals and Twisted Standards that run the gamut from the Dark to the Comical, the Bashing to the Sublime. This CD is a Circus of Music, with World-Reknowned players of Jazz, Funk, Appalachian, Latin and World music, destined to lead audiences over mountains of musical mayhem with virtuosic bravado, grand humor and technical wizardry.
Professor Terry's Circus Band Extraordináire was honed over three seasons (2001-2004), and features a cast of band leaders who bring their musical genius and humor to an exceptionally soulful performance. The live show includes a world class contortionist, silly dancing, sight gags and other added adventures. This recent release captures the breadth and energy of live performances in San Francisco, 2002.
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 BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION: SOUNDTRACK — released 2001.
This is the second collaboration of Keith Terry and I Wayan Dibia, performed by an international ensemble of twelve renowned musicians and dancers from North and South America and the Indonesian islands of Bali, West Java and Sumatra.
Blending and bending artistic and cultural boundaries, this SOUNDTRACK CD weaves together body music, rhythm dance, kecak, saman, drums, flutes, gongs, rocks, bamboo, banjo, water and voice.
The work premiered at the Bali Arts Festival in July, 1999, and went on to a two week run at Theatre Artaud in San Francisco in October, 1999.
Hear selections from this album:
Samba Silat
Samba Silat Bells
Shadow Life
Rumba Campur
""In its wonderfully unique yet universal mingling of East and West, and without thorny ideological ramifications, BODY TJAK is a refreshing and almost flawlessly executed work of art. It is gentle but not slack, charming but not cute, and both inspirational and thoroughly entertaining."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION was directed by I Wayan Dibia and Keith Terry; created and performed by: Metrizal Bin Afrizal, Dewa Putu Bratha, Edgardo Camb—n, I Wayan Dibia, Tacuma King, Evie Ladin, Susas Rita Loravianti, Robert Moses, Kelly Takunda Orphan, Endang Rukandi, Ida Ayu Arya Satyani and Keith Terry.
BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION SOUNDTRACK was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA, and produced by Andy Narell & Keith Terry.
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 SERPENTINE —
Crosspulse's second CD, released 1998. Featuring Edgardo Camb—n, Claudia Gomez, Raymond Graham, Jackeline Rago and Keith Terry, with guest artists David Balakrishnan, David Belove, Bill Douglass, Andrew Lewis, Karl Perazzo, Susu Pampanin, Members of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, I Wayan Sinti, Michael Spiro, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir. Produced by Keith Terry with Greg Landau and Dave Nelson.
"If you like what Bobby McFerrin did to the voice, you will love what Crosspulse does to the drum."
Dirty Linen
"Most world music samplers and box sets don't cover as much ground, and few other global fusion bands execute their eclecticism with such attention to detail, such a combined sense of reverence and fun, and such a generosity of spirit."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
SERPENTINE was produced by Keith Terry, Greg Landau and Dave Nelson, and originally released on Ubiquity Records.
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 KEITH TERRY & CROSSPUS —
Crosspulse's first recording, released in 1994 (currently available on cassette only). Featuring Edgardo Camb—n, Raymond Graham, Susu Pampanin, Jackeline Rago and Keith Terry, with guest artists Rowan Jiminez, Erika Luckett, Andy Narell and I Nyoman Windha. Produced by Keith Terry and Andy Narell.
" * * * * " Tower Pulse Magazine
"Tight and grooving...a huge assortment of sounds and emotions" DRUM! Magazine
"A world of voice and percussion that reflects the primitive roots of all music, skin on skin and the human breath...an emotional force beyond words" CMJ New Music Report
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 BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION — Performance Video (2001)
Winner! Best of Festival - Music Video
Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2002
This is the second collaboration of Keith Terry and I Wayan Dibia, performed by an international ensemble of twelve renowned musicians and dancers from North and South America and the Indonesian islands of Bali, West Java and Sumatra.
Blending and bending artistic and cultural boundaries, this PERFORMANCE VIDEO weaves together body music, rhythm dance, kecak, saman, drums, flutes, gongs, rocks, bamboo, water and voice.
The work premiered at the Bali Arts Festival in July, 1999, and went on to a two week run at Theatre Artaud in San Francisco in October, 1999.
"In its wonderfully unique yet universal mingling of East and West, and without thorny ideological ramifications, BODY TJAK is a refreshing and almost flawlessly executed work of art. It is gentle but not slack, charming but not cute, and both inspirational and thoroughly entertaining."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION was directed by I Wayan Dibia and Keith Terry; created and performed by: Metrizal Bin Afrizal, Dewa Putu Bratha, Edgardo Camb—n, I Wayan Dibia, Tacuma King, Evie Ladin, Susas Rita Loravianti, Robert Moses, Kelly Takunda Orphan, Endang Rukandi, Ida Ayu Arya Satyani and Keith Terry.
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 BODY MUSIC, PART TWO
with Keith Terry
What is Body Music? Before people were hollowing logs and slapping rocks, they were using their bodies to stomp, clap, sing, snap and grunt their musical ideas. There are many traditional Body Musics in the world, from African-American Hambone and Flamenco Palmas to Sumatran Saman and Ethiopian Armpit music. Keith Terry has developed a contemporary style of Body Music based on his training as a Jazz drummer, as well as his years of intensive study and collaboration with world rhythmic systems.
Body Music: Part Two uses the techniques developed in Part One to create more complex rhythmic patterns, as well as increased coordination between hands, feet and voice. Working at an intermediate level, students explore sequencing, phasing, downbeat/offbeat and syncopation while building a four-part polyrhythm. With Evie Ladin, Namita Kapoor and Yari Mander. Includes Footage of Keith Terry in Performance.
Your 1st body music vid has enabled me to open up my rhythmicality through total body involvement. Because of that, I can now share this knowledge with everybody from theater groups, dance troups, modern dancers and beyond. I can't wait to get this new video. many thanks to you. --John Scalici, Birmingham, AL
Teachers: See website forum where you can share your original applications of Body Music to a range of academic subjects.
“Sophisticated and up-to-the-minute in its intellectual appeal, in its multicultural inspirations and in its blending of boundaries between art forms” Washington Post
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 BODY MUSIC, PART ONE
with Keith Terry
Rated 5 Stars by Percussionmusic.com!
NOW AVAILABLE IN DVD & VHS - pls specify!
An introduction to Body Music as developed by Keith Terry, this first volume
features Body Music technique,rhythm blocks, polymeters, time step, phasing
and polyrhythms. Ideal rhythmic exercises for teachers and students of any
music and dance.
What is Body Music? The Village Voice says: Keith Terry "claps his hands,
rubs his palms, finger-pops, stamps his feet, brushes his soles, slaps his
butt and belly, pops his cheek, whomps his chest, skips and slides, sings and babbles and coughs, building his music out of a surprisingly varied register of sounds and clever rhythmic variations."
Using the Oldest Instrument on the Planet - the Human Body (your own) – this Body Music Instructional Video will teach you to clap, slap, snap, and step your way through some very fun and funky rhythmic music.
". . . a crossing of cultures, a blurring of boundaries at its most sensitive, most humanistic, and most magical."
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
***Includes Footage of Keith Terry’s Body Music in Performance ***
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 BUCKDANCING FOR BEGINNERS
The Basics of Southern Appalachian Flatfoot Clogging (2002)
Taught by Evie Ladin with music by Suzy's Floozies (Suzy Thompson on fiddle, Maxine Gerber on banjo and Kate Brislin on guitar).
"Clogger Evie Ladin set the house afire"
Dance Magazine
Southern Appalachian Flatfoot Clogging is a step dance style developed in the mountains in the Southeastern United States. A unique mixture of English, Irish African and Native American percussive dance, Flatfoot Clogging is practiced individually and on teams wherever Old-Time or Bluegrass music is heard.
"Dynamic freestyle dancing...Her presentation is enthusiastic and well-organized" Old Time Herald
This 45 minute video is designed to make you feel as if you are actually in Evie's clogging class, with fine Old-Time stringband music, and the energy of a room full of dancers. Evie introduces a variety of basic steps, building sequentially so you continue to add to your repertoire while reviewing at the same time. You will also learn some strategies for freestyling - helping you combine your favorite steps. Evie's fluid technique will get you dancing and keep you dancing.
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 KECAK: THE VOCAL CHANT OF BALI
by I Wayan Dibia
Professor I Wayan Dibia, long-time collaborator with Crosspulse Director Keith Terry (see Body Tjak), has written a seminal book on Kecak (keh-chóck), the vocal chant of Bali. I Wayan Dibia is a distinguished performer, choreographer and scholar specializing in Balinese performing arts.
Beginning in the early 1970’s Dibia began to experiment with elements of traditional Kecak to create new works for a contemporary Balinese audience. These works often involve 200 to 1000 people. His innovative art works have gained high recognition and have been featured in countless important events in Indonesia and world-wide.
Kecak, or Cak, is one of Bali’s most well-known performing art forms. Despite the great popularity of the art form, very little has been written on the subject that would provide comprehensive information invaluable for appreciating it’s unique history and cultural aesthetics
There are both sacred and secular forms of Kecak. The older, ritual Kecak is used to accompany trance dance (Sanghyang), and is not dramatic. The secular Kecak the vocal chant is used to accompany, underscore and embellish dramatic performances, often stories from the Ramayana.
This book intends to provide extensive information and documentation of Kecak, including: the development of Kecak, the traditional element of its performance, the Ramayana epic as it is performed in Kecak, and some notes on new innovations and changes within the form. The book includes a list of Kecak masters and the active Kecak groups on the island.
Mr. Dibia holds an SST degree from the Dance Academy of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, and an MA and PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies in Southeast Asia Performing Arts from UCLA.
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 BODY TJAK/THE CELEBRATION — T-shirt
Beautiful Body Tjak Logo of Gong & Hands, on a rich purple 100% Cotton T-shirt. Available in S, M, L & XL.
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