audiounit 8
(Sweden/USA)
electric doublebass
Friday, 2007 August 24, 7.30pm
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an American bassist, composer, programmer, conceptualist and record producer. A resident of Stockholm, Sweden since 1985, he is widely recognized as a highly individual voice on the electric bass guitar, Ashbory bass, Fichter electric double bass and acoustic bass guitar, he has also distinguished himself as a clinician (demonstrating at the Frankfurt Musik Messe and the Los Angeles NAMM show for Hohner and Steinberger from 1992 - 1995), programmer and synthesist developing with Max/MSP, Csound and Java. As a record producer and composer he has collaborated with many of the more prominent names in the international art world such as Peter Kihlgård, Lydia Grey, Johannes Bergmark, Iris Lord, Magnus Alexanderson, Olaf Rupp and Reeves Gabrels. He currently promoting the debut release of his improvising trio Decision Dream ("Steamroom Variations", Red Toucan Records) as well as appearing solo augmented by Nord Modular Synth and electronics.
The evening will be opened by an improvisation of Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Kera Nagel and André Aspelmeier.