1/11/2010
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle available now on Nicolas Prost’s CD, Klassik & Blue.
1/7/2010: January and February concerts
Upcoming shows include Backbeat Etude on the US East Coast and France, and three days of Soft Machine, for cello, electronica and dance with video and an installation, outside Paris. See Events for details.
11/5/2009: Shows in Durham
Susan Fancher premieres a new work of mine for tenor sax and electronics on Friday the 13th. See Events for details.
8/6/2009: New performance dates and new mp3 up
This summer I’ve been working on an opera, a short piece for the Straus-Campbell saxophone duo, and using Ableton Live for my dance music. Last weekend I played a laptop/sax set at Durty Durham’s first-ever Jamnesia Music Fest.
Check the Events page for new concert dates and the Dance page for a fresh 12-minute glitch dance mix mp3.
4/19/2009: Live samples up
Friday night was my first dance set in my home town of Chapel Hill, NC. I’ve posted a couple samples from the show on the Dance/Club page.
This will be a busy year of composing for me, with these current commissions:
--Saxophone duo for Michael Straus and Griffin Campbell
--Sax, bassoon, and electronics piece for Rare Degree
--AH!, a collaborative, multimedia opera with a premiere in Los Angeles this September
...and many more beats, as always...
3/22/2009: Upcoming shows
Check the Events page for info on an upcoming premiere in Paris and a gig in Chapel Hill.
2/16/2009: SPARK
I’m off to the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota (February 17-22). On Friday, I’ll perform a set on the Nightlife 3 concert, and on Sunday, I’ll give a short talk on collaborative remix websites.
1/23/2009: Paris premieres
Generation Next - large saxophone ensemble
Premiered by the Grand Ensemble de 100 Saxophones d’Ile de France under Jean-Louis Delage
Sunday, February 1 2009 - 4 PM
Eglise Saint-Merri de Paris
76 rue de la verrerie, M°hôtel de ville ou châtelet
Paris, France
Polyptoton - tenor sax and drum set
Premiered by Jean-Yves Chevalier and Jean Fessard / Commissioned by Nicolas Prost
Saturday, January 31 2009 - 5 PM
Espace culturel Dispan de Floran
11 rue des jardins 94240 l’hay-les-roses, France
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Alex Kotch is a composer of instrumental, electroacoustic, and electronic music and a performer on clarinet, saxophone, laptop, and percussion.