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TSIGOTI - Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party
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ESP-Disk is proud to announce its newest artist, Tsigoti, an international band combining revolutionary politics and intelligent semi-acoustic avant-punk fervor. 'Private Poverty Speaks To The People Of The Party' was recorded with a group of players that have run the gauntlet of life experience and musical explorations and you can hear it in the vitality and urgency of the music. 'Private Poverty Speaks To The People Of The Party' still holds the same raw improvisational qualities of their debut recording, 'The Brutal Reality of Modern Brutality' (Edgetone Records). Straying from the typical notion of political commentary, Tsigoti delivers a clever, experimental, driving, AND fun accessible work of art that is true to the ESP mission: forward thinking and forever changing.


Personnel


Thollem McDonas - Beat-up Piano, Vocals
Andy Cap - Drums, Backing Vocals
Ben Itchy- Electric Bass, Backing Vocals
Jack Andrews - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Plus Guests Edoardo Ricci, Samuele Venturin, Francesco di Mauro, and a choir of a dozen friends.


Upcoming Live Dates


2010 US Tour dates: (More dates to come...)


April 28th at Pianos NY, NY

April 29th at New Museum with Martha Colburn NY, NY

April 30th at Philadelphia Museum Of Art with Martha Colburn Philadelphia, PA

May 1st at May Day Festival Greenbelt, MD

May 2nd at Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, PA

May 4th at Manhattans in Toledo, OH

May 5th at Bohemian National Home in Exile Detroit, MI

May 6th at Old Miami Detroit, MI

May 7th at WNUR Live On-Air Performance Chicago, IL

May 7th at Reggie's Chicago, IL

May 8th at Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL

May 12th at KDHX Live On-Air Performance (Uncontrollable Urge) St. Louis, MO

May 12th at Floating Laboratories (solo piano) St. Louis, MO

May 13th at The Tap Room Also Magic City St. Louis, Missouri

May 15th at Coalmine Kollektiv Albuquerque, NM

May 16th at High Mayhem Santa Fe, N.M.

May 18th at Echo Curio Also Dos (Mike Watt and Kira Roessler) Los Angeles, CA

May 19th at Que Sera Also The Missingmen, Long Beach, CA

May 21st at KFJC FM On-Air Performance SF Bay Area, CA

May 21st at Hotel Utah Saloon San Francisco, CA

May 22nd at the Blank Club San Jose, CA

May 28th On-Ari KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, OR

May 29th at The Artistery Portland, OR

May 30th at The Josephine with Rollerball and Zdrastvootie Seattle, WA

May 31st at Kenton Club Portland, OR

June 2nd at Frog Farm Takilma, OR

June 3rd at Parish Publick House Santa Cruz, CA

June 4th at The Sub Zero Festival on the Anno Domini Stage San Jose, CA

Thollem McDonas solo dates:

March 2nd at Tom Duff's Berkeley, California

April 6th at Portalnd State University with Scott Stobbe and Derek Johnson Portland, Oregon (Daytime)


April 6th at Portland New Music Society with Scott Stobbe and Derek Johnson Portland, Oregon (Nighttime)

April 8th at The Josephine with Zdrastvootie Seattle, Washington

April 9th at KBOO with Zdrastvootie Portland, Oregon

April 10th at The Artistery with Zdrastvootie and Why I Must Be Careful Portland, Oregon

April 11th at The Black Lodge with Zdrastvootie Also The Sugar Skulls Seattle, WA

April 13th at Portalnd State University solo piano Portland, Oregon (Daytime)

April 13th at Portalnd State University Comprovisation Workshop Portland, Oregon


April 14th at Goodfoot with Mae Starr and Monte Trent Allen (Moodring, Rollerball) Portland, Oregon


April 16th at TotallyIntenseFractalMindgazeHut Oakland, California With Ava Mendoza

May 8th at Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL

May 12th at Floating Laboratories (solo piano) St. Louis, MO

July 21st at Outsound New Music Summit accompanying the films of Martha Colburn SF, CA

August 15th at SIMM Series, with Estamos Ensemble San Francisco, CA


August 19th at Yerba Buena Center For The Arts New Frequencies Series, San Francisco, CA

August 23rd-25th recording with John Dieterich (Deerhoof etc.) AND Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Dos etc.) At Post-Consumer Studios Austin, TX


August 26th at Baby Blue With Thollem/Dieterich/Watt and The Weird Weeds and Plutonium Farmers Austin, TX


August 27th at TBA With Thollem/Dieterich/Watt and The Weird Weeds Baton Rouge, LA


August 28th at The Big Top With Thollem/Dieterich/Watt and The Weird Weeds and Rob Cambre New Orleans, LA


August 29th at Mango's With Thollem/Dieterich/Watt and The Weird Weeds Houston, TX

Track Listing


1. With A Mirror And A Magnifying Glass
2:56
2. Children Slaves Make Childrens Toys
2:51
3. They Make Them For They
1:02
4. Conformist Freedom, Reactionary Tourist
1:55
5. This Is A Simplified Response... 2:17
6. The Sickofwar Traine 3:48
7. (Yes) The Border Crossed Us 3:29
8. (We) Would You If You Could? 3:54
9. (Can) Don't Sleep Through This 2:17
10. (We?) This Is The Days Of Your Life 2:46
11. I May Not Get There With You. 2:31
12. Dust To People To Ashes 3:13
13. Everybody Settle Down, 1:39
14. This Is How It Is: 2:44
15. Everything Is Easy 4:24
16. But The Sun Don't Wait. 2:27



Press


TSIGOTI's "The Sickofwar Train" was included in The Wire's 2010 comilation The Wire Tapper 23.
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"The customary digital riddles characterizing the genius of this master pianist are all but forgotten here, for this sounds more as a semi-acoustic punk album. Beaten-up instruments, muttered vocals, rhythms and keys often disrespected; the exclusive wish is crying out loud that 'we can’t do this to ourselves anymore', as per one of the tracks titles. When we compare the fusion of these sensations to a sort of feverish pagan ritual and listen to this set with the same attitude of, say, looking at a shaman dressed like a young Joe Strummer, the honesty of intentions begins to clash (pun definitely intended) with our previous ideas pretty hard. Bizarrely frank stuff. - Massimo Ricci, TouchingExtremes, Italy

"Thollem Sickofwar revs up his beatup piano and throws down on war. The results are edgy, uneven and sometimes disquieting. All in all, a rollicking success." - J. Worley, Aiding & Abetting

 

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