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tour dates+spot dates
june 3 - ellie perez @ bar noir 10pm 2 sets with tim motzer, phillip yeager, barry meehan philadelphia

june 21 - ursula rucker + tim motzer @ summerstage central park nyc

Monday June 24 - the debut of FUZZBASE at bar noir 10pm
featuring saxophonist/multi intstrumentalist Chris Cuzme (global illage, jazzheads), NYC drum wonder boy Jeremy Carlstedt (onetet), sub bassist Barry Meehan (Fractal Ark, MSG) and Tim Motzer (Ursula Rucker, Jazzheads)- who'll be bringing his heavily treated jazzbox out of retirement+ electronix. This formidible quartet will at once take over where jazzheads left off and quite rightly just do their own thing....don't miss the debut of FUZZBASE.

Monday July 8 - the Ellie Perez Experience returns to bar noir
showtime 10pm 2 sets with Philip Yaeger, Barry Meehan, and Tim Motzer. if you missed it the first time...don't miss it this time......the Ellie Perez Experience at Bar Noir

Thursday July 11 - global illage @ tritone (dan sears, chris cuzme, tim motzer, jim hamilton) - tritone is located in philadelphia on south @ 16th.

Wednesday July 31st ellie perez + nu cultures as part of rittenhouse park concert series 7-9pm

Sunday August 4th ellie perez + nu cultures @ tritone south + 16th st philly

Thursday September 12th global illage @ tritone

Ursula Rucker Summer Tour Dates
w / Tim Motzer - guitar & electronics
july 14 washington d.c. @ zanzibar on the waterfront with meshell ndegeocello
july 21 columbus ohio @ little brother's
july 22 chicago illinois @ empty bottle
july 24 detroit michigan @ alvin's with hannah (planet E)
aug 9 new york city @ SOB's with VINX
aug 10 toronto @ opera house with ?uestlove
aug 15 vancouver @ the purple onion with ?uestlove
aug 16 seattle wa @ i-spy with ?uestlove and mixmaster morris
aug 17 portland or @ b complex with mixmaster morris
aug 21 san francisco @ justice league with michael franti
aug 22 los angeles @ knitting factory

More dates to follow…
For bookings or other info: contact vibrations@1krecordings.com

news updates:
ellie perez will perform in philadelphia june 3rd at bar noir. 10pm bar noir is on 18th@sansom philadelphia. she'll be performing songs from her entire catalogue with an incredible line up of inventive musicians: tim motzer (guitars + electronics), barry meehan (sub bass), and phillip yaeger (trombone + electronic percussion). don't miss this incredibly rare event...

other ellie perez news: the 12" singles love lives for you and elektric dreamers have both been released worldwide on shaboom uk…next out will be the full length phillip charles release - auraplex featuring both singles -- results of collaborations between phillip charles, ellie perez, and tim motzer. Also just released: jon marsh-fabric 03 compilation from london featuring ellie on the deep c-randall jones remix of electrik dreamers. The cd package i s beautiful in a boxed tin fabric 03 cigarette case.

along with stalwarts pat martino, john swana, and mark boyce…tim motzer blended 2 tracks of resonant guitar to the phillip charles remix on the philadelphia experiment remix album out on rope a dope soon…curated by king britt - the album also features remixes from rob life, and ?uestlove...



global illage (chris cuzme, dan sears, tim motzer, jim hamilton) recently played in philadelphia at the ever present and captivating tritone in philadelphia to an amazingly enthusiastic audience. The two sets were filmed and recorded. Look for more shows in the philadelphia area and a possible live album in the near future.



ursula rucker with tim motzer tour dates coming this summer. In the meantime, check out K7tv for interview and live clips from Ursula Rucker and band at Popkomm in Koln Germany. www.k7.com



a jazzheads reunion (sort of)
tim motzer with fellow jazzheads ari hoenig and bassist ben bocardo tracked with french saxophonist julien lourau and producer/remixer jeff sharel (frikyiwa/statra) for an upcoming release…should be real hot…these sessions were burning!!!..recorded at nola studios in nyc.

fractal ark (dj jolah, mark boyce, tim motzer, barry meehan, elliot levin) toured in canada recently to packed houses in toronto, hamilton, and guelph ontario. Performing with a wide range of canadian talent: pocket dwellers, moses mayes funk orchestra, and remy shand. Many thanks to andrea @ reverb for making it happen.

coming soon: fractal ark-live volume 3-kyber pass (1k009) the third in a series of fractal ark live bootlegs featuring the 2002 line up.


sub bassist barry meehan's power blues trio msg (featuring king greenspon + mark scafidi) has been performing + recording live sets for a special cd-r limited edition available at future shows. Check out msg @ tritone in philadelphia Sunday June 9th. yes. msg.

1k new releases:
NU CULTURES - a one k mix collection (1k010)

A wonderfully vibrant mix of songs, nu jazz, glitch experiments, and ambiences featuring ellie perez, jazzheads, barry meehan, global illage, and fractured reverb underground.
with blur, on the rise, fall to earth, loves first night, and 11 more… produced by tim motzer. made in philadelphia.

Special website only additions to nu cultures.
Fractal Ark - live vol. 2

Recorded live June 2001 at Filos, Philadelphia
Recorded by Brendan the Bear and Fractal Ark.
Additional sonic enhancement courtesy of RetrofonixLabs.com
Produced by Fractal Ark
Global illage
Sushilove Sessions (equal area)

The improvisational quartet of Global illage and their resonant world vision is unleashed from members and collaborators of Les Nubians, Jazzheads, Elwood, Sylk130, Spoken Hand, Zakir Husain, and BoyzIImen…
1k Press Release
NU CULTURES ::: a one k mix collection (1k010)

1k’s NU CULTURES is a vibrant and diverse mix collection of downtempo pop/soul vocal electronica (ellie perez + barry meehan), nu jazz (jazzheads), ambient and glitch experiments (global illage + fractured reverb underground) all compiled and mixed into a 65 minute seamless flow…a soundtrack for your life. Drawing from a vast musical world of inspiration and experience, NU CULTURES is a journey full of imagination and heartfelt interior artistic expression.

Produced by tim motzer --guitarist /multi-instrumentalist/producer/songwriter with Les Nubians, Ursula Rucker, Kenny Lattimore, King Britt—NU CULTURES represents his own unique musical voice in the rich Philadelphia music scene and beyond. "With Nu Cultures, I was mixing all of my latest songs, music, and collaborations together just to make a fresh vibe album – my own little 1k radio set – and mainly to get all these songs out there and heard. I’m really pleased with the results."

In addition, Motzer is tying in his website www.1krecordings.com with extra information not found on the cd . "I’ve added all of the lyrics from the ellie perez and barry meehan tracks to the 1k site as well as extended musician + production credits for each track. The lyrics for remember by ellie perez, for instance, are notable because they were a complete improvisation in one take…and when you read them back you can’t believe how fully realized they are and how deeply full of meaning."

Having just completed NU CULTURES, Motzer is working on the 3rd fractal ark live bootleg coming soon; performing shows with the new ellie perez band; and readying for a US/Canadian Summer Tour with poet Ursula Rucker.

NU CULTURES is available in Philadelphia in these fine stores:

AKA (2nd+ Market)
CUE (4th + South)
SPACEBOY (South+4th)
SOUND OF MARKET (11th + Market)
TOWER (Avenue of the Arts)
MAIN STREET MUSIC (Manayunk)
SPRUCE ST RECORDS ( Spruce + 40 West Philly)
Or order on line @ www.1krecordings.com
What's on the 1k cd player:
onetet - one for free (greenroom)
nu cultures - a one k mix collection (1k)
eno - another green world (eg)
vincent gallo - when (warp)
burnt friedman and jaki liebizeit - secret rhythms (non 10/efa)
jan jelinek - loop finding jazz records (scape)
herbert - second hand sounds (peacefrog)
talk talk - missing pieces (efa)
david sylvian - brilliant trees (virgin)
peter gabriel - 2 remastered (geffen/realworld)
fractal ark - live volume 3 kyber pass (1k)
julien lourau - gambit (virgin france)
magic malik orchestra - (france)
don cherry - "mu" first part (actuel 1)
gentle giant - 3 friends (capitol)
bill frisell - look out for hope (ecm)
califone - roomsound (perishable) bill

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