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NYCTaper Presents: Shilpa Ray, Larkin Grimm & Gretchen Lohse at Trans Pecos – Wed Feb 26

February 23, 2014
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TransPecos 2-26

We are very excited to present three outstanding female artists each of whom approach modern music from a different perspective. This Wednesday at Trans Pecos, details below.

Our headliner is the unique Shilpa Ray, who will be performing with a scaled-down version of her excellent band the Happy Hookers. Shilpa recently released a new EP following an extensive tour of Europe in support of Nice Cave. She kept an ongoing journal of her exploits in Europe and it was one of my favorite reads during the Fall. Follow Shilpa on Facebook to read her entertaining and compelling Europe adventure.

In support for this show, we’re happy to welcome back the indescribable Larkin Grimm. After her departure from Young God Records and a terrific self-released album (we covered the CD release show), Larkin took some time off to raise her baby son. We are fortunate that she’s back performing live, and after a couple of smaller gigs this month, this show will be a coming out party of sorts for this incredible performer.

Gretchen Lohse is a young woman from Philadelphia who is going places. She released her debut solo album Primal Rumble in December and the rave reviews have been piling in — and well deserved. Its an intense personal folk album that conjures up comparison to early Sharon Van Etten.

Trans Pecos is the new ToddP venue located in the old Silent Barn space.

====| Wednesday 2/26 @ Trans Pecos |====

NYCTaper and ToddP present:

11:00 || Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
10:00 |||| Larkin Grimm
09:00 |||||| Gretchen Lohse

|Trans Pecos |
915 Wyckoff Ave | Bushwick, Brooklyn / Ridgewood Queens border
L-Halsey or Myrtle/Wyckoff | 8pm | $10 adv, $12 dos | all ages

ADVANCED TICKETS HERE

Facebook Event Page [HERE].

Dva: January 9, 2014 Trans Pecos – Flac/MP3/Streaming

January 13, 2014
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dva2
[photo by Adam]

My first show of 2014 was a very memorable one. The Czech band Dva have been around for a while and have been to NYC before, in fact they have a live album recorded for WMFU last year. But none of their albums have ever been distributed in the US — that is until Northern Spy Records will release Nipomo on February 25, 2014. And I had not seen them live until this past Thursday at Trans Pecos, at an outstanding show curated by Northern Spy. “Dva” is Czech for “duo”, and that is the basic formula for this band — but that’s just the start. Bára Kratochvílová plays a litany of instruments, including sax, a variety of percussion instruments and banjo. She also provides most of the vocals and the vocal sampling. Jan Kratochvíl is seated on stage with his acoustic guitar, a sampler, a mixer and his ability to perfectly beatbox. The sound of the band can best be described as “acoustic electronica” but the performance was so much more than that. In other words, Dva have to be seen to be completely understood. We will get that chance again in March, as the band has announced that they will return to the US for a tour which will include stops at SXSW and NYC.

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser cards on a stand at the front of the stage and mixed with a soundboard feed provided by the venue’s excellent FOH Max. The sound is pro quality. Enjoy!

Stream “Mulatu”:

Download the Complete show [MP3] / [FLAC]

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Dva
2014-01-09
Trans Pecos
Queens NY

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + On-Stage Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:02:42]
01 Nunovo Tango
02 Hap Hej
03 Huhu
04 Mechan Tuman
05 Nanuk
06 Nipomo
07 Tatanc
08 Fin
09 Mulatu
10 Tropikal Animal

If you download this recording from NYCTaper we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Dva, visit their website, and pre-order Nipomo from Northern Spy Records [HERE].

The Notekillers: November 5, 2013 Trans Pecos – Flac/MP3/Streaming

December 8, 2013
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Notekillers Trans Pecos
[photos by Allen Yee]

The Notekillers are one of the more interesting and unique stories in music, an history that we outlined when we recorded the band nearly two years ago at a benefit for Jonathan Toubin. The Notekillers have not played an NYC show since that night in 2012, but the band came together for another special night on Thursday. The space at 915 Wyckoff has been dormant since the Summer of 2011 when the Silent Barn was closed. In the interim, the building has been brought up to code and ToddP has now opened the new fully legal venue Trans Pecos on the site. Thursday was the debut show for the venue and we were fortunate to be there and get a good look at the place. The venue will continue to evolve in terms of physical layout and site upgrades (including outdoor patio) and the music and entertainment aspect will be produced by a series of excellent curators. The fine Brooklyn boutique label Northern Spy Records will curate every Thursday and their first event was a eclectic mix of genres. The Notekillers set was forty minutes of their proficient instrumental avant punk/prog/jazz and it was engaging from start to finish. From up close, it was a treat to watch a musician of such accomplishment as David First, but the band is truly a trio of equals as bassist Stephen Bilenky and drummer/saxophonist Barry Halkin certainly held their own. The band played songs from both their 77-81 Compilation and their 2011 comeback album We’re Here To Help, including “Eyelash” that we are streaming below.

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser cardioids mounted on-stage in the middle of the three performers, and mixed with a slight bit of soundboard feed as enhancement and volume for the sax. The mix is primarily the onstage mics, which captured the sound superbly. Enjoy!

Stream “Eyelash”:

Download the Complete Show [MP3] / [FLAC]

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Notekillers Trans Pecos 2

Notekillers
2013-12-05
Trans Pecos
Queens NY

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + On-Stage Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper

Setlist:
[Total Time 37:46]
01 Airport
02 Eyelash
03 Braindance
04 Roll Over Stockhausen
05 [banter]
06 Punk Song

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Notekillers, visit their website, and purchase their official releaes from The Ecstatic Peace Records website [HERE] and the Prophase Music website [HERE].

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