Location One is happy to announce an evening of electro-acoustic music with bassist Skuli Sverrisson and drummer Jim Black. This duo’s performance marks the second program of the Fall 2001 Music Series at Location One. (Percussionist Gerry Hemingway played a solo concert on October 20th and violinist Mark Feldman will perform on December 14th).

Skuli Sverrisson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. His work in experimental and improvised music has spanned 15 years and has appeared on over 50 recordings. He has performed in Europe, Japan, South America, and Australia. Skuli has been the Music Director for renowned performance artist Laurie Anderson over the past two years. They completed the critically acclaimed electronic opera “Songs and Stories from Moby Dick” in 1999 and Laurie Anderson’s most recent recording, “Life on a String” for Nonesuch, which brought together great talents such as Bill Frisell, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, David Sanborn, Hal Wilner and Van Dyke Parks. Skuli’s group Pachora recently released their second CD “Unn” on Knitting Factory Works. Other recent releases include his solo work “Seremonie” on Extreme Music, his duo “Desist” with Anthony Burr and “Kjar” with Hilmar Jensson.

Jim Black has been playing drums for twenty-three years. He was born in 1967 and grew up in Seattle, WA, playing music ranging from garage rock to big band swing. In 1985 he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. During that time he taught summer classes, recorded numerous albums and performed in Europe. He relocated to Brooklyn, NY in 1991. Jim has co-lead and composed for Pachora (the Balkan-music-inspired quartet featuring Skuli Sverrisson, Brad Shepik, and Chris Speed) and the group Human Feel. He has recorded and toured extensively with diverse groups including Ellery Eskelin, Chris Speed’s Yeah No, Tim Berne’s Bloodcount, Dave Douglas’s Tiny Bell Trio and Uri Caine’s Mahler and Bach Projects. Jim is currently performing and recording a debut album with his quartet AlasNoAxis (available on Winter & Winter Recordings).