Psiphon Sessions with Desertion Trio

DESERTION TRIO TOUR

I'm hitting the road starting Wednesday, June 8, with Johnny DeBlase and Kevin Shea.

Check us out in one of these places:

DESERTION Trio TOUR
w/Johnny DeBlase on bass and Kevin Shea on drums

June 8th - Hudson, NY - The Spotty Dog w/Slow Collins
June 9th - Toronto, ON - Burn Down The Capital @ Ratio w/Steve Kado and zhang
June 10th - Detroit, MI - Trinosophes w/Ben Miller
June 11th - Chicago, IL - Elastic Arts w/Katherine Young's quartet and Michael Vallera
June 12th - Lafayette, IN - Spot Tavern
June 13th - Columbus, OH - Cara Bar w/Ryan Jewell Quintet, A Beamed Gelling Rose, Faster Island
June 14th - Pittsburgh, PA - City of Asylum 

Here's a great preview from the Chicago Reader:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/nick-millevois-desertion-trio-katie-young-michael-vallera/Event?oid=22340819

Nick Millevoi’s Desertion Trio, Katie Young, Michael Vallera 

When: Sat., June 11, 9 p.m.
Price: $10 suggested donation

On most recordings I’ve heard by Philadephia guitarist Nick Millevoi his playing is unapologetically aggressive and noisy, unleashing jaggedly lacerating outbursts that fit neatly within the general brutal prog milieu (see: his long-running trio Many Arms). Millevoi’s playing is no less furious with free-jazz quartet Haitian Rail or when he teams up with improvisers like Toshimaru Nakamura or Dead Neanderthals. So I was pretty shocked the first time I heard the new Desertion (Shhpuma), an often melodic quartet album that showcases a reserved, atmospheric side of his music. Deftly supported by keyboardist Jamie Saft, drummer Ches Smith, and Many Arms bassist Johnny DeBlase, Millevoi carves out enough space to turn American music into one sprawling cosmic jam, balancing country with a kind of denatured funk. It’s not all chill, as opening cut “Desertion and the Arsonist’s Match” draws upon classic prog gestures, with massive organ swells from Saft, overdriven beats by Smith, and needling, upper-register leads from the guitarist—all before segueing into one of many passages that evoke post-Morriccone renderings of the American southwest. “Just for a Moment, I Stood There in Silence” most surprised me: the tender, twangy waltz features lyric violin fills by guest June Bender and eventually veers into straight Crazy Horse territory with a luxuriantly stomping groove. On “Where They Do Their Capers,” Millevoi hovers within clouds of reverb and texture, waiting for a resolution that never arrives. His touring lineup includes DeBlase and drummer Kevin Shea of Haitian Rail and Mostly Other People Do the Killing.

— Peter Margasak

NYC Taper post

On March 6, Desertion Quartet played its first gig with Johnny DeBlase on bass, Christopher McDonald on Roland Juno, and Kevin Shea on drums. NYC Taper was there to document it.

Stream or download here: http://www.nyctaper.com/2016/03/nick-millevois-desertion-quartet-march-6-2016-palisades/

Then head over here and pre-order Desertion, which comes out May 20: https://nickmillevoi.bandcamp.com/album/desertion

Haitian Rail full concert video by Kinan Faham

Haitian Rail Record Release Gallery on Impose

Impose just posted an awesome gallery from the Haitian Rail Record Release show in Brooklyn at Death by Audio.

Check it out here: http://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/ed-ricart-and-nick-millevoi-quartet-with-dan-blacksberg-and-kevin-shea-and-more-at-death-by-audio

Haitian Rail Release Shows and Press

Last weekend, I played four record release shows for Haitian Rail with Ed Ricart, Dan Blacksberg, and Kevin Shea. The shows were a lot of fun and the music really developed into something different each night.

Haitian Rail is available on tape from New Atlantis Records, and on orange vinyl LP from Gaffer Records, or from me ($6/tape, $17/LP postage paid) via PayPal (nick.millevoi gmail). 

Here it is:

In Philadelphia, Kinan Faham filmed our entire set, which you can check out here:

We also received some really great press from the Philadelphia City Paper:

http://www.citypaper.net/agenda/RicartMillevoi_Quartet.html

Jump Philly, who posted a lot of great photos:

http://jumpphilly.com/2013/08/12/ricartmillevoi-quartet-ortliebs-lounge/

 And a nice preview from TimeOut New York:

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/ricart-millevoi-quartet-andrea-parkins-weasel-walter-and-elliott-sharp