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Low Clarinet Duos 2009

by Paul Hoskin and Arrington de Dionyso

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first 07:55
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second 04:27
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third 07:51
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fourth 08:25
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fifth 01:17
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sixth 12:14
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seventh 13:12
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eighth 04:18
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Paul Hoskin you will be missed my friend.
Rest in Peace
1959-2018

Everyone close to him was aware that his health was in decline, so I wasn't really "surprised" to learn we had lost Paul...but as the days have passed by the impact of that loss has dug into me deeper.

When I first met Paul Hoskin in 1995, I was only twenty, and he was the first person I had ever met who shared such enthusiasm for the powerful sounds of the bass and contrabass clarinet family. I had only been playing for a few years, so meeting him through the Olympia Experimental Music Festival and later at the Seattle Improvised Music Festival was a profound encounter for me. Paul had dedicated his musical life to the fervent explorations of the uncharted outer limits of free improvisation through his instruments, for which he had developed uniquely unparalleled voicings and multiphonic techniques through which he tapped into a raw, unbridled expression bringing the listener directly in physical touch with PRIMORDIAL SOUND.

In his absence I would like to dedicate to his memory and to his many friends and musical co-collaborators the publishing of these duo sessions from 2009. Paul performs exclusively on contrabass clarinet, while I am on bass clarinet and contra-alto clarinet. Tracks 7 and 8 features some vocals through the body of the instrument, which in certain moments is modified by aluminum foil and a snare drum placed next to the bell.

The final track appears to have been recorded at an art gallery in Astoria, Oregon, I'm uncertain of the exact date in 2008 or 2009.

UPDATED: Obituary written by Steve Peters
Paul Hoskin 1958-2018
By Steve Peters
Paul Hoskin, a key figure in Seattle’s history of freely improvised music, passed away in his Seattle apartment on November 17.
While attending Oberlin College in the late ‘70s, Hoskin hung out with musicians and listened voraciously, especially to free jazz and European improvisation. In 1980 his brother gave him a battered C-melody saxophone salvaged from a friend’s attic and admonished him to start playing. Essentially self-taught, Hoskin worked his way through the reed family, eventually settling on contrabass clarinet and baritone sax, on which he developed a highly idiosyncratic voice that never ceased to evolve.
In the ‘80s and ‘90s Hoskin bounced between the coasts and toured around the US and Europe. He improvised relentlessly, playing in countless ad hoc groupings, as well as ongoing projects like Audio Letter and the sprawling New Art Orchestra in Seattle, and NYC groups The Same and Trigger. He also collaborated extensively with dancers, especially Linda Austin and Margit Galanter. He returned to the Northwest in the late ‘90s, moving around from the Olympic Peninsula to Astoria, Oregon, until finally settling down in Seattle in 2009.
Hoskin was a tireless catalyst in the improvised music community, always seeking out new players and venues and curating shows. In 1985 he organized a weekend gathering of locals and friends from New York to create the first Seattle Improvised Music Festival, now entering its 34th year. He continued to be involved with it sporadically, returning as co-curator in 2015 and 2016. He also booked shows at the Collins Pub, and was involved with Gallery 1412 and Spite House.
Since 2016, Hoskin stepped back from music, attending the occasional gig but mostly laying low. No stranger to hard luck and hard living, his health deteriorated in the last few years, resulting in several brushes with mortality followed by astonishing recoveries, of which he was quite proud; he relished defying everyone’s worst expectations. But in recent months he resumed practicing, and spoke optimistically of returning to performing next year. He also privately expressed profound gratitude to the community that had helped nurture and support him through his various crises.
Paul Hoskin touched a lot of lives and was beloved by many, even though loving him could be a challenge. He was full of contradictions: endearing, exasperating, brilliant, feral, loyal, stubborn, dedicated, self-deprecating, grandiose, gentle, dismissive, meticulous, chaotic, self-destructive, resilient. He might expound eloquently on Spinoza, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein, or recall a long, factually questionable story from 30 years ago. He lived on his own terms, made a deep impression on the music scene in Seattle and elsewhere, and leaves an equally large void in his absence. Quite simply, there was no one like him.

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released December 11, 2018

Tracks 1-8 recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, circa 2009.
Track 9 live concert recording at the Chapel at The Good Shepherd Center, Seattle. Date unknown but presumed 2008 or 2009.

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Arrington de Dionyso Olympia, Washington

Arrington de Dionyso conjures Utopic Spaces with multiphonic vocal work & minimalist instrumentation. It's shamanic seance meets rock and roll ecstasy; “TRANCE PUNK” combining traditional ritual trance, electrified experimental approaches, dancehall rhythms, gamelan scales and mystically inspired Indonesian incantations. Shocking and hallucinatory, MALAIKAT DAN SINGA always aims to channel Spirit. ... more

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