A Special Show and LP - J.A. Dino Deane - Conduction - April 27 - 3pm

[High Mayhem Newsletter]

A very special show and album release

What: Tribute to J.A. Dino Deane – Out of Context Album release and The 
Folding Space Conduction Ensemble.

When: Sunday, April 27th at 3pm

Where: The Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale Blvd, SE, Albuquerque NM

The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble, based in Santa Fe, NM, explores 
the Conduction Lexicon established by the late maestro Lawrence D. 
“Butch” Morris which he passed on to the great J.A. “Dino” Deane. Dino, 
who passed away in 2021, founded New Mexico’s Out of Context ensemble – 
the longest lived and deepest developed Conduction ensemble ever 
established. Carlos Santistevan, who played bass in and provided 
electronics for Out of Context for over 10 years, was gifted a deep 
knowledge and understanding of the works and legacy of Morris and Deane 
during his tenure. Shortly before his passing, Dino entrusted the 
archives of Out of Context to Santistevan, who has since digitized and 
studied over 100 rehearsals, culling from the many recordings to release 
a series of Out of Context LP’s to preserve Dino’s legacy. The first LP, 
from the High Mayhem Festival in 2006, will be released at this concert. 
Santistevan has also now taken up the baton to serve as Conductor so the 
Conduction Lexicon will remain active and vibrant as evidenced by the 
founding of The Folding Space Conduction Ensemble in 2024. This special 
tribute brings together the two ensembles in celebration of Deane’s 
legacy. It’s Carlos Santistevan, conductor; John Flax, text; David 
Forlano, electronics/ sampling; Katie Harlow, cello; Rosie Hutchison, 
violin; Marya Errin Jones, vox/electronics; Sean Kennedy, tuba; Keely 
MacKey, cello; Alex Neville, electric bass; Joseph Sabella, vibes; 
Catherine Sikora, sax/flute; Ben Tempchin, electric guitar; Alicia 
Ultan, viola; and Milton Villarrubia III, drums/ percussion.

Dino’s Safe Haven Concert Series was created upon the passing in July 
2021 of renowned sound designer, composer-improviser and long-time New 
Mexico resident, J.A. Deane (“Dino”), who bequeathed a generous gift of 
his “Safe Haven Tiny Home” to Outpost to support the work of like-minded 
artists.

Tickets available at: https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/442584

OUT OF CONTEXT - Live at the High Mayhem Festival 2006 LP -

High Mayhem Emerging Arts out of Santa Fe, NM is proud to release the 
Out of Context - Live at High Mayhem Festival 2006 LP to document the 
incredible legacy of the late JA “Dino” Deane in the preservation and 
amplification of the Conduction® Lexicon developed by Lawrence “Butch” 
Morris.
Working with Butch since 1985, Dino led the longest and deepest 
exploration into the Conduction Lexicon ever with his work in Out of 
Context. While Butch is credited with the Lexicon, he never had the 
opportunity to develop the music with the same ensemble for 15 years as 
Deane did. Dino was also instrumental in the finalization and release of 
The Art Of Conduction: A Conduction Workbook to help preserve the 
knowledge of Conduction. This LP documents OOC in full stride at the 
raucous High Mayhem Festival in 2006. This is the first of 4-5 LP’s that 
will be released to document the arc and evolution of this 
groundbreaking ensemble.

The Out Of Context Ensemble was founded by Dino J.A. Deane in 1997. 
Deane had been doing live-sampling in ensembles led by Butch Morris for 
12 years (Conduction #3 Goya Time 1985 NYC). Conduction is a vocabulary 
of signs and gestures transmitted by a conductor to an orchestra 
providing instantaneous possibilities for altering or initiating 
harmony, melody, rhythm, articulation, phrasing or form. Deane’s goal in 
forming OOC was to have no goal. His intention was to work with an 
ensemble slowly over time allowing them to develop a deep understanding 
and skill with this revolutionary way of creating music. He also wanted 
to incorporate an actor to explore the use of text for both rhythmic and 
narrative possibilities. Over the course of 15 years Out Of Context 
performed a real-time score to the classic 1932 silent film “Peter 
Pan'', performed a concert at the Georgia O’Keeffe museum playing the 
photographs of Edward Weston, performed a concert at the Outpost 
Performance Space playing the book 1” = 25 Miles by Melody Sumner 
Carnahan, recorded a score for the film The Burden Carriers by Pierre 
Barrera, and created a sound design for Theater Grottesco’s play 
Wenomadmen. OOC also released 4 critically acclaimed recordings on Xerx 
and High Mayhem.

Purchase/download the album at: 
https://highmayhem.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-context-live-at-the-high-mayhem-festival-2006

Out of Context Ensemble in 2006 and on the LP:

JA “Dino” Deane – Conductor
CK Barlow - live sampling
John Baldwin – cornet
Matt Deason - electric bass
John Flax – text
Katie Harlow - cello
Joseph Sabella - vibraphone, snare
Carlos Santistevan - upright bass
Bonnie Schmader – flute
Molly Sturges - voice
Alicia Ultan - viola
Jefferson Voorhees - drums

About Dino JA Deane:

  Friday, July 23. 2021 at 11:14pm marked the peaceful passing of Dino 
J.A. Deane. He transitioned in New Mexico with his dearest friends, Joe 
Sabella and Katie Harlow, at his side. Born on February 16, 1950, Deane 
was 71.
Over a career spanning more than four decades, this 
multi-instrumentalist, sound-designer and conductor demonstrated a 
unique and innovative approach to the world of music. Dino pioneered the 
use of live-electronics in Indoor Life - a popular art/punk band from 
San Francisco during the early 1980's. He played a trombone-controlled 
synthesizer which emulated the sound of an electric guitar and employed 
a tape-echo to create loops.
During the 1980’s Dino toured the world with Jon Hassell as the 
electro-acoustic live-sampling percussionist. That collaboration 
resulted in the ground-breaking Power Spot recording for ECM in 1986, 
produced by Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois.
During that same period Dino became a close collaborator in Butch 
Morris's real-time composition creations called Conduction®, and in 1995 
co-produced Morris's epic 10-CD box set Testament, for New World 
Records. Dino originated the term “live-sampling” - recording members of 
an ensemble while in performance, manipulating the sound, then playing 
back the recorded audio like an instrument. He is considered a master in 
this field of performance.

Dino had an extensive background in composition for modern dance, having 
created over fifty dance/music works with his life partner, 
dancer/choreographer Colleen Mulvihill. He had an equally long history 
creating sound designs for dramatic theater, working with writer 
directors as diverse as Sam Shepard, Julie Hebert, Christoph Marthaler 
and John Flax of Theater Grottesco.
Since 1995, Dino released several albums under his own name and directed 
the ensemble Out of Context. More than 400 hours of his compositions are 
being prepared for streaming release to preserve his legacy and his 
contributions to improvisation.

In November 2020, Dino published Becoming Music - Conduction and 
Improvisation as forms of QiGong, which is available through Bandcamp 
and other stores.

https://dinojadeane.bandcamp.com/merch/becoming-music-a-book-about-the-art-of-flow-in-music

His music and writings are being preserved at:

https://dinojadeane.bandcamp.com/

http://jadeane.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Dino-JA-Deane-Tribute-107637254947183

For more information on Deane's contributions please contact:
Cookie Marenco / Blue Coast Music at support at bluecoastmusic.com




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