Last year I self released three tapes. I have copies if you find me in the wild, but you can check them out on bandcamp otherwise.
Two duos from live sets. Shiraishi & Ewen / id m theftable & Ewen. Side A I’m paired with Japanese avant guard saxophonist Tamio Shiraishi. High frequencies, timbral variety, good contrast of silence, texture and tone. Shiraishi is known for performing on NYC subway platforms. The B side is with Maine’s id m theftable, who can make music with arguably any object or surface. He tours frequently, check him out.
https://sandyewen.bandcamp.com/album/shiraishi-ewen-id-m-theftable-ewen
A trio and another duo, Yom, Feitzinger & Ewen / Wallace & Ewen. I’ve known flutist Michelle Yom since around 2008 or so, when we both lived in Houston. We met percussionist Paul Feitzinger at a gig out in Greenpoint about 2 years ago, and have enjoyed working as a trio and in other configurations since. Paul visited me in Mexico City back in January and we played some duo gigs. This trio recording, made live at WFMU, is pleasantly active, sonically diverse, and very focused. I am particularly fond of Paul’s percussion preparations involving a fidget spinner and canned air. The duo with Eli Wallace, playing prepared piano and sometimes regular piano, was recorded one afternoon at Eli’s apartment. Eli does a concert series there, called Outward Bound, about once a month. His roommate makes pizza for these occasions. Sadly, this was just a session and we didn’t eat pizza. This is a pleasant bit of music, with nice build-ups of density, good listening, etc.
https://sandyewen.bandcamp.com/album/yom-feitzinger-ewen-wallace-ewen
In 2009, I founded an All Female Large Ensemble. We have presented works that respond to art, landscape and architecture with movement, voice and instruments. We have written numerous suites of compositions, performing under a variety of fruit-flavored names: Durian Durian & Red Currant for the Menil Collection in Houston, Cherimoya Cherry for Los 77 Espacio de Arte in Mexico City and Lemon Lime for Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin TX, among others. This album includes two pieces from 2017’s Red Currant performance, 2016’s Cucumber Melon, and 2010’s CDr recorded as Blue Raspberry Sour Apple. Thanks always to Ryan Edwards for his recording/sound engineering.
https://sandyewen.bandcamp.com/album/the-fruit
I also have a new tape on Blue Hole Records. Blue Hole is run by my Houstonian friend Will Csorba, who recorded me in his attic the first week of 2019. The material on this tape is great. I’ve been making some short videos with bits of this as soundtrack, you can find it on my instagram @sandyewen