Jim Meneses

Drummers are rarely remembered by rock and roll history, even though they made a direct effect. Jim Meneses is usually one of these. Through the ‘80s and early-to-mid-’90s, he offers added his idiosyncratic playing to a string of important sets of avant-rock persuasion, both in his indigenous Philadelphia and mainland European countries: The Stay Men, KIXX, No Pop, Palinckx, Blast. His innovative methods, improv flair, and impeccable timing actually in the oddest period signatures have already been instrumental in these organizations’ creative successes. Meneses also performs as an improvisor and because the past due 1990s continues to be mostly composing music for theater and dance, and carrying out on the custom-made MIDI marimba. Meneses produced his professional debut using the Philadelphia avant/post-punk/new-wave group The Stay Males, where he changed Michael McGettigan. Led by Peter L. Baker, a visionary designer and accurate eccentric, The Stay Men’s cartoonish delivery planted in the youthful drummer a flavor for stage antics, clownish theatrics, and irreverence (all components he found once again in Palinckx). Through the group’s energetic years (1980-1983) he also come up with the overall performance loft The Damp Spot, inviting English improvisers like Derek Bailey and Phil Minton. Going to the East and Western Coastline, he performed using the increasing era of avant-garde performers: Zeena Parkins, George Cartwright, Davey Williams, and Tom Cora amongst others. After The Stay Men fell aside circa 1984, Meneses started to break up his time taken between america and Europe, using a choice for holland. In 1985 he toured with David Moss’ Dense Music group and became a member of KIXX with whom he’d record three albums. With Tag Howell and Bruno Meillier he shaped No Pop (one LP in 1988). Prior to the end from the decade he previously toured with Peter Brötzmann, Willem Breuker, and Hans Koch, got have scored music for Philie filmmaker Peter Rose, and got brought several European music artists to the united states. At the start from the 1990s, Meneses performed his first single concerts and performed with avant-core guitarist Stephan Wittwer and potential Present bassist Keith Macksoud in Sludge 5-0. A cooperation with Czech drummer Pavel Fajt (Dunaj, Iva Bittová) led to the album Tracks for the Drums (1994). In 1993 he became a member of the Amsterdam avant-prog band of the brothers Jacques and Bert Palinckx. His most steady tenure and crazy ensemble because the Stay Men, Palinckx provided him a celebration to play the largest new music celebrations and record four albums. To pay the exuberance of the group he also joined up with the greater cerebral, Artwork Zoyd-influenced group Blast and performed in both before end from the 1990s. Very much quieter since 1998, Meneses provides released a couple of percussion duets with Toshi Makihara (Following Bug, 2001).