Current Quartet

CQ organized to present new electroacoustic compositions and improvisations in unique performance environments in Cincinnati and New York. Funk, swing, noise, song, electronics, and improvisation combined with soundscapes, sculpture, modified toys and homemade instruments.

Paul Hogan - keyboards, vocals, and laptop
Tony Franklin - drums, guts, and percussion
Mike Barnhart - multi-reed performer, and laptop
Tony Luensman (not pictured) - multi-reed performer, circuit bender, vocals, and sound sculptures

The group has performed for the Intermedia Series at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, for Tony Luensman's Irato at the Weston Art Gallery, for Tony Luensman's performance at the Headland Center in San Fransisco, and for a variety of rooms around Cincinnati. Paul and Mike recently completed a residency at STEIM (studio for electro-instrumental music) in Amsterdam where they developed the sound installation, Current Orchestra: The Well-Tempered Joystick.

CQ has two CDs to date. The self-produced, self-titled debut album combines Paul's tight compositions with the improvisations, poetry, computer noises, and modified toys of the rest of the group. The second CD, Irato, is a live performance from the Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. Tony Luensman's sound sculptures are woven into the sonic fabric of CQ's textural improvisations and lush melodic lines. Paul mixed and mastered both discs.

edification - mp3 (8.9 MB)
Dance No. 2 (Bali) - mp3 (5 MB)
Conceived Untouched - mp3 (4.2 MB)
Mumble - mp3 (6.5 MB)

Current Quartet - 2001

produced by Current Quartet and Paul Hogan
mixed and mastered by Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan - voice, keyboards, live computer processing, guitar, accordion, percussion, toys
Mike Barnhart - soprano sax, baritone sax, bass clarinet, live computer processing, harmonica, accordion, toys
Tony Franklin - drums, ashtray, voice, toys
Tony Luensman - voice, soprano sax, flute, accordion, circuit-bending, toys

This CD was recorded in April 2001 in Cincinnati.

You can buy this directly from paul@hoganmusic.com for $6 (plus shipping).

Current Quartet - Irato - 2002

produced by Tony Luensman and Current Quartet
mixed and mastered by Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan - electric harp, piano, turntable, bells, rattles, toy guns, accordion, laptop
Mike Barnhart - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, bells, rattles, toy guns, laptop
Tony Franklin - percussion, bells, rattles, toy guns
Tony Luensman - soprano saxophone, alto clarinet, bells, rattles, toy guns

You can buy this directly from paul@hoganmusic.com for $6 (plus shipping).

Past performances:

Current Orchestra: The Well-Tempered Joystick
An Interactive Sound Installation
with performances and contributions by
Mike Barnhart, Tony Luensman,
Tony Franklin, and Paul Hogan
Saturday, May 15th, 2004, all day
The Tank, NYC

Intermedia IV
Current Quartet
Friday, March 26th, 2004, 8PM
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Current Quartet performs Irato
May 17th and 20th, 2002
Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

email: info (at) currentquartet.com