
Photo by Cynthia Kramer at Mr. Small’s Recording Studio.
On Bandcamp and streaming platforms you can hear trē improvising with flutes on these records:
“A Place I Recognized” (Habitat Sounds) - solo EP of sound collage with flutes & field recordings
“GLO-TREE” - ambient improvised music with GNM (guitar) and Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl (sound design, electronics)
“Musically Yours: A Tribute to Sam Rivers” (Fleur Records) - with Dylan Zeh (bass), Derek Bendel (tenor saxophone), and Ross Antonich (drums)
On Bandcamp only:
Live soundscape inside the Hall of Sculpture at the Carnegie Museum of Art - with Aaron Basskin (electronics, sound design), André Solomon (flute), Liana Chin (cajón, tabla)
“HSOB105: Trē & David Bernabo - Three Waves” (Ongoing Box) - free improvisation with flutes and percussion
“Laughing on Stratus Clouds” by Hellcat Sneer and Kenta (on piccolo)
On Soundcloud you can find trē improvising with text loops in collaboration with iriseoyoung (ambient electronics) for “Read-Shifting Web,” an Asian/American reading room held by JADED at Bunker Projects.
Future releases include a duo record of alto flute and electronics with Adam Kantz.
excerpts of live performances / jam sessions across 2023-2024:
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Solo sound collage with field recordings at The Big Idea Bookstore. Aug. 2024
Excerpts from a solo set of live sound collage with field recordings, SP-404 sampler, flute, and RC-202 loop station by trē seguritan abalos at The Big Idea Bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA.
Field recordings (all collected by trē except for samples of Motaz Azaiza and Dalal Abu Amneh):
0:00 - bells heard in a forest in Hakone, Japan - temple chimes at Sensō-ji, Tokyo - water in Pangasinan, Philippines near a woman singing under her breath - trē reading from an unsent letter: "did you know... that to escape our skin, I become a sound?" - trē's little cousin talking to herself in Tagalog in a cemetery / the cousin's mom calling her - train from Narita airport to Tokyo
3:00 - stuck in Manila traffic, listening to Tagalog hip hop - trē saying, "... life, here? ... welcoming"
6:00 - sample of Gazan journalist Motaz Azaiza singing - voices of food vendors on a bus to Baguio, Philippines - voices at izakaya in Odawara, Japan - train from Narita to Tokyo - trē improvising on her parents' piano in San Jose, CA - trē's little cousin speaking, birds singing around her
10:10 - flute loop - voices of protesters in Pittsburgh
11:20 - sample of Dalal Abu Amneh singing a Palestinian song about the olive harvest - television & voices at an izakaya in Odawara, Japan
13:45 - trē improvising on her parents' piano in San Jose, CA - trē recounting a memory with family - same samples as opening
Live from the 3rd Floor - improvised duo with Adam Kantz. Nov. 2023
Improvised duo by trē on flutes and Adam Kantz on drums & electronics streamed from 3rdfloorpgh.com
from Evening of Drone & Moments by How Things Are Made at The Space Upstairs. Mar. 2024
from Evening of Drone & Moments: trē on piccolo with GNM (guitar), Soy Sos (electronics) and How Things Are Made at The Space Upstairs. Cover photo by Mai Khôi.
Ambient set by GLO-TREE at The Government Center. April 2024
Improvised ambient duo GLO-TREE feat. GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes). Performed live at The Government Center on April 6th, 2024 with Jennifer Vanilla (NYC), Bri Dominique, Sneeze Awfull.
Soundscape for a museum. Dec. 2023
Excerpt from rehearsal for a live improvisational soundscape at the Carnegie Museum of Art by André Solomon (flute), Trē (alto flute), Aaron Basskin (electronics, sound design), and Liana Chin (tabla) in Dec.2023.
Jam with Adam Kantz (electronics). Feb. 2023
Improvised by Adam Kantz (electronics) and Trē (alto flute) in February 2023.
Jam with BusCrates. Dec. 2023
Improvised and recorded by BusCrates (electronics) and Trē (alto flute) in December 2023.
Field recordings with text. Nov. 2023
Field recordings collected by Trē and layered with text. Excerpt of a piece created for Susie Ibarra’s Rhythm in Nature community.
GLO-TREE at The Gov. Center, set 1. Jan. 2024
Ambient improvised duo project of GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes) at the album release show of Sherry CD-ROM.
Improvised duo with I4A at Poetry Lounge. Feb. 2024
Improvised on alto flute with I4A / Reid Magette (guitar) at Poetry Lounge with live visuals by Michi Tapes.
Live sound collage with field recordings and alto flute at Seafoam. Sep. 2024
Excerpts from solo sound collage with field recordings and alto flute by trē seguritan abalos at Seafoam
Field recordings, in order of appearance: train in Berlin / train to Tokyo / traditional Philippine interlocking rhythms in a procession led by Susie Ibarra in Jasmund Forest, Germany / a beech tree in Jasmund Forest / vocal samples for Asian-American reading room held by JADED / sample of mass protest in Yemen in 2023 / clock tower bells in Berlin / common chiffchaff birdsong on Rügen Island.
All samples recorded by trē except for the protest in Yemen. Videos from Jade Montesano and Iris Seoyoung Kang.
Improvisation with Drew Collins (bass) and Ross Antonich (drums). Mar. 2023
Improvised by Drew Collins (bass), Ross Antonich (drums), and Trē (alto flute) at Telephone in March 2023.
Experimental trio, "Lotus Blossom." May 2023
Improvised by Trē on flutes with Hellcat Sneer / Aaron Basskin (drum synthesizer) and Carl Fuermann (MIDI guitar) in May 2023.
Jam with BusCrates. Jan. 2024
From jam at BusCrates’s studio. Trē (alto flute) and Bus (synthesizers).
Dialogue with cartographic improvisations by Eric Theise (excerpt 1). Oct. 2023
Trē improvising with flutes, field recordings, and loop station in dialogue with live visuals by touring SF-based artist Eric Theise.
Performed on Oct. 14, 2023 at Creative Coffee in Pittsburgh.
Jam with Synth Sentinels: Richard Nicol, BusCrates, Soy Sos. Aug. 2023
Joining a live-streamed jam series by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers ft. Richard Nicol, BusCrates, and Soy Sos / Herman Pearl. My favorite part starts around 2:00:00.
GLO-TREE at Seafoam. Oct. 2023
Improvised by GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes) at Seafoam in October 2023.
Solo alto flute with loop station at Adda's. Sep. 2023
Improvised by Trē on alto flute with loop station (Boss RC-202) at Adda’s Coffee and Tea House in September 2023.
GLO-TREE at The Gov. Center, set 2. Jan. 2024
Ambient improvised duo by GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes) at the album release show of Sherry CD-ROM.
Solo basement show. April 2023
Improvised by Trē with alto flute and loop station (Boss RC-202) at Unmade Place in Pittsburgh, PA on April 19th, 2023.
Photo by Justin Audet
GLO-TREE at Fig's Cabaret at Mixtape. Sep. 2023
Improvised by GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes) at Fig’s Cabaret at Mixtape in Sep. 2023.
Jam with Hellcat Sneer (electronics), Carl Fuermann (MIDI guitar). May 2023
Improvised and recorded in May 2023 by Hellcat Sneer (synthesizer), Trē Seguritan Abalos (alto flute), and Carl Fuermann (MIDI guitar).
GLO-TREE at Collision. April 2023
Improvised duo GLO-TREE (GNM on guitar, Trē on flutes) live at Collision in April 2023.
Solo set with text, alto flute, loop station. June 2023
Improvised by Trē with pre-recorded original text, alto flute, and loop station at The Big Idea Bookstore in June 2023.
Solo set with flute and loop station. April 2023
Improvised by Trē with flute and loop station (Boss RC-202) at Davis Cherry Blossom Festival in CA. April 2023.
GLO-TREE at Falling Tree. Aug. 2023
Improvised by GNM (guitar) and Trē (flutes) at Falling Tree in Garfield. Aug. 2023.
Improvised set with BusCrates & Paul James Seif. Dec. 2022
Improvised with BusCrates and Paul James Seif at Spirit Lodge. December 2022.
Dialogue with visuals by Eric Theise (excerpt 2). Oct. 2023
Trē improvising with flutes, field recordings, & loop station in dialogue with live visuals by touring SF-based artist Eric Theise.
Performed and recorded on Oct. 14, 2023 at Creative Coffee in Pittsburgh, PA.
Noise set with text. "CHANNELED" Sound & Poetry Night at Fungus Books.
2.23.24. Noise set with text. Improvised at CHANNELED: sound & poetry night at Fungus Books held by Ed and Ceremonial Abyss.