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schedule Monday June 25 2012 @ Aux at Vox Populi Gallery Aux at Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, $7-10, 8:00pm. (map) Beer and water will be available
the
Dream Team (contemporary
quiet composition)
Luminous
in Nummer is the solo project of
Ben Kudler. The project combines
electro-acoustic improvisation, DJing,
synthesizer music, and drone to create
compositions that have a solid footing in
the Noise/Jammer underground of the last
half decade, DJ culture, and European
electronic music in the Editions Mego vein.
Kudler has performed with Chris Cooper of
Fat Worm of Error in a duo, as well as
shared bills with John Wiese, Emeralds,
Nautical Almanac and a wide array of
American underground electronic and
electro-acoustic experimental musicians. Max Eilbacher (Matmos collaborator, Teeth Mountain, etc.) Luminous in Nummer (dronezone) Jesse Kudler/Scott Allison (guitar, electronics, synths - first and last show before Scott moves away) This
one's for the kids. Well, from the
kids. Aside from the solidly-in-their-30's
local opener, all of this evening's acts
represent young up-and-comers and recent trends
in the wide world of underground experimental
music. The Dream Team is a new ensemble
playing all acoustic composed work, primarily
quiet, sparse, and spacious pieces by the
members of the group and composers affiliated
with the Wandelweiser collective. It's
relaxed, beautiful, and open music that melts
into the environment, rewarding patient
listening.
Coming from a very different perspective is electronics whiz-kid Max Eilbacher, a member of Matmos's live band and Baltimore live favorites Teeth Mountain. Solo, he plays dense and busy synthesizer music that eschews the consonant new age beauty of much recent work in the field. Eilbacher has an LP forthcoming on the esteemed Spectrum Spools label. Last, but certainly not least, we have the drone electronics stylings of Luminous in Nummer (aka Ben Kudler, full disclosure: his brother is writing these words), presenting a beautiful hazy fog of keyboard tones and mysterious noises. Opening up will be the duo of Jesse Kudler and Scott Allison, squeezing in one last show from the latter before he departs our city for one less full of brotherly love. They'll improvise on a bevy of electronics, including Allison's homemade synthesizers. the Dream Team (bio)  http://dreamteamensemble.tumblr.com/ Max Eilbacher (bio) Luminous in Nummer (bio) Jesse Kudler and Scott Allison (bio) 
 Bios: The Dream Team is modern composition ensemble featuring Jack Callahan, David Kant, and K.C.M Walker. The group's music is another step in the tradition of 20th century academic composition in America and Europe. K.C.M Walker and David Kant both recently received Masters degrees in composition, while Callahan recently received his Bachelor's in the same field after studying with Wandelweiser member Jurg Frey. The ensemble plays a combination of pieces written by the group's members, pieces from the last century, and work from the Wandelweiser Collective. During this tour, the group will be premiering a piece written for the group by Christian Shepard, a member of the Wandelwieser Collective. http://dreamteamensemble.tumblr.com/ Max Eilbacher is a Baltimore native and mainstay of that scene. Eilbacher performs with his own bands Horse Lords and Needle Gun, Whiff (with Lexi Mountain and Nate Nelson of Mouthus) as well as sitting in with the Dan Deacon Ensemble, Matmos, and Nautical Almanac, and being a major contributor to the Wham City band Teeth Mountain. Eilbacher has his hands in just about every nook and cranny of Baltimore experimental music. Solo, Eilbacher works with a homemade modular synthesizer built by Eilbacher. The compositions are not as busy or crowded as other modular synth purveyors of the current area, rather Eilbacher works more with space and develops sharp "attack" sounds throughout his compositions. Eilbacher also explores performance art, another creative endeavor of his, recently performing at the Guggeheim with Matmos. Eilbacher has an upcoming record on Editions Mego sub-label Spectrum Spools Jesse Kudler, born 1979, creates concrete music on the computer, composes low-tech multi-channel sound works, and improvises on cheap consumer devices: a no-name electric guitar, hand-held cassette recorders, radios and transmitters, various small junk, and pedals/electronics. In his various travels, Kudler has performed with Matt Bauder, Kyle Bruckmann, Chris Cogburn, James Coleman, Tim Feeney, Brent Gutzeit, Bonnie Jones, Jason Kahn, Mazen Kerbaj, Toshimaru Nakamura, Pauline Oliveros, Bhob Rainey, Vic Rawlings, Christine Sehnaoui, Mike Shiflet, Jason Soliday, Howard Stelzer, Christian Weber, Matt Weston, Jack Wright, Jason Zeh, and many others. He has toured the United States several times. He performed as part of the 2010 No Idea Festival, 2008 Dartmouth Festival of New Musics, and the 2007 Phoneme Festival. Jesse Kudler lives in Philadelphia. Current and "recent" projects include: sound installation; a duo with Ian Fraser; solo performance; HZL, an environmental electronics duo with Tim Albro; duos with Chris Cogburn, Christian Weber, and Chandan Narayan; Benito Cereno (with Dustin Hurt, Chandan Narayan, Tim Albro, and Ian Fraser); Tweeter, a treble-intensive noise trio with Alex Nagle and Eli Litwin; and various ad hoc groupings. Kudler is the co-founder and co-Director (with Ian Fraser) of the Philadelphia Sound Forum. NB: "Kudler" rhymes with “muddler.” Many people refer to him as "the Kud." Scott Allison, born 1972, improvises and composes (solo, duo, and group situations) with various analog electronic circuits, freeware digital software, tapes, radio (shortwave, VLF), processed / unprocessed field recordings, and extended use of musical instruments. Scott earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in visual arts during the early to mid 90's. Scott is a core member of the collective avant art-freerock group Kohoutek. |