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Friday, April 17, 2009 @ the Big
Rock Candy Mounain:
Ratatosk, Shattered Hymen, Breakway, Bee Mask, and Dick Neff
Big Rock Candy Mountain,
1822 North Hancock, Philadelphia, PA,
$5-10, 8pm. (map)
Ratatosk
(Chicago)
electronics and drums
Shattered Hymen
(Chicago)
noise
Breakway
(Chicago)
jazz/electronics
Bee Mask
(Philadelphia)
electronics
Dick Neff
(Philadelphia)
drums/electronics
A stellar line-up of noise in its
various incarnations, with some jazz and plenty of live drums sneaking
in. Should be a killer time! Ratatosk is our old pal Jason
Soliday, Chicago stalwart and veteran of such great projects as Coeurl,
Zeropoint, Gunshop, Medium, and a million more. His latest jam
has him spitting out harsh layers of detailed noise while young-un' Ben
Billington pounds the drums behind him. Soliday always reminds us
how great noise can be when played by a veteran who knows what he's
doing, so expect to be wowed.
Shattered Hymen is the harsh noise project of Vadim Spirkut. Name
aside, he informs us that "The motivation is not power, control or
violence but rather using volume, density and dynamics as a means to
alter consciousness. " Having seen Spirkut before, and having
listened to his myspace page, we believe him! Far from some lazy
harsh-noise by the numbers, Spirkut crafts cathartic, busy, full,
constantly-moving pieces of harsh noise excitement. A lot of
people attempt what he does, but few do it this well.
Breakway combines contemporary electronics and laptoppery with the
Chicago jazz tradition, harking back to Miles Davis or Herbie
Hancock. But the group updates their sound with a
contemporary/digital spin and an open-ness to noisier textures that
recalls Supersilent or the likes of Radian and Trapist.
Philadelphia is represented by Bee Mask and Dick Neff, two highly
personal solo projects. Bee Mask uses home-made synthesizers and
light-sensitive controls to concoct a slow-moving, hovering mass of
sound, while Dick Neff contrasts acoustic drum beats with swirling
electronics.
Ratatosk
Breakway
Shattered Hymen
Bee Mask
Dick Neff
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