Gerard
09-06-2003, 05:02 PM
this is from a WFMU mailing :
MATMOS/PEOPLE LIKE US/DONNA SUMMER playing
BENEFIT for WFMU's Tuesday night DJ, OCDJ, at RARE
in New York City > Thursday, Sept. 18th RARE, 416 West 14th Street
(between 9th and 10th Aves.), New York.
Doors at 8, show at 9pm $10 with all proceeds to OCDJ's medical expenses.
************************************************** ****************
WFMU has organized a show to drum up some medical expenses for our
friend and collegue OCDJ (aka Dan Gaeta), a very good guy who incurred a
nasty injury to the eye due to stray July 4th fireworks this summer.
He's got multiple surgeries ahead in the next year, and no medical
insurance. These kind musicians are lending their supreme
talents to the bill.
MATMOS
AKA the duo of MC Schmidt and Drew Daniel, their first NYC appearance in a
while, on the eve of their long-awaited new Matador release THE CIVIL
WAR September 23rd. In Drew's words:
"Drawing upon the heritage of musique concrete and contemporary sampling,
sequencing and digital signal processing techniques, the San Francisco
electronic duo Matmos make music which is based upon the musical
possibilities of unusual sound sources, and the unusual playing
possibilities of everyday instruments. Their past recordings have built
baroque rhythmic collages out of the noises of plastic surgery, rat cages,
balloons and whoopie cushions, latex clothing, walkie talkies and,
infamously, the amplified synapse of crayfish nerve tissue. This unusual
approach has brought them into collaborations with a diverse cast of
musicians from indie rock/new chamber ensemble the Rachel's to Icelandic
pop phenomenon Bjork, whose Vespertine album was partially programmed by
Matmos and who chose the duo as her backing band for her last world tour.
In performance Matmos veer wildly between toe tapping pop structures and
chaotic improvisation, frequently accompanied by their own video work."
More info: http://www.brainwashed.com/matmos/
PEOPLE LIKE US
Under the name People Like Us, Vicki Bennett has been
smash-and-grabbing from the shallows of cultural waters for twelve
years. Through the channels of mixed media appropriation and dadaist
collage, People Like Us expose a surreal world of bad connections and
faulty communications, where presenters, interviewees, lost stars and
found sounds become trapped in a misfiring loop of
reference and repetition. Bellowing a gagged love song in a stifled
spew, this mean mash of psychobabble is a window into a world of
monotony induced trance.
Using modern tools as afforded by the advent of desktop video/audio
manipulation and editing, People Like Us create new landscapes where
once were merely soundscapes, with seemingly no limit to the
possibilities for new emerging narratives.
Vicki's latest project is a collaborative CD with WFMU's own Kenny G,
called "Nothing Special" (after Kenny's show monicker), out on 25
August on Mess Media, through Soleilmoon Recordings.
DONNA SUMMER
Donna Summer (not the disco diva!) lives in Brooklyn, does a program on
WFMU called Advanced D&D, and is a world-travelling, record-releasing
laptop fiend of the highest order. His performances and releases encompass
straightforward electronic hardcore, plunderphonics, drill'n'bass,
abstract glitchery, and a severe pop culture jones. His site is
www.cockrockdisco.com, and he's recently released a disc called
THIS NEEDS TO BE YOUR STYLE on the Irritant label
MATMOS/PEOPLE LIKE US/DONNA SUMMER playing
BENEFIT for WFMU's Tuesday night DJ, OCDJ, at RARE
in New York City > Thursday, Sept. 18th RARE, 416 West 14th Street
(between 9th and 10th Aves.), New York.
Doors at 8, show at 9pm $10 with all proceeds to OCDJ's medical expenses.
************************************************** ****************
WFMU has organized a show to drum up some medical expenses for our
friend and collegue OCDJ (aka Dan Gaeta), a very good guy who incurred a
nasty injury to the eye due to stray July 4th fireworks this summer.
He's got multiple surgeries ahead in the next year, and no medical
insurance. These kind musicians are lending their supreme
talents to the bill.
MATMOS
AKA the duo of MC Schmidt and Drew Daniel, their first NYC appearance in a
while, on the eve of their long-awaited new Matador release THE CIVIL
WAR September 23rd. In Drew's words:
"Drawing upon the heritage of musique concrete and contemporary sampling,
sequencing and digital signal processing techniques, the San Francisco
electronic duo Matmos make music which is based upon the musical
possibilities of unusual sound sources, and the unusual playing
possibilities of everyday instruments. Their past recordings have built
baroque rhythmic collages out of the noises of plastic surgery, rat cages,
balloons and whoopie cushions, latex clothing, walkie talkies and,
infamously, the amplified synapse of crayfish nerve tissue. This unusual
approach has brought them into collaborations with a diverse cast of
musicians from indie rock/new chamber ensemble the Rachel's to Icelandic
pop phenomenon Bjork, whose Vespertine album was partially programmed by
Matmos and who chose the duo as her backing band for her last world tour.
In performance Matmos veer wildly between toe tapping pop structures and
chaotic improvisation, frequently accompanied by their own video work."
More info: http://www.brainwashed.com/matmos/
PEOPLE LIKE US
Under the name People Like Us, Vicki Bennett has been
smash-and-grabbing from the shallows of cultural waters for twelve
years. Through the channels of mixed media appropriation and dadaist
collage, People Like Us expose a surreal world of bad connections and
faulty communications, where presenters, interviewees, lost stars and
found sounds become trapped in a misfiring loop of
reference and repetition. Bellowing a gagged love song in a stifled
spew, this mean mash of psychobabble is a window into a world of
monotony induced trance.
Using modern tools as afforded by the advent of desktop video/audio
manipulation and editing, People Like Us create new landscapes where
once were merely soundscapes, with seemingly no limit to the
possibilities for new emerging narratives.
Vicki's latest project is a collaborative CD with WFMU's own Kenny G,
called "Nothing Special" (after Kenny's show monicker), out on 25
August on Mess Media, through Soleilmoon Recordings.
DONNA SUMMER
Donna Summer (not the disco diva!) lives in Brooklyn, does a program on
WFMU called Advanced D&D, and is a world-travelling, record-releasing
laptop fiend of the highest order. His performances and releases encompass
straightforward electronic hardcore, plunderphonics, drill'n'bass,
abstract glitchery, and a severe pop culture jones. His site is
www.cockrockdisco.com, and he's recently released a disc called
THIS NEEDS TO BE YOUR STYLE on the Irritant label