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Paul Metzger,  Lary Seven, Matter Waves (David First and Kid Millions)
*performance starts at 6:30 sharp
The show focuses on three innovators and inventors of sound, David
First, Paul Metzger, and Lary Seven. Through customized instruments and
composition, a visceral experience is shared with these unique
vocabularies of sound. What we witness is a dialogue through the
invented personalities of the instruments, and the men who made them.
David First has been a pivotal figure in the world
of experimental music. First is known for his dense, mesmerizing drone
structures, as well as his intense, minimalist approach to the guitar. John Colpitts
(aka Kid Millions) is a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, composer
and writer who is perhaps best known as a drummer. As a member of
Oneida, Colpitts has collaborated on, written and recorded over 150
songs and instrumentals on 11 full length albums and as many short-form
releases. In 2010 Colpitts founded the drum Ensemble Man Forever to
perform his experimental drum compositions that utilize carefully tuned
drums combined with aggressive and extended performances.
Paul Metzger plays a heavily modified 23 string
banjo. His sonic vocabulary ranges from “deeply satisfying &
impulsive outer cosmos ragadelia to clangorous, rapidly punctuated
percussive workouts”. Metzger has been described as a virtuoso and a
visionary whose live performances are vital, deeply visceral and simply
breathtaking.
Lary Seven is a multimedia alchemist able to coax
profane, inscrutable sounds and images from numerous and mysterious
devices. His work has been described as that of a magician or scientist
— one who may not always be certain of the outcome, but who is
determined to see it through to its (il)logical end.
Curated by Victoria Keddie
This event is part of the Index Festival (August 3-28, 2011)
The Index Festival will transpire in August 2011 in New York City. Our aim is to bring together individuals and groups who cognitively engage
media culture. We welcome the interdisciplinary, shared and
accessible culture we are coming to live in as a result of digital
technology.  Our mission is to focus on projects that blur the
vocabulary of science and art, dissect the media that describes our
culture today, and to disseminate out from the [cultural] institution,
and further into the multi textural international landscape.