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RealNewMusic
2013
featuring
Loop 243
Brother Mallard
Kafka Café Orchestra
Saturday, February 9,
2013
8:00 p.m.
Tickets $10.00
Seniors & Students $5.00
The philosophy behind RealNewMusic is to provide a forum
for composers/performers who are creating the art music
of our time. The primary criteria to be considered for
RealNewMusic that the music must be original and should
be composed within the last 10 years (but hopefully more
recent than that); that the composer(s) must participate
in the performance, either as performer or conductor;
and that the style of the music is to be "art" music (as
opposed to "pop" or "folk" music). The first
RealNewMusic took place in 2005, and has always featured
live music performed by the composers, or with the
composers present. There has continued to be a diversity
of acoustic music, electronic music, and the combination
thereof (electro-acoustic) since its inception, and this
year's event, featuring the ensembles Loop 243,
Brother Mallard, and the Kafka Café Orchestra,
is no different.
A Musical Time-Warp with
the Original and Iconic Sounds of Loop243
Touring in support of
their recent album, American Dreamland, NYC duo Loop243
returns to the west coast with an “astonishingly
intimate and dynamic” performance, combining works from
the new album with highlights from their previous
record, Zodiac Dust, and a string of world premieres.
Video projections accompany the performance, featuring
artwork by noted East Village painter, Jon Waldo.
Virtuosic percussionists
and composers Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson of
Loop243 create evocative narratives using melodic
percussion instruments (marimba, steel drum), along with
drums, electronics, voice, piano, and more. Their
“transportive percussion odysseys” (Boston Phoenix)
journey through grounded primal energy to cosmic
atmospheric reaches in “dramatic, layered, colorful, and
brilliantly constructed” (First Coast News.com)
compositions most often compared to the music of Steve
Reich, Terry Riley, and Harry Partch. “Kozumplik and
Watson never sound like makers of arbitrary music...It
all sounds like part of a well-thought-out tradition.
Only the tradition has never existed until now.” (Fresh
Air, NPR)
Recent Press:
“Visceral and
satisfying...an astonishing variety of brand-new yet
iconic sounds that create a riveting aura, a genuine
time warp - all in astonishingly intimate and dynamic,
demonstration-quality sound."
Gramophone
“A percussion ensemble
that exists to demonstrate that these instruments can
show color, shape, and nuance as easy as they can pop
and explode...Even their primal pounding is marked by
depth and subtlety.”
“[Loop243] take their audiences on a journey that shows
the true power of percussion.”
Alarm Magazine
“…fascinating
compositions draw from a wide spectrum of musical styles
and forms. The New York duo uses improv, as well as
written material, to explore the American landscape,
technology, love and the human psyche.”
Pop Culture Classics
Brother Mallard is
a new music ensemble assembled by John Marr in order to
perform The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC) by
David Borden. Borden originally wrote the music for his
group, Mother Mallard (the inspiration for Brother
Mallard's nom de plume) which consisted of three
keyboardists . The ensemble currently consists of Scott
McIntosh (Winds), Philip Pacier (Trumpet), Michelle
Packman (Violoncello) and John Marr (Keyboards). In
addition to works by Borden, Brother Mallard has
expanded its repertoire to include the works of other
composers . The group's ultimate goal is to create a
functioning ensemble that will present new music to all
listening ears.
The "Kafka Café Orchestra" is an
autonomous collective of sonic artists based in Southern
California. The music performed by KCO is
self-generated, synthesizing elements from several
traditions, including--but not limited to--minimalism,
rock, classical, electronic, and experimental musics.
KCO is continuing the practices of Cold War Era
counterculture artists such as Cartesian Reunion
Memorial Orchestra, Scratch Orchestra, Musica
Elettronica Viva, Harry Partch, Theater of Eternal
Music, and Flock of Seagulls. KCO performances are
clandestine and esoteric. KCO are pinko commie bastards
who labor to give art music back to the people. KCO
enjoys long, reflective walks on the beach. In regard to
your sister's pregnancy in 1976, KCO denies all
allegations of involvement. KCO would most certainly
like fries with that.
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