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Review: Yarn/Wire and Pete Swanson, Eliminated Artist

Louis Pattison in The WIRE

Yarn/Wire are a New York ensemble of a seldom-seen stripe – two pianists, two percussionists. Eliminated Artist pairs them with Pete Swanson, formerly half of the improvising American noise duo Yellow Swans. The first fruits of this collaboration, and indeed the title track, are to be found on the B side – a live recording from Brooklyn’s Issue Project Room in March 2012. Here, the collaboration is subtle and complex. Pianos circle one another in wary contemplation, flurries of percussion shake the piece into a manic vigour; but what’s live and what’s recorded is unclear, as Swanson, on electronics and tape, is flowing in fragments of the ensemble’s improvised rehearsals. Neat, but the heavy firepower is deployed on side one’s “Corrections”, which finds the ensemble hammering gongs around fragments of Swanson giving one of Peter Zinovieff’s unruly old Putney VCS3 analogue synths a good going over.

Christopher Trapani & Pete Swanson

Yarn/Wire/Currents continues with premieres of newly commissioned works for piano/percussion quartet Yarn/Wire by Christopher Trapani and Pete Swanson. Trapani explores the concept of stopping time, Swanson, in his second collaboration with the ensemble, forays into the intersection of electronic and acoustic sound.

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Yarn/Wire with Nathan Davis and Pete Swanson

For the first concert of their residency at ISSUE Project Room, Yarn/Wire has collaborated on two new pieces: one by percussionist and composer Nathan Davis and another by electronic artist Pete Swanson, best known for his work with Yellow Swans.

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Pete Swanson of Yellow Swans, performs with Mothus- a duo of Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson, and Golden Retriever, a modular synth/bass clarinet duo of Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson.

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