ISSUE PROJECT ROOM AND WFMU PRESENT A MONTH OF COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS
Featuring:
Dan Bodah, host of "Airborn Event" (http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/AE)
Dan has been hosting experimental music on the radio since 1994. He has produced the freeform Airborne Event radio broadcast on WFMU since 1999, now airing from 6-9 AM on Sundays. Dan spins everything from avant garde crunk to acid folk junk and gypsy punk. He recently got back to his ambient sound collage roots with the Airborne Event "Dronecast", a weekly WFMU podcast of field recordings immersed in honey and converted into new psychedelic landscapes.
The Pyramid Scheme Trio and Bing & Ruth bring an evening of delicate sounds and hopeful ambiances to ISSUE Project Room, presented by WFMU DJ Dan Bodah, who will also share his work with manipulated field recordings. All three come from different directions to a similar end — the creation of habitable sound environments, from the post-jazz explorations of the Pyramid Scheme Trio, to the monumental minimalist melodicism of Bing & Ruth, to the dream chamber of Bodah’s drones.
Bing & Ruth: imdavidmoore.com
Formed in 2006 by Brooklyn based composer and pianist David Moore, ambient chamber band Bing and Ruth utilizes a large number of traditional acoustic instruments to craft expansive soundscapes and quiet microtonal textures. With clarinets, voices, cellos, bass, percussion, and piano, the group calls upon a family of experienced musicians and improvisers who ably interpret Moore’s slow-developing, visceral compositions. In addition to their unique live performances, Bing and Ruth currently has two albums to their name; 2006’s self-titled debut and last year’s Kenitle Floors. While a majority of the band resides in New York City, its official membership includes many friends currently scattered throughout the world.
The Pyramid Scheme Trio: myspace.com/thepyramidschemetrio
Consisting of Victor Signore (saxophone), J Starpoli (trombone), and Josiah Cuneo (drums and percussion), the trio Pyramid Scheme creates original music with an experimental mindset. Freewheeling explorations of sound color and loudness fuse with original material and diverse approaches to musical communication. Using acoustic instruments, Pyramid Scheme’s music reflects the band’s experiences with audio and visual art, academic and esoteric knowledge,underground radio, technology and performance. Energetic, unconventional investigations into the nature of sound and musical creativity provide the essence of the music of Pyramid Scheme.