Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio:
The Ensemble:
Rhys Chatham: Guitar
David Daniell: Guitar
Adam Wills: Guitar
Byron Westbrook: Bass
Joe Stickney: Drums
Rhys Chatham’s concert at ISSUE project Room will be unique among the shows of his US tour, as it will be the only date devoted to his work of the 1970s. The highlight will be an extended performance of the notorious “Guitar Trio” (1977). Featuring original projections designed by famed visual artist Robert Longo for the original 1977 premiere - and not seen since! The evening will provide a singular opportunity to revisit those glorious years in the life of a city and a milieu in which the raw, the sophisticated and the danceable merged, and a new era of rock was born.
Rhys Chatham altered the DNA of rock. The New York-born composer began as a classically-trained prodigy, but by 1975, Chatham was fusing the overtone-drenched minimalism of John Cale and Tony Conrad with the relentless, elemental fury of The Ramones. It was an inspired amalgametion - the textural intricacies of the avant-garde colliding with the visceral punch of electric guitar-slinging punk rock - and with it Chatham created a new type of urban music. Raucous and ecstatic, this sound energized the downtown New York scene throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, prefigured the No Wave movement and cast a huge influence over the subsequent work of Chatham’s many proteges, including Glenn Branca and future members of Sonic Youth.
Growing is Kevin Doria & Joe Denardo. Since 2003 they have performed at notable venues internationally including The University of Washington, LAMOCA, LA & apexart, NYC. Albums released are: The Sky’s Run into the Sea, The Soul of the Rainbow and The Harmony of Light, and His Return.
Tickets are available at Other Music: 212-477-8150; 15 E 4th St. NYC