Though the history and relationships amongst these three players goes back a long time and are quite intertwined, this performance is the first outing for this exact combination. Expect playful and unexpected strategies and a finely wrought exploration of sonic space. The musicality and experience of these players will make bagpipe, laptop and percussion seem like the most natural twining, and perfectly suited to the space's resonant clarity.
Tony Buck, now located in Berlin, is regarded as one of Australia's most creative and adventurous exports, with vast experience in many musical styles across the globe. He has played, toured, or recorded with, among others, Jon Rose, Nicolas Collins, Tenko, John Zorn, Tom Cora, Phil Minton, Haino, Switchbox, The Machine for Making Sense, Ne Zhdall, The EX, Peter Brotzmann, Hans Reichel, The Little Red Spiders, Subrito Roy Chowdury, Clifford Jordan, Kletka Red, Han Bennink, Shelley Hirsch, Wayne Horvitz, Palinckx, and Ground Zero.
Ikue Mori is one of the busiest players on the improv scene. Currently, she is working among various groups, including Mephista with Sylvia Courvoisier and Susie Ibarra, a quartet with Kim Gordon, DJ Olive and Jim O'Rourke, duo project with zeena Parkins, and Hemophiliac with John Zorn and Mike Patton. Worked with the band with Dave Douglas's "Witness Freakin" ensemble and John Zorn's Electric Masada.
David Watson, originally from New Zealand, has lived and worked in New York City since 1987. Recognized both as a guitarist and new-music bagpipe performer his recent work includes music, new media work and collaborations for dance. His recent projects include; "Accent Elimination," on the theme of collision and energy transfer for Jeremy Nelson's dance at St Marks/Danspace; "Hotspot" - a piece using found sound, processing and video on the history of toxic waste and the ecology of Greenpoint with Yves Musard and Kimberly Simpson at Galapagos Art Space; "Galaxie Pearl" - music for Yves Musard's dance performance at St Mark's/Danspace featuring an eight channel speaker installation; "Glacial" - an ongoing collaborative project with Lee Ranaldo and "Throat" - a largely solo CD of new bagpipe music for the Ecstatic Peace label, with guest vocalists Shelley Hirsch and Makigami Koichi.