ESSICA LURIE: Saxophones / accordion / voice
ANDREW DRURY: Drums / percussion
DANIJEL ZEZELJ: Acrylic paint / brushes / rollers
WIth a special guest BRANDON SEABROOK: Banjo / guitar
Jessica Lurie, Andrew Drury and Brandon Seabrook join forces with Danijel Zezelj in City Dreams Inc., an oddly captivating multimedia performance that evolves into a storytelling ritual in sound and paint. The combination of painting and music highlights much overlooked dimensions of temporality and sensuality in painting and adds a visual frame to music. Audience members inevitably construct private, inner narratives and generate meaning.
An exuberant spirit animates the music, nearly all of which is improvised and rooted in high energy free jazz with influences from the Balkans, Brazil, Cuba, klezmer, the blues, and funk. The painting (black and white acrylic on a board, canvas, wall, or any available surface) combines the expressionism of graffiti and murals with the atmosphere of silent movies. It grows from the abstract towards the figurative, following a precise narrative line. Brushes and rollers create sounds and become musical elements themselves, merging with the rhythms and melodies of the horns and drums. Audiences have described the City Dreams as “slow motion animation” and “eavesdropping on a collective dream.”
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LAMBIC
Lambic is a style of Belgian ale that is spontaneously fermented from wild yeasts. Lambic is also a band featuring Paul Sullivan on guitars and effects, and Stephen Moses (alice donut) on drums, trombone, and effects. Lambic is spontaneously fermented music, free improvisation with a groove.
“I first played with Steve when we were in Dock Ellis, a psychedelic rock band. We had each been doing solo performances for years using effects and loops. When we joined forces, Lambic was spontaneously created. It’s joyful music that can and does go everywhere. Like it’s namesake, Lambic is always changing and evolving, sometimes messy, but always exciting. We never know where it’s going to go, and that is the point.”