sonar + good for cows
first set: Sonar
Sonar is a duo based in Brooklyn, New York. The story goes that Sonar’s Lucian Buscemi and Julian Bennett Holmes has seen lots of experimental acts at Issue. They decided, “Hey wouldn’t it be nice to do a noise gig at Issue?” Thus Sonar was born. The duo set up a drum machine, 2 guitars, a drumset, a bass and of course a bowl of earplugs. Their influences include Big Black, Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, Black Flag, Throbbing Gristle, WhiteHouse, Wolf Eyes, Arab on Radar, Archaeopteryx, Miles Davis, Fantomas, that compilation “Pioneers of Electronic Music”, Suicide, Sigur Ros, and basically anything loud that nobody likes, experimental or good industrial.
second set: Good for Cows
Born in San Diego, CA, Ches Smith studied percussion, improvisation, and composition with Winant, Fred Firth, Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Currant, and has since co-founded two bands: Theory of Ruin (with Fudgetunnel/Nailbomb frontman Alex Newport), and Good for Cows. He currently performs and records with Good for Cows and Theory of Ruin, and with Carla Bozulich, Secret Chiefs 3, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Ben Goldberg, Annie Gosfield, and 7 Year Rabbit Cycle. IN January 2006 he will release a collection of solo percussion material called “Congs for Brums.”
Bassist Devin Hoff grew up in Ft Collins Colorado. He played with jazz elders Hal Stein and E.E. Wainright, new jazz players Vijay Iyer and Ben Goldberg, and composer Graham Connah, all while doing country music gigs and playing writing for his own rock bands. He currently si a member of the Nels Cline Singers and Scott Amendola’s Plays Monk, and has performed with John Tchicai, Bobby Bradford, Stephen Bernstein, John Ellis, and Amira Baraka. He also leads his own bands Redressers and the Devin Hoff Platform.