Fringe Details.....

[patrick@his.com (Patrick Smith)]

>This is what publicity I got out of making a tape from those of you who 
>sent
>me samples.  Thanks!  The first two and "Name" are not in the IMP! series 
>but
>the rest of them are.  For more info on this years Fringe Festival go to :
>www.Citypaper.net  It is the cover story and you will find complete 
>listings
>of stuff.
>David Forlano
>
>
>
>Tones On Tail
>
>              When in doubt, improvise.
>
>              by Neil Gladstone
>   Trying to explain what an improvised band sounds like is harder than
>dancing about architecture. It's like boogying around a building that 
>hasn't
>been built yet. Several of the groups performing at the Fringe are
>improvisational outfits, so what they will sound like is impossible to 
>say.
>However, most have a basic framework they adhere to. Here are just a few
>impressionistic moves.
>
>  Unlimited Motion ..This new local trip-hop supergroup features members 
>of
>Stinking Lizaveta and EDO. Though the band is providing a live soundtrack 
>for
>Eric Schoefer's dance piece Strung, their music is bound to be fairly 
>riveting
>in and of itself. Brimming with accomplished instrumentalists, Unlimited
>Motion combines guitar synth, bass and didjeridoo with tapes of Serbian
>Orthodox liturgy and early '70s new age music to create a very distinctive
>brew. Sept. 9-19 at The Smoke Building
>
>  Mecca Bodega.. A meditative, ruminating groove band that forges funk 
>from
>hammer dulcimer, African drums, handmade percussion, guitars and gas 
>tanks.
>Schoolly D and Soul Coughing's M. Doughty appeared on their recent CD 
>Subway
>Stories (Sire). Whether either will show up for this gig is anyone's 
>guess.
>Sept. 10 at the Tin Angel
>
>  Finger Paint.. Imagine a rambling cruise across the Martian countryside 
>and
>you might get an inkling of the soundscape created by two guys (Steev 
>Geest
>and Patrick Smith) fiddling with guitars and loops. Sept. 11 at Third 
>Street
>Gallery
>
>   Spin 17.. Ed Chang and Motoko Shimizu create a simmering stew of 
>electronic
>whispers and whistles that sounds like a chorus of sirens in the distance.
>Ghostly howls play off gurgling analog synths. It's a spine-tingling 
>funhouse.
>Sept. 13 at Highwire Gallery
>
> Plankton.. Imagine a carnival band warming up. The frenetic blurts of 
>Todd
>Margasak's trumpet ricochet off Dave Forlano's hyper guitar riffs and 
>David
>Sherick's splattering percussion. It's a manic, slapdash affair, 
>propelled by
>waves of nervous energy. Sept. 17 at Upstairs at Nick's
>
>  Name.. One of the more thought-provoking hip-hop groups on the 
>Philadelphia
>scene, Name is made up of three emcees, backed by guitar, acoustic bass,
>electric bass and drum machines. Sept.16 at the Tin Angel
>
>   Music in the Key of Zero ..John Berndt's rancorous saxophone races 
>through
>notes, accented by squealing crescendos that sound like distorted tones
>propelled through a whale's blowhole. Catherine Pancake's ramshackle
>percussion cuts through the             squirreling wails with rattles and
>taps. Sept. 17 at Upstairs at Nick's
>
> Straylight ..This trio broadcasts an epic soundscape of scrapes,rattles 
>and
>buzzes served up by Jason Finkelman on percussion, Charles Cohen on
>electronics and Geoff Gersh on guitar. Sept.19 at Third Street Gallery
>
>   Unsound.. Given that this trio is a combination of electronics,Chapman
>Stick and violin, it's hard to say which instrument is responsible for 
>what
>sound. High-pitched electronic blurts buzz while bowed notes creep and
>screech, occasionally deviating into melancholy moments. Sept. 9 at 
>Highwire
>Gallery
>
>

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