I thought those of you living in the Chicago area may be interested in
tonight's show at Enemy with *Ben Miller* (Degeneration), *Daniel James
Burke* (Illusion of Safety), and *Wyoming* (Andrew Young and Riley
Walker). *Jason Soliday* (analog electronics) and I (springboard,
electronics) will be performing a rare duo set to open.
8:00PM Friday, Dec. 3
*Enemy*
1550 N. Milwaukee, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.enemysound.com <http://www.enemysound.com/>*
*
Ben Miller / degeneration:
http://www.benmiller.info
Miller's solo performance explores "prepared guitar" as a form of
auditory degeneration. This
multiphonic instrument has 5 pickups; 2 humbuckers pickups (bridge /
above first fret), 2 contact
pickups (headstock/body) and 1 Hexaphonic pickup to output each string
independently. The
instrument is placed on its back with its strings strung far below
standard tuning. Intonation is more
often arbitrary. The strings are excited by metal slides, chains,
springs, combs, Ebows, violin bows,
(etc.) and occasionally "prepared" with binder clips, a restaurant-style
salt shaker, capos, and
various found objects. On top of this, retaining pickup separation,
Miller adds a score of analog and
digital electronics, a Casio SK1, radio, tapes, and the liberal use of a
Bixby tailpiece. Sound is (de)
generated by its 6 strings, including below the bridge and above the
nut, and from the guitar body
itself. The neck and frets are rarely implemented in the traditional
means of a "neck with frets". A
guitar pick is never used. First constructed in 1982, "The Zoo" (a
deconstructed Gibson Kalamazoo)
was an integral part of the Ann Arbor, MI performance ensemble; GKW,
releasing several cassettes
in the 80's. In the late 1990's, the instrument was used in Chicago's
DIRTY OLD MAN RIVER
on "The Saddest Movie Screen" and "Ageless" (Radial Records). Approaches
to the instrument
extend from subtle to violent with an end result being a textured,
layered, multiphonic soundscape
Ben is also performing on WNUR airplay Saturday afternoon, 12-4-10:
http://airplay.wnur.org/
*Daniel James Burke*
Founding member of Illusion of Safety presents solo work in a more
personal melodic musical and ambient context using guitar, modular
synth, and electronics. New work can be heard here:
http://soundcloud.com/bzurke/retrograde-motion-daniel-james-burke
All the best,
Eric
--
Eric Leonardson
E-mail: eric@ericleonardson.org <mailto:eric@ericleonardson.org>
What's New: ericleonardson.org/whatsnew/
<http://ericleonardson.org/whatsnew/>
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