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Ben Neill – Night Science CD release party
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street – in DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY 11201
8 PM
$10
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Featuring performances by
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Ben Neill (Thirsty Ear) with video by Bill Jones
Peter Gordon (Love of Life Orchestra) with video by Kit
Fitzgerald
DJ Dave Q (Dub War)
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Thirsty Ear Recordings is
proud to announce the release party for Ben Neill’s new CD Night Science at Galapagos Art Space in the DUMBO section of
Brooklyn on Wednesday, September 23 at 8 PM. Neill will perform music from the new CD along with live
interactive video by his visual collaborator Bill Jones. Also appearing on the show will be
composer/saxophonist Peter Gordon and dubstep DJ Dave Q from NYC’s widely
acclaimed Dub War crew.....
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Neill is a composer,
performer and producer who melds acoustic trumpet work into a new realm using a
truly unique instrument, the uncanny mutantrumpet.
His new CD combines dubstep beats and bass lines with the trippy,
otherworldly sonic explorations of his instrument, which was completely redesigned in 2008. Creating an alchemy between electronic
music and his own improvisationally manipulated trumpet work, Neill has
succeeded in crafting a dubstep/jazz album that shatters conceptions about
either genre. ....
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Night Science has been highly influenced by Neill’s involvement
with the dubstep scene in New York City.
A veteran of the drum and bass, illbient and electronica scenes, Neill
has performed at Dub War and his music has been played on the BBC Radio 1
Experimental show by Mary Anne Hobbs, the British DJ who many credit with
breaking the dubstep sound internationally. Neill continues to meld the technological advancement of
interactive electronic music with DJ culture as he has done in previous
recordings on Astralwerks, Verve and Six Degrees....
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Neill’s video partner Bill
Jones has created a body of interactive video to accompany the music using the
luminous black and white images of film noir as its inspiration. In performance the dynamics and notes of
Neill’s playing animate Jones’ moving images, creating an improvised narrative
that is directly tied to the music. ....
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Peter Gordon first gained
attention with his Love of Life Orchestra, which helped define the fusion of
experimental composition with punk and jazz infused dance music in the 1980’s.
Gordon has worked with some of the most influential artists and musicians of
the past decades. His
collaborations with video-artist Kit Fitzgerald have pioneered live video
performance. Gordon is currently
working on a new LOLO album for DFA Records.....
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Dave Q is the founder and
resident of the US's original dubstep party, Dub War NYC. He has played at
London's seminal DMZ night and many of the leading dubstep events around the
US. Along with fellow Dub War residents Joe Nice and MC Juakali, DQ has been at
the forefront of breaking the dubstep sound in the US and plays a selection of
the most sought after dubplates from the scene's top producers, as well has his
own productions.....