Borbetomagus in Houston Nov. 21
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:22 am
Texas debut performance
lhttp://www.namelesssound.org/events/borbetomagus.html
Borbetomagus
When: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8 pm
Where: Frenetic Theater
5102 Navigation Blvd
Tickets: $13 general admission/ $10 students
Everyone under 18 gets in for free.
Don Dietrich (New York) - Saxophone
Donald Miller (New Orleans) - Guitar
Jim Sauter (New York) - Saxophone
This event is part of Nameless Sound's Andrew Mark Ladd Memorial Concert Series.
A 30-year history has proven Borbetomagus to be a groundbreaking, seminal, and visionary group. The trio crafted a huge mass of incendiary sound (“noise”) that went far beyond anything previously heard. They formed in New York in the late 1970’s at the time that radical punk rock, no-wave, free jazz, and downtown “new music” were all changing the way people heard sound. But Borbetomagus stood on its own, chiseling out an unlikely noise that separated it from what was being heard in those other scenes. The unusual instrumentation (two amplified saxophones and an electric guitar) reveals inspiration from free jazz and underground rock. But more direct sources may be the extremes of minimalism, 20th century composition, and abstract art. Borbetomagus sculpt a massive wall of sound that can seem cacophonous and impenetrable on one hand, while rhythmic and beautifully textured on the other. Their 30-year dedication to this vision calls to mind great abstractionists such as Mark Rothko who spent a lifetime grappling with the intensity of a monumental and personal form. Standing on their own at the time of their inception, Borbetomagus went on to inspire a whole genre of music (“Noise”) that would become an international force almost 15 years later. Borbetomagus is active on the festival circuit in Europe and Japan. This will be their first ever concert in Texas, and one of only a few concerts in the US this year.
Links:
http://borbetomagus.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borbetomagus
lhttp://www.namelesssound.org/events/borbetomagus.html
Borbetomagus
When: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8 pm
Where: Frenetic Theater
5102 Navigation Blvd
Tickets: $13 general admission/ $10 students
Everyone under 18 gets in for free.
Don Dietrich (New York) - Saxophone
Donald Miller (New Orleans) - Guitar
Jim Sauter (New York) - Saxophone
This event is part of Nameless Sound's Andrew Mark Ladd Memorial Concert Series.
A 30-year history has proven Borbetomagus to be a groundbreaking, seminal, and visionary group. The trio crafted a huge mass of incendiary sound (“noise”) that went far beyond anything previously heard. They formed in New York in the late 1970’s at the time that radical punk rock, no-wave, free jazz, and downtown “new music” were all changing the way people heard sound. But Borbetomagus stood on its own, chiseling out an unlikely noise that separated it from what was being heard in those other scenes. The unusual instrumentation (two amplified saxophones and an electric guitar) reveals inspiration from free jazz and underground rock. But more direct sources may be the extremes of minimalism, 20th century composition, and abstract art. Borbetomagus sculpt a massive wall of sound that can seem cacophonous and impenetrable on one hand, while rhythmic and beautifully textured on the other. Their 30-year dedication to this vision calls to mind great abstractionists such as Mark Rothko who spent a lifetime grappling with the intensity of a monumental and personal form. Standing on their own at the time of their inception, Borbetomagus went on to inspire a whole genre of music (“Noise”) that would become an international force almost 15 years later. Borbetomagus is active on the festival circuit in Europe and Japan. This will be their first ever concert in Texas, and one of only a few concerts in the US this year.
Links:
http://borbetomagus.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borbetomagus
