BASIC
Schedule
Sun Dec 08 2024 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
DC9 Nightclub | Washington, DC
About this Event
BASIC
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BASIC is a mind-meld between noted Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth, Douglas McCombs (Tortoise), and Mikel Patrick Avery (Natural Information Society). "This Is BASIC", their debut album, is a complex and entrancing instrumental LP recasting forgotten scraps of guitar history into a moving mosaic of strings, skins and electronics. Taking inspiration (and their name) from the 1984 Robert Quine/Fred Maher album ("Basic"), Forsyth and Millevoi got together for a run of low-key jam sessions using an Alesis drum machine for rhythm tracks and forging a collaborative language from angular polyrhythms, pulsing baritone-guitar lines, and shimmering chorus-pedal washes (another stylistic nod, this time to the glistening post-punk of the Durutti Column and numerous 4AD bands). Avery was soon enlisted on drum kit—a setup that quickly morphed into a single drum, bell, and a bespoke electronics rig of his own creation. The trio quickly flowered into an improvisational swirl of disorienting electronics, hypnotic throb, and dense flanged-guitar harmonics: three unique voices spinning a complex conversation of textures and rhythms.
Where is it happening?
DC9 Nightclub, 1940 9th St NW, Washington, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 23.18 to USD 25.31