Earth vs E-town at Bohemia May 5
Chapman Stick and
Theremin comprise the topline attraction when John Armstrong and Dale Ladouceur
pair up to provide a live embellishment to an audio-video work by French
ambient artist Phillippe Neau (aka nobodisoundz)
at Bohemia (10217-97 Street) Tuesday, May 5 at 9 p.m. Admission to the no-minors
event, Earth vs. E-town which matches local performers with the
compositions and videos of international artists, is $10.
Armstrong,
recognized as a world-class Theremin player, whose credits include The Stone
Merchants and Leo.FX as well as organizing such events as the Xmas Carol
Project and Sasquatch Gathering, will team up with Ladouceur, whose prowess on
the 10-stringed Chapman Stick has garnered her international acclaim and a
featured artist ranking on stick.com, the instrument’s official website. The
two will add live textures to the nobodisoundz work “Long Distance Dreamer,” a
dark ambient effort that adds to his sonic inventory regularly heard across
Europe.
Additional
performers include Don Ross playing
clarinet with a piece by Japan’s tamayakurange,
performance artist Trixie Moon
adding her touches to a project by Italian noise artist Lametàfisica, Skrunt Skrunt
adding a visual treatment to the Netherlands-based Belch Kitchen and Motonogo
providing cacophony to UK-based audio artist A Raja’s Mesh Men.
