Al Margolis & Denman Maroney: Interpretations at the Roulette table
Sound artist and productive force of the NY underground Al Margolis and „Hyperpianist“ Denman Maroney are inviting the initiated and the curious to an evening of new music – in the true sense of the word. On 13th of March, the two will perform new works at the Roulette (the self-declared home of experimental music) as part of the „Inventions series“. On the occasion, Al Margolis will be accompanied by an ensemble of friends, all of which are loosely clustered around the labels he either single-handedly manages or helps to run: Pogus, Mutable Music, XI Records and Mutable Music. The cast will include Al Margolis himself (manipulating prerecorded sounds and sampling), Lisa Barnard on vocals, trombonist Monique Buzzarté (who is about to release new material of her own on Deep Listening very soon), Tom Hamilton contributing electronics and Jacqueline Martelle on flute. The music will meet the video work by Katherine Liberovskaya, whose previous collaborational partners have included Phil Niblock among others. Denman Maroney (pictured) will perform a solo concert, but his „hyperrealist“ technique implies that he will sound like a small-scale orchestra nonetheless.
The „hyperrealist“ Piano technique involves many factors at the same time. For one, Denman Maroney uses both the keys of the Piano, as well its body and innards, using bows and slides of metal, plastic and rubber to influence the resonance of its strings. By clever use of „a system of temporal harmony based on the undertone series“, he is able to arrive at improvisations at different tempi at the same time. Influences include Cage, Coleman, Cowell, Ellington, Ives, Joplin, Messiaen, Monk, Nancarrow and Stockhausen – among others, of course.
The „Interpretations“ series is currently in its 19th season. Its main focus is the intricate relationship between a composer and the performing artist: How do they work together, how can they mutually push each other beyond their horizons and what are factors for conflict? Sometimes, they will be the same person and then again, two different personalities. Previous editions have included artists such as Annea Lockwood, Morton Subotnick, Robert Ashley and Pauline Oliveros.
The exact details of the evening with Al Margolis and Denman Maroney at the Roulette are as follows:
Thursday, March 13 at 8pm
Roulette: 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand)
General admission: $15 ($10 students, seniors, Harvestworks & DTW members; free for Roulette and Location One members)
For reservations, call 212-219-8242.
For more information on the Interpretations series, call 212-627-0990
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Homepage: Roulette
Homepage: Al Margolis
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