Sidewalk Cafe’s Leading Noise and Experimental Artists Take the Stage, Tuesday, October 4
Sonic Collages, Mysterious Rants, Casio Beats, and Homemade Musical Contraptions, Fuel Audio Explorations at East Village’s Landmark Music Outpost
Hector Santana, Purple Organ, Andrew Choi, Preston Spurlock, Yossarian Feedback to Perform
The back room of Sidewalk Cafe will journey into uncharted sonic territory on Tuesday, October 4, when five of the most adventurous artists from the venue’s ongoing music scene explore the realm of noise, experimental music, sonic collage, and avant garde performance. The special night of music, starting at 7:15 p.m., will include performances by Yossarian Feedback, Hector Santana, Purple Organ, Andrew Choi, and Preston Spurlock.
Hector Santana’s wild experiments have gained him considerable notice at the Sidewalk lately. They can include long rants in invented languages, performance poems at the piano or idiosyncratic songs on guitar. Purple Organ has created a unique setup in which he accompanies himself with snare drum and cymbal using a contact microphone that allows him to trigger the percussion instruments while he plays guitar and sings. He uses his contraption to striking effect in a series of achingly beautiful and sometimes richly lurid songs. Preston Spurlock’s music frequently draws on the pre-programmed beats of the Casio keyboard and he often uses electronic toys, whistles and other unusual instruments in his songs–several of which focus on prehistoric creatures. Andrew Choi began singing Karaoke as a way to overcome his fear of public speaking and later began writing his own songs. Lyrically, Choi runs the gamut from political commentary to nostalgic reflections on shopping at Kroger in his hometown, Columbus, Ohio. A pop songwriter, harsh noise enthusiast and stay-at-home dad, Yossarion Feedback throws a bit of everything into his expansive, intimate sonic collages: live synths, original music samples, junk guitars, media sound bites and field recordings of his daughters, Equal parts Rush & Replacements, Merzbow & Mr. Mom.
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