Brooklyn, NY -- If you could grab electricity in the air, and turn it into a Kubrick film without the film, what would it sound like? Find out when Todd Merrell joins forces with musicians Casey Block and Lou Rossi on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 8:00 pm in 'On the Way Out' at Freddy's Bar and Backroom, 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York - suggested donation: $5. Merrell makes sounds from the sky, instruments from machines, and cinematic music from noise. Casey Block turns synthesizers into hypnotic apparitions, and Lou Rossi transforms guitars into evolving dreamscapes.
Photographs are available upon request. For more information, please visit http://www.toddmerrell.com and http://www.myspace.com/lourossi.
Todd Merrell creates immersive, otherworldly, musical soundscapes from electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere and earth, using single sideband shortwave receivers and electronics. He has collaborated with Aidan Baker, Pilotram, Bunny Brains, Jeff Arnal, Craig Colorusso, Blaise Siwula, Gill Aharon, Robert Black, etc., and performed at numerous venues, including Knitting Factory, Galapagaos Art Space, and Issue Project Room. His solo album 'Neptune' was released in February 2006 on Dreamland Recordings in Australia, and his work will appear on 'Compiled Sounds Vol. 1' on Transient Frequency recordings in New York.
http://www.toddmerrell.com http://www.myspace.com/toddmerrell
“Todd Merrell creates powerful, unsettling ambient sound sculptures using short wave radios." - Time Out New York
“Todd Merrell is an expert at subtlety. His sounds do not beg for attention, rather they simmer in the background and slowly work their way into the psyche." - Zac Keiller, Dreamland Recordings
“Quite enjoyable detailed obscure spaces in there." - Francisco Lopez
“Merrell and Jordan construct and traverse a fascinating soundscape - choral undulations, mechanical grindings, distant swoops and plunges, waves of white noise. As one vein is exhausted, they find another to mine, moving the piece along at just the right moment and settling momentarily, at just the right place." - Lou Mallozzi, P-Form Magazine, USA
“Thanks to the composers' sensitivity to sonic nuances, they remind us that this old and still ubiquitous technology - this radiophonic nowhere - can be a pleasant place to travel." - Eric Leonardson, New Art Examiner, USA
Casey Block has been involved in the New York music scene for several years, and has performed with Aarktica, Duane Pitre (Pilotram), Harry Rosenblum, Craig Colorusso, B. Osborne, Jay Dunbar, Gordon Beeferman, and many others. He is co-owner of Eat Records in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and presents unusual and eclectic music on his show on East Village Radio. His collaboration with Marc Gartman will be released on Transient Frequency recordings in late 2006.
Lou Rossi's work has been informed by influences as diverse as Expressionism and David Bowie. He has collaborated with Alex Marculewicz, Will di Martino, Lo Galluccio, Todd Merrell, Casey Block, and many others. Rossi received a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee and has studied Microtonal Theory with ECM recording artist Joe Maneri. He has performed solo at phOnOmena and the Front Room Gallery and most recently accompanied spoken word artist Lo Galluccio at the St. Marks' Poetry Project marathon.
Photographs are available upon request. For more information, please visit http://www.toddmerrell.com and http://www.myspace.com/lourossi.
Todd Merrell creates immersive, otherworldly, musical soundscapes from electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere and earth, using single sideband shortwave receivers and electronics. He has collaborated with Aidan Baker, Pilotram, Bunny Brains, Jeff Arnal, Craig Colorusso, Blaise Siwula, Gill Aharon, Robert Black, etc., and performed at numerous venues, including Knitting Factory, Galapagaos Art Space, and Issue Project Room. His solo album 'Neptune' was released in February 2006 on Dreamland Recordings in Australia, and his work will appear on 'Compiled Sounds Vol. 1' on Transient Frequency recordings in New York.
http://www.toddmerrell.com http://www.myspace.com/toddmerrell
“Todd Merrell creates powerful, unsettling ambient sound sculptures using short wave radios." - Time Out New York
“Todd Merrell is an expert at subtlety. His sounds do not beg for attention, rather they simmer in the background and slowly work their way into the psyche." - Zac Keiller, Dreamland Recordings
“Quite enjoyable detailed obscure spaces in there." - Francisco Lopez
“Merrell and Jordan construct and traverse a fascinating soundscape - choral undulations, mechanical grindings, distant swoops and plunges, waves of white noise. As one vein is exhausted, they find another to mine, moving the piece along at just the right moment and settling momentarily, at just the right place." - Lou Mallozzi, P-Form Magazine, USA
“Thanks to the composers' sensitivity to sonic nuances, they remind us that this old and still ubiquitous technology - this radiophonic nowhere - can be a pleasant place to travel." - Eric Leonardson, New Art Examiner, USA
Casey Block has been involved in the New York music scene for several years, and has performed with Aarktica, Duane Pitre (Pilotram), Harry Rosenblum, Craig Colorusso, B. Osborne, Jay Dunbar, Gordon Beeferman, and many others. He is co-owner of Eat Records in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and presents unusual and eclectic music on his show on East Village Radio. His collaboration with Marc Gartman will be released on Transient Frequency recordings in late 2006.
Lou Rossi's work has been informed by influences as diverse as Expressionism and David Bowie. He has collaborated with Alex Marculewicz, Will di Martino, Lo Galluccio, Todd Merrell, Casey Block, and many others. Rossi received a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee and has studied Microtonal Theory with ECM recording artist Joe Maneri. He has performed solo at phOnOmena and the Front Room Gallery and most recently accompanied spoken word artist Lo Galluccio at the St. Marks' Poetry Project marathon.
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