ISB
Chris Corsano and Michael Foster
The Use
New York Pop Conceptualists
This happened last nite at My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
I am embarking on a November US/Canadian tour this month and I am slotted to bring the Use to Europe in 2015!
With a newly repaired theremin, I am going to all new places, and one new country to perform in.
Last night was so refreshing, Matt Luczak runs My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, with help from Julie. The venue is appropriately named after a Brian Eno / David Byrne Album of the same name from the 1980s.
Performances take place in the living room, and it’s very intimate! I was able to present a rare improv set, something I don't often do as the use...what a treat!
The other acts were very refreshing to my senses. It was like breathing fresh air and sipping clean water.
The New York Pop Conceptualists bring flair and stage antics to the most abstract elements of pop songs. Unintelligible lyrics and free flowing jazz drumming combine with electronic beats. It is the music of the future!
Chris Corsano and Michael Foster played very high level, virtuosic brass instruments and drumming. Also some minimal experimenting with house-hold objects took place. I enjoyed their set as each piece seemed to feature different timbres and sounds.
Inflatable_Sex_Babies came out wearing a mask, and converted his voice into synthesizers using an external pitch tracking device. I’ve experimented with this before with the computer, using an app called MIDI merlin, but never have I seen it done analog in real time. ISB’s sound was decidedly new to me, and I listen to a hell of a lot of music. There were beats, and pads, but most of the pads were modulated the entire time to morph in pitch. It was wavy, perhaps avant wavey dance music. That’s what I’d call it. It’s a new sound. Dig it.