Sunday, November 21
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:00
Greg Davis (Carpark, Kranky, Staalplaat, from Chicago)
Signer (Carpark, from New Zealand)
Ariel Pink (Paw Tracks, from LA)
Greg Davis
Greg Davis has made recorded appearances on numerous singles and compilations, played around the world, and is best known for his two albums on the Carpark label: "Arbor" and "Curling Pond Woods." Those two albums, as impressive and well-received as they are, don't tell the whole story of Davis' omnivorous interest in music (he studied composition and jazz studies at DePaul University and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music) and considerable abilities. "Somnia" collects drone-oriented material Davis has been working on over the last two or three years with the final track, "Mirages (version 2)" being a recording from spring 2004 using a schaaf pnch card music box and computer. Each track features a single instrument (bowed psaltery, acoustic guitar, harmonica, Fender Rhodes, Magnus chord organ) played by Davis and then filtered through a computer. The tones that come out of the process bear little immediate resemblance to the instrument of origin, taking on extended and diffuse forms of their own.
"In skilled hands, the music comes off as a perfect fusion of silicon and psilocybin inspiration." (Dave Segal, Portland Mercury)
"He's grown nimble enough in his approach to pull out the computer and make it sound like anything but." (Andy Beta, Pitchfork)
Signer
In 2002, we called it Nu-Indie. That pissed people off (who knew?). At the time, New Zealand's Bevan Smith successfully married the digital and analog worlds with Signer's "Low Light Dreams." Now the honeymoon is over and this couple is in it for the long haul. No longer are the two distinct; they have become one. Bevan spent some time listening to his favorite indie slow-jams (Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, "Laughingstock"-era Talk Talk) and decided he should make the first proper fuzzed-out pop gem of the 21st century. Signer's "The New Face of Smiling" chews on all of Bevan's experience in indie bands and electronica and spits them back out into something brand new yet somehow familiar. Those with a sens eof humor can call it "Nu-Gazing."
Singer has played with Dntel, Pan-American, Nudge, Radian, Tagaki Masakatsu, and Chessie.
Ariel Pink
After years of recording in relative seclusion in the hills of Los Angeles, Ariel Pink (the first non-Animal Collective member on the Paw Tracks roster) makes his official Paw Tracks debut with "The Doldrums." Originally a handmade CD-R release a couple years back, "The Doldrums" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was discovered by the Animal Collective during one of their west coast tours and became an immediate favorite.
Recording at home with a guitar, bass, keyboard, and 8-track (the drum sounds are all unbelievably created with his mouth), Ariel Pink blends Lite FM and warped lo-fi pop into something beautiful and confusing, yet highly addictive.
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:00
Greg Davis (Carpark, Kranky, Staalplaat, from Chicago)
Signer (Carpark, from New Zealand)
Ariel Pink (Paw Tracks, from LA)
Greg Davis
Greg Davis has made recorded appearances on numerous singles and compilations, played around the world, and is best known for his two albums on the Carpark label: "Arbor" and "Curling Pond Woods." Those two albums, as impressive and well-received as they are, don't tell the whole story of Davis' omnivorous interest in music (he studied composition and jazz studies at DePaul University and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music) and considerable abilities. "Somnia" collects drone-oriented material Davis has been working on over the last two or three years with the final track, "Mirages (version 2)" being a recording from spring 2004 using a schaaf pnch card music box and computer. Each track features a single instrument (bowed psaltery, acoustic guitar, harmonica, Fender Rhodes, Magnus chord organ) played by Davis and then filtered through a computer. The tones that come out of the process bear little immediate resemblance to the instrument of origin, taking on extended and diffuse forms of their own.
"In skilled hands, the music comes off as a perfect fusion of silicon and psilocybin inspiration." (Dave Segal, Portland Mercury)
"He's grown nimble enough in his approach to pull out the computer and make it sound like anything but." (Andy Beta, Pitchfork)
Signer
In 2002, we called it Nu-Indie. That pissed people off (who knew?). At the time, New Zealand's Bevan Smith successfully married the digital and analog worlds with Signer's "Low Light Dreams." Now the honeymoon is over and this couple is in it for the long haul. No longer are the two distinct; they have become one. Bevan spent some time listening to his favorite indie slow-jams (Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, "Laughingstock"-era Talk Talk) and decided he should make the first proper fuzzed-out pop gem of the 21st century. Signer's "The New Face of Smiling" chews on all of Bevan's experience in indie bands and electronica and spits them back out into something brand new yet somehow familiar. Those with a sens eof humor can call it "Nu-Gazing."
Singer has played with Dntel, Pan-American, Nudge, Radian, Tagaki Masakatsu, and Chessie.
Ariel Pink
After years of recording in relative seclusion in the hills of Los Angeles, Ariel Pink (the first non-Animal Collective member on the Paw Tracks roster) makes his official Paw Tracks debut with "The Doldrums." Originally a handmade CD-R release a couple years back, "The Doldrums" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was discovered by the Animal Collective during one of their west coast tours and became an immediate favorite.
Recording at home with a guitar, bass, keyboard, and 8-track (the drum sounds are all unbelievably created with his mouth), Ariel Pink blends Lite FM and warped lo-fi pop into something beautiful and confusing, yet highly addictive.