electro-music chamber orchestra at Princeton, NJ

mosc · Last edited by mosc on Fri May 02, 2008 4:06 pm; edited 2 times in total

Calendar Event: December 15, 2007

The electro-music chamber orchestra Comes to Princeton

December 15, 2007

Sarnoff Corporation Auditorium
7:30 PM 201 Washington Rd
Princeton NJ 08540-6449

Admission $10 per person at the door

For information: 609-734-2636

It’s the time of year when the streets and houses glow and twinkle with festive lights. Everything’s wired and bright, including the electro-music chamber orchestra, the sonic ensemble that’s more plugged in than a city block.

The electro-music chamber orchestra brings its arsenal of synthesizers, keyboards, and bizarre machinery to the David Sarnoff Library Auditorium On Saturday, December 15th for an evening of truly electrifying and sonorous musical mischief. Doors open at 7:00 PM for this rare event, with refreshments on hand provided by Grovers Mill Coffee and McCaffrey's bakery, thanks in part to the support of the Princeton ACM/IEEE-CS under the initiative of Dr. Rebecca Mercuri. Admission is $10.00 for the general public; online advance purchases can be made via Paypal at sales@davidsarnoff.org. For more information, please call 609-734-2636.

On the roster for the orchestra’s evolving membership are Howard Moscovitz, Greg Waltzer, and Bill Fox. As a trio in their own right, they’re known as Xeroid Entity, creators of rhythmic and ambient otherworldly soundscapes. http://www.xeroid-entity.com

Joining them will be special guests Robert Burger, Ken Palmer, and Mike Hunter–founding members of Brainstatik. Combining ambient, world, progressive rock, and space music, Brainstatik takes audiences on uncharted journeys through shifting and mixing genres within each piece.

Any self-respecting electronic chamber orchestra would be incomplete without the granddaddy of all electronic instruments: the theremin, the only instrument that’s played without being touched. Thereminist Kip Rosser will be on hand to weave the theremin’s haunting and beautiful voices into the mix. http://www.performancekr.com/theremin.html

Taking the stage first will be Brainstatik, each member a certified electronic gear junkie. Guitars can sound like drums, keyboards can imitate guitars and drums can play keyboards. The resulting performance often sounds rehearsed and composed, but in reality it happens in the moment. Brainstatik thrives on taking its music to the edge every time they perform.

http://www.brainstatik.com

During the second set of the evening, Moscovitz, Waltzer, Fox, and Rosser will complete the ensemble. The full electro-music chamber orchestra will perform a collaborative exploration of the vast territories of harmony, rhythm, melody and silence. Think Vangelis meets sci-fi with a dash of Brian Eno.

The evening will be set against the stunning visual backdrops of video artist Hong Waltzer, who will bridge sight and sound by creating her fluid and colorful “living paintings” that respond to the music in real time. Expand your ears, eyes, mind, and your definition of music–get really wired on the sight and sounds of the electro-music chamber orchestra.

mtvic · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject:

Save me a front row seat please. Shocked

rh2y · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:49 am Post subject:

Mosc,

Thanks for the heads-up. Will there be any recordings posted after the
event, for those of us who can't make it? I've already got a commitment.

I was really grateful for the online streaming audio from the electro-music festival in Philadelphia this summer --- my wife and I had made plans to attend, but she got sick the day we were supposed to leave, and so we couldn't go. It was great to be able to tune into the streaming broadcast that weekend.

Thanks!

mosc · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject:

mtvic · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject:

I promise only kisses.

Danno Gee Ray · Joined: Sep 25, 2005 Posts: 1351 Location: Telford, PA USA

Now there's one hell of an offer!

Low Note · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:

My college listserv just sent out a posting about the concert with a link to the library's blog, so I figured I'd bump this.

http://www.davidsarnoff.blogspot.com/ was the site, if it hadn't been posted. I think its the same press release.

djfoxyfox

djfoxyfox · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

mtvic · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:25 am Post subject:

Not @ all Buffalo Bill.
Those kisses were pleas for my life !
Razz

ha ha
see you tonight.
m

Acoustic Interloper · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:03 am Post subject:

How'd it go? My wife and I were all set to go for her birthday, but with the weather forecast that came true -- our ridge was covered in thick ice for the second time in a week, also lost power for a while again -- we chickened out. She's never made it to Cheltenham, and I was really looking forward to this.

Hope everybody got home OK.

djfoxyfox · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Music Uploading

pyxl8r · Joined: Nov 12, 2003 Posts: 68 Location: near Trenton, NJ

Wow, did we have fun or what?!

Here's a link to a wildly-innacurate Wink

but enthusiastic and postive review of the show:

http://davidsarnoff.blogspot.com/2007/12/electromusic-chamber-orchestra-thrills.html

-Ken

pyxl8r · Joined: Nov 12, 2003 Posts: 68 Location: near Trenton, NJ

One of the Sarnoff folks captured the 2nd set on HD video, and from what some of us saw appearing on a huge monitor immediately after the show, it looked sweet!

Problem was, none of us were equipped to copy a 10Gb file on the spot. Damn, I wish I'd brought my 30Gb iPod!!! They said they'd copy it to a single Blu-Ray disc (couldn't easily break up the file to multiple "regular" old-fashioned DVDs I guess) and send it to me. Problem is that, tho I have a friend who shoots/edits in HD, neither of us has a Blu-Ray-ready computers. Guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, but suggestions/advice is welcomed. Stay tuned...

-Ken

mosc · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject:

Recordings from both sets are available on our on-demand streaming server. Please see this post: http://electro-music.com/article.php?t=22589

Thanks to Bill Fox for making these recordings.

egw · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

What's a .pls file?

Also, it should be Brainstatik.

mosc · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject:

pls is a type of file that is streamed by the server. Winamp and iTunes among many others will play that link. Your browser should automatically open the appropriate player.

Thanks for the input, I corrected the post to say just Brainstatik

blue hell · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks for putting this up, sounds great !

BTW there is one more brainstatic on the page.

rlainhart · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

The server's down?

blue hell · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:49 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks... I restarted the server.

djfoxyfox · December 15, 2007.

blue hell

egw · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject:

We haven't officially announced it - we'll do that when the web site is ready.