Gutbucket and Fending/Matis
Date: Monday, October 1, 2001
Time: 9:00PM - 12:00AM EDT (GMT-04:00)
***** For immediate Release
What: Gutbucket (punk jazz maniacs from NYC) with
Brian Fending and Jonathan Matis (improvised percussion and guitar)
Where: Galaxy Hut
2711 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22201
703 525-8646
http://www.galaxyhut.com
[Context: This gig is in a small, dark, loud place reminiscent of the famed BJ's in Fredonia, NY that saw the rise of 10,000 Maniacs, Rusted Root, and Creamy Booty./BF]
When: Monday, October 1st - 9:00 pm, free admission
Gutbucket is a dirty, juke-joint punk-jazz kerzoom! that has been making its
mark with some of New York's most exciting performances. Gutbucket's tunes
continually challenge - with frequent rhythmic shifts, evolving grooves,
funky time sigs, and pushy melodies that still leave room for the group to
feature its exciting improvisations. Plus stage antics and audience
participation more out of the Big Apple Circus than the Blue Note. Squonk,
rat-a-tat, chuck-a-luck, BANG! http://www.gutweb.com
Opening the show will be the local duo of guitarist Jonathan Matis and
percussionist Brian Fending, celebrating the release of their new CD, "Shiny
and Round" on the Metatron Press label.
The Fending/Matis duo explores the fertile territory between composition and
improvisation. Their repertoire consists of pieces utilizing various degrees
of precomposed structures and materials combined with improvisation in
various ways. Fending and Matis have been performing together for years as
members of the DC-based improv ensemble, Gray Code.
Both performers specialize in extended techniques of their instruments.
Matis incorporates various tools and implements in addition to electronic
signal processing to coax unusual sounds from the guitar. Fending brings a
wide variety of experience with percussion instruments of the world into
play on what at first appears somewhat like a typical jazz kit. Easily able
to free himself of the timekeeper role, Fending is an elegant colorist
informed by rigorous technique. Both players have extensive experience with
ensemble deep listening and improvisation.
For more information:
fending@metatronpress.com
http://www.metatronpress.com/artists/fendingmatis/
