Cutlery with Mike Milazzo + Waking Dream + Kodomo + Danger

Saturday, January 2nd
Admission: $5, $10 minimum
Showtimes: 7:30pm
reservations are recommended

Cutlery is an all-female trio from Brooklyn, NY who play a blend of experimental and folk music with instruments such as typewriter, clarinet, violin, banjo, melodica, and candlesticks. Cutlery is very chameleon-like, and these ladies have been known to veer off into sea shanties, chamber music, and raucous rhythms. Members include Jessie Shaffer (Fork), Heidi Harris (Knife), and Cédille Napier (Spoon), and tonight, Mike Milazzo (Ladel) will be joining Cutlery.

Mike Milazzo blends folk, blues, rock and bluegrass music into an original, yet familiar sound. With a dark resonance in his voice, he sings with an honesty that feels like home. Mike plays mandolin and guitar.

Waking Dream is a multimedia performance company directed by visualist James Barnes. Waking Dream is known for ambitious projects such as the Chrysalis Interactive Dome, and expansive surround video projection for many events in New York City. Waking Dream visuals evoke nostalgia, time travel, and visionary expression- ranging from collages of antique film footage, to futuristic layers of colors and dimensions.

Chris Child, aka “Kodomo,” lives and works in New York City as a full-time composer, and is known for his music featured in television, independent film and video games. He has done remixes for several bands and artists, including Freezepop, Omar Faruk, Dead Radar, Xandy Barry, and Sara Fimm. His music is featured in the Harmonix PS2 video games "Amplitude", "Frequency", and in the iPod video game "Phase". He has also composed music for several independent films, including the award-winning documentary "Silences" by director Octavio Graham.

Using recycled beats and his penchant for minimalism and film music, he’s managed to create a compelling form of impressionist electro that emphasizes warm sounds, melodic development and pulsing beats. His cinematic landscapes explore conceptual & sonic possibilities evoked by a sensory mix of images, science, weather, nature, spaces, and experiences. His debut album, "Still Life", was released on 5 Points Records, in October 2008.

Recently he began collaborating with video artist Holly Danger. Holly is a full-time designer/videographer who has a love for translating textures, layers, color & collage into rhythmic layers of visual music. Her ongoing projects range from graphic and motion design, concert videos, movie trailers, documentaries, festival installations, and live video projections for synchronized audio/visual performances.

Together they have performed in NYC, Montreal and Barcelona, and hope to travel and build their work as they continue to shape and re-imagine the possibilities of their live performances.

For more information:
www.sirensofsilverware.com
www.myspace.com/mikemilazzo101
www.wakingdream.org
www.kodomomusic.com
www.myspace.com/kodomo
www.hollydanger.com