Plasticity + Mercova + Bioluminescence

Thursday, December 11
Admission: $10, $10 minimum
Showtime: 10:30pm
reservations are recommended


A Diverse line-up of underground pop and experimental electronic music.

: Plasticity [visuals by Dan Iglesia]
:: Mercova [visuals by Ryan Glenn]
::: Bioluminescence [visuals by Luke Dubois]

Plasticity [Robert Madler] is rhythmic arrhythmia, consisting of
morphing and phasing beats, textures and harmonies, melding the
influences of algorithmic composition, minimalism, sound-mass,
electroacoustic music, hip-hop, and electronica. Robert Madler is a
composer and performer who has focused on experimental media since
1998, specializing in electroacoustic composition for stereo diffusion
and multi-channel audio, compositions utilizing multiple video
projections, and programming in Max/MSP and Reaktor.

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Mercova [Daphne Gere | Peter Gannon] is a blend of textured guitars
and vocals, layered on top of electro-acoustic inspired beats. Mercova
has been writing and recording since 2000, with the occasional live
performance. Daphne has collaborated on a variety of projects,
including lending her vocals to Wayne B.'s (Calla drummer) solo album,
"Night of the Hunter", released in 2005 by Quartermass. Peter Gannon
is a member of Calla, and in 2005 released "Collisions" and "Strength
in Numbers" in 2007 on Beggars Banquet records. He also recorded and
collaborated on previous Calla releases.

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Bioluminescence [R. Luke DuBois | Lesley Flanigan] "Our collaboration
centers around an extensive investigation of the possibilities of the
improvised voice in tandem with electroacoustic processing, focusing
on the possibilities of detemporalization and memory evoked through
the use of looping, time-stretching, and spectral processing. The
interplay between the two performers (one singing, one processing)
takes the metaphor of the voice as impulse and the computer as filter
and creates a dense palette of evocative sounds and images derived
entirely from the voice of the singer."

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R. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, and performer who explores the
temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal
ephemera. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia
University, and has lectured and taught worldwide on interactive sound
and video performance. He has collaborated on interactive performance,
installation, and music production work with many artists and
organizations including Toni Dove, Matthew Ritchie, Todd Reynolds,
Michael Joaquin Grey, Elliott Sharp, Michael Gordon, Bang on a Can,
Engine27, Harvestworks, and LEMUR, and was the director of the
Princeton Laptop Orchestra for its 2007 season

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Daniel Iglesia creates music and media for humans, computers, and
broad interactions of the two. He is especially interested in live
manipulations of sound, with notions of automation and algorithmic
composition, the magnification of inherent chaos in sounds, and
real-time media performance with traditional instruments. His works
have taken the form of audio and video performance, instrumental works
with live electronics, gallery installations, and collaborations with
many disciplines such as theater and dance. His work has been
presented throughout New York City in such diverse venues as Lincoln
Center, Eyebeam Gallery, The Stone, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre,
Merkin Hall, Merce Cunningham Studio, the Public Theater, Monkeytown,
and in international festivals in the U.S., France, and Spain. He has
degrees in music and computer science from Princeton University
(2004), and now teaches at the Columbia Computer Music Center.

www.myspace.com/plasticitymusic
www.myspace.com/mercova
www.bioluminescencemusic.com/
http://www.music.columbia.edu/~luke/index.html
http://www.music.columbia.edu/~daniglesia/