Thursday, November 14
Calicchia Gallery Studio, 1433 E 33rd St Cleveland
Doors 7:30, Music 8PM
$15 recommended donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Dani Dobkin & Matt Sargent
Andrew Elaban
Dani Dobkin and Matt Sargent are traveling in support of their new album, Bend (Waveform Alphabet). The New York duo began in 2020 as a weekly Zoom call between the two artists at the height of the global pandemic. In 2021, they gave their first in-person show in Brooklyn and have since continued a musical conversation across many concerts and tours.
Beginning with a phrase from Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons, "Act so that there is no use in a center," the improvising duo delights in the exploration of their contrasting sensibilities. Their music has been described as “strangely emotional, gossamer-like tapestry of sounds, from barely audible phrases to saturating swells of noise. It all sounds almost like an American primitive guitar record retrieved from far in the future.” (Antonio Poscic, Future Music)
https://bendwa.bandcamp.com/album/bend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013KrKycyYI
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Andrew Elaban is a creative originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He explores sound through modular synthesis and extended processing of improvised acoustic sound sources. The outcomes always vary as he sifts through for delicate melodies and loose structures. He lets layered electronic systems dictate form with the goal of sculpting what resembles field recording or environmental work. Happy accidents are created by curiosity and improvisation.
Andrew Elaban’s most recent works have been focused on spontaneous arrangements centered around live sampled piano and organ speakers. He treats these improvisations with electronics and a modular synthesizer.