05/19 @ 8:00pm - Canceled – Philippe Petit + Post Abortion Stress

Philippe Petit is interested in soundtracks; even if he creates original music he’d rather be introduced as a “musical travel agent” than a composer.

Petit uses a computer to build up electronic layers, process acoustic and field recordings. To second the machine he likes to move various glasses, or percussive objects, and take advantage of vinyl material to fondle released sounds.

A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, Petit has celebrated his 25th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp.

Petit has assembled what people call a dream-team of collaborators, working with: Lydia Lunch, Foetus, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Cosey Fanni Tutti, My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Scanner, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Guapo, Leafcutter John, Simon Fisher Turner, Justin Broadrick and many more…

Aside his solo works, Petit is active in Strings Of Consciousness, does a duo with Lydia Lunch, and his collabs with Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle) + James Johnston (Gallon Drunk/Bad Seeds/Faust) have appeared on Dirter Promotions.

His first solo album “Henry: The Iron Man” was released thru Beta Lactam Ring Records, and his second Cd appeared on Rothko’s imprint Trace Recordings + OFF and Helmet Room in digital formats.

In the works are collabs with Murcof, Simon Fisher Turner, Vultures and “Cordophony” gathering music whose sound comes from the vibrations of one or several strings.

Petit will be performing with:

Bianca Bibiloni (Ala Muerte) on guitar/cello
http://www.myspace.com/alamuerta

Post Abortion Stress (Robert L. Pepper: violin / Amber Brien: percussions)
http://www.myspace.com/postabortionstress

Marco Oppedisano (guitar)
http://www.myspace.com/marcooppedisanomus

Rich Johnson on trumpet
http://www.myspace.com/richjasonjohnson

Post Abortion Stress

PAS (Post Abortion Stress) started in 1995 out of Brooklyn, NY, USA, driven by the creative talents of Robert L. Pepper working in the mediums of sound and video. Since then PAS has evolved into a collective with many different instrumentations and line ups. Permanent members include Amber Brien, Job “Vomit” Worthley, Michael Durek, and Will Seesar. Guests and occasional collaborators include, ZEV!, Steve Beresford, Matt Chilton (Vultures), Anthony Donovan (Vultures), Damien Olsen, Philippe Petit, Robert Pascale, and many others.

PAS have released 6 full length cd’s and have been on several compilations throughout the years. Some of these can be found on www.cdbaby.com or iTunes. PAS have performed in various countries including the United States, Germany (including Fausts Avant Garde Festival 2009), the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Macedonia, and Poland, just to name a few. Sound and video installations have also included Chile and the United States.

PAS (Post Abortion Stress) is a group out to create musical collages through the form of abstract sound. Their name refers metaphorically to those who have been aborted by society, because their point of view doesn’t fit in the constraints of “normal” society. The short name refers to the negative in French, metaphorically negating everything that is established to start from a new beginning. The viewpoint fuels our creativity to create our own world of beauty. Since our inception the band has been interested in making music from the fringes of perception, creating soundscapes that aren’t defined by any particular conventions or viewpoints. The aesthetic underpinnings are defined by the notion that music can be whatever the ear perceives. It’s a conception fueled by the love of life and art. It’s a desire for honest artistic self-expression. The compositions themselves are more akin to soundscapes than “songs” in the traditional sense. There are no clearly defined melodies, no structural landmarks that give you any sense of traditional anchor. This is not music making with any sense of or desire for commercial viability, but sonic sculptures in the mode of pure art.

aMute Canceled

Jérôme Deuson, born 1980, is the name behind aMute. Since 2002 he has been one of the most active Belgian composer and won notoriety in Europe and abroad as someone inventive, over excited by music and always ready to help people out. aMute has played in more than 15 countries including Canada, USA, European tours in Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, France and many others…

Apart from composing, Jérôme has also been involved in the legendary shop Le Bonheur in Brussels and organized festivals and concerts for the shop, he created the Stilll label back in 2005 and designed most of its fifteen releases and is currently involved in concert organisation in Brussels and Belgium.