Diminished Men + Tartar Lamb
Diminished Men is a Seattle-based instrumental band, whose members include Dave Abramson, Steve Schmitt, Sam Wambach, and Matt Rosof. According to Sublime Frequencies Founder, Alan Bishop, their latest album, Shadow Instrumentals (Abduction, 2009) “is a superbly crafted mosaic of whip-cracking vengeance, speakeasy hallucinations, and haunted geography.” They have also released four CDs under the Cass Record Label and Bowels of Lunacy Label. Abramson has collaborated with Secret Chiefs 3, Grails, Eyvind Kang, Six Organs of Admittance, Wally Shoup, Kayo Dot, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Climax Golden Twins, and The Curious Mystery.
Tartar Lamb is the duo of Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya (of Kayo Dot), put together specifically to perform and record Toby’s long-form violin and electric guitar duet, “60 Metonymies,” and with the potential to move on to other pieces in the future. Tartar Lamb was augmented by the participation of Tim Byrnes (trumpet) and Andrew Greenwald (drums) of The Friendly Bears for the recording.
On January 25, ISSUE Project Room will inaugurate its new space at 110 Livingston with Gaudeamus Muziekweek, a four-day festival celebrating groundbreaking and challenging new music by emerging composers from around the world. Working in partnership ...
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