Crankshow

Wed, Dec 7
8:25 pm
$5-$10

The Crank Ensemble
Kurt Morgan/Spacebrewer Duo
Dr. Bob


Moe! Staiano's new series continues for the second and final time at
Epic Arts. December 7th listing is as follows: The Crank Ensemble,
Kurt Morgan/Spacebrewer Duo, Dr. Bob.

The Crank Ensemble, ("Making New Music Seem Easy"), performs
improvised music using Larnie Fox's Hand Cranked Instruments. Cranks
are the mechanical equivalent of digital loops. Each instrument has a
contact microphone (piezo) and a hand-crank, and most have a feather-
spine that acts as a plectrum that rotates when the hand-crank is
cranked. As the plectrum rotates, it plucks something that vibrates
and is amplified. The "something" that vibrates is in some cases a
rubber band, in some wires sticking up, in one it is a metal strip,
and in another one is a heavy spring. By using cranks, we are able to
create rhythmic and repetitive patterns easily. We can alter the
sound by altering the crank's speed and direction, and we can also
use plucking and scratching. By working in an ensemble, we can create
layers of sound.

Kurt Morgan (guitar and vocals) is a local Oakland player in the
experimental scene and Spacebrewer hails from Chicago.

Dr. Bob is David Michalak - Lap Steel and Bob Marsh - Cello, Voice.
Dr Bob plays songs for a bitter world including "What Do We Have?",
"What Do We Do?", "What Do We Have To Do?", and others from their
upcoming CD, "Dark Times."

Venue:

Epic Arts
1923 Ashby Ave at MLK
Berkeley, California, 94703

www.epicarts.org/

http://www.epicarts.org/map/index.html

Additional Info:


http://www.infoflow.com/larnie/cranks/