The Tank Present Erik Friedlander and Emily Hope Price, 10/13

The Tank Space for Visual and Performing Arts presents a monthly installment this fall featuring the work of composers/percussionists Loop 243, along with their featured guests and collaborators. The programming of the residency highlights new work by Loop 243 with collaborations by multi-media artists, along with guest spots that showcase the duo's interests and influences.

For the next event, downtown NYC legend Erik Friedlander opens with a solo set, while Emily Hope Price (Pearl and the Beard) joins Loop 243 during their set. Wednesday, October 13, 7 p.m. at The Tank, 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036.

Loop 243's residency at the Tank continues in October with a show christened Songs, Drums, and Refrains of Death, featuring cellists Erik Friedlander and Emily Hope Price. The title is a nod to the evocative work of George Crumb (whom Loop founder Kozumplik studied with in Prague), a nod to the season, and a description of the material being performed: unique takes on the song by Loop 243 and Friedlander.

Loop 2.4.3 is a composer/performer duo that has drawn comparisons to Steve Reich, Battles, Harry Partch, Moondog, Konono No.1, Brian Eno, and Belle Orchestre - an assortment that alludes to their hard to classify, yet visceral aesthetic. They are composers/instrument inventors/improvisers/performers and "virtuosi musicians of the highest caliber" (Gordon Stout), mixing electro-acoustic techniques with an array of percussion and other instruments. Their new album, Zodiac Dust, features strings and two instruments of their invention, the Rose Echo and eLog. Their music has been described as "transportive percussion odysseys" (The Boston Phoenix), "taut compositions with a stunning improvisational sense" (Time Out Chicago), and as both "action adventures and reveries... all sound[ing] like part of a well-thought-out tradition, only the tradition has never existed until now." (Milo Miles, Fresh Air - NPR)

For more information, visit http://www.loop243.com/.