Tilted Axes to Play Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, 4/1

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY
Music for a Theater Space

Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00 PM
Alchemical Theatre Laboratory
104 W 14th Street, New York City
House opens at 7:45 - $5 at door

Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas

Combining the energy of rock, the creative discipline of theater, and the experimental spirit of the downtown NYC arts scene, TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS is both a processional event, and an ensemble of mobile electric guitarists created by composer/performer Patrick Grant.

Inspired by his background in gamelan music and vanguard theater work, classically-trained post-rocker Grant conceived of Tilted Axes in 2011 as part of Make Music Winter, an event which transforms New York's cityscape with participatory musical parades in honor of the winter solstice. Tilted Axes was a way of untethering the electric guitar from both heavy stage amps and traditional band structures, as well as bringing live music directly to its audience.

TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers in TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS as a means to explore and experiment with new material. Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.

STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY is a performance inside of a theater. This gives the group an opportunity to use the space in a combination of mobile and stationary formations. They will perform new music as well as other pieces from the Tilted repertoire in the form of a narrative. This is the challenge.

More iNFO at ~
http://www.tiltedaxes.com/tiltedaxes.html