east river music project

Please welcome Magik Markers to the bill.
(Due to unforseen circumstances, Clogs will not be able to play.)

* MAGIK MARKERS site | live review

* EXCEPTER site | myspace

* BLUES CONTROL myspace

* FERN KNIGHT site | myspace

Curated by Ben Goldberg of The Leaf Label and Ba Da Bing! Records.

Photos from this event.

@ the east river amphitheater
1:30 “doors”
2 > 6 show
FREE
f/jmz trains to delancey
head east, cross the fdr, turn right/south…
between the williamsburg + manhattan bridges
on the beautiful east river
MAGIK MARKERS
(Description coming soon.)
site: http://www.magikmarkers.com/
feature: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/347
live review: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/06/magik_markers_a.html

EXCEPTER
Excepter’s myspace page calls them “a synthethic protest band engineered to erase cultural distinctions through polarized confusion”. Brandon Stosuy’s Pitchfork feature on the group compared their Alternation album to “Cabaret Voltaire or warped, slow-release Faust with early hip-hop break-beats”. You might look at that and think that Excepter’s music is more than likely not easily categorized. You’d be correct. Nonetheless, it is mesmerizing stuff — atmospheric (at times literally) soundscapes that ebb and flow around the listener. Releases on (among others) 5 Rue Christine and Load Records.
site: http://www.excepter.com/
audio: http://excepter.podomatic.com/
more audio: http://www.myspace.com/12101499
press: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36695/Live_Live_Excepter

BLUES CONTROL
WFMU’s Brian Turner says: “Blues Control equals the alter-ego of Lea Cho and sometime-WFMU fill-in DJ Russ Waterhouse who also record under the name electronics/drone outfit Watersports. Blues Control is their mojo release, a bit closer to Dead C than Dicky Betts (though somehow linking the two for sure)…” Their music has led normally mild-mannered freeform radio staff to paroxysms of air bass. Catch ‘em at the amphitheater and see why.
site/audio: http://www.myspace.com/bluescontrol
press: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/blues_control_m.html

FERN KNIGHT
From their site: “Fern Knight from Philadelphia, PA is an ensemble with an ever-changing lineup, fronted by guitarist/cellist and singer Margaret Wienk, who creates delicate, organic acoustic songs orchestrated by layers of accordion/harmonium/electronics drones, pysch-tinged strings, canonic vocals, harp, bells and percussion and singing saw. The resulting sound is a mixture of experimental acid folk and baroque pop, with influences ranging from Marc Bolan to Vashti Bunyan to Ennio Morricone. The music of Fern Knight is a tasteful wedding of medieval/minimalist sensibilities a la Arvo Part with mystical Murakami-esque lyricisms…” Stark, beautiful music; a new album, recorded by Greg Weeks of Espers, is due out on VHF Records in November.
site: http://www.fernknight.com/
audio: http://www.myspace.com/fernknight
press: http://www.fernknight.com/bio_press.html

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website