* The Many Faces of Spectra- Ry Noss + Friends, Kraines/Pirasteh/Rice, P.T.S.D.
Fri, Aug 16
|Headlong Dance Theater
An evening of elemental transformation, from the beauty of acoustic soundings through vibrating strings, lips, and reeds through the softer edges of surreality, to the rock-instrumental noise of PTSD. $10-$20 Notaflof Doors 7:30 Show 8pm
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Headlong Dance Theater, 1170 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA
About the event
A show thrown for Baltimore Darlings, PTSD will feature two brand new ensemble premieres of creative musicians.
Doors 7:30
Show 8pm
$10 to $20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds,
Suggested donation drinks available
P.T.S.D.
An improvisation collective with Matthew Payroll Pony Bones and Steve Johnson at it's nougat center, PTSD is maximalist drone mindful of Tony Conrad and the Velvet Underground's voyages into choppier waters, a resplendent and ever-blooming wall of noise cracking from vines of silence digging into it. 2023's Triple Barrel Junction and 2024's forthcoming To Bury All Of the Ugly albums are long-form improvisations culled from even longer treks into the liminal, crepuscular space of eroding drone awareness.
Matthew Payroll Pony Bones - A veteran spirit of American experimental music acting a bridge over the river of time between the cacophony of modern life and wooly mountain wilds. Pony specializes in intuitive, tactile excursions by way of treated folk instruments, left out in the rain, shredding strings and the burden of histoy itself.
Steve Johnson - Stalwart advocate for sound, totally responsible for Baltimore's 20/20 Records and Tapes label, part-owner of the True Vine Record Shop, recording engineer, bass player and do-er of whatever else needs to be done. Steve's efforts are unencumbered by genre restrictions or ossified intentions.
Kraines/Rice/Pirasteh
String trio blending the classical tradition with wildest elements of improvisation and contemporary composition. All three expert players will form sonorities from the brainstem to the deepest crevices of your frontal lobes.
Tom Kraines- Cello
Melinda Rice- Violin/Viola
Sephr Pirasteh- Kamenche
Ry Noss and Friends
Led by Ry a conservatory trained bass trombonist turned DJ and Children's musical entertainer, this new trio seeks to reignite the joy of playing with themselves and within YOU!
Ry Noss- Bass Trombone
Aaron Pond- Horn
RJ- Trombone/Electronics