The Red Masque Concert Update: Chris Cutler, Haunted Houses and More
The Red Masque
March Madness with The Red Masque
Hello and Happy St. Patrick's Day from The Red Masque. We have some
important concert announcements, as well as some concert
cancellations, in this newsletter so please take note of its contents.
MARCH 2003 THE RED MASQUE CONCERTS
--Saturday, March 22, BLVD DELI, Richmond, VA gig is cancelled!
--Sunday, March 23, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA;
7:30PM. The Red Masque opens for Chris Cutler. See event synopsis
below:
Chris Cutler is a legend in the art rock world who has worked with
such greats as Henry Cow, Art Bears, Pere Ubu, The Residents and Fred
Frith, and now he plays the Sedgwick on Sunday, March 23, at 7:30 PM.
Cutler will play a solo show as part of his current national tour,
which stops in dozens of cities, from Detroit to Miami. In total, he
has appeared on more than 100 recordings, including many important
works in their respective genres. He is known for his electrified drum
kit, which he has developed himself over the last 25 years, and use of
found objects, toys, and acoustic electric machines to create "an
almost orchestral array of sounds."
At the start of the seventies, with Dave Stewart, he co-founded The
Ottawa Music Co, a 22-piece Rock composer's orchestra, and eventually
joined British experimental group Henry Cow. He has been a member of
dozens of ensembles and bands from Japan to Romania, a record label
founder, and magazine editor. Nothing short of a musical "Renaissance
Man," Chris Cutler is also known for his philosophical lectures and
writings on music, which have been published in 15 languages.
Says Cutler, "It still feels to me as if I am not so much trying to
make the instrument do what I want it to do as to discover what it
wants - and then argue with it in public. That's certainly what
convinced me finally to start doing solo performances." On playing
solo, as he will be at this concert, Cutler writes, "Like Dr.
Johnson's prospect of being hung at dawn, a solo concert wonderfully
focuses the mind."
See his site at www.CCutler.com for more. Call today for tickets and
Information: 215-248-9229. Or e-mail in...@sedgwickcenter.org. Sedgwick
Cultural Center, 7137 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119
--Monday, March 24, TRITONE, Philadelphia, PA gig is cancelled.
--Saturday, March 29, 8PM. NJ ProgHouse, AKA The Metlar - Bodine House
Museum, 1281 River Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854. $20. Order tickets in
advance. Only 30 tickets will be sold for this special intimate
performance at a "genuine" haunted house. Order tickets by emailing
njpro...@yahoo.com.
For more information on the "haunted" aspect of this unique concert
performance, please visit http://www.janedoherty.com/metlar1.htm or
visit www.prog4you.com to visit the gallery page for progressive rock
band IZZ's "haunted" photos from their performance at the museum.
Supposedly Prog4You.com caught spectres in their digital photos of the
band's concert. See for yourself at www.prog4you.com.
The band is in the midst of adding some more April concerts, including
two new shows with an out-of-town progressive rock act. Stay tuned to
theredmasque.com for an imminent concert announcement.
Thank you,
Brandon, Lynnette, Kiarash, Vonorn
The Red Masque
www.theredmasque.com
The Red Masque are a dark, theatrical avant rock band from the
Philadelphia community with gothic, psychedelic and space rock
influences, who are fast achieving a cult status within the
underground art rock community. Performing at such prestigious events
as the 2001 World Con Science Fiction Convention and the 2001 Prelude
to the North East Art Rock Festival, The Red Masque's offer truly
innovative "art rock to scare the neighbors with", as well as utilize
a wide variety of instrumentation: celtic concert harp, toy dolls,
found percussion, indian snake charmer flutes, death's head rattles,
bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboards and horns and vocals. In addition,
their latest album, VICTORIA AND THE HARUSPEX, has been appearing on
numerous Top 10 lists for 2002. www.theredmasque.com
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Chris Cutler will be conducting a free Meet the Composer session at
the Sedgwick on the afternoon of his concert. The one hour talk will
focus on Chris' recent work with his amplified drum kit/sound battery.
Space for this talk is very limited and must be reserved by calling
Alicia at the Sedgwick (215-248-9229).
Meet the Composer with Chris Cutler
Sunday, March 23 3:30 p.m.
Sedgwick Cultural Center
7137 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19119
www.sedgwickcenter.org
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