ECSTATIC SUNSHINE, CEX, TICKLY FEATHER at Comet Ping Pong Saturday
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Nicki P.
May 15, 2008, 12:34:43 PM5/15/08
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ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
CEX
TICKLY FEATHER
KOKO
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SATURDAY, MAY 17
COMET PING PONG
5037 Connecticut Ave. NW
All Ages, 10pm
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ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
(Car Park Records, Cardboard Records)
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Despite polarized histories (Matt Papich played in various noise and
grindcore bands in Lancaster, PA, while Dustin Wong was involved in a
performance-based cell phone band called, "japanese" in Tokyo), the
sounds and melodies that the duo of ECSTATIC SUNSHINE create congeal
to become a single (magical) force. In 2004, after meeting in the
conceptual artwork's department at art school in Baltimore, Papich and
Wong began to focus on composing deceptively intricate guitar battles
for a NEW KIND OF IMAGINATION. Their thesis being - in part - that
there are things to be done with sound besides just experience
feelings all the time. Witnesses to their frenetic live shows will
attest that no recording has truly documented the intensity or
peculiarity of this band. It is often said that seeing Ecstatic
Sunshine perform is more like listening to a series of stories being
told, than watching a band play a set of "songs". Yet, such dreaminess
is by no means entirely descriptive of their performance, which owes
as much to BLACK FLAG as JOHN FAHEY. Some might think of ECSTATIC
SUNSHINE's unique force as a kind of elementary arithmetic: cerebral
and of course challenging, but also full of whimsy, exuberance, and
curiosity. Their sound has certainly been influenced by their
surroundings – from Baltimore's warehouse party scene and its
youthful, sometimes naïve positivity, to Dustin's time spent in
Oakland, CA rummaging through infinite stacks of records, and Matt's
passion for deep sea fishing in the Atlantic are all somewhere in the
cosmic mix....
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CEX
(Tigerbeat6, Jade Tree, Temporary Residence)
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Shortly before his 18th birthday Baltimore, MD native Rjyan Kidwell
(aka Cex) discovered a path carved by IDM luminaries such as Boards of
Canada, Aphex Twin and Autechre. Within a matter of months, equally
young and inspired electronic wizard Kid606 befriended Kidwell and
subsequently started the now-infamous Tigerbeat6 label to showcase the
prolific transformations of Cex and other like-minded artists. Now,
four years and as many albums later, Cex sheds his former skin to show
the world the grown man that had been buried beneath his own
expectations. Layering acoustic guitars, hip-hop beats, dense bass,
keys and sharp, catchy-as-hell lyrical flows, Cex is just about the
freshest mashing of genres ever unleashed. As unlikely as it seems to
mix hip-hop party jams, warm IDM glitch and shades of innocent folk,
he has unearthed a lost treasure; a heretofore undiscovered gold mine
of brilliant beats, charming stories and witty rhymes. Flawlessly
transforming an ideological train wreck into a whole pile of
undeniable hits, Cex is indeed the real thing.
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TICKLY FEATHER
(Paw Tracks)
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"She is a firm believer in doing what feels right, and in her
recordings she really uses her solo status to great advantage. It adds
up a very personal sound which involves all sorts of sensations from
serendipity to silliness, and even the sweet and eerie sound of her
little boy's voice as he tells her his ideas. Her recordings have been
praised by critics from the start, with comparisons to work by artists
such as Syd Barrett, Kate Bush, and Gilli Smith, and all the while
being given credit for having a sound that is completely its own." -
Paw Tracks
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http://www.myspace.com/tickleyfeather
http://www.myspace.com/ecstaticsunshine
http://www.ecstaticsunshine.com
http://brainwashed.com/tb6/cex
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ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
CEX
TICKLY FEATHER
KOKO
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SATURDAY, MAY 17
COMET PING PONG
5037 Connecticut Ave. NW
All Ages, 10pm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
(Car Park Records, Cardboard Records)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Despite polarized histories (Matt Papich played in various noise and
grindcore bands in Lancaster, PA, while Dustin Wong was involved in a
performance-based cell phone band called, "japanese" in Tokyo), the
sounds and melodies that the duo of ECSTATIC SUNSHINE create congeal
to become a single (magical) force. In 2004, after meeting in the
conceptual artwork's department at art school in Baltimore, Papich and
Wong began to focus on composing deceptively intricate guitar battles
for a NEW KIND OF IMAGINATION. Their thesis being - in part - that
there are things to be done with sound besides just experience
feelings all the time. Witnesses to their frenetic live shows will
attest that no recording has truly documented the intensity or
peculiarity of this band. It is often said that seeing Ecstatic
Sunshine perform is more like listening to a series of stories being
told, than watching a band play a set of "songs". Yet, such dreaminess
is by no means entirely descriptive of their performance, which owes
as much to BLACK FLAG as JOHN FAHEY. Some might think of ECSTATIC
SUNSHINE's unique force as a kind of elementary arithmetic: cerebral
and of course challenging, but also full of whimsy, exuberance, and
curiosity. Their sound has certainly been influenced by their
surroundings – from Baltimore's warehouse party scene and its
youthful, sometimes naïve positivity, to Dustin's time spent in
Oakland, CA rummaging through infinite stacks of records, and Matt's
passion for deep sea fishing in the Atlantic are all somewhere in the
cosmic mix....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CEX
(Tigerbeat6, Jade Tree, Temporary Residence)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shortly before his 18th birthday Baltimore, MD native Rjyan Kidwell
(aka Cex) discovered a path carved by IDM luminaries such as Boards of
Canada, Aphex Twin and Autechre. Within a matter of months, equally
young and inspired electronic wizard Kid606 befriended Kidwell and
subsequently started the now-infamous Tigerbeat6 label to showcase the
prolific transformations of Cex and other like-minded artists. Now,
four years and as many albums later, Cex sheds his former skin to show
the world the grown man that had been buried beneath his own
expectations. Layering acoustic guitars, hip-hop beats, dense bass,
keys and sharp, catchy-as-hell lyrical flows, Cex is just about the
freshest mashing of genres ever unleashed. As unlikely as it seems to
mix hip-hop party jams, warm IDM glitch and shades of innocent folk,
he has unearthed a lost treasure; a heretofore undiscovered gold mine
of brilliant beats, charming stories and witty rhymes. Flawlessly
transforming an ideological train wreck into a whole pile of
undeniable hits, Cex is indeed the real thing.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TICKLY FEATHER
(Paw Tracks)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"She is a firm believer in doing what feels right, and in her
recordings she really uses her solo status to great advantage. It adds
up a very personal sound which involves all sorts of sensations from
serendipity to silliness, and even the sweet and eerie sound of her
little boy's voice as he tells her his ideas. Her recordings have been
praised by critics from the start, with comparisons to work by artists
such as Syd Barrett, Kate Bush, and Gilli Smith, and all the while
being given credit for having a sound that is completely its own." -
Paw Tracks
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http://www.myspace.com/tickleyfeather
http://www.myspace.com/ecstaticsunshine
http://www.ecstaticsunshine.com
http://brainwashed.com/tb6/cex
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