ELI KESZLER AND ASHLEY PAUL at Metropolis

[New Thing Productions]

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to the Halvorson/Pavone show on
Saturday! It was a beautiful night, and it was nice to see some
familiar faces, as well as some new ones. Looking forward to this one
on Monday.

August 10th @ 8pm
Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
$5-$10 Donation
Metropolis Underground
615 S. Main St (backside of bldg, first door on your left)
N. Syracuse, NY 13212

Eli Keszler, using drums, along with crotales, bells, bowed metal,
strings, Eli creates a unique whirlwind of sound that balances sparse
droning harmonics with intense, fast, free rhythms. He has performed,
recorded or collaborated with artists such as Jandek, Phill Niblock
(performed a new work of his for bowed crotales and saxophone), Roscoe
Mitchell, Loren Connors, Charles Cohen, Anthony Coleman (appearing on
his New World Records Release), Aki Onda, Bryan Eubanks, David Linton,
Steve Pyne (Redhorse), Greg Kelley, Ashley Paul. Eli has performed at
venues like The Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), Irving Plaza,
Merkin Hall, Issue Project Room, The Stone and The Knitting Factory
(NYC and LA), and countless bookstores, basements, and small galleries
around the US and Europe. He has released solo CD’s and cassettes on
REL as well as labels such as Rare Youth (debut solo LP, Livingston),
Reverb Worship and Something on The Road.

Ashley Paul plays reeds, unique string instruments, electronics and
sings. Her dream-like music juxtaposes aggressive, sustained high
pitched blasts, floating vocals, clattering strings and bells, cry-
like saxophones and is somehow tied together by oddly melodic songs.
In the past year she performed with Loren connors, Aki Onda, Joe
Morris, and Greg Kelley, premiered a new work by Phill Niblock for
soprano saxophone and bowed crotales (written for her and Eli
Keszler), performed as part of the US premiere of Mauricio Kagel’s
masterpiece ‘Der Schall’ at Merkin Concert Hall in New York and was
heard in a live feature on wzbc’s Rare Frequency. Additionally, Ashley
performs regularly with Anthony Coleman in duo, trio and on his recent
New World Records release, plays duo with Eli Keszler and has recently
begun performing solo, sharing the stage with Thurston Moore, Mats
Gustaffson, Chris Corsano and others.

www.myspace.com/elikeszler

See you then!
Michael Hentz
New Thing Productions
http://newthingproductions.blogspot.com/