We’re launching concerts in collaboration with the Fayetteville Public Library! We kick things off at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, with with Brooklyn-based Sontag Shogun, a collaborative trio comprised of Ian Temple (piano, organ), Jeremy Young (magnetic tape loops, oscillators, radio, amplified objects & surfaces) and Jesse Perlstein (treated vocals, field recordings on cassette, and electronics). The trio uses analog sound treatments and nostalgic solo piano compositions in harmony to depict abstract places in our memory. Textures built from organic materials such as sand, slate, boiling water, brush and dried leaves, both produced live in performance and recorded to weathered ¼" tape warm up the space between lush piano themes. All of which is abstracted coolly in the reflective digital space of treated vocals and a live-processed feed from the piano. Bringing us back, like a faded passing scent or any natural emotive trigger, but to where? The wordless journey there will inevitably be more revealing than the destination itself. This is a free, all-ages show!
Library Lounge: Sontag Shogun