ONE THOUSAND PULSES presents DELICATE MONSTER, Sat 1/15

[darren bergstein]

Calendar Event: January 15, 2011

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ONE THOUSAND PULSES presents

DELICATE MONSTER

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15

DOORS OPEN @ 7:30 PM • PERFORMANCE @ 8 PM

ADMISSION: $15 advance ticket • $18 at the door

LOCATION: 9 Edward Place, Woodcliff Lake NJ 07677 USA • 201.316.5403

PURCHASE TIX HERE:
www.mycommunitytickets.com/organization_info.asp?orgid=1521

FOR DIRECTIONS & FURTHER INFORMATION:
www.onethousandpulses.com


The curiously-minted Delicate Monster is a duo consisting of guitarist Art Cohen and synthesist Steve Bowman. Longtime players on their respective instruments, Cohen and Bowman share a passion for deep space topographies, namely the starfields navigated by pioneers' Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel/Manuel Gottsching, Gunter Schickert, Zanov, et al. Yes, there is much in the way of classic Teutonic electronics to be found in the Delicate Monster stew, but Mssrs. Cohen and Bowman bring much more to the table. Cohen's licks aren't about forging simple loops or fundamental digital processing: he's as likely to let fly plangent chords that arc to the heavens as much as play dazzling arpeggios. And Bowman's synths don't simply lay down obvious Krautrock patterns or rely on rusty sequencers; rather, the sounds he coaxes from his keys leap about and whorl amongst his partner's fluid lines in equal measure. The fact that Bowman is also an adroit player who revels in the alien otherness of his electronics makes for a performer wholly uninterested in past clichés.

Prior performances by the duo include gigs around their native Philadelphia, as well as a particularly noteworthy set at last year's electro-music festival. On record, they have separately and collectively released work (via cassettes) on Chuck Van Zyl's Synkronos label; to date, Delicate Monster is represented by a lone CDR, but growing buzz surrounding the group should markedly expand their future catalog.

We hope you will join us in kick-starting OTP's 2011 series with Delicate Monster's singular brand of interstellar overdrive.

> www.myspace.com/artcohen

[ThinAir]

Hey, great write-up. And I didn't even write it myself.

I like the line, "wholly uninterested in past clichés" which is true. But it's ironic that we'll be playing the full-length version of Quodlibet for Space Cadets which does, by aesthetic design, pay homage to the conventions of '80's space music. We played an abridged version of Quodlibet at electro-music last September. It's a space symphony in four movements.

We're planning to play our signature Crater Dust at OTP. I worked up a collaboration at E-M 2010 to play Crater Dust, and I've posted the "score" on this forum. It features an impossibly long delay feedback and takes you swimming to the bottom of the dust-filled moon crater.

We'll also be playing Important Breather Holes, a driving piece in which Mr. Cohen rocks hard.

I hope you can all come out to hear Delicate Monster this Saturday.

Steve

[darren bergstein]

Just one day until Delicate Monster, and the first show of our 2011 season. Brave the cold, hibernate in the warmth of the OTP space, and help support the burgeoning independent electronic & experimental scene in Northeast New Jersey!