DITHER / Michael Gordon’s “Amplified”
Metropolis Ensemble hosts DITHER, the legendary NYC-based electric guitar quartet, to perform Michael Gordon’s epic, Amplified, at One Rivington.
February 8th, 5pm (Doors 4:30)
About The Piece
Hypnotic, enveloping, and gloriously loud, Michael Gordon’s Amplified is a work for electric guitar quartet that explores the limits of the instrument through Gordon’s signature minimalist intensity.
About The Artists
DITHER
Praised by the New York Times for "sophisticated, hard-driving and stylistically omnivorous music making", DITHER, a New York based electric guitar quartet, is dedicated to an eclectic mix of experimental repertoire which spans composed, improvised, and electronic music. Formed in 2007, the quartet (Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes, James Moore, and Brendon Randall-Myers) has performed across the United States and abroad at the Guggenheim Museum, Bang on a Can Marathon, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Barbican, and Winter Jazz Fest. Collaborators include Fred Frith, Mary Halvorson, David Lang, Lee Ranaldo, Yo La Tengo, John Zorn. The New Yorker called their annual Extravaganza an "official concert on the edge." More Info »
Michael Gordon
Co-founder of Bang on a Can, Michael Gordon has produced a strikingly diverse body of work and is known for monumental, immersive works including Timber, Decasia, and Rushes. Honored by the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, and American Academy of Arts and Letters, Gordon’s music distorts traditional instruments with electronic effects and guitar pedals, creating hypnotic soundscapes. Transcending categorization, this music represents the collision of mysterious introspection and brutal directness. More Info »
