Metropolis Ensemble and Deerhoof perform a concert from the Wordless Music Series, recorded live by WNYC at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. The concert and interview are hosted by David Garland. Listen to the broadcast…
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Metropolis Ensemble will be opening for Deerhoof in Prospect Park on July 18, 2008, as part of the
and
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Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and Wordless Music co-commissions
The Rite: Remixed
, a collaboration between three composers and live electronics producers, explodes the boundaries of live electro-classical music. Ryan Francis, Leo Leite, and Ricardo Romaneiro re-conceptualize the most revolutionary work of the 20th Century, Igor Stravinsky’s
The Rite of Spring
, through the lens of the latest sounds and technology from electronica. Combined with acoustic forces consisting of huge percussion and brass ensembles, 2 keyboards / 2 laptops, and electric bass, the remixed version will fuse a futuristic, rhythm-inspired sonic tableaux with a hyper-kinetic visual show.
The Metropolis Ensemble and
The Rite: Remixed
appears as part of the
, which puts popular and classical artists together to tear down boundaries between performers and audiences of each. “At the moment, there is no more inventive music series in New York” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker).
The mercurial SF experimentalists
, “the most creative band in indie rock today,” (LA Weekly) forge a distinctive sound out of sophisticated improvisation, fierce dissonance, and weirdly catchy melodies.