Nov
20
Sun November 20th, 2016
10:00PM
Main Space
Minimum Age: 18+
Doors Open: 9:30PM
Show Time: 10:00PM
Event Ticket: $25
Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella: Two evenings celebrating Kranky Records
LPR is proud to present two evenings with Kranky label artists LOSCIL, BENOIT PIOULARD, STEVE HAUSCHILDT & FORMA.
The first evening presents sonorous, Pacific Northwest ambient music with two of its most celebrated composers of slow-motion, beatific sounds: Loscil & Benoît Pioulard. Beyond the notions of passive ornamental embellishment, both performers are sculptors of sonic narrative from the colluvium of ambient music’s rawest materials.
The second night plays host to the evolving field improvisation and non-rock forms. Dismantling both the synthesizer central roles and showmanship in rock music for a larger lexicon of expressive frontiers, theirs is a more variegated and polychromatic realization of these electric instruments and their still undiscovered potential. This is a lissom flexing of the tools of psychedelic and kosmische music into applications wholly mutagenic and hybrid, circuitous and serpentine in their paths away from tradition.
Ticketing Policy
***2 Night Passes Available Here***
TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.
Loscil
Loscil official site | Loscil on Twitter | Loscil on Facebook
Loscil is the project of Vancouver based composer Scott Morgan. Morgan’s background in Vancouver’s independent music scene as a drummer and guitarist and his academic composition studies at Simon Fraser University culminated in the creation of Loscil in the late 1990’s. With Loscil, Morgan explores the marriage of electronic production and acoustic instrumentation to create “…stark landscapes that are evocative, earthly, anything but abstract, and so much more than merely ‘ambient’.” (The Quietus, UK).
Loscil has predominantly released music through Portland’s Kranky label including his 7th full length, 2014’s Sea Island. He has also worked with the esteemed Ghostly International, Italy’s Glacial Movements, Ireland’s Wist Rec, England’s Gizeh, Canada’s JAZ Records and his own Frond imprint for special releases.
Loscil has produced numerous remixes and collaborated with other musicians such as bvdub, Rachel Grimes, Christina Vantzou, Destroyer and Kelly Wyse. He has composed for film and appeared in bold documentaries such as The Corporation, Scared Sacred and Damnation. He has created bespoke music for dance and video games such as Hundreds and Osmos and has performed worldwide including at renowned festivals such as Mutek, Decibel and Big Ears.
Benoît Pioulard
Benoît Pioulard official site | Benoît Pioulard on Bandcamp | Benoît Pioulard on Facebook | Benoît Pioulard on Twitter | Benoît Pioulard on Instagram | Benoît Pioulard on Soundcloud | Benoît Pioulard on Kranky.net
Since a young age, Thomas Meluch has been fascinated by natural sounds and the textures of decay. He began playing piano before his feet could reach the pedals, and for more than a decade has sought to create a unique sonic environment by combining remnants of pop song structures with the lushness and unpredictability of field recordings. A veteran drummer of a half dozen bands and an avid collector of instruments and analog devices, Meluch relies on guitar and voice as the bases for his work as Benoît Pioulard.