Gate at Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit:
Friday, April 1st at 8PM
Michael Morley/Gate, Blank Dogs, Dark Red and Mountains
Admission: $8.00
Michael Morley performs solo as
Gate on this very exciting occasion. Michael Morley is one third of pioneering New Zealand experimentalists the Dead C. Willfully obscure, real life legends, the Dead C brought together avant-garde jazz, and a wandering, playful sense of experimentalism. They added a sincere sneer and a little punk rock nihilism and opened the door for fuzzed-out, abrasive, free noise to become the sound of the underground for a generation to come.
Blank Dogs are the project of Mike Sniper, a multi-instrumentalist songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY. Recording for the
In the Red label, Sniper has released several albums under the Blank Dogs moniker of skuzzy, indie-pop that are essentially solo albums. As a touring band the group raises and catchy, fuzz-laden throbbing wall of sound that is a marvel to behold live.
Detroit's
Dark Red maintain a similarly psychedelic sound but with a more bombastic view of minimalism and drone, punching out sweet and simple pop tones with a gritty, wall-of-noise sensibility.
Mountains are a psychedelic folk music group from Brooklyn, NY using acoustic instruments and electronics to explore the inner depths through minimalist drones and heavy repetitions.
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