Boredoms' '77BOADRUM' plans and drummers
With less than two weeks to go before Japan’s legendary
Boredoms bring their much-anticipated 77BOADRUM sound installation to life in New York City, details about the one-time-only performance have been revealed to the Daily Swarm.
The event will take place on July 7, 2007 (07/07/07) in Brooklyn, NY at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, which sits in the picturesque sliver of space between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. The gates will open at 4:00 PM, and the show features performances by First Nation and Soft Circle and DJ sets from Gang Gang Dance before the 77-minute 77BOADRUM performance takes place just before sunset. Admission is free, but an RSVP is required. Full details, directions, and RSVP information will be available at
www.viceland.com/77boadrum soon.
The performance’s 77 full 5-piece, 3 cymbal drum kits will be arranged in a circular pattern, spiraling out from the center like a coiled snake, where the Boredoms’ own drum kits and Eye’s electronic instruments will sit atop a raised platform. Joining the Boredoms will be 74 additional drummers, 10 of whom will serve as drum leaders and cue the rest.
The volunteer army of drummers represent many of the best players in New York City’s avant/experimental underground and were selected by the event’s music director
Hisham Bharoocha. They come from a diverse group of bands and musicians who have drawn influence and inspiration from the Boredoms throughout the group’s 20-year career, including
Hugo Burnham of
Gang of Four,
Tim Dewit and
Lizzi Bougatsos of
Gang Gang Dance,
Andrew W.K.,
David Grubbs,
Hart Mingus of
Negative Approach,
Matthias Schulz of
Holy Fuck, and members of
Aa,
Crash Worship,
God Is My Co-Pilot,
Sunburned Hand of the Man,
Oneida,
Excepter,
Antietam,
Dymaxion,
Panthers, and many others. The full line-up of drummers will be finalized this week.
Wow.