Come celebrate or lament with us after the election. Perhaps we will have a little bit more pride in our country, or maybe we will want to party Jim Jones-style. Regardless, Landing's tranquility will guide us into inner peace and shower us with beauty.
Clavius Productions presents:
Wednesday, November 3
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, 9pm, all ages
Landing (CT, on K Records, Strange Attractors)
anti:clockwise (NYC, Parallelism, member of Tono-Bungay)
Kohoutek (DC improv psych)
Landing Landing are a group of friends that met in Provo, Utah in 1998, where most of them were attending college. After playing together for a year, Aaron and Adrienne asked Dick (formerly in the post-rock band Perth Amboy), and Daron (of the avant-rock band Forty Nine Hudson) to join what at that time was just a home recording project. Dick started played bass, even though he was a guitar player and Daron played drums, although he was a bassist. They started to put on house shows at Aaron and Adrienne??s home (dubbed the Manbeard Towne), toured the country in their beat up van, recorded and released some cassettes on their own label, Treat Lane Tapes, and the
Centrefuge EP on Daron??s label, (the Music Fellowship), did their own artwork, and had a strict ??anywhere, anytime? live show ethic.
In December of 1999, the band all moved to Aaron??s home-state, Connecticut, and by late 2001, they??d recorded and released their first two albums;
Circuit (Music Fellowship) and
Oceanless (Strange Attractors Audio House). Eventually, they founded a studio called Hi Mid Recording and began a stretch of recording activity that ranged in sound from improvised ambient music, to intricate, vocal rich songs, including a split tour CD with Windy & Carl (Music Fellowship), their third full length,
Seasons , (Ba Da Bing!), a Tour 2002 EP (Vast Arc Hues), the
Fade In/Fade Out EP (Strange Attractors), and
New Found Land , and a three-way split CD with Yellow6 and Rothko (Music Fellowship).
By late 2002 Landing had toured five more times (once with the incredible Windy & Carl), were featured in the Ptolemaic Terrascope, played at Terrastock 5, and were asked to join the K records family. In January 2003, Aaron, Adrienne, Dick and Daron finished recording
Passages Through , their fourth full-length album. It will be released in June 2003 on K Records.
"Ten years ago, if one heard the term shoegazer, it evoked images of bands lost in the moment of their music (and pondering their own footwear). After the originals like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, a second tier of bands started allowing their pop-based melodies to hover leisurely before finally coming to rest. Connecticut-based outfit Landing embody this aesthetic, directly channeling the gauzy guitar sound of the period's champions, but taking a left turn at Dearborn, Michigan, and the fluid drone mantras of that town's Windy and Carl. Landing meditate on the repetition of these guitar swells and drones, burying the melody until it is often all but non-existent. By drawing this line in the sand between them and their forebears, Landing sets up their melodic songs to stand out, with harmonies and vocal incantations woven into their music's fabric. Their story is of modern psychedelic music fans that started making music themselves, in a direct emulation of their heroes." (PopMatters)
"On previous albums, Landing has offered up everything from clean intertwining guitars to long curtains of unimpeded sound sculpture. Each release has had its own feel, usually focusing on one side of the band's abilities or the other.
Passages Through , Landing's fourth full-length, is an attempt to incorporate all sides into a flowing tapestry of songs. This release marks the fullness of Landing as friends and collaborators. Songs such as "Wings of Light", "To See You", "It Is Shining", "Breathing", and "Tell Myself" were written as a band and recorded live to tape with few overdubs, each band member adding his or her own distinct touch. Instruments were switched without ego and all thoughts were geared to the music, regardless of genre or classification. Passages Through does not fit easily into any one category, be it "space-gaze", "drone" or "post rock". This is the sound of four great friends playing music that comes from their hearts. Sometimes, the music sprawls out like vast oceans. At other times, the songs are clean and filled with heartfelt sentiment. Never before have Adrienne and Aaron dared to be heard so clearly, but the result is well worth the risk. Landing's first release on K records is a rebirth of sorts. The songs are clear and the tryyps are deep. This is Landing in 3D." (Tonevendor)
anti:clockwise The solo project of Brooklyn's Robert Dennis, who plays guitar in improv/psych band Tono-Bungay (Twisted Village Records). anti:clockwise has been described as "solo/improv/ambient/with-garage-damage/and turntable audio collage", and based on listening to
Rewatching (Parallelism), I'd say that captures the essence. Live, Dennis plays guitar and turntables and the direction the pieces take are unpredictable and spontaneous, veering from dub to noise to mellow, ambient tones.
"Collage is also the operative key for Tono-Bungay member Robert Dennis, in his solo guise of Anti: Clockwise. His new recording,
Rewatching (Parallelism), is a trio of lengthy dense electronic improvisations that have more in common with early 80's British industrial music (think Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire) than with contemporary electronic strains. Dennis conjures up a shuddering load of post-media overkill and saturation; the buzz of late-night television, overheard snatches of music and conversation, wriggling electric guitar runs and a low-tech buzzing undercurrent all combine to make a work which strikes the solar plexus like a dull thud. If this is the sound of the city, then perhaps a vacation is in order."
Kohoutek Improvised psychedelia via guitar/bass/percussion, inspired by the likes of Can/Amon Duul 2/Krautrock, Bardo Pond, Dead C, Sun Ra/Art Ensemble/free jazz, Sonic Youth, MBV/shoegaze, drone, etc. Textures and mood over technical proficiency.
Upcoming shows: 11/7: Stinking Lizaveta/Gypsy Hands Belly Dancers/Chamisa Mesa @ Warehouse Next Door
11/20: EB&SK/Kohoutek/DCIC/Sarah Azzara/Shortstack/Revival @ Warehouse
11/21: Greg Davis (Kranky)/Signer/Ariel Pink @ Warehouse
11/26: Growing (Kranky)/Orthrelm @ Warehouse
12/2: The Eternals (Thrill Jockey/Aesthetics)/Ovo @ Warehouse
12/5: Dierker/Cherry/Makihara Trio/DCIC @ 611 Florida
