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Portrait Elliott Sharp USA/A
"Sharp's longer works succeed better than his short pieces. ("Datacide", e.g. comes off as some downtown musicians fooling around in a studio.) And his live performances have generally been better than his studio recordings. ("Larynx," for all that it's a fine album, just doesn't compare to seeing it live.) There's a peculiar paradox here, because it's the structure of the larger works that lends them weight, and it's the improvisational edge of the live shows that gives them force. So anyway, about this album... yeah, it's meatier than the more recent "Cryptid Fragments" and it is nice to hear Sharp working with strings."
(Mike Wasson)
Elliott Sharp, "mastermind" der NYer "Downtown Avant-Scene" begibt sich für drei Tage in den Club, um jeweils im ersten Set in Kleinst- und Kleinformationen (Solo, Duos, Trios) Fein-Ziseliertes zu präsentierten, um dann im zweiten Set mittels Kollektiv Brachial-Energetisches zu produzieren. Der letzte Abend steht im Zeichen zweier Kompositionen, nämlich "Coriolis Effect" und "Bubblewrap", die den ungewöhnlichen Einsatz eines Streichquartettes verlangen. "Where Order Meets Chaos" - mag als Motto dieses Portraits Gültigkeit haben.
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21.00 Uhr Elliott Sharp Solo

Elliott Sharp: guitar, saxophone, electronics

22.30 Uhr Elliott Sharp Collective

Elliott Sharp: guitar, saxophone, electronics,
Gerald Preinfalk, Helmut Neugebauer: saxophone,
Franz Hautzinger: trumpet,
Martin Ptak: trombone,
Ali Angerer: tuba,
Martin Koller: guitar,
Wolfgang Mitterer: piano,
Christian Fennesz: sampler, electronics,
Werner Dafeldecker: bass,
Uli Soyka: drums,
Christian Mühlbacher: percussion

Eintritt: ÖS 180.-

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