Spooky Actions
Featuring:
Bruce Arnold—Processed Electric Guitar and SuperCollider, John
Gunther—Saxophones and Flute
Tony Moreno—Drums, David Phillips— Upright Bass
Muse-Eek Publishing announces the release of a DVD by the New
York-based ensemble, Spooky Actions. The DVD captures a riveting
performance of Anton Webern's "Five Movements for String Quartet, op 5"
at the Dom Cultural Center in downtown Moscow. The band was there at
the invitation of music journalist Dmitri Ukhov, who heard the band's
work and decided he must have them play at the Center's Alternativa
Festival. The ensemble played through the five movements, following
each up with an improvisation based on the structure of the preceding
movement. Camera close-ups of the band reveal their intense
concentration and dynamic interactions while playing.
Spooky Actions has steadily made a name for itself by tackling music
that is not part of the mainstream jazz repertoire. In the past they
have performed Native American Music, Early Music and most recently
they have released a CD of Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of
Time."
The band's name comes from the phrase "spooky actions at a distance."
This was how Albert Einstein described the phenomenon of two seemingly
unconnected, disparate objects that nonetheless exert a powerful
influence on one another. Spooky Actions, the band, certainly
personifies this concept, showing how vivid improvisations can be
derived from music that is often thought of as "etched in stone."��
Click here to view the streaming video trailer.
Spooky Actions Live in Moscow—$14.99
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