From Jeff Waye Sent Wed, Mar 31st 1999, 00:37
From Jeff Waye Sent Wed, Mar 31st 1999, 00:37
Hey All Hell yeah we're excited. If you're going, buy early as we have no doubt this will be a sellout. Take Care Jeff Press Release - for immediate release Giant Step and Levi's present a MILES A HEAD event ( # 9 of 18 ) SAT APRIL 24th '99 R E I C H R E M I X E D L I V E ! @ I R V I N G P L A Z A, Irving Place, New York For One Night An Exclusive New York only event celebrating the Elektra Nonesuch album REICH REMIXED S t e v e R e i c h performing his classic rarely performed composition "Four Organs" with BANG ON A CAN C o l d c u t performing Live DJs - A n d r e a P ar k e r - M a n t r o n i k - and - DJ S p o o k y * * Just added - direct from Japan - Thrill Jockey recording artist - * * NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA performing live The Miles A Head series is all about bringing quality music to broader audiences. This time we're pleased to also be broadening the scope of the series with a very special one-off, for New York only, night of unusual and unique musical cross-pollenation. Steve Reich is one of the greatest modern American composers. Along with Phillip Glass and Terry Riley his work has been labelled Minimalist Music, this term means little to the non-professional, so it's perhaps more appropiate to say that Reich's work is all about repetition and trance-like building and phasing of musical phrases. It's hypnotic and beautiful, as well as highly dramatic. It's also led to Reich receiving two Grammy Awards. Besides that Reich has been a huge influence on modern composers working in the areamost commonly labeled "Electronica" - hence the new album ' Reich Remixed ' that features a number of impressive remixes of Reich from powerful and respected artists like Coldcut, Howie B and DJ Spooky. For this evening we're pleased to announce the bringing together of Steve Reich, who'll perform his early composition "Four Organs" with Bang on A Can, and a number of live and DJ sets from some of the top artists who have remixed Reich for the album. Coldcut in particular deserve a large amount of attention for their pivotal work in developing new software that has led to their astounding unique live set. Expect a large amount of improvisation both with sound and visuals from this stunning UK ground-breaking duo. Also just added to the bill is one of Japan's premier electronic artists Nobukazu Takemura ( recently signed to Chicago's Thrill Jockey imprint ) who'll be performing his debut NYC live set. Whilst DJs Andrea Parker and New York's own Mantronik and Spooky will provide an ample amount of beats and experimentation to keep feet moving and heads thinking. This is a rare event. A coming together of disparate generations of artists. A dialogue between different forms of music. Be sure to get your tickets early for this extravagent evening. One night only. Not to be repeated. Advance Ticket Price $20 / Day of Show Ticket Price $ 25 Show starts @ 10 pm / Doors open @ 9 pm / Show close 4 am Full Biographies of all the artists, as well as audio clips from the Reich Remixed CD and lots more information on Giant Step and Miles A Head + competitions to win tickets to the show can be found at www.giantstp.com/milesahead For more information contact Gamall Awad Tel 212.219.3567 ext 19 Fax 212.226.3747 E.Mail xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx