Press Response

Complementing and deepening the themes in Massless Medium, Music in the Anchorage 2001 focuses on composers who take minimalist and experimental influences and fuse them with the tools and technology available today. Whether re-molding cultural and industrial effluvia to build new forms, or constructing powerful layers of pure electronic timbres and frequencies, these artists create new sonic experiences that are simultaneously futuristic and historic, simple and monumental, phenomenological and mind-altering.

Thomas Brinkmann aka Max Ernst Jorg Burger aka the Modernist, and Dimbiman aka Zip - key figures in the growing minimalist electronic music scene in Germany - performed avant-garde dance music in an exclusive New York appearance.

Phill Niblock makes thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres, generating many other tones in the performance space with his corresponding computer-generated videos. His night of music and images featured performances with Thomas Buckner, voice; and Guitar Army-Alain Licht, Robert Poss, Michael Schumacher, Richard Lainhart, Roger Kleier, David First, and David Watson. Also, a special performance by Guitar Army.

A night of multi-media performances and screenings that fused sound and video using radically new software. Hexstatic, performed their "Rewind" material: playful, high speed sound and video compositions made of stock footage. Battery Operated presented new pieces that combine found sound with digitally manipulated images. Electronic musician Unit collaborated with Kurt Ralske and Lukas Lysakowsi, who use the cutting edge NATO +0.55 software to edit and control video on the fly.

Mille Plateaux and Force Inc., two of the world's most respected platforms for experimental and electronic music commemorated their tenth anniversary with an evening of performances by artists who have released groundbreaking work on the labels. Performers included techno-dub pioneers, Porter Ricks and SND-one of the premier groups producing "glitch" music (made from digital glitches) in their first U.S. performances. Also appearing was Kid 606, a rising star in the experimental electronic scene, as well as jungle producer Panacea and Thomas Heckmann, an influential techno artist.

Tickets: Other Music, 15 East 4th St. between Broadway and Lafayette 212-477-8150 or www.othermusic.com

18 and OVER, I.D. Required

Schedule subject to change.