Twig Harper / Lea Bertucci + Henry Fraser / Faccia Brutta

Monday, Sept. 16, 8-10pm

The Avalon Lounge
29 Church St
Catskill, NY

James TwigHarper Johnston is a performer and electronic sound artist (among other things).  He was raised first in Florida, then in Michigan, where began playing guerrilla- and punk-style shows with Scheme, Mini-Systems and Nautical Almanac in the milleu of Wolf Eyes, Andrew W.K. and others involved in the Bulb / Hanson 90’s noise/total music movement.  Moving first to Chicago and then to Baltimore, he toured widely in the US (five multi-month tours) and Europe (twice) with Carly Ptak and others.  With Ptak, he released many recordings, his own and others’ on various formats, on their HereSee imprint and co-founded the influential Tarantula Hill venue-compound.  Since the fire at Tarantula Hill which devastated Harper and Ptak’s day-to-day living situation, he has continued to travel widely and has intermittantly release music.  His music and performances have been characterized generally by an incredible sense of trickery and playfulness – even foolishness – but in earnest and with careful consideration.  
https://twigharper.bandcamp.com/
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LeaBertucci is a NYC based experimental musician whose work bridges performance, installation and multichannel activations of acoustic space.
https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/

Born in Boston, MA in 1991, HenryFraser moved to NYC in 2014, and has been actively working on a diverse array of project since. He has worked with such artists as John Zorn, Ka Baird, Uniform, Brandon Seabrook, Lea Bertucci, and Isa Crespo Pardo’s sinonó. He has toured throughout the US and abroad, playing such venues as the Panama Jazz Festival, Moers Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and Lincoln Center. Much of Fraser’s work is rooted in his music for solo double bass, which has culminated in three releases – his latest, Breath Line is scheduled for release in the fall of 2024 – establishing him as a technical and creative force among his generation of bassists.
https://henryfraser.bandcamp.com/
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https://facciabrutta.bandcamp.com