Elliott Sharp with Contact, Luge, H. de Heutz, Fraydee Cat
ELLIOTT SHARP with CONTACT (http://www.elliottsharp.com/)
NYC based guitarist, saxophonist and composer Elliott Sharp has been straddling the lines between composition, improvisation, and genre for over 30 years. His works plays with ideas based in fractal geometry, Fibonacci numbers, and chaos theory, among other things. Sharp has collaborated with such mavericks as Christian Marclay, Nels Cline, Zeena Parkins, Jack DeJohnette, Sonny Sharrock, Debbie Harry, and Bachir Attar (Master Musicians of Jajouka). Elliott will make a rare appearance in Toronto to perform a solo guitar set and present his graphic composition Sylva Sylvarum with Toronto ensemble Contact. His guitar work pulls from jazz & blues traditions, while making use of extended techniques. Sharp moves from textural guitar drones, sprinkled with blues inspired meanderings, full of wavering notes, and spectral highs, to a ripping free shred session, sounding at times like glitched out electronics. Shifting gears his frantic finger tapping, almost conjure the essence of funk, but the angular notes quickly move into a more noise punk dominated territory. Easily one of the most versatile & engaging guitarists of our time.
LUGE (https://hugeluge.bandcamp.com/)
Toronto no wave freaks bust angular guitar & bass jabs over funk infused rhythms that squirm and shake. Bouncing bass lines & speedy drum patterns pull you in, as Luge seamlessly morphs from a languid stroll into chaotic spazz punk fury. Absurdist vocals wander amongst mangled guitar notes. Their locked in rhythms section spits out bastard funk grooves sound like they are straight out of late 1970's NYC.
H. DE HEUTZ (https://hdeheutz.bandcamp.com/)
Gatineau based weird punk duo, mixes live instrumentation with collaged samples. Industrial angular guitar & drum tones mix with twisted electronic frequencies, blistering over samples, melding lost phrases together. Repetitions ideas cut & pasted, re-assembled into ridged Frankenstein compositions. Tight mutated beats keep things moving forward. Birthed from the weird waters outside our nations capital, this is new kanada!
FRAYDEE CAT (https://fraydeecat.bandcamp.com/)
Oakland weird pop electronic manipulator takes guitar notes and merges them with friendly gurgling electronic samples & synth tones. Gentle hums croon with languid vocals in a sea of sleepy rhythms. Reconstructed beats build themselves into bouncing low-fi bumpers. Come get buoyant.
