The Kitchen's SYNTH NIGHTS Continue 2/11

The Kitchen will present the next installment of Synth Nights, its series devoted to the live performance of electronic music, on February 11 with composer/multi-instrumentalist Eli Keszler and the debut of his brand new piece, Filtrations. The installation-composition will feature three separate instrumental ensembles overlaid to form one unit. Surrounded by hundreds of mechanical components concealed in sculptural planes and visible piano wire extending across the space, the performances are scored both in relation to the installation and for participation within the site as a singular form. By pushing performance toward installation, this large-scale project produces a complex social model where narrative, environment, and performative conditions collide. In addition to the large-scale installation, the ensemble cast for Filtrations consists of Eli Keszler (drums and percussion), Leila Bordreuil (cello), Mariel Roberts (cello), Geoff Mullen (guitar and electronic controls) and Anthony Coleman (piano).

The concert will begin at 8pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.thekitchen.org; by phone at 212.255.5793 x11; or in person at The Kitchen (512 West 19th Street), Tuesdays - Saturdays, 2:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Keszler began playing drums at eight, composing at twelve, and playing in rock and hardcore bands throughout his teens. Now based in New York City, his work retains an intense physicality and ferocious energy developed from these early experiences with music composition. Keszler's installations and visual work use microprocessor-controlled motors to strike, scrape and vibrate various lengths of piano wire as well as other materials. These installations can be heard both autonomously and with accompanying ensemble scores or solo performance featuring Keszler's aggressive jarringly rhythmic and propulsive drumming.

For one of his most recent projects, 2013's Archway, Keszler mounted 16 wires ranging from 100 to 800 feet long off the iconic Manhattan Bridge, each activated by the vibrational patterns in the bridge's structure as well as by a complex mechanical system. In his review of the piece, The New York Times' Steve Smith wrote, "Few artists have courted chaos as diligently and scientifically as the percussionist and composer Eli Keszler." "I like to work with raw material, simple sounds, primitive or very old sounds," Keszler stated in a recent interview on NPR's All Songs Considered, "sounds that won't get dated in any way." His installations are often accompanied by scores, drawings, diagrams, screen prints and writings - a large body of which were recently compiled in a collection, NEUM, which accompanied his installation at the South London Gallery.

With roots in The Kitchen's original electronic music program, held on Monday nights beginning in 1971, Synth Nights represents a broad spectrum of practitioners from across generations. Participants have included Laurie Anderson, David Behrman, Nels Cline and Yuka Honda, Greg Davis, Annie Gosfield, Musica Elettronica Viva, Ebe Oke, Oneohtrix Point Never, Laurel Halo, James Hoff and C. Spencer Yeh.

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