Prototype Festival: Black Lodge
$40.25-$155.25
- Timur, voice
- Matthew Setzer, guitar
- Andrew Lessman, drums
- Hannah Dexter, electric bass
- Milo Talwani, keyboard
- Emily Call, violin
- Mads Falcone, violin
- Laila Zakzook, viola
- Betsy Rettig, cello
Drawing on the complicated mythologies of the surrealist writer William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), Black Lodge uses dance, industrial rock, classical string quartet, and opera to take viewers through a Lynchian psychological escape room.
Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest moment in his life, he mines fractured and repressed memories for a way out. A woman is at the center of all the writer's afterlife encounters. She is the subject of his life's greatest regret, and she materializes everywhere in this Otherworld. The writer cannot detach any thoughts of his life from her.
The January 11th performance (Opening Night) will feature the exclusive one-night-only immersive performance experience BARDO beginning at 7pm! Please join us for this special event! More info: https://www.livemusicproject.org/events/118871/prototype-festival-bardo-black-lodge-opening-night
Artist Conversation Jan 12th immediately following the 5pm performance.
About Timur, voice
Kazakh-American Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Timur has collaborated with many celebrated composers, including David T. Little (Black Lodge), Thomas Adès (Powder Her Face), Tod Machover (VALIS), Evan Ziporyn (A House in Bali, Oedipus), Louis Andriessen (Theater of the World), Vera Ivanova (The Double), David Lang (Anatomy Theater), Michael Gordon (Acquanetta), Anne LeBaron (Crescent City, LSD, Silent Steppe Cantata), Daniel Corral (Collapse, Zoophilic Follies), Mohammed Fairouz (Pierrot), Silvano Bussotti (Silvano), Kate Moore (The Dam), Erling Wold (Uksus), Veronika Krausas (Hopscotch), John Kennedy (One Body), Tobias Picker (An American Tragedy), Dave Soldier (Naked Revolution), Charles Bernstein (To Beauty), Joel Goldsmith (Sonnet), and Nick Urata (Ruby Sparks).
https://www.theoperaoftimur.com/About Matthew Setzer, guitar
Matthew Setzer is the guitarist for bands Skinny Puppy and London After Midnight he has toured worldwide in the gothic industrial scene. Venturing outside those bounds he is co-producer and musician for world electronic project INDRADEVI and punk opera group Timur and the Dime Museum. Active in the flesh hook suspension community he has blended interactive music technology with ritual performance art, notably with Constructs of Ritual Evolution (CoRE) and Aesthetic Meat Front (AMF). Both groups have utilized an array of sensors/biofeedback/and experimental live music. Whether on tour or producing music at his studio (Wonderland Recording Studio LLC) Matthew often daydreams of his childhood growing up in Montana.
About Andrew Lessman, drums
Andrew Lessman is a drummer and composer based in Los Angeles, by way of San Diego and Chicago. Since graduating from CalArts in 2009, he has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, establishing himself as a rhythmic force with a wide range of artists spanning indie rock (The Wedding Present, Incan Abraham) to singer-songwriters (Simone White, Dorian Wood) and progressive jazz (Vinny Golia Sextet). At this time, Andrew is actively performing and/or recording with Timur and the Dime Museum, Matt Kivel, The Alexander Noice Sextet, Polartropica, Dia, and a forthcoming project of his original music for creative instrumental ensemble. He is seasoned in the practice of live sample triggering, often augmenting his traditional setup with a drumKAT MIDI percussion controller.