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International Noise Awareness Day
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
at Twisted Village 12B Eliot St. Cambridge
for more information, go hereNon Event in conjunction with Studio Soto presents
IKUE MORI at Mobius
An Evening of Experimental Music
Friday, February 22, 2008, 8pmIKUE MORI
with special guests Jessica Rylan, Howard Stelzer, Vic Rawlings, and Jorritt Dijkstra
Mobius
725 Harrison Ave
Boston (South End)About Ikue Mori:
Ikue Mori moved from her native city of Tokyo to New York in 1977. She started playing drums and soon formed the seminal NO WAVE band DNA, with fellow noise pioneers Arto Lindsay and Tim Wright. DNA enjoyed legendary cult status, while creating a new brand of radical rhythms and dissonant sounds; forever altering the face of rock music.
In the mid-80’s Ikue started in employ drum machines in the unlikely context of improvised music. While limited to the standard technology provided by the drum machine, she has nevertheless forged her own highly sensitive signature style. In 2000 Ikue started using the laptop computer to expand on her already signature sound, thus broadening her scope of musical expression. She has subsequently collaborated with numerous improvisers throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, while continuing to produce and record her own music. Current working groups include MEPHISTA with Sylvie Courvoisier and Susie Ibarra, projects with Kim Gordon, the duo project PHANTOM ORCHARD with Zeena Parkins, and various projects with John Zorn.
This concert is supported in part by a grant from the LEF Foundation.
from Heard Laboratories, by Ernst Karel, 10/07Studio Soto vacated its location on 63 Melcher Street on November 15, 2007, when its lease expired along with all of the artists and tenants leases on 63, 51, and 49 Melcher Street. Corporate developers implementing the "second phase" of their three-phase plan declined to extend our leases or relocate us.
Studio Soto is currently negotiating on a number of fronts to remain in Fort Point and create a new venue for our activities. We are also setting forth on the path to incorporation and non-profit status early this year. This will increase our ability and efforts to gain financial support for our programs through foundations and individuals like you. News of our relocation will be announced as soon as we can confirm it, and we will be pleased to resume our diverse and exciting programs with you when that time comes. Thank you to all of our audiences, supporters and artists who give Studio Soto its special niche in the cultural scene of Boston, and beyond. We look forward to seeing you all again soon in our next incarnation.
