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...creative new music cabal... ADDDDDDDDD takes rapid-fire, largely spoken-word lyrical content and plays it out across a pulseraising background constructed of sonic accents like dinging bells and remote control channel changing—multiple streams of content flashing by at warp speed. Even in its audio-only CD release format, it’s somehow all consuming. I bet no one feels the urge to check their email during a live performance. ...as avant-garde as anything I’ve seen recently – by which term I inexactly mean that it was more focused on how we live at this exact moment than on the traditional conventions of concert-giving. 90 minutes may not seem like enough, ahem, time for Time, but
this thoughtful work explores each moment to the fullest. It also has a
most stunning performance book of the program, script, score, and
production notes that is well worth a donation. The deft mixing of
video, music, and word-play allows audience members to take in whatever
they wish, along with ideas on making use of their own time. We loved
the original hymns, games, and very cool mention of John Cage. thingNY
and Panoply have come up with an idea that they can return to or
revise, because Time is a constant that is always changing. If nothing else, thingNY’s show at Lilypad on Saturday will confuse you, make you lightheaded, and strike up a new strange joy. They’re an aptly named collective, bashing the boundaries of concert music and gargling out social commentary in a way that can only be described as “that thing.” Truly a thing of great beauty, and wonder. Thank god there are groups like thingNY (or maybe you’re the only one) | |
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