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Thollem Electric's Pursuit of Happiness - Also: Ghost Trees
At Conundrum, Thollem Electric plays "sounds that can set your heart racing or cool you out" (The Outlier, KFJC). This pianist with a "rebel attitude and sweet/sour voice" is a master of anarcho blues circus noise avant techno free jazz punk. If you donʼt know what that is, come to Conundrum on the 31st. Word has it that he is giving a free album download to everyone with a ticket.
Thollem has been traveling perpetually throughout North America and Europe these past six years, collaborating with artists from Mike Watt of the Minutemen and John Dieterich of Deerhoof to the late Italian master contrabassist Stefano Scodanibbio.
Signal to Noise magazine observes that with "hands like tenpounding steam-pistons" heʼs a "supercollider centrifuge of innumerable disasters, achurning black caldera bespattered with beautiful madness. It seems beyond thecapacity of one human being to contain so much densely-packed creative energy".
With him wil be two recently-released recordings. "The Gowanus Session" (Porter Records) is a trio album with Thollem, legendary bass player William Parker, and Nels Cline. "Energies are released without falling into the traps of unconditional havoc, always maintaining an indispensable level of sanity..." (Touching Extremes, Italy)
The second "You Are Always On Our Minds" (Post-Consumer Records) is a quartet with Thollem (Tsigoti), Mike Watt (Minutemen), John Dieterich (Deerhoof) and Tim Barnes (Silver Jews). About: Veering between the tightly woven and the completely unhinged, trading deep gulfs of ponderous melancholy with gentle, fractured pop fairytales, The Hand To Man Band keeps the listener guessing without ever completely abandoning their own special brand of earthy hall-of-mirrors music.
Asked about his ever-diverse music, Thollem observes, "I make music that I hope stimulates the mind and the body, thatʼs intellectual and sexy and meditative and ferocious and poetic and athletic and revolutionary and spiritual and political and loving and that will shake people awake, starting with me first."
More: www.thollem.com/ThollemElectric
Opening the show will be sax/drums duo Ghost Trees from Charlotte.
Tickets will be sold for $8 at the door.
Doors at 8, show at 9.
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LocationConundrum Music Hall (View)
626 Meeting Street
West Columbia, SC 29169
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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