2007
February 2007
Saturday 10 February 2007
Sat 10 Feb, 8 pm. Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, New York, 10023. Gregor Ehrlich, 212-601-1000, gehrlich@92ndsty.org. Makor - [events]
Brooklyn-based Slow Six is known for their compositional detail, instrumental prowess and live computer-music instruments that separate them from other instrumental post-rock. Their openly emotive, culturally accessible music spoke to an audience far wider than the high-art "New Music" scene. Yet both industries have called the band's sound their own. Time Out New York selected their debut LP as one of the Top 10 classical recordings of 2004 and ASCAP featured them in their 2005 Thru The Walls Showcase. Lush video landscapes and frequent collaborations with friends Anemone Dance Theater further pull Slow Six from any specific music scene. Yet their spell-binding sound the New York Times described as "flecked with white-heat urgency" remains completely imm