MATTA GAWA has been out on tour for the past several weeks with our good friends, KUAN- a great math rock band from Ohio. Matta Gawa will be touring to support the release of their new record for Engine Studios, called 'Ba.' Kuan will be promoting their new EP, 'Colors.'
We're coming to the Fridge in DC, and we'd love to see you! Collin Crowe of Buildings will be performing a solo set as well!
Friday, August 27 - Doors @ 7:30 - Show @ $8 - All Ages -
Check out our other dates (and all the pertinent biographical info) below, and be well!
MATTA GAWA-
MATTA GAWA is an improvising drums+guitar duo hailing from Washington DC. Building with time and texture, their music is deeply connected to the methods and spirit of jazz, while retaining the electric backbone of creative rock music.
Loosely translated, MATTA GAWA means river of moments- an apt description for their spontaneously composed flow of singing guitars, free-form drumming, howling feedback, sub-blasting bass, stagger-stepped odd-time signatures, polyrhythmic beatrock + guitar solos.
Both founder members of DC’s New Atlantis Collective of musicians, drummer Sam Lohman has also worked with early NYHC legends Sheer Terror, the Radon Collective, Steve Mackay of the Stooges, and the Acid Mothers Temple. Guitarist Ed Ricart works with Marshall Allen of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Peter Brotzmann, Herb Robertson, Jason Ajemian, G. Calvin Weston, and members of avant rock legends Fugazi, Bardo Pond, Pinback, Stinking Lizaveta, and the Swirlies.
Upcoming releases include ‘BA’ on Engine Studios (distributed internationally though ESP-DiSK) and an LP/CDR release on Thor’s Rubber Hammer. A second CD is set for a Spring 2011 release on New Atlantis Records (curated by Ed Ricart, and home to recordings by Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, and many more)-
Matta Gawa will head on tour with the legendary percussionist, William Hooker, in July of 2010, followed by a month-long North American tour with Kuan in August.
Check out audio samples at http://www.myspace.com/mattagawa
KUAN-
If you watch the audience at a Kuan gig, something unusual happens to the socially diverse crowd that tends to make up their fan base. The punk rockers, prog rockers, hipsters, b-boys and metalheads all react in about the same way: they start by nodding their heads. Then they sway a little. Then, they do whatever the word 'dance' means to each of them. They smile.
Kuan is a Buddhist term. It translates as "wordless contemplation." But it is clear that lyricless as they are, Kuan's songs speak to their audiences. There is an urban legend that says when John Coltrane would perform one of his trademark hour-long solos while with the Miles Davis Quintet, someone once asked Miles "Why'd you let him play so long?" Miles's reply: "He wasn't finished saying what he had to say."
Kuan formed originally as a three-piece, adding Wright in 2008 The quartet's post-rock, punk and jazz-influenced heavy groove has been compared by critics to Tortoise, June of 44, Do Make Say Think, and Fugazi. The Dayton-based band claims all of these, as well as Miles Davis, John and Alice Coltrane and Aphex Twin as influences. They attract fans from across the genres.
Check out audio samples at http://www.myspace.com/kuankuankuan
COLLIN CROWE-
Of the great DC band Buildings! Check out his brand new solo project!
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MATTA GAWA + KUAN * NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010
Aug 4 2010 Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
Aug 5 2010 Dan Aykroyd's House - Champaign, IL
Aug 6 2010 Lemmon's - St. Louis, MO
Aug 7 2010 Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
Aug 8 2010 Kirby's Beer Store - Wichita, KS
Aug 9 2010 Wax Trax Records - Denver, CO
Aug 11 2010 Ella St. Social Club - Portland, OR
Aug 12 2010 Comet Lounge - Salem, OR
Aug 13 2010 The Space - Salem, Oregon
Aug 14 2010 Li Po Lounge - San Francisco, CA
Aug 15 2010 Press Club - Sacramento, CA
Aug 16 2010 Milk Bar - San Francisco, CA
Aug 17 2010 Audie's Olympic - Fresno, California
Aug 18 2010 Live On-Air - KFJC Radio!!!
Aug 19 2010 Che Cafe - San Diego, California
Aug 20 2010 Revolver Records - Phoenix, Arizona
Aug 21 2010 Echo Chamber - Portales, NM
Aug 22 2010 Boiler Room - Denton, Texas
Aug 23 2010 Bill's Records Instore - Dallas, Texas
Aug 23 2010 Beauty Bar - Austin, TX
Aug 25 2010 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
Aug 26 2010 The LAB - Asheville, NC
Aug 27 2010 The Fridge - Washington, DC
Aug 28 2010 Orion Studios - Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 29 2010 Pageant Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
Aug 30 2010 O'Briens - Boston, MA
Aug 31 2010 Flywheel - Northampton, MA
Sep 1 2010 Cake Shop - NYC
Sep 2 2010 201 - Providence, RI
Sep 3 2010 Wildfire Lounge - Ithaca, New York
Sep 4 2010 Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 5 2010 Blind Bob's - Dayton, OH See More
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