CARL CRAIG & MORITZ VON OSWALD – ATTENUATOR

Posted on 2020-10-12

“Collaborators & close friends since the foundational years of Berlin and Detroit’s spiritual & musical partnership, two undisputed pioneers of electronic music, Carl Craig and Moritz von Oswald, continue to expand on a shared musical vision. ‘Attenuator’ is the first production to emerge from a series of studio sessions in Berlin and Detroit over the past two years, with more material to come in the near future. Although originally produced in unison, this two-sided single sees both Craig and von Oswald deliver their own distinct take on the material, each fluidly expanding on their uniquely intertwined heritage. For his take on ‘Attenuator’, Carl Craig leans further into the fluid blend of track-led techno and warm musicianship that remain central to his work, building stifling tension as a prelude to a fervent brew of warm pads and celestial sax. Headstrong and deep, Craig embraces his dancefloor nous without sacrificing a moment of beatitude In response, Moritz Von Oswald bathes the brass and the bliss of ‘Attenuator’ in the accomplished Dub texture he’s long been known for, unspooling layers of musicianship to roll forward a loose, fresh and equally fulfilling atmosphere, one that still maintains the arresting pulse established at the heart of the duo’s sophisticated, futurist philosophy.”

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RICHARD DEVINE – SYSTIK

Posted on 2020-10-12

Across his SYSTIK LP, producer and sound-designer Richard Devine strikes a fine balance between inventive electronic composition and a thrilling sense of immediacy. What we have here is acid done Devine-style recorded in January of 2020 using only a small 7U Intellijel portable modular system, Roland TR-8S drum machine, 2 Eventide H9 effects pedals, and two modified TB-303’s. ‘Entcid’, the epic track with which this LP opens, brings the listener expertly into the world of SYSTIK. Across an eighteen-minute run-time Devine takes in passages of feverish music which swirl together influences from acid techno, braindance and broken-beat electro in brilliantly unique ways. The beats may vary throughout, but a sense of forward-motion propels the track ever onwards, even at its glitchiest there is still plenty of pulse to ‘Entcid’.

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AMY ARBUS – ON THE STREET 1980-1990

Posted on 2020-10-12

In 1980 when I started working for The Village Voice I didn’t think of myself as an artist, in part, because I was working for a newspaper. I also didn’t consider myself a journalist because I wasn’t covering the news. I was making photographic portraits for a style page called, “On the Street.” My page ran every six weeks with the tagline, “There are eight million fashions in the Naked City and Amy Arbus is going to photograph all of them… a few at a time.” It felt like a tremendous undertaking. After making these images for ten years, I realized that what I had created was a chronicle of a seminal time in New York City’s history.

The young people in downtown Manhattan in the 1980s didn’t have much money but they were tremendously creative and determined to succeed as artists. Among my subjects were musicians, clothing designers, performance artists, writers, and painters. They dressed to be noticed, as if it were their calling card. There was a palpable sense of romance about life and all it had to offer, an innocence the likes of which we have not seen since.

Amy Arbus

Opposite – The Clash, 1981

Exhibition runs through to November 22nd, 2020

Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts
183 Main Street
Brattleboro
VT 05301

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TOM ZETTERSTROM – MOVING POINT OF VIEW

Posted on 2020-10-12

Raising questions about established photographic realities, Tom Zetterstrom’s silver prints, made throughout the 1970s and 80s, synthesize traditional landscape photography with a cinematic sweep of motion. Shot from a car, a train, or airplane, the unique combination of elements that results – some adrift, some still – makes the viewer acutely aware of his lagging eyes and mind when confronted with the more efficient oculus of the camera.

Going to considerable lengths to facilitate his artistic fiction, including wiring strobe lights to the front of his car and carefully setting the camera tripod in the center of the front seat, Zetterstrom reveals the beauty and surprise inherent in his photographic portrayal of movement.

Opposite – Departing D.C., 1980

Exhibition runs through to November 7th, 2020

Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
CA 920372

www.josephbellows.com

  

ALICE GREBANIER – EPHEMERA

Posted on 2020-10-12

The magic act of photography is that it captures the appearance of something at a specific time and place. The image captured is itself something new: a long-lasting record of the ephemeral observations of our eyes and brains. This exhibit explores the concept of ephemerality, as well as how photography itself both expands and disrupts our experience of the ephemeral nature of material and non-material things.

Exhibition runs through to October 30th, 2020

Gallery 14
14 Mercer Street
Hopewell
NJ 08525

www.gallery14.org

  

EAMON HARKIN – SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS

Posted on 2020-10-12

House music from New York City, Eamon Harkin of Mister Sunday and Nowadays joins the Coastal Haze roster. Three classic house tracks rounded off with a tripped out dub remix from DJ Sports.

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