Join Pirate Cat Radio – celebrating 10 years as a flagship Bay Area pirate FM/Internet station – for a night of rare music videos, a documentary of a legendary early 80s downtown NYC cable access show, and live music by a surprise guest, mystery acoustic band TBA. Hosted and programmed by PCR deejays. A portion of the evenings proceeds will be donated to St. James Infirmary.
Taking their cues from Chicago post-rock and jazz-influenced instrumental groups such as Don Caballero and 33.3, Tenebre accompanies impressive instrumentation with a focus on tasteful, clean tones. On record, their material drifts between sweeping orchestral arrangements and static, arhythmic chords, touching upon the the swelling guitar wash of Dirty Three. Tenebre’s live show, however, is an entirely different beast. Stripped down to their core trio of guitar, drum kit, and upright bass, their songs take on an aggressive, ethereal approach, locking into dizzyingly complex rhythmic punctuations, then at times shattering into disjointed blasts. Instead of relying on distortion, high-tempo rock grooves, or guitar solos, they choose to illuminate more beautiful soundscapes, focusing on the steely buzz of the guitar, warm, booming bass tones, and the saturated hiss of the cymbals to communicate their energy. Guitar neck-tapping, dense rhythmic structures, and complicated synchronizations come off as an afterthought to the fiery, shimmering pulse in the foreground. Both aggressive and subdued, flashy and tasteful, technically stunning and sincere, Tenebre’s take on instrumental rock music creates a unique listening experience, equally impressive and beautiful.
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With difficulty walking, and half-blinded from torture by the Brazilian military dictatorship, 79 year-old Roberto Freire continues to develop somatherapy, completing his life’s work. Incorporating the ideas of Wilhelm Reich, the politics of anarchism, and the culture of capoeira angola, Soma is used by therapists organized in anarchist collectives to fight the psychological effects of authoritarianism. Nick Cooper travelled to Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Bahia, and São Paulo to find the exercises, principles, voices, and movement of somatherapy.
info: www.somadocumentary.com