05.10.2002 - Einlass: 21:00:00 Beginn: 21:30:00
Jazzkeller Treptow - Puschkinallee 5, 12435

CLOGS (Knitting Factory Tour)

CLOGS - Padma Newsome - Violine, Viola (Bratsche)
CLOGS - Bryce Dessner - Gitarre
CLOGS - Rachael Elliott - Fagott
CLOGS - Thomas Kozumplik - Perkussion

Wer das KRONOS-Quartet kennt, wird die CLOGS lieben! THE NEW YORKER (New York, NY) The music handily eludes classification, but fans of Sigur Ros, the Rachel's, and other post-rock ensembles who know how to listen in respectful silence to a live performance will have no trouble appreciating the softly evocative compositions.

PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER (Philadelphia, PA) The biggest drawback to Thom's Night Out is that it won't fit logically anywhere in your music collection. A case could be made for including it with your world-music stuff or with your classical discs or even with the rock CDs-somewhere between Camper Van Beethoven and Costello, Elvis. The four-piece ensemble uses Western classical instruments to play pop-structured songs that can sound like klezmer music, traditional Indian melodies or even medieval monody. Padma Newsome plays the violin and viola and also composed most of the tunes. Thomas Kozumplik plays all manner of percussion, including steel drums, and Bryce Dessner plays classical guitar while Rachael Elliott fills out the ensemble on bassoon. Sound like an odd combination? It is, but the honed chops and unique harmonic sensibility somehow hold it all together. Fans of rock's slo-mo movement will feel right at home, and so will their parents. It is overall refreshing in its originality and bravado; few new CDs in any genre will do as much to challenge the way you listen to music.