dear friends,

cameron and i are performing this coming friday... early show (7:30pm), we'd love to see you there!
-jon

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Improv Arts Inc. Presents:



Tatsuya Nakatani  (improvising percussionist)
and
Eigenvalues (Text/Sound performance duo)

Friday, December 15th, 7:30pm, $7
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th Street NW
Washington D.C. 20001

Q:  So you really expect me to come and listen to a forty minute drum solo?
A:  Yes. Seriously. And you'll thank me for it afterwards.

Tatsuya Nakatani is a rare find: A percussionist with an extraoridnary ear for color in addition to rhythm; an improviser that performs with clear logic and economy of means. His music is abstract yet viscerally compelling.
 
Originally from Kobe and Osaka, Japan, internationally renowned percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani has toured extensively throughout the world, having performed in approximately 80 cities and 10 countries. Utilizing drumset, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, sticks and bows, he creates collages of sound, which combine the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music with the extended techniques of New Music, yet with great energy and intensity. Although his music defies category or genre, it can be viewed as a cross-cultural mixture of improvised music, experimental music, jazz, free jazz, and rock.

Using the sound of the spoken voice, instrumental accompaniment and electronic processing, Eigenvalues (Cameron McPhee and Jonathan Matis) compose and perform material that blurs the boundaries between music and literary art. Weaving together original and found text with composed and improvised music, Cameron and Jonathan's work is unique, artistically compelling and socially relevant.

Please note: this is an early show, performance begins at 7:30pm.

For more information, follow the links above or call 301.785.0884

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