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Sound Clip: Excerpt from the experimental opera, ADDDDDDDDD by THINGNY.
For four years, new music ensemble thing NY has fused fluxus-esque experimentation with theatrically-charged chamber music. For its first album, this “creative new music cabal” [Time Out New York] has chosen to release a comic book + CD package of their experimental opera, ADDDDDDDDD. Join them for their Philadelphia performance of the opera and the release of their album at LAVA on Saturday, June 12.
With influences from Robert Ashley, Berg, Boulez, Braxton and Bjork, thingNY’s collaboratively-composed ADDDDDDDDD is an opera exploring the sweet sounds of excess. In a poetically verbose blend of noise, song, and spoken word, the five composer/performers highlight the everyday excesses of our lives as told through chants, rants, and advertising jingles.
The album (co-produced by thingNY and Brendan O’Brien) opens with the both earnest and absurd prologue, “Stories by Interesting People” but quickly becomes a montage of numbers, appointments, peeves, dreams and commercial interruptions in five-part harmony. The accompanying comic book libretto features artwork from various artists and musicians, including some of the band.
very cool. would be very interested in hearing the entire performance.
Love it !