(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)
158 Bleecker St
212.505.3474
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Music: Experimental
Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch w/ Matteah Baim and special guest (Drag City)
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Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch , Matteah Baim and special guest (Drag City)
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Monday Mar 5 (10pm–midnight)
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$8
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“Dutch lutenist Jozef Van Wissem and filmmaker and guitarist Jim Jarmusch have collaborated in the past. You may have caught their shows at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn last month, as well as last October. They're at it again, celebrating the release of their collaborative effort, Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity. We never imagined the director of Down By Law would be part of anything related to Baroque musical traditions, but we're always open to surprises. Check out a sample of their sound here, and come prepared for some expressive and minimal strings.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
Dutch Lutenist Jozef Van Wissem is renowned for his experimental approach to Renaissance and Baroque forms of lute music. By cutting-and-pasting classical pieces, constructing palindromic melodies, or adding electronics and processed field recordings, he manages to seamlessly bridge the musical languages of 17th and 21st centuries. If this approach seems coldly academic on paper, the results are anything but: his music is uncluttered and direct, with a viscerally hypnotic and emotional impact, and delivered with an ascetic intensity reflected both in his Biblical titles and his No Wave influences. An incessantly touring musician, van wissem's hypnotic live shows have taken him all over the world. He has records out on Important Records and his own Incunabulum label. Van Wissem studied lute in New york with Pat O'Brien and released a classical lute CD " A Rose By Any Other Name" consisting of anonymous lute pieces. He lectures on ' The Liberation of the Lute' ( At Harvard, Wesleyan University, Mills College amongst others) and was commissioned by London's National Gallery to compose a sound piece to Hans Holbein's painting "The Ambassadors". His work is featured more and more in documentaries and feature films, Van Wissem composed and performed lute and voice pieces for the new Sims Medieval video game. He is scoring the sound track for the new Jim Jarmusch feature film " Only Lovers Left Alive'. Their new duo CD/LP ' Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity' is out on Important Records February 28th. He lives in Brooklyn.
10:00pm Doors // 10:30pm Show
21+
