Keenan Lawler-David Watson Tour 2000

[Keenan Lawler <klaw@konstant.com>]

Keenan Lawler-David Watson Tour 2000-----Guitars-electronics-Bagpipes
collaboration
sonic adventures-21st Century drone

Wed-May17-trio with Elliott Sharp @-GAlapogas -NYC
Thurs-May 18 -with Jack Rose & Ian Nagoski-@- Dale Jiminez-Philadelphia
Sunday-May 21@-Red Room Baltimore
Mon -May 22 @-Public Health Auditorium-Pittsburg
Thurs-May 25-KL-solo-Supporting Kevin Drumm-Pillow@ -Speak in Toungues
-Cleveland
Fri=-May26 KL-solo-with Clark @-953 Gallery  Louisville

Keenan Lawler has emerged from being a quietly celebrated figure to a
leading exponent of experimental music in his home city of Louisville,
Kentucky, & beyond. He has toured extensively in the U.S. supporting
performers like Elliott Sharp, Rafael Toral, and David First.

In his acclaimed solo work, in leading foward-looking ensembles, and in
collaborations with such disparate artists as Matmos, Rhys Chatham, Paul K,
Ut Gret,Alan Licht  and others, he has developed a unique sonic vocabulary.
Lawler utilizes sampling electronics, electric guitar & resonator guitar,
an instrument long-rooted in traditions of blues & bluegrass revised for
the 21st century .

Described as "a gyroscope spinning on a razors edge, Lawler's music blends
minimalism, free improvisation, microtonality, psychedelic rock, drone &
global musics into a rich combination of exploratory process & musicality.
As Drew Daniel of Matmos put it: "In an already overcrowded world of string
instrument  manipulators, Lawler's work stands out... not an easy task."

The Ghost of a Plane of Air, his latest release is available on the
Konstant label.


        David Watson, musician/composer from Christchurch New Zealand, has
set out to do the extraordinary: to bring the unmistakable sound of
bagpipes into the future with subversive intention taking an instrument we
thought we knew well beyond boundaries of genre & convention. An extreme of
sonic power, bagpipes have a peculiar relationship to music history:
ancient yŘet contemporary,  historically european, yet firmly outside of
the Western cannon.

Watson has performed & recorded with some of the biggest names in the world
of experimental music including John Zorn, Lee Renaldo, Ikue Mori, D.J.
Olive, Eugene Chadbourne, Shelley Hirsh, Thurston Moore, Otomo Yoshihide,
Cyro Baptista, Christian Marclay, Mark Stewart, Phill Niblock, Min Xian Fen
and many others.John Zorn has called his latest release Skirl on the Avant
label," the great bagpipe record from the downtown scene."

Watson is currently recording & performing with his bands Glacial and
Endgame. He will continue to perform at a variety of international dates
through the upcoming year.


For more information

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