Fennesz @ The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music

FENNEASZ (Austria)
A key figure in the ascent of IDM and electronica in the 1990s, Fennesz uses guitar and notebook computers to make multilayered compositions that blend melody and conventional musical instruments with harsh, irregular glitch-influenced sounds and washes of white noise. "Imagine the electric guitar severed from cliché and all of its physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language." - (City Newspaper, USA). His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments. They resemble sensitive, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece. - Washington premiere!

Also on the Bill

ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS + JANEL & ANTHONY (Lithuania/DC)
Composer of acoustic and electronic music and founder of ensembles Quartet Twentytwentyone and Works and Days, Arturas Bumšteinas is also a visual artist with various projects presented in dozens of exhibitions around Europe. Bumšteinas will be joined by Janel Lepin and Anthony Pirog (aka Janel & Anthony) to perform his new, specially prepared piece for cello, guitar and electronics. This composer’s participation in the festival was supported by CEC Artslink Independed Project grant.

LOW END STRING QUARTET (DC)
Formed by composer/guitarist Jonathan Matis, The Low End String Quartet's instrumentation differs from the standard string quartet model, adding a bass, dropping a violin, and swapping a guitar where the viola should be. This "new and improved" string quartet lineup is much better suited to clubs and bars than the classical model, and is better equipped for rumbling your ribcage.

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS $20
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Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music
September 18-25 | Washington, DC
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Sonic Circuits is a Washington, DC area promoter for experimental music seeking to expose audiences to cutting edge contemporary music that defies genres and offer artists new platforms to present their music and opportunities to network and collaborate with artists from around the world.